Bondy is little more than a heap of ruins.

As for the forts, we are told that, with the exception of their barracks having been made untenable, no harm has been done.

Standing behind and looking at the shells falling into them, they certainly do not give one the idea of places in which anyone would wish to be, unless he were obliged; and they seemed yesterday to be replying but feebly to the fire of the enemy.

I suppose that the Prussians know their own business, and that they really intend wholly to destroy Fort Rosny.

Before you get this letter the duel between earth and iron will be decided, so it is useless my speculating on the result.