Waggons and hand-carts packed with household goods are streaming in from the left to the right bank.

In the bombarded quarters many shops are closed.

Some householders have made a sort of casemate reaching to the first story of their houses; others sleep in their cellars.

The streets are, however, full of people, even in the most exposed districts; and all the heights from which a view is to be had of the Prussian batteries are crowded with sightseers.

Every now and then one comes across some house through which a shell has passed.