At the Bois de Boulogne end of the avenue the gate has been closed up by a wall and a moat; behind them there is a redoubt.

Between this and the Arc de Triomphe there are three barricades made of masonry and earth, and three ditches.

Along the grass on each side of the roadway, the ground has been honey-combed, and in each hole there are pointed stakes.
In every house Nationaux are billeted; in two of them there are artillerymen.

In the Avenue de Neuilly, and in many other parts of the town, the preparations against an assault are still more formidable.
Bagatelles, the villa of the late Lord Hertford, has been almost gutted by 2,000 Mobiles, who make it their headquarters.

We are exceedingly proud of having burnt down St.Cloud, and we say that if this does not convince the Prussians that we are in earnest, we will burn down Versailles.