The Parramatta Chronicle 27.4.1844 BRITISH EXTRACTS MILITARY DEFENCE OF PARIS The Commerce notwithstanding the contradictions of the Moniteur, maintains that it statements relative to the fortifications of Paris are substantially correct, and in order to show that their chief object is to suppress insurrections in the capital, gives the following circular, addressed to the colonel of every regiment, with the different stations in Paris which the troops are to occupy in case of disturbance:-- "The detached forts are not the only works of which Paris has to dread the effects. At the close of the events of May 1839 it is well known that the ministry, in concert with the general officers of division, drew up a plan of defence for the occupation of the streets and squares of Paris, by the troops of the garrison, in case of serious disturbances. This strategic plan has often been talked of, but till the present moment it has never been made known in all its details. We now perfectly understand this curious scheme, the means of repression it furnishes being to act in concert with the fortifications. We recommend it to the consideration of the people of Paris, of the chamber and of the country at large. Every colonel of the corps forming the garrison of Paris has received the following instructions, pointing out to them the places where they are to station their troops in case of an alarm in Paris. (Then follow the instructions of which the following is an outline):-Two battalions and two guns in the square of the Hotel de Ville, a battalion along the Quais de l'Horloge, des Orfevres, in the Marche aux Fleurs, and in the Court of the Palais de Justice. A squadron of cavalry, four guns and two battalions in the Place du Carrousel, and near the Tuileries. Four hundred infantry, two bodies of cavalry, and two guns, in the Place de la Bastile. From the Bastile in the Madeleine, a force composed of a battery, one regiment of cavalry, and one of infantry, placed en echelon throughout the length of the Boulevarde. The Place des Victoires, the Place du Louvre, the Place du Palais Royal are likewise to be occupied; in the Marche des Innocens, about three hundred infantry, with nat! ional guards, and one cannon, are to be stationed, and every corner house of the streets leading into it are to be occupied by the military, to prevent the insurgents from finding refuge; a detachment of one hundred and fifty men in the Place du Chatelet; in the streets of St. Dennis, St. Martin, and of the Temple, a battalion for each, and some sappers and miners, with their axes. The faubourges of the same name to be defenced in the same manner. At each of the barriers a body of fity men to be placed; the more important to be defended by artillery. To prevent any communication between the two banks of the Seige, each of the bridges to be occupied by a guard of thirty-five men; a piquet of one hundred men, at the railway stations. In the defence of the persons of the Government the following arrangements are made:--Fifty men for the Minister of Public Instruction; forty for the Minister of Commerce; two hundred, and one gun, for the Minister of the Interior, at whose office! is the central and general administration of the lines of telegraph; forty for the Minister of Public Works; two hundred fo rhte Minister of War; eighty for the Minister of Marine; two hundred for the minister of Foreign Affairs; three hundred, and one piece of artillery, for the Minister of Finance; two hundred, and a piece of artillery, on the Place Vendome, for the defence of the Minister of Justice. Besides all these, Vincennes is to contain a battery of reserve in case of reinforcements being required. In the conveyance of dispatches and orders throughout the line of troops, men are to be employed, dressed as ditizens and civilians, selected from the confidential agents of police, each having a distinctive mark by which they wil be recognized by the officers of the different posts. The head quarters to be at the Tuileries. Thus, by this place of defence, there is not a corner of Paris that will not be brought under the fire of artillery and musketry." kind regards Lina