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Show liy Tok'grnph.) I'o l''atloii. (,. n,r ISorulmriliiiem nf PnrlH. 'able st.e.-iid to the World; London, Lon-don, Nov. telenam from Vcr-failles Vcr-failles furnishes details of the preparations prepar-ations mndo by the Prussians for tht! attack on the forln nroiunl l'aris, which are a; follows : The besiegers posse l'i heavy guns, mounted on field carriages and not on plat Conns. These cariiogcs have a pecular consl ruction, .'illowin:; flic elev.'ilion iif the guns to an amdc of 10 degree':. The heaviest of these una throw venlv pound shells, while many others only throw twelve pound projectiles They have besides two mortars, throwing two hundred hun-dred pound shells. The range of the batteries at St. Cloud, Bagneaul and Garches is from three to fare kilometres, kilome-tres, and can reach as far as the west and south-west curtains of Mont Yal-erien. Yal-erien. The range of those at Meudon, in the Boise de Meudon and Clamart. is from four to five kilometres, and will reach Forts Issy, Vanvors aud Montrouge. There are no German troops in the peninsula of Genne-villiers, Genne-villiers, which is wholly occupied by French who have completed their strong works at Courbevoie, Colombes, and Gennevilliers by filling the gap be-tw be-tw en Mont Vnlericn and Fort Denis. The nearest German vvnrka to these parts are between Mont nlenen and Fort Issy. The French have completed, com-pleted, armed and are occupying five new strong forts at Montonait, Billan-court, Billan-court, Pont Dujour and Molineus. All the French works are armed with six and a quarter, .'even and a half, nine, and ten and a half inch guns, ranting from nine hundred and twenty to nine thousand yards, and throwing from seventy-live to two hundred pound shells. The Prussian battalions at Clamart and Meudon are subject to a double of fire from the French forts. The weight and range of the lench guns are greaier than those of any batteries the Prussians have yet planted. |