The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-19 00:00:00

THE WAR.

PROCLAMATION OF M. GAMBETTA. 4.
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TOURS, Nov. _ _

M. Gambetta has gone to Orleans to congratulate
the Army of the Loire on the result of the battles of
the 9th and 10th of November. He has addressed the
ollowing proclamation to the troops :

"Soldiers,—Your courage and your efforts have brought
back victory. To you France owes her first consolation, her
first ray of hope. I tarn happy to convey to you the exprea-
Sion of the public gratitude, and the praises and recompenses
which the Government awards to success. Led by chiefs
vigilant, faithful, and worthy of you, you have recovered
discipline and etrength ; you have retaken Orleans with the
ardour of old troops accustomed to conquer, and have proved
that France, far from being overwhelmed by reveres, which
have no precedent to history, Intendu to assume in her turn
it vigorous and general ffensive. The advanced guard of
the country, you are on the road to Iberia Let us not forget
that Faris awaits us. Our honour to staked mum our succeed-
ing u loosening the grasp of the barbarian, who threaten
her with tire and pillage. Redouble your constancy and
your ardour You now know the enemy. Their superiority
consisted in the number of their cannons. Recover the
French dash and the fury, which ought to help to cave the
country. With such soldiers the republic will Issue vic-
torious from the struggle. .GAMBETra."

'THE DEATH OF COUNT WALDERSEE.

The Sta,ati Anzeiger gives the following account of
the death of Count Waldersee, in the engagement at
Le Bourget :

In the village Itself, where the French offered an obsti-
nate resistance, there was a bloody hand-to-hand fight.
sieneral Budritski butt ridden to the front of the Eliza,reth
Regiment on its advancing, and after dismounting from his
horse had seized the standard hi order to lead the troops to
the storming. With honey sacrifices a firm foot was planted
to the village. The queen Augesta Regiment lawi also
reached In Bourget. A detachment was about to adverts°
Into a lioure, when the colonel, Count NValdersee, ordered his
men to halt, MS from the windows white handkerchiefs were
waved In token of surrender. The Count bad le days prerionely
so for recovered front his wound at tiravetitte as to rejoin
his regiment. Ile sprang towards the house to speak with
its occupants. While se adVant ing a bsll from the witd _ma
of the house struck him and killed him on the spot. An
officer was hastening to eaten the falling leader in his arms
when he too was shot. When the troops saw this they were
greatly exasperated, and the enemy was repulsed at all
points by the visrour of their attack. Over 1,3.'0 unwounded
prisoners were made, and 30 officer.. Our Augusta and
Elizabeth regiments lost 30 officers killed and wounded, and
about 400 most. The whole depot, which the enemy evi-
dently Intended to fortify, as large quantities of bread had
been sent front Paris on the previous day to the advanced
troops south if the Bourget, fell into our hands. The great
number of prisoners shows that the French who made the
sortie were closely surrounded."

THE VALUE OF A CRU,T!

A Prnistan Soldier, writing from Stein on the tad, lays
At Ars Laquenely Is a camp for prinoners. The first of
them looked on us very sourly, but a morsel of bread, how-
ever small, brightened up most of their faces. According to
thetr own account they had of late only a third of a ration
of bread and a little horseflesh without salt. The allowance
to the prisoners lithe same as to our own army, and yet the
distr.& Is very great. Straw is no longer to be had for oar
own troops, and the poor French soldiers have to lie under
their narrow canvas tents in the mire. Several dropped
down dead on the march the lint day, and after the first
night's camping out there were HO deaths. Our patrols
,•ould with extreme difficulty keep the prisoners within the
limit* of the camp. All cry out for bread. Many of them
give their medals and decorations for a morseL There are,
however, many independent ones among them. Last night
sergeant-major of Chasseurs came and asked us for bread.
We gave him some willingly, but he would not take it with-
out payment, turned round and walked away. To please
the brave fellow I took a franc from him for it, after he had
been with much trouble brought back, and gave the money
to a French soldier of the line standing by, who Iramedtately
spent it in spirits from the nearest sutler.