The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-26 00:00:00

,ATEST INTEL LIG ENCE.

SUN OFFICE, 8 A.M.

THE WAR.

THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR
SURRENDER
VERSAILLES, January 25.
MM. Picard and Dorian have received safe con-
ducts, on the request of M. Favrei and will come to
confer with him at Versailles.—Lombard Telegram.

THE LATE SORTIE.
(GERMAN ACCOUNTS.)

A. telegram from Royal heal-quarters at Ver-
sailles says :—Our loss in the sortie from Paris on
the 19th instant was in dead, wounded, and missing
39 officers and 616 men. That of ti.e enemy
is estimated at 6,000, of which 1,000 dead
were I.ft lying in front of our works.
Against the north side of Paris new batteries
have been opened at various distances. Divisions of
the Army of the South have crossed the Doubs to
the south of Thsancon, in the rear of the army of
General Bourbaki. Thirty-three railway waggons,
some of them laden with provisions, were captured
at the railway station at St. Vitt.

CAPITULATION OF LONGWY,
IMPERIAL HEAD - QUARTERS, VERSAILLES,
January 25.
General Krenki reports from Grandville yesterday,
3.25 a.m., as follows :—Longwy, which has been
bombarded for nine days, has j ust capitulate 1. Four
thousand prisoners and 200 guns have been cap-
tured. I take possession of the fortress at noon to-
day.

BERLIN, January 25.
The semi-official Provinzial Correspondenz of to-
day says .
"Our operations in the north of France will
shortly acquire greater importance, and be further
extended in connexion with the movements of the
right wing of our Second Army under the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg."

Thc, following telegrams come through Rtuter's
agency :

(FRENCH ACCOUNTS.)
ARLON, January 25.
The Prussians are reported to have entered Longwy
to-day. The city is in a deplorable state, but the
Prussians will find large stores there. No cannonading
was heard either last night or to-day.
BORDEAUX, January 24.

A Ministerial despatch to the Prefects says that,
after the battle of Dijon yesterday, the enemy took
to flight in the direction of Messigny, Noyes, and
Savigny-le-Sec. All the corps engaged did their
duty, and a large portion of the Mobilized Guard of
Haute Savoie arrived in time to take part in the
fight.
From the West no incident of importance is com-
municated. The enemy appears to be falling back,
the Department of Mayenne is free from Prussians,
and Alenoon has been evacuated.

In the East the line from Lyons to Besancon
has been cut by Prussian scouts at Bryans, near
Quin gez.

The Government has no news from Paris.
• January 25.
The following military report from Angers, datel
the 24th, has reached here :
Yesterday the enemy had evacuated La Fleche ;
but this morning a French reconnoitring party
having been sent towards La Fleche, found an am-
buscade laid. A squadron of the Chasseurs d'Afrique,
supported by infantry, arrived in the town. It
scattered 75 Uhlans, killing many, and scoured the
town, driving the enemy out of it. A strong
Prussian column arriving, the French retreated on
Bazouges.
The Prussians suffered great losses in the streets
of La Fleche; the Mobilised Guards fought like old
soldiers. •

A. slight engagement has been fought near Sahle.

According to a despatch from Chateau Goutier,
the enemy appears to have evacuated the Depart-
ment of Mayenne, making good his retreat on Le
Mans.

The inhabitants of Gisora defended themselves
heroically on the 23rd against considerably superior
Prussian forces. Those who had no arms seized
Pitchforks and scythes. They captured waggons
and horses, and killed 12 Uhlans.

From Tours it is reported that Uhlans have
appeared at Oinq Mars, and were pursued by French
scouts. Oinq Mars is now evacuated by the
enemy.

It is said the Prussians have mined the bridge
of La Motte on the line from Tours to Le Mans.
A. despatch from Salbris, dated 24th, announces
that a body of Francs-Tireurs has driven the Prus-
sians from La Motto, killing several troopers.

According to a despatchfrom Gien, dated the
24th, a reconnoitring party of 200 Prussians visited
Gien on that day, exchanging some shots with the
Francs-Tireurs on the left bank of the Loire.
The Prussians declare they will burn Nevoy, if the
Francs-Tireurs continue firing on them.
The Siecle announces that the Prussians have eva-
%late 1 Dole and cut the railway between Mouchard
and Besancon at Biens.

Advices from Auxerre, dated the 20th, state that
a Prussian corps of observation, 20,000 strong, is
between Noyers and Semur.
Six hundred Prussians now occupy Montargis.
LILLE, January 25.

The Propagateur de Lille announces that the
Republican committees of Arras, Roubaix, Calais,
Douai, Valenciennes, and Lille, have drawn up an
address thanking the people of England for their
sympathy with France.

TERRIBLE RAIL WAY COLLISION IN
FRANCE.

VIRTON, January 25.
Was present last night at a terrible collision
Zi?'1101 took place in the tunnel at Montmedy
"itween a train carrying young recruits for the
B;h4ards and one carrying French prisoners.
:Ile former train was not injured ; but five
4111,ages of the latter were completely destroyed.
any men were killed outright, and a large number
,
e"tuided. The French hostages from Sedan
plicaped ; but the accident was not caused by the
)3,,!.(5.311011. The line, now the only one since the Toul
uge has been blown up, will be clear this morn-
g, Wednesday.—Daily News.