The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-09 00:00:00

THE FRENCH ACCOUNT.

BORDEAUX, January G.
There is no military news of importance. Some
attacks of no magnitude directed by the enemy
against the advanced posts of General Ohanzy has
been vigorously repulsed.

January 7.
Yesterday the enemy attacked the Fiench posi-
tions at Villechauve, Villeporcher and St.',Cyr-sur-
Gault, and afterwards forced the line to Neu-
ville. The French then took the offensive, re-
()ceupied all their positions, and during the night
entered St. Amand. The enemy retired towards
Vendome, leaving behind numerous wounded and
many prisoners, and appeared to have suffered
greatly.

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the line to Le Mans the enemy has re-occu-
pied the position of La Fourche, and threaten Nogent-
4e.D
-,totrou.—Reuter's Telegrams.

tOURBAKI ADVANCING ON NANCY.
BRUSSELS, January 7.
The French Army of the North, repulsed and re-
established, is preparing to take the offensive very
411.4t1Y. The head-quarters of General Faidherbe
w
ill to-morrow quit Boisleur in order to move fore
ward.
t 13ourbaki will at the same time march upon Nancy
tiU eut off the German army from its base of opera-
eeairs' 40,000 French soldiers are at Ilioz. Almost
the French troops made prisoners at Nuits have
cf3e aped
the ; at the time of the evacuation of Dijon by
4oeurs, Germans they were liberated by the Francs-
he°eneral von Werder took away with him twenty
The ra hostagesyilw
a from Dijon, but abandoned 300 wun oded.
has been established between Dijon and
Auxenne.
toT. he German prisoners made by the French are sent
the Ile d'Oleron.
130tubonnel has received a great ovation at ois
ri
i'vl
r Ly" s.
Ten thousand Mobilised National
-kiln "4 of the Jura are about to be provisionally can-
ed aifound Dole.
11°11apartist agents infesting the country have

been arrested in several Departments, especially in
the Tarn. They will probably be sent before a court-
martial.

January 8.
On the sth inst. the Garibaldians gained, between
Semur and Moulsay, a decided advantage over a
detached column, belonging probably to the army of
Prince Frederick Charles.

From Lyons we learn that a letter addressed by,
M. Gambetta to the Mayor, M. Lenon, indi-
cates an approaching return of the Minister to

Lyons.

Unfortunate dissensions have manifested them-
selves among the Italian emigrants in France. A
note, emanating from Milan, and destined to be
sent to all the Italian journals, gravely incriminates
the conduct of General Trappoli.

GERMAN OCCUPATION OF AUXERRE.
BORDEAUX, Jan. 7 (Night).
The Germans reoccupied Auxerre yesterday even-
ing. A great battle is expected shortly between
General Werder and the French forces under
Bourbaki, Garibaldi, and Scressoles.—Telegraph
Telegrams.

The. following telegrams come through Reuter's

Agency :
PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL TROCHU.
PARIS, January 3.
General Trochu has issued the following procla-
mation, dated the 30th ult.:—
" Citizens and Soldiers,—Great efforts are being
made to break the bonds of union and mutual
confidence to which we owe the fact of seeing Paris,
after a hundred days' siege, upright and resisting
the enemy, who, despairing to deliver over our
capital to the Germans by Christmas, as he had
solemnly announced, has added the bombardment of
our advanced posts and of our Forte to the various
measures of intimidation by means of which he
hopes to enervate our defence. The disappoint-
ments which we have had t) encounter through an
extraordinary winter, through fatigue and immea-
surable sufferings, are ostentatiously paraded before
the public. In fact, it is said that the members of
the Government are divided in their views of the
great interests, the guidance of which is confided to
their care. The Army, indeed, has undergone great
trials, and needed rest, which the enemy seeks to pre-
vent its obtaining by a more violent bombardment than
has ever been experienced by troops. The Army, how-
ever, is preparing for action in concert with the
National Guard of Paris, and we shall do our duty.
I declare, finally, that no dissension has arisen in the
councils of the Government. We are closely united
in the face of the anguish and the perils of the
country, and in the thought and hope of deliver-

ance."

On the Ist it was officially announced in Paris
that it had been unanimously decided in a Council
of War to amalgamate the National Guard, the
Mobiles, and the Army for a most vigorous de-
fence.

A military report says that on the evening of the
31st the enemy had increased his heavy batteries,
and had established several of them nearer to
the city. Numerous projectiles reached the farm of
Groslay, Durancy, Bobigny, and Bondy. Some
penetrated as far as La Folie and Noisy-le-See. The
enemy at the same time continued tu bombards Forts
Rosny, Nogent, and Noisy. The report says :
"We have suffered slight material damage, and had
a small number wounded." On the evening of the
Ist the fire of the enemy was reported less violent.

THE BATTLE OF BAPAUME.
LILLE, January 7 (10.15 p.m.)
General Faidherbe has sent the following com-
munication to the Commissaay-General of the De-
partment of the North :
"I had hoped that the Prussians would not ven-
ture to deny our victory at Bapaume, but I sae by
their bulletins that we have a second time been
annihilated by the Army of General Von Manteuffel,
commanded by Prince Albrecht's son.
" I maintain in its integrity the accuracy of the
account of this battle given by me on the 4th inst.,
and I now confine myself to pointing out the chief
material inaccuracies of the Prussian despatches.
They assert that the Army of the North beat a re-
treat during the night. The fact is the Army of
the North passed the night in the villages of Gre-
villiers, Biefvilliers, Favieul, Sapignies, Behagnies,
and Achiet, which it had conquered from the Prus-
sian; and it did not take to its encampments, where
we are still, until the following morning, the enemy
in the meantime giving no sign of life.
"As regards the pursuit by the enemy's cavalry,
the only incident to report is that at nine o'clock on
the morning of the 4th two squadrons of White
Cuirassiers charged the rear-guard of the Chasseurs-
a-Pied. The •latter formed in semicircle and fired
on their assailants at 50 paces, the result being that
one squadron was almost entirely destroyed, men
and horses being left on the ground while the others
took to flight at full gallop. Our men only had
three wounded.
" The Army is full of confidence, and no longer
doubts its superiority over the Prussians."

January 7.
There is nothing new from the headquarters of
the Army of the North.
'. The Germans have evacuated Guise, Herson, and
Vervins, falling back upon Mezieres.