The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-23 00:00:00

THE CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST.

The Prussia Milita Wochenblatt says :—" The situation
in the east of France begins to assume more definite pro-
portions, and much is being cleared up that was formerly
obscure. After General Bourbaki had at first appeared
inclined to push forward direct from Besancon towards
Wsoul, he suddenly turned in a north-easterly direction'
towards Belfort, the relief of which was his first
task. General von Werder recognising this fact
evacuated Vesoul to place himself between the enemy
and Belfort. Upon his march he struck upon the enemy
near Villersexel, where he repulsed him, and continued
his march without loss of time in the direction of Belfort.
Villersexcl, which had previously been taken by storm,
was evacuated by our troops immediately after, the object
of clearing the road having been attained ; and this
circumstance was made use of by General Bourbaki as a
proof of his having gained the victory at Villersexel.
General von Werder reached the neighbourhood
of Belfort, as it appears, without any further interrup-
tion having been attempted on the part of the enemy,
and took up a favourable position with his troops about
one-and-a-quarter (German) miles to the south-west of
Belfort, behind the section of the Lisaine rivulet, with
his front towards the west. In this position, which ex-
tended to the right as far as Chagey—one-and-a-half
(German) miles to the north of Montbeliard —General
von Werder was attacked on the 15th by apparently four
French corps ; but all the attacks of the enemy were
repulsed with comparatively little loss, not one of them
having been successful."

At Strasburg a sentence of imprisonment for life has
heen passed upon a tailor, who was formerly a soldier. He
was charged with having enrolled some young Alsatians
in the service of the French armies. To all the questions
which were addressed to him by the President of the
Council of War, he only replied, " I thought I was doing
my duty."
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The Times correspondent in Paris says there has been
less misery in Paris this winter than usual, in consequenoo
of the support they have received from public and private
charity. They have suffered cruelly from the cold, owing
to the extraordinary rigour of the season, and to official
improvidence in not having stored a sufficient supply of
wood.

A correspondent in Paris. speaking of a visit to a
restaurant, says :—" I had just eaten with much relish
some fried potatoes—now rapidly becoming a rare delicaci
—when a friend, till then mercifully reticent, asked me if
I knew with what they had been cooked, or if I had
noticed anything peculiar in the flavour. They had been
cooked, he declared, with tallow. It was not by all
means a pleasant announcement, but still I am bound to
state that up to the moment of the discovery I though
the dish very nice, and for the future shall have a better
opinion of the Esquimaux."
The " Besieged Resident," who contributes to the
Daily News, says :—Bread is not rationed, but in the
populous quarters the supply usually ceases before the
demand. Dog is at 3f. 50c. per lb. ; cats have become
curiosities ; the horses, too, will soon come to an end, 111'
less we shut ourselves up, and eat all those affected to
military purposes. Many persons imagined that they'
would save their animals by lending them to the ambit'
lances, but these are now being taken, and some of the
cavalry are being dismounted, and their chargers sent to
the knackers.

Some of the deaths from the bombardment in re'ri4
have taken place under circumstances exciting the Pre:
foundest symyathy and deepest commiseration. In on
instance a mother was killed with her child at her breast!
in another the father of a large family crossing the street'
was struck by the splinter of an exploded shell, and 115;
only strength to crawl to his doorstep, on which he diet:,
The blood that flowed from his wound, frozen by rt.
intense cold, was 'isible next morning on the ground I°'
the length of thirty yards.
In a romance published by Alexandre Dumas in 165°',,
called " The Thousand and One Phantoms," the followili'
sfl
curious passage occurs :—Hoffman7(one of the characters
the story) bent his way to the Louvre, but he had the grie
to be told at the gate that the French, now being f 1,16::
did not allow themselves to be degenerated and made e't
minate by going to see the pictures of slaves, and till
even supposing the Commune of Paris had not alrenii
roasted them at their ammunition foundries, they kin,
better than to feed those rats with the oil of the 113,,L/101
seeing that those rats might one day become the fu°uo
patriots, if ever the Prussians should come and bes"
Paris."
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The other day the Uhlans were said to be at a.-1
distance from Bapaume, and the mayor directed to
scouts to conceal the French arms which were found;jr
the field after the combats of the 2nd and 3rd of Janice
The quantity of arms found about conveyed a poor 11.10.
of the courage and force of resistance among the Mel)4t
It is said that those who threw away their weapons I;e6
have been counted by thousands. Fortunately the 19 00
of those who fled was supplied by those on wilellipie
General could count. Some of the soldiers from Ante
and Cherburg who came up were more used to vvv'
and more accustomed to fatigue.
THE VICTIMS OF SEDAN.—The Echo du L'asB7il;
burg has heard that the immense number of corPseseli
terred in the environs of Sedan were not put deep en the'
down in the earth, and that, in spite of the frosty svea.,4o,
which has prevailed, the most dangerous stench has ar;,,ry'
It will, it is believed, be rendered imperatively nece,;ptb
that a second interment of the victims at a greater
must take place.

BIRTHS. Diel
On the 19th inst., at 50, Hilldrop-road, Camden-
the wife of E. John Harry, of a son.
_a e of 11.
On the 20th ihst., at 96, New Bond-street, tha nr—
C. Enthoven, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
On the 19th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, J. •
Esq., ,of Ryde, Isle of Wight, to Alice, third
of F. Austin, Esq., Pembroke Villa, Richra,
Dalston.
On the 18th inst., at the parish church, Bet
Kent, Frank Hyne Davy, of 288, Devonshl
Portland-place, London, W., to Elleu Wolfe
bledon, Surrey.

DEATHS

On the 18th inst., at Mardon Vicarage, Henrie,
Geary, widow of the late Sir William Gear",
Oxon Hoath, Kent, aged 91.
On the 18th inst., at 238, Marylebone-road, Si
Hater, Knt., K.S.L., Principal Painter ill
to her Majesty, &c.,.a4ged 78. „
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THE Sur:. Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Preeine
Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.
Monday, January 23, 1871.

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