The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-05 00:00:00

GA.RIBALDI'S ARMY.

The correspondent of the Daily News, who writes from
Arrange, head-quarters of the army of the Vosges, Oct. 28,
says : I have only been with General Garibaldi's army a few
days, but I have been long enough to see that the
Government is not doing all that it might to help the
General to drive the enemy out of this part of the country.
In the first place we have no artillery, and then General Cam-
briels, who commands the army near Besancon, seems to be
either totally incapable of fulfilling the duties of the po-
sition which he occupies, or else dreadfully jealous of Gari-
baldi, and bent upon throwing every obstacle that he can
in his path. The few insignificant engagements which
took place yesterday, but which might have been very
important had General Cambriels done his duty, show
this plainly enough. During the last few days the
General had learnt from our eclaireurs and spies that
the Germans were advancing in two columns, with a
view, first of all, of surrendering the Forest of Serre,
which is swarming with Garibaldians, and then to gain
the railway, so as to isolate first of all the towns of
Besancon and Belfort, and by turning Auxonne to march
upon Dijon, which would give them the means of obtain
ing provisions, and would open the road to Lyons
General Garibaldi consequently took every necessary
measure, and the sort of curtain which the German troops
established to mask the nudity of their army corps might
have been easily destroyed, if being placed in the centre,
and covering the open ground between Auxonne and the
defile of the Doubs, the Garibaldian army had been
able to count upon a simultaneous movement upon the
part of the troops which are Auxonne ; but although
this position was explained to the generals who
command the two nearest fortified towns—Auxonne
and Besancon—Garibaldi was unable to rely upon
them, as they declared that they were not in a position to
render the required assistance. Garibaldi was, therefore,
only able to count upon the forces which Colonel Lavelle,
of the committee for the defence of Dijon, had,
according to agreement, placed upon the banks
of the Saone, with their centre at Pontailler.
Garibaldi extended his line very near to the
troops of Colonel Lavelle, and established an
ambush on the bridge which crosses the river Ognon,
which the enemy occupied a few days ago, and in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of which the Germans had blown
up a railway bridge which has since been reconstructed by
our troops. Yesterday morning about 1,200 Germans
entered the village of Talmay, and found a few companies
of Gerdes Nationales Mobilistes, from the Department
of the Coto d'Or, badly dressed, badly armed,
and above all very indifferently guarded. The consequence
was that the Germans fell upon the village by surprise,
and captured three companies of the troops assembled
there. The forces of Colonel Lavelle immediately
marched upon Talmay, whence the enemy was dislodged.
At the bridge which crosses the river Ognon
our ambush repulsed the enemy with heavy loss,
while on our side we had only one wounded,
thanks to our magnificent position on the bridge, from
either side of which we directed a steady fire upon both
sides of the valley. Other engagements took place, during
which the enemy was unable to surround our lines
Between Tougerolles and Le Loup another ambush
surprised a convoy of ammunitions and food
composed of fourteen waggons, and accompanied
by an escort of eighty infantry soldiers and a few
cavalry. Thirteen waggons were captured, and a large
portion of the escort either killed or made prisoners. On
the previous evening one or two waggons, loaded with
materials for blowing up the railway line to Rochefort,
was also captured. Up to the present every move of
the Garibaldians has been crowned with success, and
there is • every reason to suppoes that the enemy
will be unable to cross the positiOns which we
occupy. Our eclaireurs and spies are perfect ; the Ger-
mans try very 'hard to deceive us respecting the number
of their marches, but without success. The rain, which
continues to fall in torrents, helps us considerably, and al-
though we also are drenched to the skin, with cool heads
and warm hearts, we hope to be able to resist all the
miseries of a campaign in this season of the year.

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