The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-08 00:00:00

THE GERMANS IN AMIENS.

Writing from the Headquarters of the Bth Army Corps,
Amiens, December 1, the special correspondent of the
Telegraph says :—Yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, the
citadel of Amiens surrendered at discretion, although
in the first instance Captain Foggel, an old line soldier,
steadily refused to do so when called upon by
General Barnekow. Accordingly, two companies
of the 40th Regiment took possession of the
houses in the immediate neighbourhood of the
glacis, and opened a Are upon the place, which was
returned by the garrison with artillery and chassepot
fire. All day long this sort of guerilla warfare continued,
the German troops using no artillery. On the evening
of the 29th it was determined to shell the disobedient
earthwork into submission, and eight batteries
marched out at three in the morning, taking up
their positions right and left of the citadel at 2,000
yards. But, as the day dawned, the white emblem
of submission was seen waving from the ramparts,
and the melancholy fact was ascertained that the Com-
mandant had been killed during the night. The citadel
is much stronger than was supposed. The garrison was
composed of 400 men, and 12 officers, with thirty pieces
of ordnance. The height of the revetenzent was 80 feet
from the ditch to the rampart, so that it would have
taken some little time, and no small loss, to capture
the place ; but the death of the Commandant—
killed while superintending the training of a guu—put an
end to further resistance. The loss of the defenders was
four killed and thirteen wounded. Within the citadel
were found one officer and sixteen men of the 4th Prus-
sian Regiment, who had been taken prisoners the day be-
fore in the fight before Gentelles ; I need hardly say,
they were agreeably surprised when their couutry
men knocked in the door of the room in which
they were confined. This ends the matter as far
as Amiens is concerned. our next operations bid
fair to meet with the same result, unless we zre opposed
by different material. Most pitiable reports continue to
arrive from the scene of the conflict on the 27th. A
village was discovered by Captain. Uniacke on the ex-
treme left of the French position, in which, huddled to-
gether without medical assistance, without comforts of
any sort, lay 600 wounded Frenchmen, many of the
injured limbs required amputation. The French
seem to have made no provision whatever for
their wounded ; and, were it not for the British Society,
and for the exertions of its agents, under the command of
General Sir Vincent Eyre, I know not what would be the
result. The loss of the German army, in the affairs of
the 26th and 27th November, is 26 officers and 530
men killed and wounded ; the French loss is 2,700.
To-day the Ist Army, leaving a garrison in Amiens,
marched westward, and for the next few days there will
be but little fighting; at any rate, we hear of no troops
in the neighbourhood. To-day the shops are all open,
and the streets are lined, with inhabitants, watching the
march of the troops out of the town. We march upon
Poix.

. THE BRAIMA LOCK AND HOUSEBREAKERS.—Thomas
Cox alias The Rat, was finally examined at the West-
minster Police-court, charged with stealing a cloak, value
£5, from the house of Mr. Thomas IL Rodgers, of 17,
Park-walk, Chelsea; also a large quantity of wearing
apparel froM the house of Mr. Wm. Garrett, 41, Robert-
street, Chelsea; further with stealing several coats, &0.,
from the house of Mr. Minton Edward Gwinell, of St.
Peter's College, Eaton-square, and also with stealing a
valuable marble Malachite clock and seal-skin purse from
the house of Mr. Palmer, of 17, Lincoln-street, King's-
road, Chelsea. There were 40 other oases where robberies
had been commiLtcd with the aid of Brahma's keys, and
Detectives Manley and Chummery, of the S division,
who captured'the prisoner, produced agreat deal of the
property, as well as a lock purportingto be a Brahma.
At the house of the prisoner three Brahma keys were
found which opened the doors, whence the property, had
been stolen. These keys would not open a real Brahma,
and the looks were evidently a bad copy of Mr. Brahma's
patent. Mr. Woolych said the attention of Mr: Brahma
ehould be called to this infringement of his patent. It
had been productive of all these robberies, giving great
facilities to latch-key thieves like the prisoner. He
should send the prisoner, who reserved his defence, for
trial upon four charges, others could be preferred at the
trial.