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SUN, LONDON, TITESI)A Y , NOVEMBER 1, 1870.

THE WAR.

DETAILS OF THE SURRENDER
OF METZ.

The following interesting details as to the surrender of
Metz have been telegraphed by the special correspondent
of the Daily News

METZ. OCT. 30.

My telegram of the 26th, from Esch, left the capitula-
tion of Metz still inoomplete. On the evening before the
German Chief of the Staff had left Frascati very much
discouraged., scarcely hoping for any agreement, as the
French appeared intractable and obstinate. Nevertheless I
knew from private sources that Meta could sot hold out,
and accordingly told you to expect the capitulation as
certain to take plaoe shortly. At noon Dwaine eent the
Prince an autograph letter, asking another conference.,
and accordingly the Germans seat General Stiehl°, Chief
of the Staff of the Second Army, and Count Wade-I:isle-
ben, Chief of the Staff of the First Army, once more to
Frescati.

sand waggons were ready at Courcelles to bring provisions
thither, and also that there are funds in London waiting to
be applied to their relief, in response to the appeals of the
Maires of Briey and other communes, published in the
British and American journals some weeks since. The
ntire army besieging Metz voluntarily gave up their
bread rations yesterday to feed their French captives.
This deeply touched the people of Metz, and did much
to relieve their fears.

At neon, a Prussian railway inspector made the journey
from Ars to the Union Station, situated one mile south of
Metz by rail, and to-day perfect railway communication
exists between Saarbruck, Metz, and Nancy. The road
was little injured.

The interview, which took place in the afternoon,
lasted three hours. It was at first stormy on the
part of the French Commissioners, but teeulted in
their conversion to the main points of the German terms.
The first difficulty was concerning the officers keeping
their side-arms, on which Marshal Bataine insisted. The
point was finally referred to the King, and conceded by
his Majesty in a despatch received at 3 a.m. on the 27th.
By agreement, the conference was resumed early the same
morning, and it lasted until eight o'clock at night,
when the capitulation was signed for the absolute surren•
der of Metz and all its fortifications, armaments, stores,
and munitions, and for the surrender, on the same condi-
tions as were arranged at Sedan, of all the go.rri4on esid
the whole of Bazaine's army, consisting of three marshals
of Frances 66 generals, 6,000 officers, and 173,000 troops.
The Germans are astounded at this result—an army
and fortress capitulating to an investing army larger
than itself by only a small fraction. The French Com-
missioners were Marshal Bazaine's Chief of the Staff,
General Jarras, and Colonel Fay and Major Samuel°, on
the part of the commander of the fortress. On the 28th
Major Sandkuhl, Chief of the Engineers of the 2nd Corps,
was to enter, by stipulation, at 10 a.m., to withdraw
the mines from under the forts, preparatory to the safe
entry of the 7th Corps, which is to remain to guard the
city and prisoners, while the remainder of the First Army
will immediately depart for Paris and the south, where
where Prince Frederick Charles is to have Lyons for his
headquarters. At ono o'clock the French army were to
lay down their arms. All this was postponed for twenty-
four hours, in consequence of the backwardness of the
French authorities, arising out of internal disorders.

At 10 o'clock a.m. yesterday the forts were taken pos-
session of by the Artillery of the 7th Corps. At 1 o'clock
the third division, which is to depart south-westward
immediately after the 4th, was reviewed by the Prince
the display being a brilliant pageant—on the Nancy
and Metz road, near Tourtebride. Thereupon the Im-
perial Guard, the elite of the French army, marched
out of Metz with their arms, and laid them down at
Frescati, while passing in review before the Prince.
This honour was accorded to the Imperial Guard
alone, all the rest of the troops having deposited
their arms in the Meta arsenals, and then marched
into their cantonment outside the town to await
their transfer to Germany. The Imperial Guard
were received by the Prussian troops with respectful
dignity, and not a jeering word was heard, nor an inde-
cently exultant look seen. But previously, at the other
review, the cheering was loud and persistent. At four
o'clock in the afternoon the French compauies which still
mounted guard at the various gates in the city; and at the
depots and arsenals, were relieved by the Prussians, two
regiments of infantry and one of cavalry having entered
into the town. The German military governor, General
von Zastruw, ooramander of the 7th Corps; took posses-
sion of the government of the city and fortress, where he
tells mu he expects to find the portrait of one of his
ancestors, who was at soma early period also a military
governor of Metz. The tragedy was completed, but its
saddest side remains to be recorded.

Only a few German prisoners were found in Metz. The
French had not kept those they took when able to return
them. On leaving Metz last night I noticed on the faces
of all the German soldiers an unmistakable look of quiet
satisfaction,. nothing more. Of the French offi-
cers and soldiers who swarmed all over the place not
one, even when intoxioatod—which was suprisingly rare—
bore any other expression than that of the deepest sadness
and of proud defiance, The latter expression, however,
was rare, and was seen chiefly in the younger officers. I
am informed that the French loss in killed in the various
affairs since August 18, added to the deaths from sickness
in town, were 42,000. Bazaine himself declined the
generous proposal of the Prince to let all the troops
lay down their arms outside the works in view of their
victors, instead of laying them down in the arsenal. Ho
could not guarantee their behaviour in such case. The
Imperial Guard alone had preserved their dis-
cipYne well enough to be deemed worthy of the
trust of passing iu armed review. The inhabitants never
ceased to hope until the last for the arrival of
Bourbakl's army from Lille, but the troops within the
last few weeks would no longer be deceived, as they got
better information through the German outposts. Hence
their demer,dist.tion duo largely to hunger, was bitterly
and openly complained of by their officers.
At four yesterday afternoon Bazaine passed through Ars,
on his way to Wilhelmshoho, in a close carriage, marked
with his name, and escorted by several officers of his staff
on horseback. The women of the village had heard of his
arrival, and awaited him with exclamations of " traitor,"
" coward," " sneak," thief," ike. " Where are our hus-
bands whom you have betrayed. Give us back our children
whom you have sold!" They even attacked the carriage,
and broke the windows with their fists, and would leave
'inched him but f,,r the intervention of the Prussian
gendarmes. Three days ago, when I sent the first news
of the capitulation, I told everybody on my way of the
astounding reality of which they had heard faint rumours
so many weeks. The German officers on detached posts
actually hugged me, much against my will, as I was
in haste, while the French people uttered curses on ces bri-
gands. There are still many people who cannot believe what
has taken place. They are convinced that Metz must abso-
lutely have provisions for ten, fifteen, nay twenty years.
Yet the civilians' rations in Metz, too ample as
many proved by what they had left, were 40J
grammes of bread daily, the troops 159 to 200,
and 750 of horse. The general impression in the country
now is that France exists no longer. They credit Paris
with less resisting force than Metz; more reflecting
people, however, believe that the war will not end till
after the fall of Paris.

According to the statement of General von.,Zastrow,
who held the Bois de Vaux on the morning of-the 19th
of August, Bazaine could then have avoided being shut
up in Metz. After he was there he could, according to
Metz statements, have readily made a sortie, and re-
joined MacMahon far more easily than MacMahon
could have rejoined him. After most of his cavalry
and artillery horse; had baen eaten, this of c,nirse was
more difficult. But still his movements are said to have
lacked determination, and even to have been frivolous in
the last two sorties. These facts are put down to Vie
account of a "eon-iplot " with the Regency, according to
which his army yea to try to remain in Witte quo until the
conclusion of the war in Western France, and then be-
come available, with Prussian consent, for Bonapartist
pnrposee, Bazaine himself expecting in that case to be the
governor of the Imperial Prince and the virtual Regent,
Nearly all the people of Metz seem to believe this, and
many of the most influential have admitted so to mu.
During the whole of the investment Bazaine has never
been seen in the camp except on extraordinary occasions;
never at all in the ambulances, Which are partly
constructed in numerous railroad carriages on the Place
Royale, and hardly ever in the city. The civil authori-
ties had to find him at St. Martin. ' He would not once
appear at the Mairie. He rarely, if ever, said b. word to
encourage the troops. Canrobert sometimes cheered
their patience a little, and then they would
cry, " Vive Canrobert !" " A bas Bazaine !" °wards the
last, he dared not, it is said, for fear of assassination,
show himself to his own men. And the terribly relaxed
discipline was assuredly the cause of the hasty surrender
at the time when there was still another week's rations for
everybody on hand. On the morning of the 29th, five
soldiers lay dead of starvation at Moatigny, while
the staff still indulged in luxurious meals, .and four
days' rations were given to the entire army that
morning, while they had received none f,,r
two days previously. No beef or pork had been obtain-
able at any price for a week, but on that morning befOre
anything had arrived in the town the shops had plenty.
This is adduced as proof of the charges current in the
town that speculators had seized much food, and that a
rational system of apportionment, such as existed during
the last ten days, if introduced at first, aeld combined
with stringent requisitions, would have prevented much
waste, and enabled the fortress to hold out a month
longer. The staff used to feed their horses on bread at
first. Recently prices had advanced to the following
maximum :—Sugar, per pound, 30 francs ; salt, 15 francs;
one ham, 300 francs; one potato, 45 centimes ; one onion,
GO centimes. A little pig caught near Gravelotto was sold,
it is said, at 743 francs.

-For the last five weeks amputsttions have been per-
formed without chloroform or ether, and. the 'a ounds
dressed without carbolic acid. Tileal are insre titan
19,000 sick and wounded, and 3:5,000 persons have died
in the town alone during the siege, the greater par;-, front
lack of proper care. The prevailing diseases are
variole, spotted tyahus, and dysentery. Scurvy has not
prevailed, though even the sick have for more than three
weeks received their horse steaks and horse broths with-
out salt. The reported discovery of a saline spring at St.
Julien was a hoax, got up by putting salt into a spring, to
encourage the army.
When the surrender Leeman known the people were
furious. ThesNational Guard refused to lay down their
arms, and on the 29th, in the afternoon, a dragoon cap-
tain appeared at the head of a body of troops, who
swore that they would sooner dio than yield ; while
Albert Collignon, editor of the ultra-Democratic daily
paper, the Jolirnal de Mete, rode about on a white horse
firing a pistol, and exhorting them to sally out and seek
death or victory, to escape the impending shame. lie
was followed by a lady singing the " MarseillaAse," which
produced terrible excitement. The doors of the Cathedral
were burst open, and the tocsin and funeral bell rung
nearly all night. When General Cofflaiere appeared
to pacify them, three pistol shots were fired at him.
Finally, by the aid of two line regiment:, he quietly
dispersed the mob. But all the night the sounds of
grief, indignation, and terror were kept up. Respectable
women ran about the streets tearing their hair, and
flinging their bonnets and laces under' their feet, wildly
crying aloud, " What will become of our children "
Soldiers, drunk and sober, tumbled hither and thither
in irregular groups, with their cap; off and their
sabres broken, crying, sobbing, and weeping like childreo-
" Oh, poor Metz ! once the proudest of cities! What a
misfortune ! What an unheard of catastrophe ! We
have been sold. All is lost. It is all up with France, and
so on. The civil functionaries asked each other across the
streets, " Who will be our master? Who will govern us?
Where shall wo go so that we may not see the ruin that
has come upon the nstion?"
Yesterday I was closeted with the Maire and City
Council for two hours, while they detained Inc as the first
stranger who had entered the town. TLey asked t►te an
Manner of • questions, souse really childish, in their agita-
tion, uncertainty, and terror. \Vl►at would the Prussians
do ? How would they do it ? How would they have to
be met ? They asked if their already empty larders
would still have to nourish the troops? and.whether they.'
would be personally maltreated in the event of inability
to furnish the-objects demanded? .
They were relieved immediately by hearing that a thou-