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INTELLIGENCE.

SUN OFFICE, 8 A.M.

THE WAR.

GREAT, SORTIES FROM PARIS.
ISSUE OF GENERAL DUCROT WITII
100,000 MEN.
SUCCESS OF THE FRENCH.
TOURS, December 1 (4 p.m.)
General Dacrot, according to the information
received here, has made a splendid and successful
sortie from Paris at the head of 100,000 men.
On the other side, the Army of the Lo. ad-c
'7ancinr, form the south-westward, has joined nands
with the army of General Trochu.
The Governor of Paris, it is also said, has broken
through the Prussian lines with 150,000 men and
50 cannon.
Immense excitement prevai!s in Tours, and popular
rejoicings are going on.
Another telegram from Tours, dated December 1,
sass Prince Frederick Charles is retiring before the
Army of the Loire, which is in great strength.

The Times' telegram is as follows:—
VERSAILLES, December 1, (12.16 p.m.)

The great sortie of yesterday was made by General
bucrot with 60,000 men. against the Wurtembergers
at -Villiers, flanked by the Gth Corps, while a vigorous
attack was also directed against the 4th Corps at
spinal and a sortie made against the Guards Corps.
The enemy gained a temporary success against the
Wurtemberg position, but no substantial advan-
tage. The French suffered great loss, and now
occupy Champigny. The Wurtemberg loss is not
'mown. The 4th Army Corps lost 17 officers and
200 men.
The French in all numbered about 89,000 men.
The object of the sortie was to open communica-
tions with the Army of the Loire towards Fontaine-
bleau, which Prince Frederick Charles had quitted.

The Daily News telegrams are as follow :
TOURS, December 1, (3.20 p.m.)

At the Prefecture the intelligence has been
ecnilmunicated to me that General Ducrot has made •
a sortie in the direction of Brie-sur-Marne, and
that the Prussians were driven out frow all their
Positions.

Tours, Dec. 1, (6.40 p.m.)

The news that General Trochu made a great
sortie from Paris yesterday is confirmed by intelli-
gence received by a balloon which has descended at
Ilene Isle. The sortie was covered by all the forts
lroni Issy to Nogent. • It was determined upon
(hiring the previous
_day, the 29th ult., and an-
nounced in a proclamation issued by General
Ducrot.

The forces of General Ducrot consisted of 150,000
men, with 400 guns. Ile passed the Marne upon
eight bridges, and obtained possession of the Fon-
tainebleau road. Two generals were wounded, and
2)000 rank and file. The number of dead is not known.
The losses of the enemy were enormous. Ducrot
and Trochu have covered themselves with glory by
this exploit.
I‘l. Gambetta, in announcing this news to the
crowd beton the prefecture this afternoon, said
that fighting was still going on upon all the line
around Paris, and referred to the glory the Re-
Public would obtain were the decisive victory to be
gained to-morrow—the anniversary of the coup
rtetat.
In concluding his remarks he said :—" I have
good hope. Your sons will return to you vic-
torious; victory revisits our arms; the genius
of Prance, momentarily veiled, again smiles radi-
antly upon us. The Prussians, disconcerted on all
Sides by our new found vigour, are learning to
retreat. They were routed at Etrepagny, and
Amiens was hastily evacuated on the news of the
victory of Paris. Take courage, our Army of the
Loire is resolutely advancing to meet our brethren of
Paris, who can no doubt issue forth. Now we see
the difference between a despot fighting to satisfy
caprice, and a nation fighting for the triumph of
Justice, right, and eternal honour. The victory
belongs to the Republic, for the Republic has accom-
plished all we have seen. France is raised, re-
established by by her own strength, after having been
betrayed and abandoned by all. That is what a
really free nation can do."
The excitement in front of the Prefecture was
immense, and during his speech the Minister was
:requently interrupted by shouts of Vive " Paris ! "
Vive la R6publique ! "

THE GER?IAN ACCOUNT.
BERLIN, December 1.
The King has telegraphed the following despatches
to Queen Augusta :--

" ROYAL HEADQUARTERS, VERSAILLES,
November 30.

" The 6th Corps repulsed yesterday a sortie from
the south of Paris, near L'Hay. Over 100 prisoners
Were captured from the enemy, who also lost
331 arty hundred killed and wounded. Our loss was
4°o men. To-day important sorties were made on
the east of Paris against the Wurtembergers and
Saxons at Bonneuil-sur-Marne,Champigny, and Vil-
liers, which were captured by the French, and after-
Wards recaptured by our troops by the aid of our
7th Brigade. Before nightfall less important sorties
Were made simultaneously towards the north-east
4t St. Denis:against the Guards and 4th Army Corps.
.1.
:was unable to leave Versailles, as I desired to
remain in the centre. It seems as if the enemy,
reckoning upon a victory by General d'Aurelles at
s-qleans, intended to meet him half way, which plan
/148) however, failed. 44 WILTIBLII."
"After the successful repulse by our 6th Corps of
the Ist Corps of the 2nd Army of Paris yesterday an
unusually heavy fire was kept up during the whole
night by the forts. This morning the enemy ap-
peared simultaneously on several points of the en-
ceinte in very considerable force. Our positions
between the Seine and the Marne were attacked at
11
eau., and a severe engagement ensued, which on
(r part was principally conducted by the Wurtem-
.l).3uerg Division, the greater portion of the Saxon
d°rPs, and a portion of the 2nd and 6th Corps
Allude. The fight lasted until 6 p.m., when our
troops-,., had repulsed the enemy along the whole line.
Further details as yet unknown,
c
Our losses in the battle of Amiens were 74
tfneera and 1,300 men killed and wounded. The
Northern Army of the enemy was completely routed.
Ts" Citadel of Amiens capitulated to-day, a fter a
;"ert fight, in which the Commander of the citadel
; 400 prisoners, With 11 officers and 30 guns,
Were captured by us.
"General Werder announces that the retreat of
'rarlbaldi has assumed the character of a flight."

BERLIN, December 1 (Evening).
Tlie sorties made by the garrison of Paris on
thel 28th and 29th of November, were followed up
au attack in much heavier force early on the
;:°j4ing of Wednesday. The French made a
'enient assault upon the Garman lines to the
eastward of Paris, and the lighting lasted through-
°wilt the entire day. Towards evening the French
Were repulsed, and retired on all points. On the
Overman side, the troops of the \Vurtemberg Divi-
i) the Saxon, or 12th Corps, and the 2nd and 6th
russian Corps were engaged.

Trochu and General Ducrot, which have caused a
great sensation.
General Trochu throws the responsibility for the
blood that is about to be shed upon those whose de-
testablo ambition tramples under foot the principles
of justice and of modern civilisation. I-Ie eulogises
the troops, and says that General Ducrot deserves
the thanks of the country.
General Ducrot goes even much further than his
superior in the command ; for he 4` swears before the
whole nation not to re-enter Paris unless either dead

or victorious."

(10:leral Renault, commanding the 2nd Corps, has
bee;i► wounded.

The Fzeiich have lost about 2,000.
The German loss is said to be very great.
General Vinoy is renewing the tight in the South.

CAPITULITION OF THE CITADEL OF

AMIENS.

ROUEN, December 1.
The citadel of Amiens has capitulated.

EVACUATION OF AMIENS AND VENDOME
LILLE, December 1.
The Germans have, it is stated, suddenly evacuated
Amiens and are falling back on Paris.
A great battle is now being fought before Paris.
No definite intelligence has been yet received.

'PRUSSIAN REVERSE NEAR ROUEN.
Ro UEN, Wednesday.
To-day the Prussians were defeated at Etrepagny.
They lost 160 men.
The French captured one gun, 250 rifles, and
three ammunition waggons.

ATTACK ON MAZIERES.
VENDOME, November 30.

The Germans have attacked Mazieres twice to-
day, but have been repulsed on each occasion. One
officer and 34 prisoners have been taken by the
French. The fighting lasted for nine hours.
Vendome, Clues, Chalvandon, and Chaleauneuf
have been evacuated.

VICTORY OF THE FRANCS-TIREURS.
NUITS, November 30.

An engagement took place this morning between
the Francs-TirQurs of the Eastern Pyrenees
and two Prussian columns with artillery at
Gevray. About two p.m., the fight extended
to Nuits, where 13 companies of Francs.
Tireurs of the Vosges, valiantly supported by the
Garde Mobile of Beaune, attacked the enemy and
gained a complete victory. The losses of the
Prussians were very great, as their dead strewed the
roads for a considerable distance.

THE FIGHTING ON THE LOIRE.

TOURS, November 30.

It is announced by the Moniteur that the Germans
finding their position at Beauve la Rolande unten
able have evacuated the town, after having set it on
fire.

During the last few days the French have re-
captured Montoiro, Bassou, Saint Calais, Mondoub-
leau, Brou, and Nogent-le-Rotrou on the left, and
Montargis on the right. The Prussians abandoned
Montargis after the affair at Laden.
An aide-de-camp of Prince Frederick Charles was
taken prisoner, and Count Plater was killed, in the
affair at Neuville.

The Prussians were repulsed with a severe loss in
an attempted night surprise at the village of
Chateau-Gaillard, near Toury.

December 1.

A decree dated the Ist instant opens a credit of
35,000,000 francs for the settlement of the pending
armament contracts, and also a supplementary
credit of 15,000,000 francs for ulterior purposes.