The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-07 00:00:00

THE MILITARY SITUATION.

The Standard discusses the question,What further
tary operations will take place ? No doubt the Prussians
will advance on Paris with the utmost speed, for es
throughout the war, it is a match against time. It is
said the Crown Prince has already commenced his march,
and has arrived within thirteen miles of St. Quell'
tin. The Standard is inclined to doubt this,
despite the wonderful activity of the Prussian
soldiers, for the line of advance seems too northerlY-
No doubt, hoNiever, we may expect to see the Prussians
before Paris by the 15th. Bazaine still holds out near
Metz, and does good service by keeping some 150.000 Prue'
sians to guard him. General Vinoy was fortunate
enough to be unable to reach MacMahon i°,
time for the battle of Sedan, and has retreated
with his 50,000 men on Laon. There are 60,009
regular troops in Paris, and about 150,000 Garde Nationale
Sedentaire, Garde Mobile, sailors, pompiers, volunteers,
&c., make up another 140,000. , Besides these we learn
that 200,000 Garde Mobile are to be summoned to Paris
from the departments, and an army of 100,000 regular
troops has been for the last ten days organising at Lyons.
There are thus, it will be seen, plenty of men; but will the
best use be made of them ? That seems doubtful, and there
is everylikelihood of victory and France being sacrificed
to the feats of the Parisians. In Paris they have already
got more than they can well wield. and any additional
troops which can be got together ought to be sent to the
active army, of which General Vinoy's fifty thousand men
would form the nucleus. Even in the interest of Paris
itself should this be done, for two hundred thousand me°
at Amiens,from whence retreat by rail to the south or west of
Paris would be perfectly feasible whenever desired, would
so threaten the communications of a besieging army, that
till it were beaten or driven away nothing serious could
be effected. The object of the-Prussians is, no doubt, to
try what the moral effect of penetrating to the heart of the
French Empire may be, especially at the time of dismay
than seriously intending to besiege a city 30 miles
circumference and garrisoned by 200,000 men. A fey/
more days will, however, probably discover what their
real designs are.

The New Free Press of Vienna' learns from Florence
that Minghetti has proposed at Vienna an Austrian and
Italian alliance to guarantee the integrity of France.
The Governor-General of Alsace, Count Bohlen. has
issued a proclamation to the inhabitants of Alsace. tie
says that he is called upon to represent the German
Powers upon a soil that the fortunes of war have thrown
into their hands. He will aim at the maintenance of
existing laws in the limits imposed by military regulations►
and everything will be done to soften the horrors of war'
for the inhabitants. In return he trusts that the people
will second his efforts and submit to the new administrx
tion with cheerfulness.

We regret to hear of the death of Lieut-Colond_Pen'

berton, who, while acting as the Times correspondent,
was killed by the side of the Crown Prince of Saxony in
the battle of Sedan. Dr. Russell, in communicating the
sad intelligence, says :—My last words to him were to
warn him that he was not to seek danger, and that in the
capacity in which he was then engaged it was his
bounden duty not to run risks. Had be fallen for his
country in battle it would have been some consolation
to those he has left to mourn his fate. Cheerful,
witty, full of life, spirit, and talent, he has met the death
he, above all deaths, would have desired—a soldier's•
" Kit Pemberton dead !" I fancy how these words will
fly through many an English home. I have written
to the Crown Prince of Saxony, and will try to have
his resting-place properly marked, or obtain some clue to
its locality.
It is said that Mr. Salk, the well-known litterateur, has
been arrested on suspicion of being a Prussian spy, and
horribly knocked about. He was confined in a dirty dun:
geon with the foulest criminals. Directly intelligence of
this came to the ears of our popular ambassador, Lord
Lyons, he was released.
An influentialcommittee has been formed at Cardiff for
the purpose of collecting subscriptions in aid of the sick
and wounded. The Marquis of Bute has headed the list
by a donation of £lOO, and the leading colliery proprietors
and merchants have given sums varying from £2O to £s°
each. Upwards of £4OO has been already subscribed. The
amount is to be placed at the disposal of the International
Fund Committee, to be equally divided between the
French and the Germans.
A Paris telegram in the Standard says—" It is announced,
under reserve, that Italian troops, commanded by Cadorna,
are marching to occupy Rome."

The Soir of Monday says that the very first act of
M. Jules Favre as Minister for Foreign Affairs was to
announce by telegraph to the Government at Washington
the proclamation of the Republic, and to ask the moral
support of the United States.

A public meeting has been held in Limerick under
the presidency of the Mayor, to raise funds for the
relief of the wounded French soldiers. Strong sympathy
with France was expressed by the speakers. A meeting
was held at Killarney, at which resolutions were passed
stigmatising the Germans as marauders, and describing
the war as a legitimate struggle by France to maintain
sovereign prestige as the foremost nation in Europe.
In the apartments of the Prince Imperial at the
Tuileries were found some little soldiers in lead lying on
the ground, a copy-book was lying on the table which

contained some lessons from history. One page of this
was covered with small writing, very straight and con'

tracted. It referred to the days of Louis the Fifteenth.

On the second of August the Emperor Napoleon took
Saarbruck, and exactly a month afterwards, on the second

of September, the French army was defeated, and Napo'
leon gave up his sword to the King of Prussia.

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