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LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1870.

YET another reverse has befallen the French arms.
On Monday a portion of the army of the Loire met
with a defeat which the French Government
promptly acknowledged, and which appears to have
been attended with no extenuating circumstance,
save that the Germans were, as usual, "superior in
every arm." Towards the end of last week the new-
armies were got into tolerable order, and portions
of them moved forward in different directions. One
section advanced into the Vosges Mountains, where,
as already noticed, it was beaten by about half its
number of Bavarian troops. Another detachment,
belonging to the Loire army, moved forwards to
Toury, where it gained a slight advantage, and im-
mediately afterwards pushed forward and occupied
Pithiviers, previously held by the Germans. On
Monday, however, the invaders shewed the French
the reverse of the medal. A corps was despatched
under the orders of General VON DER TANN, from
the army investing Paris, and before this array the
French fell back until they reached Arthenay, where
they made a stand. At first the Germans
were in overwhelming force, and soon
captured the place. General REYAN brought
up more men, and the fight was renewed on a larger
scale. But the French were unable to regain the
position they had lost, and after a severe combat
they were driven back with considerable loss into
the forest of Orleans, where their situation, unpro-
tected as they were with cavalry, remained one of
great peril. According to the German account, one
thousand prisonere were taken from the beaten
force. The French narrative, which is laudably clear
and frank, leaves no doubt that the reverse was one
of importance. General REYAN might have
had twenty thousand men under his orders;
the Germans had what they call "a corps."
If this means a complete army corps the Germans
outnumbered their adversaries by about one-half; but
even if this were the case the unhappy people of
France can draw no comfort from the reflection.
The fight must, on this supposition, have been merely
a repetition of the old blunder of opposing inferior
forces at the point of contact. No experience seems
to teach the French commanders that the God of
Battles is on the side of the largest battalions. The
persistent incapacity which they display in allowing
themselves to be forced into engagements against
superior forces appears to be beyond hope. To ex-