The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-10 00:00:00

SPECIAL EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 P.M.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE WAR.

PROCLAMATION OF M.

GAMBETTA.
The Minister of the interior, who has escaped from
Parisc in a balloon, has issued from Tours a proclama-
'Oil to the citizens of the departments. This some-
What remarkable production is dated Sunday, and
NHS thus :___
BY order of the Republican Government, -I have
'eft Paris to convey to you the hopes of the Parisian
People, and the instructions and orders of those who
accepted-the mission of delivering France from the
fereigner.
"For seventeen days Paris has been invested, and
°frere the spectacle of two millions of men who. for-
fieltting all differences to range themselves around
e Republican flag, will disappoint the expectation
f
the the invader, who reckoned upon civil discord.
Revolution found Paris without cannon and
Without arms. Now 400,000 National Guards are
4rlle
(1) 100,000 Mobiles have been summoned;
:i;1" 60,000 regular troops are assembled.
he foundries cast cannon, the women make
oue million cartridges daily. The National
Guard
bp have two mitrailleuses for each battalion.
esipeces are being made for sorties against the
esiegeis. The forts are manned by marines, and
Ze furnished with marvellous artillery, served by
s.e first gunners in the world. Up till now. their
(3 ea 3 prevented the enemy from establishing the
smallest work. The enceinte, which on the 4th
!Kelliher had only 500 cannons, has now 3,800,
vpikth 400 rounds of ammunition for each.
'e casting of projectiles continues, with vigour.
6,;!'verY one is at the post assigned to him for
tihee'• The enceinte is uninterruptedly covered by
d,,ae .National Guard, who from morning till night
1 for the war with patriotism and steadiness.
aily. e experience of these improvised soldiers increases
u
d "Behind the enceinte there is a third line of
;tenee, formed of barricades, behind which the
arisians are found to defend the Republic—the
With of street fighting. All this has been executed
enthusiasm
calmness and order by the concurrence and
of all. It is not a vain illusion that
447„ i 8 impregnable. It cannot be captured nor
41111sed. Two other means remain to the Prus-
4.N—sedition and famine. But sedition will not
8e nor famine either. Paris by placing herself
02
4 rations has enough to defy the enemy for long
months, thanks to the provisions which have been
117etuulated, and will bear restraint and scarcity with
the,
constancy in order to afford her brothers in
e,pe epartments time to gather."
It proclamation then proceeds to state that the
Are Public requires the co-operation of all citizens.
au xue Was the chief want, but this is being rapidly
I.Plied) rifles being obtained from all parts of the
"orid.

"Yire must bring to bear all our resources, which
offe 'intuense ; we must make the provinces shake
their torpor, react against foolish panics,
n
to'ul3l3, our partisans, offer traps and ambushes
11,h:arass the enemy, and inaugurate a national
411 the Republic demands the co-operation of
e,ll It Will utilise the courage of all its citizens,
to 13.1°Y the capabilities of each, and, according
its a traditional policy, will make young men
dc:iefs• Heaven itself will cease to favour our
etl.,:fsaries• The Autumn rains will come, and
the-I"necl and held in check by the capital, far from
their laolneq, and troubled and anxious for the future,
414 Prussians will be decimated one by one by our
8' by hunger, and by Nature."

---uARATIONS FOR DEFENCE.

LILLE, SUNDAY NIGHT.
theG„elleral Estancelin has issued a strong address to
iational Guard of the Seine-Inf6rieure, Calva-
:oB2./v
iSlanches, calling upon every man of courage
t,:elie la
his rifle and oppose the enemy's advance.
te!Y tree should ambush a marksman. All Gardes
a
at jesales Se'dentaires should present themselves
pdi 413 chief places of their arrondissements, from
titoellee they will be despatched to Rouen. The
It 6 for words has passed. "To arms and to
litohe railway from Creil to Beauvais bas been re-
fry red to expedite the transmission of provisions
,0111 Beauvais to Chantilly.
hravellers.from Versailles report famine prevalent
ta-(311g the inhabitants. The property of the pea.
lose
or
devastated, and having nothing further
()%e or risk, they are represented as determined
ritesist the Prussians to the death.
)611111t Ernest de Grivel has quitted the Chateau
pr-Ilite, and placed himself at the head of a band of
4I e 8-Tireurs.
1,
eh he Francs-Tireurs of the Vosges are armed with
411:sepots made in Spain. Cases of arms from
Z 1 are daily arriving at Tours.
gre„ l'Yous military preparations are actively pro-
teliilag and regiments of all arms re-forming. The
Nit4t t 6
of Ile-barbe are being strongly fortified, and
111,44: Of defence aro proposed to be erected on
Cirßire. Fordifications have been raised
io 41'673 Fort Brotteaux and the Rhone, shutting
thoh railway from Perracho to Geneva. Three
Of '
W e‘lalici Workmen are employed in erecting a line
arthworks for the protection of the city, and
loa°Plauled 114 of many of the private houses have been
.