The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-14 00:00:00

THE FRENCH VICTORY AT ORLEANS.

I If the successes of General d'Aurelle de Paladifie (for
such, according to the official lists, is the real title of the
Chief of the Army of the Loire) stop where they have
begun he will yet leave his name in history, for two good
'reasons. He has been the first French commander in this
war who has made a serious attempt to restore to the
French army the discipline it seemed wholly to have lost ;
and he is also the first who has won a real success.
We trust those correspondents who have been so hard
upon General d'Aurelle for insisting upon the discipline
which, be it noted, a French commander in the field has
only one means of enforcing, by capital execution, will
not be slow to allow that at least his severity
had not been thrown altogether away when
he came to move his army forward. The
immense superiority of his force enabled him to
manoeuvre Von der Tann out of Orleans without a
direct attack upon the place, by t simple
process of throwing his left forward froninf arche-
noir, so as to threaten to shut the Bavarians in by
cutting them off from Paris. With this movement was
combined the march of a separate cavalry column from
the east, under a General Pallieres. The 13th Corps,
therefore, whose chief is evidently the Reyan, Royan, or
Reyau of whom we heard at the opening of the Loire ope-
rations, had most of the work to do. Von der Tann, on
his side, plainly found himself too weak to hold the city,
and began a retreat to the north by the direct Paris road
through Chdvilly, and that more to the west of it by
Patay. About the latter especially there were sharp rear-
guard actions on the 10th, resulting on the whole decidedly
in favour of the French, although it is admitted from Tours
that the 15th corps once at least had to fall back. As a
general result, Von der Tann was forced to retire on Toury,
nearly two days' march from Orleans, and left behind
him about a thousand prisoners and two guns according to
the French reports. Here he was joined by Wittich with
the 22nd Division, which, contrary to the assertions made
in letters from Bavarian officers, had not returned to
Paris, but had been retained with a division of cavalry at
Chartres to cover Von der Tann's right, and send up
supplies to. Paris. (The greater part of the south side
of the investing army has, we learn by
German accounts, been fed from this district for
the last fortnight). At Toury, therefore, Von der
Tann collected his original force together, and had
probably 40,000 men at least in line ; but this is evidently
judged insufficient by the Varsailles ataff, and the Duke
of Mecklenburg, who has recently been charged with the
eastern portion of the circle round Paris, is officially
announced as being sent instantly to support him. We
must, therefore, of course, look for some more hn-
portant news from the district between Toury and
Artenay, on which Von der Tann drove Gene-
ral Reyau on the 10th and 11th of October,
exactly a month since. The Fourteenth Corps, that of
the Duke of Mecklenburg, is, we believe, composed of the
strong Wurtemberg Division, the 17th Division, and
detachments of Landwehr ; but it has been very largely
drawn upon for minor operations, and can hardly take
25,000 men to the south, even if it be wholly withdrawn
from Paris, where the Second Corps is now available to
take its place.

General Aurelles de Paladine has issued the following
order of the day:—" Officers and men of the Army of the
Loire : —Yesterday's fighting has been a success for our
arms. All the enemy's positions were vigorously carried,
and the foe is retreating. The Government has been in-
formed by me of your conduct, and has entrusted me with
the duty of returning you its thanks. Ido so with great
pleasure. In the midst of its misfortunes the eyes of the
country are upon you. France counts upon your courage.
Let us make every effort that her hopes may be realised.
--AURELLES DE PALADINE, the General Commander-in-
Chief. Headquarters, November 10.--Pall Mall Gazette.

It is said that the Irish ambulance has been invited to
proceed to the Army of the Loire.
The employs of the Auxiliary Engineers have found in
the Catacombs of Paris sufficient quantities of salpetre to
prision Paris with powder for six months.
The citizens who perform the duties of mayor under the
new Republic will receive the sum of 500 f. a month. The
functions of the mayoralty have hiterto been performed
gratuitously.
Amongst the 53 eagles captured at Metz, and which
have been provisionally stored in the arsenal at Berlin,
there are many which still herald the proud deeds of
Marengo, Wagram, Ltitzen, Solferino, and others.
In Alsace and Lorraine all newspapers published in the
rest of France. have been prohibited. Even before the
conclusion of peace, these provinces are to be intellec-
tually separated from the country they have hitherto
belonged W.

The Municipal Council of Rouen have drawn up
formal protest against the Prussian order requiring s°lll3
leading citizens of the town to travel by every train.
order to prevent the French Freeshooters and others foul
firing upon the railways.
From a letter found on the table in the Hotel de Ville
after the eineute on the 31st, it would appear that the
Revolutionary commune contemplated the aasassinath°
of King William as one item in their war progranyle*

A correspondent of the Etoile Beige says that the Anle
ricans who have just left Paris in great numbers sre
unanimous in their praise of the attitude of the Pe°Pieej
They were induced to leave the city because they belie t
the French would fight to the last extremity, and th 3
the Germans would be certain to bombard the place.
The Union Liberale of Tours says that according to their
information the sum of money taken in Metz was !,,r
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below forty millions of francs ; on the contrary, ~
managers .of the Metz branch of the Bank of France Wm'
on the evening before the surrender, burnt all their ncTo
and the only amount remaining was a total of 112,E
francs, 1,300 francs of which was in copper.
Among the secret papers of the Imperial Cabinet 11°W
published are a number of short letters and messg,e,
from Emile 011ivier, written at the time of the fain°',
Pl6biscite, to Ihe Procureurs Gdndraux. He exhorts WO
to repress all disorder, and is especially anxious for the
arrest of the members of the Internationale in France'
particularly id Marseilles, and desires them to seize the
leaders, if possible, the gentlemen rather than the peoo3.
An English correspondent has " interviewed " 13501
but extracted very little from him except the statement
that the Government of National Defence was responeib'e
for the surrender of Metz. Though fully aware of the
situation of the fortress, and of the army which was shut
up within it, the Republican Ministry made no nloviie•
ment in the way of assistance, and thus left the Marsh'!
no choice in the matter.
Fresh butter in Paris still exists, but it has risen to V
francs a pound (about seventeen shillings). A g°°°.
fetches £lss., a turkey about £2 55., one carp £1 sx►!if "
chicken about 135., ass and mule flesh nearly three Of
lings a pound, and eggs fourpence each. A couple of OW
bits cost about a sovereign.
M. Baroche, who commanded the Mobiles at Lie
Bourget, shewed the most splendid courage. Giving
men leave to retire, he coolly awaited the advance of 14'
Prussian Guards, and then rushed forward to meet thee'
at the head of four officers and a dozen men, who refused
to desert him. The whole party were of course shot down
and either wounded and taken or killed, among the latter
Colonel Baroche. The Colonel was a son of the late eltli'
nent Minister of that name. 41"

A correspondent of the Standard makes a calculatioo
that to bombard Paris on the same scale as Strasburg
would require 6,025 pieces of cannon, and nearly fine
million projectiles of various kinds. The correspondelit
doubts with some reason whether Germany can ruuster
such a total as this. But it remains ,to be seen whetheb,
Von Moltke intends to bombard Paris on the same sesle
as Strasburg.

A medical correspondent in Paris speaks highlY ();,
American and Austrian surgery:—" The Americans tree"
their cases in tents heated in a simple and ingenious wt
They have under their care gunshot wounds through
neck and shaft of the femur doing well without operation,
also wounds of the lungs, proceeding favourably—in f°'et's
alMost all wounds seem to do well with care, except those
of the knee. The Austrian surgeons are also very success.
ful in the preservation of limbs."

General de Bellamare, who has been disgraced ler
taking upon himself the responsibility of the occupation
of Le Bourget without afterwards taking efficient 'peel
to hold it, is a man of some special energy, of whom a c'.°7l
deal had been expected at Paris. At Sedan he had
command of a battalion of reserve troops, but, refusing t°
be included in the capitulation, left them to disguise bite:
self, and so escaped into Belgium and round to Paris. Tit':
feat procured him the brevet of General of Brigade. —Ar
and Navy Gazette.
A lieutenant of hussars, who has escaped from get
says that previous to his departure an order of the '511'9
from the Prussian general in command declared that re°ll
than 700 French officers had escaped. In consequence °,
this the country round was to be searched, and all sus"
pectal persons arrested. All French officers found in the
town in plain clothes were to be shot. Eight of these
officers had already been executed in order to serve its
examples.

The Echo du Nord of the 11th instant has the follovr
ing -f` We do not know where the enemy's troops al
at present, but what we can assert is that the advance
the Prussians to the north can no longer be doubted. o:
Thursday last some French officers, completely disguise'
travelled with a German army which was proceeding to.
wards the north, and which they estimate to be 60,000 of
80,000 men in number. Our countrymen were three dals
going through the whole column, the importance of which
may be judged by that fact."
A writer in the Cologne Gazette says that the Alsace anj
Lorraine soldiers who came out of Metz, relieved froui
their military obligations, were seen in troops on the roads
with bag and baggage. They, too, were in a good humour'
Many a substitute had only served a short time, had bi 9
money in his pocket, and now returned to his village t°
live in peace and tranquillity. They had collected tog
ther, *their backs loaded with outfit and beddmg, saog
their songs, and were silent only when a Prussian column
met them.

Verdun, which capitulated on the Bth, is described by
the North German Gazette as a fortress of the first 0100
its ordinary war garrison consisting of 4,200 men and 7
horses. It is considered the key to the Argonnea Passes'
which have long been in the possession of the Gerniao'
but will now be more securely held, as numerotlo
Franc-Tireurs, relying on the fortress, infested theme'
The only fortresses still held by the French in the North'
East, are Thionville, Montmddy, and Longwy. The
latter is asserted by the Commandant to be provisioned
for a year.

The French railways used by the German troops had at
first to be rendered available for traffic and to be managed
by Ger Man officials, the native employ& having fled. The
line from Chillons to Château Thierry is still guarded and
managed by Landwehr soldiers, but the officials of the
Eastern Railway have now been summoned to resume
their duties. On giving a written promise of fidelity thel
will receive their former pay. This notice is hailed by the
inhabitants as a sign of peace. At Château Thierry tyre
elegant car& have just reopened. The first night the v 1
tors were all men, but on the second the ladies of the place
presented themselves.

A lady, who writes from Paris. says she made up her
mind to make a meal of horse on November 5. She w°4
"really too hungry." "We have four tins of beef-tea
left, and more than half the ham Mr. sent, and have
not touched the two tins of meat I bought, so you see
have saved all I could. I fry the ham slice by slice, au'
save the greage to eat. Our rations of meat for three MI
we always eat in one meal, ana desire more. I was tµ'°
hours and a half getting my piece of meat (horse), and
very much pushed ; but it was nothing to the rne3t
crowd on Friday—the barrier thrown down twice, and -I-
vory much hurt. I screamed awfully. I don't remove"
ber in the least how I was got out. The worte°
are like devils. I quite understand the scenes of the
Revolution." •

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