The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-17 00:00:00

A VERY DIFFERENT STORY.

The correspondent of the Daily News at Blois writes of
the battle of Bacon :—At Bacon there was a very deter-
mined fight, in which the losses were very great on each
side. The Prussians were completely beaten there ; their
intrenchments were stormed, and they left behind them
about 100 waggons of provisions and forage. There was
only one French division engaged on this point. This
seems a genuine success for the French, for the town
seems to have been defended in easnest, and, notwith-
standing this, they drove the enemy from it without
resorting to the means the Prussians used at Chateau-
dun. Now that the French have had a success every-
thing is to be hoped of them. The prisoners are begin-
ning to be brought in. There were more than 1,500
taken.. Two guns and a great number of caissons are
here, as well as General Von der Tann's carriage. lam
told; this, however, I have not seen, but the guns, pri-
soners, and horses I have seen. It is said Von der Tann
was very near being taken prisoner. In short there can
be no doubt that the French have gained a great advan-
tage. Itis a great advantage in two ways, It gives back to
the French an important position which it was necessary for
them to take back, and morally it will have the most
wonderful effect upon the troops. Of course the French
were in much larger fence than the Prussians, fop the
30,000 men who were at Bourges marched up and
attacked from the south on the left bank, while
the divisions of the 15th and 16th Corps at-
tacked on the west side; but the superiority that it
is to be supposed the French had in numbers on this
occasion was not greater than that what the Prussians
have had in all their battles against us. Moreover,
their positions were excellent, and they had forti-
fied them as much as possible. The French are
now on the road to Arthenay, and they will
resume the positions they held before the battle
there, but it is probable that the fighting round
that unfortunate town is not over yet, for the Prussians
will no doubt attack the French in force one of these days.
They cannot allow the army of the Loire, now (with the
army of Bourges) about 200,000 strong, to hang about so
near in their rear. If they do not attack soon, they must
be in a very bad way.

GENERAL CHANGARNIER'S OPINION OF
BAZAINE.

General Changarnier, writes a correspondent at
Brussels, is here in a pecrliar position. He is not a pri-
soner of war. After the surrender of Metz Prince
Frederick Charles expressed to him a desire that hd should

not remain in France. Thereupon the general selected
Brussels as his residence. As a matter of course
he feels himself bound not to return to France
during the war. Notwithstanding he is eighty years
old, he is still very lively and in the enjoyment
of good health. Some days ago he sent to the lade-
pendance Beige a letter in reference to the capitulation of
Metz, but stopped its publication a short time after. His
opinion of Bazaine is that the latter's incapacity was even
greater than his treason. Bazaine expected to play the
part of dictator after the capitulation of Paris, which he
thought would take place a long time before the surrender
of Metz would become necessary. General Changarnier
entertains the opinion that no French army would ever
again obey a Bonaparte, and that, therefore, an Imperial
restoration is altogether impossible.