The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-05 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

SUN OFFICE, 8 A. m.

THE WAR.

REPULSE OF THE FRENCH
BEFORE PARIS.
TELEGRAM FROM THE KING.
ROYAL HEADQUARTERS VERSAILLES, _NC. 4.
No further attempt has been as yet made by the
enemy to break through the German lines.
The losses of the Saxons from the 30th ult. to the
2d inst. amount to from 1,500 to 2,000 men.
The 104th, the 106th, tho 107th, and the 108th
have fifteen officers killed and sixty-three woundlA.
The number of French prisoners amounts to 3,000
Men.

BERLIN, December 3.
The following official despatches have been re-
ceived :

" VERSAILLES, December 2.
" To QUEEN AUGUSTA'

" No fighting yesterday.
" To-day the points on this side of the Marne,
which were still occupied by the enemy—namely,
Champigny and Brie—were retaken by Prussians,
Wurtembergers, and Saxons.

" WILLIAm."

" VERSAILLES, December 2 (Midnight.)

" After the battle the day before yesterday the
Paris Army kept possession of the villages of• Brie
and Champigny, situate on the Marne, and under
the fire of the forts.

" To-day at dawn these places were taken by us.
" Towards 10 a.m. the enemy again advanced
With :superior numbers against our defences be-
tweenyie Seine and the Marne, and, after a severe
conflict, which lasted eight hours, he was victoriously
repulsed by troops of the 12th and 2ud Army Corps
and the Wurtemberg Division.
"A. Bavarian reconnoitring detachment, sent out
by the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg yesterday, be-
tween Orgeres and Patay, fell in with vastly supe-
rior forces of the enemy, who was advancing. The
Bavarian detachment fell back.
"The Grand Duke's army this morning, at nine
o'clock, was forming to advance, when it found
itself vigorously attacked on the line Orgeres and
Beignaux.
" The enemy, consisting of the 15th and 16th
Corps, was beaten back and driven beyond Loigny
by the 4th Cavalry Division, supported by the Ist
Bavarian Corps.

"Meanwhile the 22nd Infantry Division, sup-
Ported by the 2nd Cavalry Division, stormed Poupry
and advanced to the immediate neighbourhood of
Artenay.
" The enemy lost many hundred prisoners ; 11
guns were taken.

" Our lose was not inconsiderable, and the enemy's
lossivery large."

CHAMPS, December 2.

This morning the German troops, consisting of the
12th Royal Saxon Army Corps, the Wurtembergers,
and the Second Prussian Army Corps, commenced
an attack on the French, with a view to retake the
'villages of Champigny and Brie, which had re-
Itained in their hands since the 29th of November.
This was accomplished at eight o'clock.
Afterwards there was a great sortie by the French
from Paris.

The German troops fought for four hours under a
terrible fire from the forts Nogent and Itosny and
the batteries of Mount A.vron.
The French retired at 3 o'clock, leaving several
hundred prisoners in the hands of the Germans.
_ _

Brie is now free from troops belonging to either
array.
There were great losses both on the part of the
French and Germans.
The Saxon Regiment of Chasseurs and the Bth
Saxon Regiment fought most gallantly. Nearly all
their officers were killed and wounded.

The fight was altogether a moat severe one.

DEFEAT OF THE LOIRE ARMY.
VERSAILLES, December 3 (10.5 a.m.)
The Duke of Mecklenburg utterly defeated the
French near Axtenay yesterday. The Germans took
12 guns.

The report of the Dyke of Mecklenburg is as
follows :

" JANVILLE, December 2.

" At eight o'clock this morning, our troops having
advanced, a battle commenced in the direction of
13azoches les Hautes. At 9.80 the enemy, after a
heavy fight with the 10th Infantry Division, fol-
lowed by the Ist Bavarian Army Corps, and sup-
Ported by the 4th Cavalry Division, was driven
beyond Loigny.
_ _ _

"The 22nd Infantry Division, supported by the
2nd Cavalry Division, took Poupry by storm. The
enemy was driven back to Artenay. The 16th
French Army Corps 'was beaten near Loigny, and
the loth near Artenay. Many hundred prisoners
and 11 guns were taken.
"The loss sf the enemy is considerable. Our loss
cannot yet be estimated, but is much smaller."

'Pouts, December 3.
The following official report has been issued by the
Government here :
" The movement of the Army of the Loire being
continued, yesterday a number of engagements were
fought, which, however, did not result in any ap-
preciable advantages to either party. In one of them
General Sonnis was wounded and made prisoner.
This incident for a while retarded the march of the
17th Corps. We are holding our positions. The
sPlrit of the troops is excellent."
"In the East, Autun has been twice attacked
by the enemy, and he has been each time re-
Pulsed—on the second occasion with important
leases.
"There is nothing fresh in the North. A retro-
grade movement of the enemy appears to become
evident."

The France says that the result was indecisive, and
that the fighting will be continued to-day. The
battle was long, obstinate, and bloody.

Torits, December 4.
The Moniteur says that the movements of the
Amy of the Loire are being conducted with extreme
Prudence, and that the position:of the French is good.
Engagements succeed each other almost without in-
terruption, upon a vast line of battle, and there are
alternately successes and reverses; but the French
Purace their object all the same, and the generals,
well supplied with everything that is necessary, will
Successfully carry out their plans.

I)RPEAT OF THE FRENCH AT ORLEANS.
ROYAL HEAD-QUARTERS, VERSAILLES,
December 4.
Yesterday Prince Frederick Charles, with the
3rd and 9th Corps, drove the enemy near Chevilly
I`ll,l Chillenes, into the Forest of Orleans,. capturing
we cannons.

THE GERMANS IN THE NORTH OF
FRANCE.
A. despatch from Lille, dated December 4, says :
The Prussians seem to have evacuated Amiens,
and to mask their movements by flying columns.
444 St night they blew up the bridge between Albert
and Acheux, which would induce an intention to
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°ear," a retreat, and not an advance northwards.