The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-12-09
THE WAR
HEAVY FIGHTING AND VA
RIED SUCCESSES.
IMPORTANT FRENCH SORTIE

eral DucrOt, with hundred thousand men,
made great sortle from Paris yesterday and
crossed the river Maue. The movement was
completely successful. The details Of the ac-
ton are momentarily expected
A band Of Franc-TTeurs, ambuscaded in the
forest OF Monraeris, surprised Prussian de-
tachment and killed and captured eleven.
The following despatch has been received
here from Nuts, in the department OF Cote
Dor, dated yesterday: An engagement oc-
CURED at Gainley, to-day, between a body o.
Francs Tireus from the department OF the
eastern Pyrenees and Prussian column. The
latter was well supplied with artillery. In the
afternoon the fight was extended to tie village
of Nuts where the Francs Tneurs were sup
ported by Gardes Mobiles from the Vosges,
which came up from BeaUne. The French
were successful The PrussIan less was severe
their dead strewing the road in all directions
Only fifteen prisoners were taken by tie
French
The following dispatch from Vendome, il
the Department OF Loire Ft Cher, dated yes
terday, has iast been given TO the public here:
''The Prussians have evacuated this city, as
well as Blois Chateau Dun and Chateau Neuf
Sur Loire. To-day they twice assaulted No
zers and were repulsed. The fight lasted niEe
hours. The French captured one officer and
34j men. The French loss was small. The
morale OF the army is excellent"
It is reported that Paladincs was not only
wounded but taken prisoner yesterday.
LONDON, Dec. 1T IS said that the Prus-
slams have suddenly evacuated Amiens, retir-.
ing ON Paris The movement IS regarded at
Lille as very significant. In the latter city It
Is believed a great battle Is proceeding
around Paris to-day.
LONDON, Dec. l-Noon.-The French claim
to have won a victory at Beaune Lo Ro,ande,
a little llage in the department OF Loiret.
The French force was young conscripts, who
were under fire ior the ir,t tune. Tney wert
gallant and steady. Tne French forces have
recovered within the past iew days The follow
ing pa e lately held hy the Germans: Bes-
sines, NogeuJ LeBeuad, and ST. Calais, III
the Department OF Sarthe; Montolre and Mon
doubleau, III the Department OF Loir 1T Cher,
and Moutargis, in the Deparf ment of Loret.
The Prussian losses ia killed, IL the battle
before Amiens, were seyrnty-four others and
one thousand three hundred prvatcs.
The French army OF the north is III a state
OF disorganiza;i0u. The citadel Of Amiens
clpitulated after Il short resistance, in which
the commander was killed. -Four hundred
prisoners were taken.
The correspondent at Tours telegraphs, on
the 30th at night, that ali was well with the
army Of the Loire, and that the Prusslan dis
patches concerning the fighting on the 2Sth,
telegraphed to that city from London, are
wholly falacIOus. General D'Aurelles holds
well in hand, in the immediate vicinity OF Or
leans, the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth
and Eighteenth army corps, numbering $780,,
600 men.
VERSAILLES, Nov. 5O.-A lively fire was
maintained ali last night from the forts around
Paris and this morning the garrison made sor-
ties at various points on the Seine and Marine.
The Prussian poSitiont were attacked at eleven
ocfOaL- tha rnprttfutr tnuttiuar-s- hat
tie took place, in winch the Wurtemburg
troops We're mainly engaged. supported by "A
portion OF the Twelfth Second aud Seventh
CORPS The fighting ended only with night
The enemy were everywhere repulsed.
ToURs, December The Monitelr of this
city has the following details: On the morn
ing OF the 29th ult., the first sortle OF the
French garrison OF Paris was begun at Cloisy
lie Roi, L'Hoy and CT evillO. The battle III
that neighborhood lasted all the night Of the
29th and till the next night. General Ducro,
then crossed the Marine and occupied Messii
Subsequently he evacuated that point and en-
gagged the enemy at Champigny, fighting his
way to Brie. He then marched back to Marue,
recrossed that river by eight pontuon bridges
and maintained his position on the bank. He
took two guns from the PrussiaDs. He has
since taken position at Therna.
LONDON, December "A dispatch from
Versailles on the lst, via Berlin, says the
French loss in killed, wounded and prison
ers in yesterdays sorties was severe. They
have Just asked a truce for several hours to
bury their dead. Datcassal's brigade Of the
second corps lost two officers and 100 men.
The Saxon loss IN unreported.
Tours. December 2.-General Chanzy re-
ports the successful advance of the French left
yesterday. The French earned the first Prus-
sian line and afterwVrd their position at Noun
evile. Villee Pain and Fauveralles. The
Prussians retreated on Laigny and Chateau
Compray.
Tours, December l, midnight-The army
of the Loire has been engaged with the Prus-
SLAMS to-day. The position Of the latter ex-
tended from Chateau Dun, where their right
was posted, through Joinville to Toury, and
from there to Pithiyiers and Beaune la Ro-
lande. Their second line in the rear extend |
ed from FonJainebleu by the way ofMontereau
and Mile Neuve to Troyes, where it joined the
first Prussian line.
Tours; December i-Evening city is |
excited. Gambetta praises Generals |
Trochu and Ducrot for their successful sorties, /
and also reiterates his statement that the |
French victory had compelled the hasty ev-
acuation of Amiens, and that the Germans
were Fastening from that point to the assis-
tance of the besieging army.