St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-09-09
UTTER DEFEAT OF THE
FRENCH.
DOWNF4LL OF NAPOLEON.
Mcmahon SurTendcrS at Sedan.
DETAILS OF TIE FINISHING srRoNE.
LoNnoN, sunday. September 1.
KING WILLIAMS DISPATCH To THE
OF Elm.
BEFORE NEDAN. FRANCE

BEFORE SEDAN. FRANCE
Friday, September 2-l - p. IN.
\ capitulation whereby the whole
army at Sedan aye prisoners Of war has
Just been cunclu,ied with Gen. Wimp-
Ten. commanding, instead Marshal
McMahon. who /, wounded. The emperor
surrendered himself to me, as he has no
command lie left everything 10 the
regency at Paris shall appoint his
r1-iIruce after all imtcrN lew with him at
a rtnIczvuu, to he fixed immediately.
What a course events, with Gods guild
aurc, have taken WILLIAM.
SURRENDER INSISTED on TY NAPOLEON.
IL wasn't known III London that Napoic-
un WAS with the army until after the sur
render. Gen. Wimpten, who surren-
!ercl tie French army, l. cousin to The
i'ru--itn general Of the same name. Ma
palcuu insisted On the surrender against
the protest OF the younger officers. Us he
wa, checked 10y the fearful slaughter OF
Wednesday and Thursday. los hcliev-
81 that u residence in IIesse Cas>rl will
,e assigned 10 Napoleon.
THE DECISIVE BATTLE.
The Tribunc's special correspondent
trlc4raph- from IhionvilIc, Saturday
morning: The two battles fought yes
tcrlav were bloody, but decisive. They
logan at ). \. NJ, AMI lasted until ).
l.. NJ. McAlahon was repulscd. The
i'ru>,iaus made the attack, firing inceS-
sanity aud turiuu-iy until halt past 3,
when the firing ceased and the Pru,-ians
attacked with the bayuuet. McMahon
Was driven across the Meusc en- route,
rs was believed, for Sedan. The sur
render of McNiahon is confirmed by 4
messenger and by 4 number OF Germans
The French are in force near the from
ucr. Two hundred officers OF the SSH
regiment of the lane who arrived ut Flo
rcnvile, last evening, iFriday) admitted
McMahon's retreat, but knew nothing
about the Surrender III Sedan.
FROM TIE KINGS HEADQUARTERS.
y special co respondent of the Tribune
tclc@raphS from the kings headquarters
at Neudcz, near Sedan. Friday: The
battle of Sedan began at > o'clock on
Thursday morning. Two Prussian
corps were in position west of Sedan,
having got there by long, forced marches
TO cut Off the French retreat TO Mezicrcs
SUu;iI of Sedan was the first Bavarian
corps and east, across the Meuse, the
second Bavarian corps. The Saxons
We're on the northeast with the guards. |
was with the king throughout the day,
Oh rhe hill above 81. Mouse, command.
ing Il splendid view Of the valley Of
Meuse and the field. After a tremen-
deus battle, the Prusslans, having COM
pletely surrounded Sedan, and the, Bava-
rians having entered the Notifications of
Sedan, the emperor capitulated at 5.15
p. III. His letter to the king of Prussia
SAID "As | cannot die at the head OF
my army, lay my sword at the feet OF
your majesty" Napoleon lett Sedan for
the Prussian headquarters at Nendrez at
: O'Clock on Friday morning. McMa-
hons army, comprising 100000 prison.
ers, capitulated without conditions. The
Russians had 100000 men engaged or
in reserve, the French 10000.
GRAPHIC DETAILS OF TIE LAST CON
FLICT
y Herald dispatch, dated at Sedan, on
Friday, at midnight, says: The die is
cast. So far rs McMahon's fine army
and the fortunes of the empire are con-
cerned, all is over with France | have
already telegraphed briefly the facts OF
the battles Of Tuesday and Wednesday,
each days ti-hting being terrific Tie
results at the close of each day were favo-
rabie TO the Prussians. On Thursday
daylight showed the French forces
reinforced and occupying strong eleva-
ted position from Bazeilles. extending
down the road to Douzy, and thence to
Marry, on the line of the Mousson rail-
road. At o'clock the Prussians recon-
IN enced the battle, making simultaneous
attacks on the French front and left flank.
he fighting at first was confined to ar