The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-09-22
Clamont and Mendon.

ole GUARDS anG battery OF artlllery.
| The result was favorable to the French,
the enemy falling back.
1t is reported that General Falken
stein s command has been added to the
Prussian forces approaching Paris.
The New York Iribunes special cor
respondent at Berlin telegraphs on the
evening Of September Is, that the Kings
headquarters are still at Mcuax. The
investment of Paris is proc seding sue
cessfully and rapidly. The weather is
fine, and the troops are In the best OF
spirits. tz
The siege Of Toul is being pressed
with the greatest yigor by the combined
infantry corps of the line and landwehr
to force Its reduction.
Cannonading was distinctly heard at
Paris this morning. The Prussians APP
pear to be advancing simultaneously by
the Oureay Canal and the Seine Val
ley, to seize the chain of hills from Cour
de France, ABOVE Jomsy, to Athisblon
and Villenerae de Roll Forts Noisy,
Romanville and Auberville Will probably
be first attacked on the east, and Char
enton and Ivry on the south.
THE SIEGE OF STRASBOURG.
MIEDELsHEIAI, Sept. 1S-It is official
ly reported that the works facing lunet-
ties Nos. 80 and SO of Strasbourg are
finished. Near the lunettes ffty-three
mines were exploded by the besieged,
and the earthWorkS protecting the as.
sailants were injured, but they have
since been repaired.
The New York Tribune correspondent
before Strasbourg, Sept. 4. says: 1.-The
flra 1-,d
the walls are reduced to shapeless mass
eS.
Desperate efforts are made to carry
frequently captured. Another telegraph
lc underground wire has been discover;
ed, running 70 Colmar.
LONDON, Sept. 19-The New York
IriGasne'S Berlin correspondent has the
following advices from Strasbourg 1.-THE
Germans succeeded in erecting battery
on the lett bank Of the Rhine, opposite
Kiehl. A sortie was made last night
from the citadel against the battery by
1900 French. -Four hundred Baden
troops held the ground against them
until reinforced by the Prussions, when
| the French were driven back with heavy
loss In killed, wounded, and prisoners.
While making the approaches between
Schefhighiem and koenigshafen, the
burial ground Of the Church St. Helen
was pierced, the besiegers working
among collins and skeletons.
Tours, Sept. Electromagnetic for
eign Ministers left Paris yesterday in
haste, having been informed that SER
ious attack would be made.
There was hard fighting yesterday and
to-day around Paris.
BERLIN, Sept 1S-A telegram from
the Kings headquarters states that the
total number of men actually captured
at Sedan was only 10000, including SO
Generals and 2, 595 officers, 500 of whom
were released on parole. The killed and
wounded numbered 20, 900.
| PEACE PROSPECTS.
| LONEoN, Sept. IS.-The Observer
says, in official type, that the prospects
of peace are now better than at any time
since the beginning of the war, Lord
Lyons, British Minister at Paris, con-
ducts the negotiations between Jules
Fayre and Count Bismarck. 1t is said
brief armistice has alrerdy been ar
ranged.
PARIS, Sept. 17-Afternoon-A mes
senger from the front and the King S
headquarters, reports that Bismarck and
the King insist upon the permanent oc-
cupation by the Prussians of Strasbourg
and II atz. indemnify is not a question
of SO much consideration, but the other
condition is absolute. The Prussians
intend beleaguering Paris, and are de
laying operations, relying upon an insur
rectlon against the provisional govern
ment.
GENERAL SHERIDAN S VIEWS.
The Tribune correspondent at Berlin
sends the following extract OF a letter
from General Sheridan: There seems
little of the war left except the seige of
Paris, and that will not save France. 1t
is possible that the French troops have
not done so we'll as | think they might
have done on one or two occasionSwhich
| witnessed, from the fact that the poor
fellows found themselves so badly hand
led by their commanders that they could
see no equivalent to be obtained by the
sacrifice of their lives. All men like to
have an equivalent for their labor, and
especially Is it 50 with the soldier who
wants success where many lives have
been sacrificed. French generalship put
this out of the question in every battle
which [ witnessed. Everybody here
has been very kind to me. "
PRUssIAN PLAN OF OPERATIONS.
A correspondent writes on the 18th :
1.-THE plan of operations against Paris is
that the French being unable to oppose
the Germans with any considerable army
in the field, the Seine will be crossed by
successive divisions to attack the weakest
part of the Notifications, those on the
south front. Elevations exist on that
side from which an effective fire can be
opened on the French forts. During the
| first few days after their arrival, the
Germans will be occupied in preparing
! their environments and reconlterlng. An
| investment, so far as is practicable, will
follow Immediately after. Communica-
| lions on the north are already cut off,
and those on all other sides will soon be.
There will be no delay, down to the
moment when peace or an armlstlce is
actually signed, which is not anticipated
| before the city falls. !"
DISEASE IN TIE pRUSsIAN ARMY.
Rinderpest has appeared in great
| number of places, including Berlin, and
is spreading rapidly, notwithstanding
vigorous efforts to check it. Typhus
| fever and dysentery are prevailing among
| the Prussians at Met. and Strasbourg,
and, it is feared, becoming epidemic.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A committee of German workmen
has made protest against the war.
Victor Hugo's address to France, to
day, is exciting all classes to oppose the
return of Napoleon.
The cattle plague has attacked the
cattle of the Prussian army.
The ambassadors Of England, Austria,
Italy and Turkey have left Paris.
A balloon has arrived from Metz with
letters.
The press of Paris, without exception,
is opposed to the restoration of the Bon