Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-22
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS.
THE WAR IN EUROPE
SIEGE OF PARIS.
POSITIONS RETAKEN BIZ The FREyCH.
TIE PRUsSfANS IN oRLEAN>.
French Attempts to Rcapture the City.
'egrarhed EIclasireIy TO The Even.sg Star.
WAR NOTES FROM TOURS.

WAR NOTES FROM TOURS.
Tours, Oct 81, Misunderstanding Official Is
published from the army Of the Loire, and we
are kept equally in the dark n to the march Of
the Prussians.. There is a rumor that the
French have attacked Orleans, where the enc
my, it is said, left garrison not strong in num-
bers, but well supplied with artillery.
The journals here have been urging the gov
the city.
Keratry. recalled from Madrid, arrived here
to-day. The newspapers say he is TO have
important military command. He did brilliant
service in Mexico while in comm and of forces
organized to oppose guerrillas.
A number Of the volunteers from the United
States who arrived on the steamer WE de Paris
received their arms and uniforms to-day.
They are to be employed as ancs-tireurs, 20
operate in the rear OF the Prussian armies,
cutting railroads and burning forage.
OFFICIAL FROM PARIS.
OfhcIal advices fom Paris TO the 18th show that
the resolution of the defenders or the capital is
unshaken. The work on the Notifications on all
sides of the city has been completed. The
lejuif, Cochan, Issy, Suresnes, Puteaux, Cour-
beyoie, Asnieres, Pierrentte, Slams, La Cour
and Nogent-su Marne, and hold also the bridge
Of Joinville, and the Gland Of Genevilliers. The
forts are armed with 2 l4e guns m AIMED by Il 600
men. In the magazines there are ,ooo, 600 kilo-
grammes OF powder. and each gun has q supply
m,
mitr.illeuses, chassepots, cartridges and other
munitions continues with great activity; and
che supply Of provisions IL ample. TIE author
titles of Paris have suppressed female military
organizations, which were forming.
uNAUTHoRizED PRussIAN REQUisI-
TON.
Inhabitants Of Chateau Neuf, who went TO
ask a Prussian General for delay in the pay
ment Of large sum Of money which had been
levied on the place, we're assured that the GEN
eral had no knowledge Of such q requisition.
A balloon left Tours on the 18th instant for
YOU PAYS YpCR MONEY AND HAS
& YOUR CHOICE.
( NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The Ereaing telegram
has a special stating that the Tours government
is informed that Metz has been successfully
evacuated, and that Baxaine Is marching on
Der contra, tho American Press Association
nan 0spatch stating that the republic las been
proclAnnned at Metz, and that Bazaine, while
tryfng % repress the movement, was shot by his
Both dispatches are, of course, discredited.
THE EoMBARDMENr OF MEzIEREs
LoNDoF, Oct. p The arRistice at Mezieres
ended yesterday (FTiday) Afternoon at three
O'clock The bridge over the Meuse, near that
place, will be blown up by the Prussisns to-
day, but the bombardmenf will no, be conn
menced unt,imore troops and IN unitions of war
the walls of Aezieres is oompzted at about 1--WE
thousand meE, and composed Of fragments of
various French regiments.
BELGIUM AND PRUSSIA STILL FRIEND
LY.
BRUSSELS, Oct 22.-The Belgian Koniteur Of
ficis1iy denies thSt the government Of DelRium
has teceived any note fron Prussia complain
ing a tie tone Of the Belgian press, or that
there u any lack OF cordality in the relations
between the two cosntries.
WAR NOTES FROM LONDON. =
LoEDoE, Oct. GA dispatch from Amiens.
dated to-day, announces that the Prussians are
only three kilometres distant. Every prepare
ton has been made to defend the town A spe-
ctal trsse, laden with munitions of war passed
through Amisns to- day from Lille, going 10
Rouen.
General Bourbaki rs expected 10 leave Lille
to- Day for the same destination. He has 90 900
men under hie commau.
A correspondent of the Morning Standard saws
The Prussians have given the American am
bulance corps TO understand that its aid is not
wanted
A dispatch from Tours, dated October DIST. lp
p, m, says that the Papal Nuncio has arrived
in that city. Keratry has also arrived from
Madrid His mission there was TO ask material
aid; but ACTING on the advice Of his friends he
ref rained, and only asked leave to import arms
from Spain and the Spanish colonies. This was,
however, refused.