The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-12-23
TEE WAR
MANY CONFLICTING REPORTS

/ Germans. Havre Is filled with war Material. |
/ There are a number of gunboats in the Seine. |
From Honheur 1t Is reported that no Prussians
have been discovered by the French scouts.
The American steamship Erie from New
York, laden with American arms for the
French, Is on Cowes where she will be con-
voyed by French man-of-war 70 French
port.
The anxiety about the result of the Lux
emourg affair causes much depression in bus
mess of all kinds.
The official report of the surrender of
Phalsburg states that ifty-two officers, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine men
and sixty-three guns were captured with the
fortress.
Montmedy has also surrendered to the Ger
mans. The besiegers did not lombard the
town, as was expected, but they battered the
walls with solid shot, and as soon as they had
effected breach the place capitulated.
LONDON, December 1.-THE Herald cor
respondent at Versailles has sent the following
reports;
BoRDEGUx, December I4-The following
news is oficisl There has been no serious
engagement since the 10th.
Dieppe has been free since the 10th.
Evereux and Seurerigny have been occupied
by the Germans
A number of small engagements in which
the French were successful are reported to
have occurred.
On the left bank of Loire the PrussianS oc-
oupy Centres, Mont Richard and Ramoran-
tin.
The Government has announced that the
ports of Havre and Dieppe are not open to
neutral vessels.
Prisoners assert that the losses of the army
of Prince Frederick Charles during the COM
bats with General Chanzy, have not been less
than 10000 men, and the villages in the neigh
| borhOOd are filled with wounded.
News reached here that the Prussians were
surprised at Chambord by some Mobiles and
and Franc-tieurs. It is assured that the Prus-
SLAMS have not injured Chateau de Chambord.
1t is reported that the Prussians have bonn
barded Blois and now occupy one of the fau-
bourgs of Tours. Gambetta was there when
the Prussians demanded the surrender, he or
dered the defence of the city and had the
bridge over the Loire blown up. The defense
was needed to secure the safety of the force
under General Chanzy, which moved toward
the west, where it will be heavily reinforced
and resume the offensive.
General Bourbaki is ready to resume the
offensive. Gambetta repeats the statement
| that Bourbaki's forces are in good condition
A dispatch from Alencen says that the Prus-
Sims have retreated from Verneuil and Drieux
| towards Chatres and Versailles.
The following official dispath has been re-
ceived by the government:
HAvRE, December 1.-THE Prussian force
which was preparing to attack this city are
hurriedlY retiring.
Proofs of tine Prussian scheme for the res
toration of the French empire come from
every quarter. That Bismarck says, is the
only way the war can end that Republican
France will fight forever; that the fall of
Paris can produce no effect, and that the only |
course is to make the terms with the empire |
and go home, and leave the French to fight it |
out between themselves.
LONDON, December l5.-The Luxemburgers |
have united in an address to Prince Henry of |
Orange, imploring him not to allow the de- |
struction of the political existence of the Grand
Duchy without the population being first con-
suited on the subject.
King William of Holland has telegraphed
to the government of Luxemburg that he will |
defend the treaty of 1866 and he also approves
of the acts of the government of Luxembourg.
BORDEAUX, December l5-The Sub-Pre-
feet Of the Loire, in a report received here,
denies having sent dispatch announcing
French victory at Paris, He maintains how
ever, that there is no general and precipitate
retreat Of the Prussiaps in the north of
France.
The forces of Gen. Faidherbe continue to
operate successfully, and some Prussian at
tacks upon Gen. Chanzy's lines have been re-
pulsed with loss to the assailants.
The following dispatch has been forwarded
to the projects of departments:
The Duke of Mscklenburg on Wednesday
attacked the town of Freteval, on the road
from Chateau Dan to Vendome, which he
occupied in strong force. We re-took the
place yesterday Having united his troops
with those of Prince Frederick Charles, they
engaged our forces in combat yesterday near
Vendome. The battle lasted till night The
enemy's losses are great.
News have been received that between the
towns of Briare and Glen three battalions of
Bayarians have been defeated by the mobiles.
A dispatch firm Marseilles SAYS that Rus
sia will denounee the treaty for closing the
Dardannelles, and adds that the United States,
who never recognized the closing of the straits,
will act in concert with Russia.
A trustworthy despatch from Vienna an
nounces that Luxemburg has already been
purchased of Holland.
FLORENCE, December l5.-In the Italian
Parliament to-day Sonar Lauza made power
erfull speech in support Of the bill relative to
the guarantees to be given to the Pope. He
said that the Cat Ole world demanded every
guarantee which was possible for Italy to con-
cede. A bill for the consolidation of the Papal
debt was introduced.
MADRID, December l5-It is said that one
of the first acts of King Amadeus will be to
give half of the Appanage of the Cruon.
amounting to some s20,0O0,O00, to the treas
ury.
BRUSSELS, December l5-A report pre-
walls here that Montmedy has not capitulated,
but on the contrary, the Prussians were re-
pulsed with heavy loss in killed and woun-
ded.
LONDON, December l6.-AIr. Tardien tele-
graphs On the 18th that the Papal envoy, Mr..
Kogman, arrived at Versailles on the 18th
with important dispatches from the Pope to
Bismarck and the King. 1t is certain that the
King promised the Pope that he would restore
him to his temporal power as soon as the pres
ent war ends. The official journal at Holk
states that the King has also determined to
restore Napoleon.
LILLE, December I6-Evening.-It is ru-
mored that another sortie has been made
from Paris, which accounts for the rapid
withdrawal of the German forces from this
region. 1t is said that the French came out
from behind their Notifications in immense
force, and have already completely invested
Versailles. Fighting is now going on in the
direction of Albert and Abbeville.
DIJoN, December IL, via Berlin.-The
Prussians attacked the French near Longeau
and drove them into the fortress The French
loss was two hundred.
BORDEAUX, December 1.-THE Prussians
did not attack General Chanzy yesterday, as
was expected. The force under Chanzy have
received heavy relnforcements.
The Germans are retreating all along the
valley of the Loire.
The government in accordance with the
law which condemns to death, generals who
too hastily surrender their posts, has ordered
by decree, an inquiry into the ca pitulation :
of Strausburg and Metz. As regards General
Ulrich this proceeding is a mere matter of !
form, but in Bazaine's case the investigation
will be serious affair.
VERSAILLES, December l3.-The German
accounts of the recent sorties evade the truth !
Duerot was entirely successful as far as he
went. He held the Peninsula of st. Maur {
against the German attempts to recover ii, {
and retired voluntarily, after ascertaining the
failure of Paladines. Ducret is confident he :
could have gone through the line of invest
ments If Palandines had been successful The
German leaders are uneasy on account of their
line being weakened, aud fear the success of a
massed sortie.
The French were driven from vendome
yesterday.
VERSAILLES, December IS.-The delay in
the bombardment of Paris is caused partly by
the quarrel between Generals Blumenthal and
Won Room. The latter wished to use army
horses to bring up the guns, while the former
insisted that it was impossible to spare them.
Won Room finally yielded, and four thousand
horses are now coming from Germany to drag