The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-12-31
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Free. correspondence between the
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officers Of the, church shall be made
without Government interference.
Episcopal oaths of allegiance to the
King are abolished, and institutions
for the education Of priests shall be
under the direction Of the Pope.
T LONDON Dec. 21.-Seige, trains
before Paris have been largely N
creased The Faubourg De France
at Belfort has been burned by Prus-
sian shells. ae s.r5'ajsaata@ afs aes "@''
One thousand Germans were
killed and wounded at Mutt.
VERSAILLES, Dec. 20.-The left
wing Of the German army is advan-
cling on Tours, the right wing Oh
Lemans. rs5sags#5 y59 7fsi ~ Gt ssoE7
The French abandon hundreds of
wounded before the advance of the
Pfussians. Sf -<r* F*s 291l1'~+
BORDEAUX, December pa
general sortie was made from Paris
yesterday. .Ma.,a. Id ILL., rn-.ga -
@ General Vinoy took La Maison
Blanche beyond Goyni, six miles
eastfrom Paris. E@j1ss II -@.a& ,z'-@
General Ducrot fought a battle
near Browy., OH = .-S.. ~ ~. i..
IT has been officially announced
that a few Prussians entered Tours
last night. They belonged to the
advance post of the enemy, which
| holds 'Mannaier, where g combat
occurred. The enemy withdrew in
the direction Of Paris 2}
Paris is reported in excellent con
ditien. Active military operations
were resumed yesterday, anda bat
tie was fought which was favo-
rable to the French. The artillery
was especially successful.
Evening-A severe engagement
occurred near Tours, yesterday.
Six thousand French fought ten
thousand Prussians seven hours.
The French retired. The Prussians
followed and commenced to bonn
dmd Tours, when the mayor u
rendered4the place. sds ea.e -sos
Taisseyening the sGevernunenttan-
nounces that the sPrussians aevaeu-
ated Tours, retfeating stoWard4Cha-
tealrRenotllt.s 3at5lnoas 2a7 TO yet IDS
LoNDoN,RDecs 22.-General9sBre-
mer. near Nuts, checked the Prus-
slams, and advises the government
Of his ability to keep them from adj
vancing.d a." aqss@ a.'@ a~'..
BERLIN, aq December 22.-The
Germans under Won Dergolz sur
priced the French at Songres, in the
departement of Haute Marine, and
drove them from their position.
The French lost heavily in killed,
wounded, prisoners and material.
LoNDoN, December E22.-The
French claim that they have sew
cred Prince Frederick Charles com
munieations, and captured 52ooO
lprisoners as the sPrussians were
Ieaying Tours. They. also report
that tile army of the Loire has made
a successful union, and is now $780,
900 strong and ready for the often
sive. s%'@. H@ -
FLORENCE, December 22.-The
Chambers ratified the annexation
of Rome, to Italy BY q vote Of 'sS 23e to
HAVANA. Dec. 2ss.-Three steam
mers arrived from Spain, bring
ing $500 troops.
BORDEAUX, December 22.-The
Mayor. Of Tours teleggrapas toIthe
Department of the I~nterior,a under
date of the twenty-seeond, that the
Prussians passed toward Blobs with
out entering Tours ri az9 os1zz15sa
Official sadvices from Paris to the
nightO of the 21stsay, military pe-
rations were renewed at0sdaysaand
only ceased at night. x-.s= ~
Generals Malro and B1aise occu-
pied Neuilly7 Villa zEv-
Erard and aMaison Blanche, on the
EeaskaA ssssa aass..s u Ge@s4ss ;.sss1FFA
The fire Of the enemy has been
silefced at all points. It is also sta
ted that after short-eembat, where
in General Favre wass Weu11sed,
troops from st. Denis, under Admi-
|lral ia Ratneiiere, carried Bourget to
the III ofParis, but were tlnableto
hold the place, and retired with
lone. hundred PTnssian prisoners
Ducrot also fought south of the
city i'm "a violent artillery d Hactien
against Montauban and Blanca es1H
/ At night Ducrot occupied Grossly
band Draugy, GeneralNoll mad a
|feintton thesside ofaMont Valeden
|against aMoHtretout, and oeeMied
Of Chiard. The NobiI
Eized National Guard fougghtytht the
|troops in these engagements, and
displayed great ardor.a Thy garri-