Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-19
THE WAR
More Runners of Mediation
Paris Safe from BOmbarded
Battle Impending at Orleans
Advance on BIOiS and Tours
Fren CHI FleetOn GermanCOast
The Rinderpest Spreading
From Poland to the At ,antic
The Pope to PrOrOgue Council
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The Rinderpest Spreading
From Poland to the At ,antic
The Pope to PrOrOgue Council
FROM ENGLAND.
RumOrs of Mediation Hamburg
and Bremen i'm Danger.

humOrS OF Mediation HAMBURG
and Bremen i'm Danger.
LONDON, Oct. 1S.-Rumors of an ar
mistice are current in banking circles
here, and stocks are advancing.
1t is reported that Russia tenders hel
offices for mediation, and that Austria and
England are anxious for peace.
Bankers are to-day declining to nego.
tate for Berlin paper.
Hamburg and Bremen are threatened
by the French fleet, and the excitement
in these cities is intense. r''uti
| The Anniversary of Leipsig.
The Times reminds its readers that this
is the anniversary of the battle of nations,
which occurred near Leipsig, on the 18th
| of October, 1913.
1t has been generally understood in the
German camps that in the bombardment
| OF Paris all the batteries would simultane-
ously be opened on this anniversary day,
which is so full of glorious remembrances
to the Germans, and which has been regu-
larly celebrated for years. The world is
waiting for the events of to-day.
The Anglo-American ambulance CORDS
has left Versailles for Orleans, where
there are 5000 wounded French and Ger
mans.
The Military Situation.
The German army in France is main
tanned by constant reinforcements. 1t is
estimated that there are fully 600, 900
Germans on French soil.
Nothing has yet been heard from La
Ferte st. Aubin. At last accounts bat
tie was imminent at that point.
Gambetts has left Tours for the French
army in the Vosges, which is to be orga-
nized for the purpose of resisting the
German advance on Lyons.
The Prussians still occupy Meury
quietly. They have made no demonstra-
tons against Blois and Tours, and it is
not believed they will at present.
The BOOtIess knight Errant.
Theirs has returned to France.
Discomfort in France-Rinderpest
Raging from Poland TO the ATTAIN
tic.
A violent popular outbreak occurred at
Honfleurs and other towns in that vicini-
ty, on account of the alleged inefficient
conduct of the war.
Gen. Bourbaki has been appointed
Commander of the army of the North,
and directed to operate in concert with
Bazaine.
Rinderpest on the continent is spread
ing with alarming rapidity. 1t prevails
from Poland to the Atlantic. There is
much CONSERVATION among all classes of
people.
An AgglOmerate Army.
The force of Mecklenburg Schwerin at
Scissors consists of Pomeranian Hessians
and Magdeburg artillery, the Schleswig
Engineers, s battalions of Landwehrs, and
the Halbestadt horse. The investment last
ed weeks and the bombardment days.
-Four thousand prisoners and 1872 cannon
fell into the hands of the Prussians.
The Battle of Bagneux.
The following particulars of the battle
of Bagneux have just been received here:
At 9 o'clock in the morning the French
opened heavy artillery fire, which was
vigorously answered by the Prussians.
The French then advanced on double
quick, the Guarde Mobile having the lead.
A desperate battle ensued. The Prussian
position was carried at the point of the
bayonet. The Germans were utterly un-
able to Withstand the avalanche of men
hurled against them. They resorted to
several strategems, but failed in all, and
at length dispersed. The Mobiles entered
Bagneux, where the Prussians had erected
barricades, and these were soon carried
with but little loss. At this time heavy
masses of Prussians were seen on the
plateaus. As the French were now ex-
posed to a severe fire of artillery from
the forts in the neighborhood, they fell
back unmolested. The object of the re-
cOnnoisance was effected in every par
ticular. The Prussians lost three hun
dred killed and one hundred captured.
The Government has abandoned the
prosecution against Gustave Fleurens on
made by Henry Roche
fort
The Prussians Take Mont DidIer.
LONDON, Oct. 1S.-In the Prussian at
tack on the fortified town of Mont Didier
three citizens were killed and $50 Mobile
Guards made prisoners. A requisition for
80, 600 francs was levied on the town and |
the Mayor and Mr.. Durand, banker,
taken as hostages for payment. The |
Wurtemburg troops have been placed |
under the command of the Grand Duke of |