The Portland daily press., 1870-10-18
war N0iee.

A London dispatch says great gloom and
desnair existed in Tours last week partly
from the fight of the Mayor who fed in q
manner disgraceiul in the chosen head aud
governor Of the city.
The reports that the Prussians had crossed
the Loire and were marching ON Tours threw
all the departments OF the government into
state OF CONSERVATION. Books, papers and
offic al documents and insgnias were hurried.
~ Put together and packed away into places O.
supposed curity. The southern railroad was
Immediately bese'ged by families eager tn es-
cape.
a balloon v ich lett Paris at seven oc'ock
Sunday morning with four passengers and Two
sacks OF mails aliehted at Marenbourg sunday
afternoon. Goddard, the aeIopout, reports
that Paris is still courageous. A battle occur
ed on Saturday the 18th outside the walls
wherein three thousand Prussians were killed.
The French fleet is again assembling Oft
| Dnnkirk This fact coupled with the uneX-
| pected arrival Of the squadron In The North
| Sea causes the Germans to again remove the
cles in The Eibe. The squadron in the North
| Sea is accompanied by fiat. bottomed boats.
| The Germans appiehend mischief.
| The O. yernmfnt of Holland is in active ne
| collation. with the Belgian government on the
matter of the occupation of Luxembourg and
| the Belgian army at Namur has been heavily
| reinforced.
|
! that by the capitulation of Scissors four thou.
| sand Fren CHI prisoners fell into Pussian hands
| The Prussian army was to enter the city on
Sunday.
| The Prussians have evacuated Bureency
| They blew up thesyiaduct there before MAJ ching
out The Prussians are still at Meupg but in
small force.
The three opening shots of the Prussiar
bombardment of Paris were fred from Bel!er
on on Friday.
An Ostend dispatch says that Trochu's sue
cessful sortie from Paris ON the 18th was lee
| by the gaIdes mobile, who beha ged with valol
and steadiness, and the Germans after brie
resistance broke everywhere in confusion and
abandoned their artillery aud teams. A con
siderable force which retreated in better ordel
as far as Leplessie PiGuet, nearly nine miles t.
the south of Paris, were holly pursued by the
gardes of Brittany and of the Seine. They at
tempted TO make stand at chateau at tina
place, where they were assaulted, and FINAL!
| after brief engagement compelled to surren
der at discretion. The French captured
great number of prisoners, cannon, flags, am
balances and cOmmissary teams.
A special correspondent at Bologne says tina
engagements have taken place within the pas
three days at Cherisy, at Ecos les Audelys, ant
Saperto ST. Aubin, in each of which the Ger
mans were badly beaten. In the latter en-
gagement, Thursday, between eight and min
thousand Germans were attacked early in tn
morning by 10000 gardes mobile and troops q
the line of the army of the Loire. They wer
badly posted and taken partially by surprise
but fought with considerable determinatio
until these were taken in the flank by the RICH
wing of the French when, finding themselve
outman@uvred, they sought to retreat throug
. the town of Laperte. The inhabitants, aide
by small body Of franc-tireurs, had barricade
the main streets and resisted the Germans ur
til the main body of the pursuing French fe
upon them again and cut their Ietreating co
umn in two and captured or dispersed tn
whole force