Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-03
lVaI News from Europe.

Oct. ga 6cspasch from tie X ne
ct plu sia TO Tie Queen yesterday con
yeyed Ii stirring announcement that
''i5azanc ana Metz had capitHia;cd y
One hundred and City thousand l.an wsre
m ,le pri on rs. embracing twenty thous-
and sick and wounded The I<itig speaks
of it as conc Of the most important events
of the war"
The news which comes 70 Tours from
al pats 0. France has but one expression
= s:le HOPE that no huniliating conditions
OF peace will be accepted, TIE joHrnais
w.iA q voice says that in tie Indefinite
pros&eu ion OF the war consists tie only
hore 81 fa;i terms Of peace.
Pie Spanish GorteS is to assemble Oh
the :2Qih Of this mouth Tlsre seems to
be general acqpiesccnce ID Europe. 10
the candidacy of Aosta }4 She Grown Of
Spain. lie has Himself given his assent.
Oct. 20. -The hesltE Of Napoleon, ii
is said. will necessissse bis removal to a
southern latitude and i is probable that
he will sh ortly leaye WiGel a.shobe for
Eliza, the memorable resiiepce CO The irst
Napoleon in lSl4-'15. qho Car testides
bis friendship for Prussia By removing
tium Office number of the gogerpQrs of
the Baltic provinces who haEe expressed
sentiments Of hostility texarls Germany
King William has giya2 Instructions. to
General lalkcnsteip to remove all OBJ
staclcs TO independent voting and public
meetings in the French prov inces under
his authority. lAlsace and Lorraine,) in
view, apparently, of the early necessity
for tie election Of representatives to the
proposed constituent assembly apd the
DECISION Of the territorial question.
ToERs. October 2S.-The following
despatch has just been received ::
bouRo, October 28-A telegram from
Basic announces that tie Prussians have
suffered defeat between Mont Billiard and
Bcsaucon They fed with disorder, TAX
ing with them ffty-three wag rs filled
with wounded, and leaving twelve hun
drcd killed en- the field. Three hundred
of the fugtives crossed the frontier into
Swiss territory. They were determined,
aud were directed to proceed to Posen-
tray.
ToURs, October 90, Owing to the
rumor Of Dazaine's capitulation, Minister
Gambetta has issued circular TO Pre-
fects of Departments, saying:
I haye received from ali sides grave
reports, tie veracity Of which cannot
establish officially 1t is said that " etz
has capitulated. ESQ, it is, well that
YOU haye the opinion Of the Governmeut
on tie matter Such an event could be
crime, the authors Of which should be
outlawed Be convinced that whatever
may arise, nothing can abate Cur courage.
IN this epoch of rascally oapituiatious.
there IS one thing which ,nsither can nor
will capitulate--that is, The French Re
public
Tours, October o0.--A Government
Council was held last night. which lasted
until late hour. The following proc
lanation was issued this morning
Frenchmen-Raise your spirits and
resolution to the fearful beight of peril:
WHICH have DIoheu upon ooi oootiCi y
Metz has capitulated. 4 General upon
whom France counted. even after Mexico
has just taken away (Tient d'enlever,
from the country il It's DANCE more than
one hundred thousand Of its defenders. -
Marshal Bazaine has betrayed US. He
has made himself tho agent Of tue man O
Sedan and the accomplice Of the irTale4s s,
and, regardless Of the honor Of the army
of which lie Lad charge, he has surren.
dered, without even making a last effort
100, 600 fighting men, 1000 wounded
guns, CANTON, colJrs and the etronges
citadel Of France. Metz-virgin but fol-
him-to the contamination of tie forei
gner.