The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-07
THE WAR.
To Prevent its Bombardment the
French Eyacuate the City OF Or

To Prevent 1fS bOmD8ru"eht sne
French Eyacuate the City OF Or
leans.
Tours, December 5.-An official COM
munication announces that General
DAurelles de Paladines, on the night Of
the Sd of December, advised the gov
ernment OF the necessity of evacuating
Orleans and retreating to the left bank
of the Loire. The government, how
ever, was of opinion that it would be
better to hold firmly to Orleans, but
General D'Aurelles de Paladines retain
ed his views of the necessity for retreat
and the government decided to
act accordingly; but at noon on
the fourth of December De Paladines
telegraphed to the government
that he had changed his opin-
ion, and would hold Orleans. There
upon Mr.. Gambetta started for Orleans,
but when the La Chapelle train was
fired upon by Prussian cavalry, Gam.
BETA returned to Tours, where he found
a dispatch from General Pelliere, an
nouncing that the enemy demanded the
evacuation Of Orleans under the threat
that they would lombard the place, and
that Pelliere had agreed in the name Of
General De Palladines to comply with
the demand. Accordingly, the marine
batteries were spiked, powder destroyed,
and at midnight the Prussians occupied
Orleans. Dispatches from the chief OF
the corps d'armee announce that the
retreat was made in good order. No dis,
patches have been received from General
De Palladines.
Dispatch from King william.
BERLIN, December Queen Au-
gusta has received the following dis
patch from the King dated Versailles,
Sunday, midnight: After two days
battle in which the army Of the Grand
Duke Of Mechlenburg was mainly en-
gagged, Manstiens corps captured st.
Jean, railway station in the suburbs
of Orleans. thirty guns and thousand
prisoners were taken. The Prussan
loss was moderate. Wrangars division
suffered the most. The Prussians found
nine cannon and much ammunition on
the field before Orleans.
TSigned, I WILLIAM.
The Latest from France.
Tours, December 5.-The Govern
ment has received BY balloon from
Paris official reports to the 4th inst.
of the progress and results of the move
ment made by General Ducrot against
the Prussian lines Of investment. They
state state that Thursday was passed in
burying the dead and succoring the
wounded. Friday morning the Prus-
slams attacked with great impetuosity
the French at Champigny and Vilieres.
After seven hours fighting the enemy
failed to carry the positions Of the
French and retreated, leaving their
dead and wounded on the field. Their
losses were from fifteen to twenty
thousand.
General Ducrot greatly distinguished
himself in the battle on Friday.
Among the killed is General La Cha
rier, and General Renault Is badly
wounded.
General Sonnetz, in his report, says
that the troops who attacked the French
were Saxons and Wurtembergers. Their
number exceeded 100000 Their losses
must have been extraordinary, for the
next day they were so weakened that
they suffered the French to cross the
river unopposed.
The success of the French troops has
created the widest enthusiasm in Paris.
HAvRE, December SO P. Nall
communication with the interior OF
France is severed.