Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-01
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PariS--AGrandSOrtieT Tuesday
Its CapitulatiOn Yesterday
RumOred on LOndOn Change
TheArmy of theLOire Routed
DAurelle's Strategy Defeated
A Plot to RestOre Napoleon
Eastern Conference Certain
Prussia Defines Her Position
Troubles in English Cabinet
.THE WAR
Troubles in English Cabinet
FROM FRANCE.
ParIs-A Mig but BoOtless sortie ON
ON TueSdnV.

FROM FRANCE
ParIs-A Big but BoOtless sortIe ON
on Tuesday.
LONDON, Dec. 30-Noon. The follow
ing dated Versailles early this morning,
has just been received by way of Berlin:
On Monday and Tuesday, the forts around
Paris, particularly those 10 the south,
maintained q furious csnnonade TO cover
sortie in force. On Tuesday, the 29th,
the Parisians came out towards E'Hay,
supported by gunhoats on the Seine. At
this point they attacked fiercely. Stimuli
tsneously other sorties were made in other
directions. In all cases, however, the
French were repulsed and driven back
behind their Notifications. The entire
Prussian loss in these actions was only
seven officers and few hundred men,
while the French lost 1,6O0 prisoners
alone.
At AmIens and Bahne-The Army
OF the Loire WithdraWs.
The French have been badly beaten near
Amiens; their army was totally routed
and fed toward Araz-four French guns
were captured.
On the 2Sth the main body of the army
attempted to force e passage toward
Fontainebles1 BY heavy and general
attack. They encountered the tenth
Prussian corps at Bsume 20 miles north
of Orleans. The Prussians were quickly
reinforced with the fifth infantry and first
cavalry divisions The French onslaught
was repulsed with heavy lcss In killed,
wounded and prisoners, especially the
latter. Failing In their attempt the army
of the Loire has withdrawn.
BesancOurt Abandoned-A village
Burned.
LONDON, Nov. 30.-The Prussians have
evacuated Besancourt and burned the
village of Sury.
ANTWERP, Nov. 30.-1he French pris-
oners here recently made an unsuccessful
effort to escape.
RumOred FAN of Paris.
LONDON, Nov. 80, 5 p. M-The ru-
mored cspitulation of Paris causes q
bueyancy in the stock market here.
The Army of the Loire Completely
Routed.
VERSAILLES, Nov. 30.-It now appears
that the greater part of the French army
of the Loire was engaged against the
Prussian 9th corps at Beaume on Monday.
From additional particulars just come to
hand in the reports of commanders there
is no question but the defeat of the French
was most complete. At least one thousand
killed were left on the field by the fleeing
French. Seven hundred unwouhded pris-
Oners have been captured by the Ger
mans at last accounts, and the number
was constantly increasing, as the Prus-
SANS were in close pursuit.
Laying i'm Provisions for the Coming
CapGiVes of Paris.
A sortie from Paris made in the diTec-
ton of St. Cloud on Monday, was easily
reoulsed by the Prussians, who suffered
only slight loss. The people of Yer
ssilles were terribly excited during the
battle. Immense quantities of provisions
of all kinds have been collected here by
the Germans for the use of the Parisians
when they surrender.
COnfiscafing the Peoples Money.
LONDON, Nov. 30.-A dispatch TO the
World dated Berlin, 20, night, says: The
deposits in the Strasbourg Savings Bank
having been seized and converted to war
purposes by the French government at the
beginning of the war, the Prussian gov
eminent has advanced one million francs
to the bank to enable it TO resume pay
ments.
AchilIe murat.
LONDON, Nov. S0.-Some persons who
hold the notes of Prince Acbille Murat to
the amount of 10000 francs, and who
brought suit against MIN, were non-suited
on the ground that a military prisoner
can not be sued.
Victoria Visits EugenIe.
LONDON, Nov. 3O.-The Worlds special
says: Queen Victoria visited the En-
press Eugene to-day at Chiselhurst, re-
naming three hours.
M. AsOuI's Cry for Peace.
NJ. About had leading editorial in the
SoiE which was cry for peace. It has
been reprinted by order Of Bismarck and
distributed among the soldiers with the
statement added, that NJ About has villa
under the guns of Mt. Yalerien.
The Defeat on the LOire-Aurelles
wounded.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.-The Queen has re,
selved the following dispatch from King
William: Frederick Charles reports the
complete defeat of the army of the Loire
in the battle of Monday in which the
French had the goth corps and probably
the 18th and portions Of the 10th and
10th corps were engaged. a thousand
French were found dead on the field, 4,
600 wounded and 1000 taken prisoners,
Gen. Aurenes is reported wounded. The
German loss was 1000, among them 6
| few officers.
RumOred Surrender of the Army OF
the Loire.
LONDON, Nov. 80, $50 P. M.-Tht
Globe this morning publishes an an
nOuncement of the capitulation of the
entire army of the Loire. The report car
Tnot?l be traced to an authentic source
Nothing was known of such an event at
the German Legation here at 9 O'Clock
| tonight.
gloomy Prospects for France -
n,AureIIes FOiIed-Scvere German
Losses on the Loire.
4 Worlds special from London, the
Goth, says that letters by balloon from
Paris, private letters from Versailles snC
dispatches from Berlin ali concur in repre-
senting the prospects of the French as ex
tremely gloomy.
The Germans in their engagement!
with the army of the Loire lost enOr
mously, still their position has been main
tanned. The efforts of Gen. Aurelles II
advance to the relief of Paris, have beer
foilcd. The provisions of Paris are almos
exhausted; scarcely fOrtnight's supply
remains.
DR.. Russell writing to the Times on tb,
Goth gave the same account of Count Bis
maTCks exclusion from the councils o
Van Moltke and the King as furnished b,
the Worlds correspondent, and describing
the interview with Bismarck on the Dist
Preparing for the Surrender.
A special correspondent at Versailles
of the 2Gth writes: Yesterday urgent order
we're telegraphed to all the army food con
tractors to be prepared in anticipation c
an early surrender to furnish extraordinar
supplies All the cavalry to-day wer
ordered to lay in ten days forage, thong