New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-02
yesterdays Evening Dispatches

LONDON, October IA war bulletin.
signed Gambetta, announced that the Prlls-
slams were routed at Vincennes, and that
Versailles was retaken with 5000 prisoners
and much artillery; and that communion
ton between Paris and ROuen has been re-
established. This dispatch Is generally
thought to be spurious.
1t is reported that the bridge at Creil gave
way and that several cannon and many
Pr,ssians lives were lost.
The election of the French Constituent
Assembly will take place October III.
A balloon with Paris mails descended at
DreuX and the messenger pushed forward
for Tours.
The reports Of fighting before Paris on
Wednesday and Thursday are false.
ROME, October 1.-The plebiscite will be
voted on tomorrow. The following Is the
ballot:
sis a union with the Kingdom of Italy
under the constitutional rule of Victor
Emanuel desirable" The King awaits the
result of the vote at Florence.
New YORK, October IA Worlds special.
dated Ostend. thirtieth. says:
Intense excitement was caused here by
the arrival OF a messenger from Valen-
cienles with the news OF a great battle
fought on the Seine Oh Tuesday, the TWEEN
ty-seventh, which resulted in the complete
defeat of the Crown Prince of Prussia,
under the guns of Mont Valerien.
The victory was followed by the evacua-
ton Of Versailles and RambOuillet and
rupture of the Prussian line of investment.
The Crown Prince is retreating rapidly
northward upon the army of King William
at Meaux and scissors.
An unofficial dispatch from Berlin, via
Brussels, cOntradicts this news, but it Is
certain that the communication between
Paris and Anxious and Valenciennes has
been partially reopened.
An official proclamation of the victory
signed by Gambetta, has been received in
Brussels.
The Worlds correspondent at Cologne
telcgraphs that exciting news has been 70
ceived there from Rouen of browning do
feat of the Prussians south of Paris, by
General Ducrat, on Tuesday, the twenty
seventh.
The French force which had driven the
Prussians from ClerlnOnt, La Roche, Chatil-
lon, and other places, as previously re-
ported. were strongly reinforced on Monday
night by General Trochu. aud advanced
upon the German position at MontrevIlle
and Versailles early on Tuesday morning
The battle began at Vicrofray and Velisy,
the Germans cOntesting the French advance
with desperate energy until assailed bya
French column from under tue guns OF
Mont Valerien, at ST. Cloud, through the
Bots de France and EancressOn, where u
number of regiments of Baden troops mu-
tinted on the battle field and refused to go
under fire.
Nearly one hundred of these troops were
shot by order of German commanders. but
the rest still held back. Many threw
down their arms and dispersed through the
forests.
The Crown Prince was finally compelled
to retreat. abandoning Versailles to the vic
torio,s French.
The German column. which attempted the
passa &c of the Seine at ROugival, were kept
under terrible fire from Fort Mont Vale
ricn. which converted the retreat into a
rOut, and they were driven in confusion be-
yond st. GERMAN. Night alone stopped
pursuit.
The Germans lost 5000 prisoners lamong
whom were many officers of the staff OF the
Crown Princcl, and fifty cannon and
mtra:l!eUsc.
The road TO Orleans and Tours is cleared
of tna enemy