The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-12-02
THE WAR IN EUROPE.

battles in France arc. so conflicting that il is
Impossible as yet to determine in whose IA
vor they have resulted. The movements of
the armies appear to he mainly with II view
to concentration and preparation for the
great battle which is impending. Late dcs-
patches from Tours speak of severe and
general engagement being in progress, and
claim French victories along the whole line,
and that the Germans have been routed and
are retrcating. A despatch from the same
point, via London, says that a battle near
Amiens, which lasted the whole day on
Sunday, resulted in the French being forced
to abandon their position before the superior
forces and artillery of the Prussians; that
they were afterwards beaten at point few
miles west of Villiers, but maintained their
positions at Dury.
The French claim to have won u great
victory at Moreuil, near Amens, but the re
ports arc obscure.
Some details are received of engagements
near Pasques, between the Prussians, under
Wcrder, and the French, under Garibaldi,
which ended in the rcpulsc of the latter, in
great disorder. In their flight they threw
away their arms and Enapsacks.
Forts Dlssy, Nauvcs Montrougc, Bice-
tire and D'Ivry, on the southern boundary of
Paris, maintained a continuous and furious
fire on the Prussian lines all through Satur-
day night. The prussians expected another
sortie, but at last accounts all was quiet
again.
London was unusually lively with rumors
on Wednesday, The equalization of Paris
and also ofthc army of the Loire formed the
leading topics, and ''caused buoyancy in
the market" Nothing authentic, however,
in confirmation of the rumors can be oh.
tanned.
1t is evident from Wednesdays dispatches
that the Parisians were employed on Mon
day and Tuesday in desperate and well con-
Quoted though unsuccessful attempts to pen
| citrate the Prussian circle around the city, in
concert with similar effort by Paadncs to
force the Prussian centre opposed to him at
Bcaune, 2G miles north of Orleans. State
ments from French sources have already
been made, in u rather indefinite manner, in
dcating that serious engagements had occur
red along the line of the army of the Loire,
resulting in French successes. :. In the dem
| onstrations from Paris, however, and the
| principal movement ut Beaune the French,
according to Prussian dispatches were badly
beaten.
| The main attacks on the Prussian lines
from Paris occurred on Tuesday the Pari-
sans coming out in the directions of l. Hay,
| supported by their gunboats ON the Seine,
and by sorties in other directions. The Prus-
slams at the expense of several hundred men
defeated the design, taking sixteen hundred
| prisoners, and inticting other heavy loss
The attack on the Prussian centre at Beaune
was made on Monday, and Prussan author
tiles state that the greatest part of Pala-
dimes army was engaged, that it's rout was
complete, that 1, 900 French killed were left on
the field and ZOO in wounded and prisoners
were captured. The Prussians regard the
fall of Paris so well assured that they have
collected immense quantities of provisions at
Versailles for the use of the Parisians when
they surrender.
The feeling in London in regard to the
Eastern question continues to grow healthy
under the sedative influences of diplomacy
The one question not yet quite settled, and
which will most probably involve some del.
icate points, is whether France is to be re-
presented in the projected conference. Lord
Lyons is now waiting upon the Tours gov
eminent for its decision in the matter. The
other powers interested have not spoken
otherwise than vaguely upon this point.