, 1870-10-03
Heavy Force of Prussian Re-
serves Pushing on Bel
fort and Lyons.
Further Extracts from Napoleon's
Private Papers.

IIlfhIt dgo4o*
Tic Russian Press Demand the
Abrosuti.u Of tho Trcnty
of l'nris.
FRANCE.
TIE SIEGE or rARrz
TocFs Oct. An engagement Il now going On
ucar ST. German, on th~ road to BausMt.
It wa reported At EyeteuJ yesterday that 4,ooo
P7nssians had occupied Nantes
The bexlegers have hitaerto kept themselves
carefully beyond ths range VI tue guns on tae
walls Of the eapitat, and tne deiendeaa are lmpar
t3ent 1t theis inactivity.
The commander Ut Fort fsr5 declares that ne
viii not surrender On any terms
The National Gu4ra low in active eerytce at
Paris nuuhers s75 d men. Thls immense force
IL rapidly consuming the supplies Of food On
hand. ...-..-
In Tic asht OF the ~. 1000 Ptuss!ans we're en-
Gaet1!.
LONDON. Qcs a.-Tnc Germans before Paris are
.TplabtY receiving their siege tlnin to-day. The
~ ayy guns tsel II TUu! do not form part Of
1t. TAcy have been s.nt In arothcr direction
The restoration OF the bridges and tunnels on The
German lines ct Communication Is nea1l; COM
rltsc. ..-...-
Tie Royal headquarters will soon be removed
t. q puIns nearer tue city waiA
TIE EiAE OF Plukeia has sent i've hundred
,lu.ers t. the relief Vt tue inhabitants Of Stras
ipor1u
- nEroRTEp p1oHHSo.
Especial u The New York Wotidl
1nrpos Oct, e-Ne have ucns that the Na-
-tiufai Guards II lie ssny ui Koaen had thc!r
nr,t btrsh with The eur,; v yesterday near l}ou-
n,er+r4. a.,ous fotty mlles fgum TaIia
in the forest of Rusuey. The M
,,opal Guard behaved very ral1autay. For
.ru hours theY bau the advantage,
dr:ylur tAr germans nacl th tourh Maufe., where
many were Killed III a errpe1ase CONFLICT On the
br1dcc oyer the setlr au,! ,;txrly to Mrxy, whefc
trtnfnn>rmruts ,f sst,. ,tEy anu csynlry rame IN
70 the Germans itup Maunclu xnd these, in t'leEt
turn, stgu,nins The offensive. dfuve the
FreEcL back in c&netfittaue disorder, aud
with heayy loRs. Al latest a.triccs the Germans
@cc,s1y Mates, tnc u'tdr.. yer the Seine, the
N3gut. and the FAubou+y OF lnay. cUmMunf-
cHtlSn IS n.Dr- nctt, huwrv.r. ty Auisus with
Ruuci.
i KrN"R-
From Tours comes u.t silly gunor that the
x1mnIanl OF The Army Of the Lolrc has t,een
offered tu t;st.ttul l1rsuiexatd
nEr,.kr ptsCuRp,rzn.
(Srtei,l i e,ratch to tho Arw York World
Lo:poS, Oct 1.-Y.ur .Ht.sIsl Al Ustend tcle
gran that the rrIr Of the ytctu r. y. Versatile
on the 9Th, purpo' unE IL tx slgued by Gambetta
asrntlrcly tlisere.Iitrd,
DEATH OF TUE prkE OF NAssAu,
The DUKE Of NASSAU was Esltri on the e4th
willie sidng With the Klug Ut Prussia and g;at
ffo1n Raetns to Chxl ns, for the purpose Of con
te1tnc with Prince Ffrucftck Charles. 1t
the tlIckcst rar1 vi THE woods tne1t
suddenly ring Uu, \ uus1.te vol1ey OF mus
kelty from an an tuksa,i+ Ut Etaucs- -T1reurs
1he shirt carriage, contaung the Duke znl sta1
was rtddled With bnllelR- One Of The
afdes-jc-tamp Was 1Lstahtly killed, anothcl
uottally ruunded, AID the Duke also. Tht
1tlh carriage, containing the King, was struck b.
eryernl balls NJ saS hurt. The wOnd:
weie secured bs cayn1rr without any result, Ths
Duke died on Sunday.
The SIEGE OF solssoNs
LONDON. Oct s-The Siege Of solssons con
tluues. Sort1ea ot The garrison have 1scen Tc
pulsed bJ the RaudshutE. WotdcusbuIg, ant
FuAlfost1 Laud~ eh, aud Thittts.ntn Corp2- Thl
French have ASKED { truce fur The burial Of ths
dead. The loses Of tho Germans lave beef
trf1ug.
GENERAL E1.sslcH n ToTRs.
ToEHs, GIt 4.-GenerAl I'll tch arrived her
last night. lie was met II, the city gates by tn
Miulstcts nnd M immense crowd Of rco
pic. rnd.rscpttcd to the :ArrhrplscUral Palace
where he IL Installed us a public guest
liz was repeatedly cuecfeL by the people, aud 0
reaching the ralace nale a brief speech, return
lug tusnks tu the Ministers for the warmth {
Their rtcent1on. This vas received with toud an
prolonged yiyas, Mtu.s.er cre1nleux replied
The General win eloquent words Of praise for h
rn,,nr,.cns urgebcr a, stt.s,x,uIr. General +:
Itrh Et,l rrcctya . r,nn,t NJ. .t,on tn.norrnw.