Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-10-12
TIE FRENCH PRUSSIAN WAR.
What is Doing.

or four days in the Crown Prince army,
was suddenly interrupted at six o clock this
morning by sharp attack of the enemy.
The French in force made sortie from the
city in the direction of Forts d lsay and
Montrouge They attacked the sixth Corps
occupying the right of the Crown Prince
army, at that time another large force as
saulted the command of General Durott.
The object Of the attack was evidently to
interrupt the works of the investing force.
The French force drove the Prusslans from
their positions and occupied them before
reinforcements could come up. Immediate
" after the attack commenced, the Crown
Prince and staff hastened from their quar-
ters at Versailles to the field of action. The
French troops advanced under cover OF a
heavy fire from their forts, the advance
posts of the Sixth Corps meantime falling
back to the main line After nearly three
hours hard fighting, during which the
Prussian lines were mistaken, the French
gave way before heavy fire of artillery,
retreatiDg toward their forts. As soon as
the backward movement commenced by the
French the Fifth German Corps took the
offensive, vigorously following the French,
cutting off their flight and capturing many
prisoners The French troops behaved bet
ter than on former occasions, but they were
compelled to retreat in disorder. The Prus-
slams loss is roughly estimated at four or
five hundred. Over four hundred priso-
ners were taken. Every day increases the
strength of the Prussian position.
LONDON, October I've have news that
the national guards of the army of Rouen
had their first brush with the enemy yes
terday, near Bounierres, about forty miles
from Paris, in the forest of Rosny. The
national guard behaved very gallantly. For
two hours it had the advantage, driving the
Germans back through Mantesswhere many
were killed in a desperate conflict on the
bridge over the Seine, and nearly to Mezy,
where reinforcements of artillery and cav
airy came up to the Germans from Man
helm, and these in their turn regainiug the
offensive, drove the French back in consid-
cradle disorder and with heavy loss. At
the latest advices, the Germans occupy
Nantes, the bridges over the Seine, the
Magny and the Faubourg of Limay. Com
muncation is reopened, however, by Am
lens, with Rouen.
The siege of Siossons continues. SOrties
of the garrison have been repulsed by the
Roudsburg, Waidenburg and Frankfort
Landwher and the Thirteenth Corps. The
French have asked truce for the burial of
dead The losses of the Germans have
been trifiing.
Bismark formally denies that any dispo-
sItIon exists on the part of Prussia make
France second rate power. The occupa-
ton of Strasburg by the Germans was sol
emnized on September 30th by religious
services in the church of St Thomas. The
Germans took 10 guns. valued at 2, 900, 200
francs. The property in the bank is esti-
mated at 5000, 900 francs and there is All
immense quantity of munitions and cloth
ing.
A dispatch from Colmar, Sunday, says:
Another body of SO, 900 Germans have eros
another body is near Schlestadt and Neuf
chateau.
LONDON, October 4.-hdvices from
Bitschc represent the condition of the town
as distressing. Before the bombardment
the mob plundered shops, and the popula-
ton, taking.refuge in cellars, were either suf-
focated or burned to DEATH
NEUFCHATEAU, October 2, via Tours, 4.
1t is rumored mere that the body of Won
Moltke was in the lead coffin which recently
passed through Toul. Won Moltke is a
native of Mecklenburg.
Tours, October 5.-Dispatches Just re-
ceiyed here from Chartres, dated to-day,
contains the following: The Prussians gain
ed some advantages near Eperon yesterday,
which opens that place to their arms. They
bombarded Eperon, and for time the Mo-
biles and francstireurs fought courageously,
but were unable to contend against the Wig
orous artillery fire Of the enemy.
1t is reported here to-day that there is
fighting going on near Orleans.
A dispatch from Belfast says that the
-tireurs had defeated detachment of
the new Prussan army which recently eros
sed the Rhine near Colmar.
FoNTAINEBLEAU, October 5.-A detach-
ment OF PrusSlans, several hundred strong,
made an attack on the francs tireurs, near
here, and were handsomely repulsed. The
Prusslans retreated towards Challey.
BERLIN, October 5-The French make
unsuccessful sorties from Metz almost daily
The Prussians are invariably warned by
their videttes of the approach of the French
and the latter, in every instance, are imme-
diately assailed and driven in. Their los
ses, consequently, are heavy.
Tours, October 6.-The battle which oc-
CURED near Chateau Caillaud, on the 4th,
has been productive of important results.
The Prussians were defeated and forced to
retreat. The position taken by the French
was one that necessitated the evacuation of
Pithivirins by the enemy. The Prussians
abandoned that point with so much precipi-
tation that many cattle and large amount
of forage, etc, were left behind. all of
which fell into the hands of the French.