New-York tribune., 1870-10-25


pecaly as my worthy friends rcoinder excited loud
murmur OF admiration. | held out my hand. which ho
graspod and shook very heartily none the less perhaps
that by deItorous twidde cOntrived 10 slip pef eeu
into his palm l should much like to know how Coco is
getting on,
| i could have lotcrcd here-perhaps pr0ftably-i0r
some hours, hut TRIBUNE duty compelled me to ro-
| gain my quarters On the way back more ambuances
overlook and also open carriage, containing an
elderly man, lady aud young Mobile, pale and faint
His head was bandaged and reposed upon her bosom.
Her arm round his neck and she crying The
| young follows right wrist also bound up The
father occupied the back scat and held his sons left hand
in his IL rested IN his mothers lap. II was private
carriage and suspect the young 0bo belonged to the
dandy FaubOurg ST. German corps which has signaly
distinguished itself I'm the field. The crowd increased in
density approached the Boulevard des invaides at
the corner Of which, close by the the hotel ITSELF young
Zouave was In animated conversation with the mem
bers Of small crowd. Having learned by this time that
some of the newly engaged Zouaycs had away that
morning bade the coachman pull up. Before could
get out the young fellow staggered and fell He was
caught by Of the bySarder and by two Of his COM
rades, who made the group stand back and they con
veyed him into house the opposite side Of the way.
He seemed TO me 10 be dead but 1t appears he made
some sign and spoke as lie was being taken into the
house. where he expired in the porter's lodge. made
vain attempt to get ill., In the course of ten minutes his
comrades came out. They were both crying | heard
one Of them say: "We didn't even know he was
wounded" on further inquiry learned that his wound
flesh wound in the thigh. concluded, there
fore, the poor fellow died Of apOpexy from oyereXclte-
ment. Some distance further / came upon another
group The Orator-who seemed to have been somewhat
powerfully refreshcd-had KEPT. He had lost II on the
field His statement went 10 establish that the Gendar
merle suffered considerably. He added, and seemed TO
regard the thing a capital joke "And the Brgader
of the lst Squadron got bullet through both cheeks"
THE BATTLE.
No official accounts published Of the number OF
engaged on the French sde but they are down
at about 10000, opposed turned ont to the entire
corps OF Voge de Fakensten upward of 100000 strong
which debOuched from three points, namely Clamart,
Verceres and Mcudon supported by strong force OF
artillery. On the French sde the batteries OF the lih
18TH 18th and 10th Regiments supported by several bat
teries of mraeuses were engaged quite early In the
morning, and four squadrons of the gendarmere com
peted the column of attack. The LeutenantCOlOne OF
this corps badly wounded The object in view was
to clear the Cama woods OF the PrusSans known to be
concealed there. The wind strong and the French
10 leeward that at one time they were within
distances of the Prussians varying from 100 TO
400 yards without being able TO distinguish them
Vlejuf-an important position, forming the apex OF
triangle having for its line drawn from the Fort
of Iyry to that of Bicerewas held by detachmens OF
the line and OF the Garde Mobile, who delivered muir
derous fire upon the enemy, and made considerable
known to be masked here the bulk at Choisy
Along the ne the French artillery force amounted to
100 guns but 1t was ultimately lenced by that OF the
Prussans who brought theirs out from the woods on the
nights Of Clamart and shelled away most furOusly IT,
however to attach any faith TO the French re-
ports the Prussan fire fell short. injecting very small
loss The mitraieuses were at work until In the after
noon and seconded by the incessan usade of battal
ion of the 8h of the line and OF the Mobiles of Rennes
from the redoub Of ChatllOn, moved down the enemyin
columns 1t is sad that battalion Of Mobiles freddy
mistake of cOurse-intO the 10th Regiment, posted in
krmishing order along the edge of the woods and is
added that these depOrabe errors are OF frequent occur
renee The Prussians sgnazed their entry into Yer
sales about two in the afternoon Of yesterday, by
cutting the railway and thus interrupng communca
ton with Mons the last route by which the mabags
for England and the Northern provinces of France could
PASS The French engineers blew m yesterday morning
the bridges at Sevres and St. Cloud, but their first at
tempt was onytpartiay successful They were finally
destroyed later in the day, number OF barrels OF gun
powder having been brought into use, which were ex-
poded by firing a shell into them.
SHARP WORK WITH DEsERTERs.
Gen. Trochu has issued address to the National
Guard The Garde Mobile, and the troops of the line gar
rsOned here, in which, after prasng the courage and
the exploits of the artillery he donounces In the strong
est erns the dsgrRcefu conduct Of some Of the zouaves
and others in 1esertiDg the field without hng shot'
ar1 in throwing away their aceoueTments. he says Ue
is determined 70 put an emu 10 grave
therefore, authorizes the defenders of Paris to arrest
any soldier or Mobile who may be met with in the streets
WHO is either in LIQUOR dsOrdery He announces the
sittngs en- permdHence of cOurtmartal before wmch
sucb denoucnts arc TO be at brought and Judged
Tn order that they may under mistake TO the fate
that awaits them in the event of conviction he quotes
the 2l3h 2lSh 20th and 2j3d Articles OF War; declaring
the penalty Of death against deserer before the enemy
armed rebels, nsubOrdnates, thieves and those VINO
damage the defenses destroy provisions munitions OF
war, arms. This notification VIII assuredy & &proauCf
its effect The dcscrOn OF French soldiers IN front Ot
the enemy is unprecedented occurrence Dut Is & eA
planned in the present instance, to some extent Dy te
fact that the ugtivcs ZOuaves ana Others were quite
raw recruits suddenly exposed TO two fires, one ron
| the Prussians and another from q company OF the
take This occurred the moment when the slgnal OF
retreat had been sounded and being responded 70
b the ekrnishcrs in the wood and the extreme LETT
OF the line. mOmenary hesitation was followed 10y "a
| confused rearward movement, which soon became
! fight. The rest has becn'already narrated.
QUEER DEMONSTRATION.
! At about 9b last night, band of mon, perhaps
200 in number suddenly appeared upon the Bouleyards
and to the CONSERVATION of the and vendors OF
b0S choppcs and Bld-GgrdnS, shOued All cqfeS closed
! at o." They drove the frequenters Of the cafes
from their seats, and hostile the demonstration
violence by casting themselves upon the protection or
the passersy At 10 O'Clock cdte remained open on
the whole line of the Boulevard The leaders OF TINS e1
raOrdinary demonstration were followed by an Immense
crowd AIepOr is current that the new Prefet OF fOce
has utnaed his intention Of issuing an order Tor the
closing of all cdCS, WncshOps ana QuOTlsts, because OF
the foundations they hold out 10 the Mobiles, who CON
grcgate in them, and indulge in the consumption Of
liquids TO the detrmcn Of the public service. Ii is sup
posed that the band of referred to- having WIND of
the regulation. took it themselves to announce 1t
practically III this most arbitrary fashion.
REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE.