Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-10-20
THE PEOPLE CALM AND HOPEFUL.

THE PEOPLE CALM AND HOPEFUL.
VALENCGENNEs, Oct. IS.
Ribata, an attAche of the foreign office, !
has just arrived here from Paris. He
says the people are calm and hopeful. Po-
litically, affairs are unaltered.
The resolution seems common in ak the
Prussi4ns now investing the city to screen
themselves behind their powerful batter
les.
So tremendous is the French fire that
the plains are absolutely swept By it. The
best gunners in the world are collected in
the Paris fortifcations. The marines never
miss their mark at six thousand meters.
The Prussians are threatening an i'm
mediate bombardment of Paris. This is
impossible, for so long as the French forts
outside are so well served, no enemy can
approach near enough.
The manufacture of arms is actively .
carried on in Paris.
AID FOR GERMAN HOSPITALS.
BERLIN, Oct. IS.
A gentleman has arrived at Versailles
fir m England with 100000 sterling, rails
ell III that country for the German bospi- |
tai fund. The amount will be turned
over to the German authorities immedi-
ately.
ST. CLOUD.
st. Cloud Is in total ruin. All the
pictures and tapestry have been destroyed.
RAILROADS TO BE MORE ACTIVE.
A decree has been issued by the Pro
visional Government of France obligingI
railroads to be more active IN the tran
sp)rtation of troops.
OPERATIONS NEAR ORLEANS.
Tours, Oct. 10.
The Prussians and the French are still
concentrating large forces near Orleans,
preparatory to the great battle.
The P,ussians occupy Orleans itself as
we'll as the camp at Belair, near Meury.
Advices from Lilli state that large Prus-
sian forces have arrived in the northern
depar ments and that vigorous measures
for the defence are to be taken at once.
SITUATION OF PRUssIAN FORCES.
The Constitutional says that detach-
ments of Prussians have been seen in the
direction of Vendome and Chambord.
There is one column on the right bank of
the Loire and another on the left bank.
Tie Prussians are evidently coming to-
wards Blais and Tours.
sKIRMIsHEs.
Dispatches from Blais and Beaugency
announce several skirmishes between the
Prussians and Franc-Tireurs.
ANNIVERSARY.
LONDON, Oct. IS.
The Times to-day, in an article on the
that this is the anniversary of the battle
of nations, which occurred near Leipsig
on the 18th of October, 1913
BoMBANDMENT OF PARIS.
1t has been generally understood in the
German camp that the bombardment OF
Paris from all e4batteries simultaneous
would be opened on this anniversary day
which is so full of glorious remembrance
to Germans, and which has been regular.
ly celebrated for years. The world is
waiting for the events of to-day.
THE AMBULANCE CORPS.
LONDON, Oct. 18.
The Anglo-American ambulance corp.
has left Versailles for Orleans, wher,
there are three thousand wounded French
aad Germans.
LETTERS FROM PARIS.
Some of the journals here to-day print
short letters dated at Paris, October ]
They contain no news.
THE GERMAN ARMY.
The German army in France main
tains that there are fully six hundred
thousand armed Germans on French soil
A BATTLE IMMINENT.
Nothing yet has been heard from Ii
Ferte st. Aubin. At last accounts bat
tie was imminent at that point.
GANBETTA. ..-
Gambetta has left Tours for the Frencl
army in the Vosges, which is to be organ
lied for the purpose of resisting the Ger
man advance on Lyons.
QUIET.
The Prussians still occupy Meury quiet
ly. They have made no demonstration
against Blois and Tours, and it is not be
lieved they will at present.
VIOLENT OUTBREAKS.
LONDON, Oct. Is.
Violent popular outbreaks have oc
CURED at Hanfeur and other towns II