The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-12-10
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v Reports of commanders coming in ieas
le no doubt bu, that the Freskh defeat W.
he Eeompiete-10e0 killed wgke left Or tt
k fed. and roo woundeds were captures
r The captures were increased by the clos
pursuit of the Prussians.
ToURs. Nov. ae--The Gazette de Frame
reports that Gen. Jaronzon successfully Ell
e gagged the Germans near Pithieviers.
BERLIN, Nov: 30.-The Queen receive
II the following dispatch from King Williara
Frederick Charles re'orts the cnsnpFei
defeat of the Army Of the Loire in the hs
tie Yesterday, in which the French had tn
Goth corps. probably tue 18th and portiot
of the 18th and 10Th corps engaged.
One thohSand French were found dea
OF the field. Four thousand were W uHdet
and 1900 taken prisoners. G-nrrat Da,
relies is reported wounded The Gerna
loss was "ae thousand, among them Il FEY
officers.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-Wosh cable special
e Letters by balloon from Paris, private lei
t tiers from Fe ssillcs and dispatches from Bel
lin, all conear in representing the pros
peeis of the French as extremely gloomy
The. Germans in the late enea.em Mt
e with the Army OF the Loire lost enormous
s ly, still their positions We're maintained.
The eff rts of Danrelles to advance to til
f relief of Paris have been foiled, aud tn
provisions in Paris are almost exhausted
Scarcely n fortniyht's supply remain.
f LONDON, Dec. 1.-The French claim t,
have w.n a victory at Beanne Larolande
The ~victors, the French say, were young
eonscripts under fire for the first time
Tbav u.ra pn lfa,t and ctaaAy
The French have recovered within thu
past few daysthe following places Bessie
Nogent, Charmerrl, St. Calais, Mondon
blea and Montargis.
Tours, Dec. 1.-The following dispatch
has been received here from Nuts, in the
Department of The Cote dor, dated yester,
day An engagement occurred at Gernly
to day between a body of franc tireurs from
the Department of Eastern Pyreners and a
Prussian column. The latter were sup
piled with artillery.
In the afternoon the fight was extended
to the village of Nuts, where the Franc,
%tireurs were supported by the Garde Mo.
bile from the Vosges, which came from
B"nne. The French We're successful. The
P~rnSsian loss was severe, their dead strew-
ing the road in all directions. Only IS
prisoners were taken by the French.
The following dispatch from Vendome
in the De artrnont of the Loire ct Cher da.
ted yesterday has just been given to the
public here:
The Prnssians have evacuated this city
as well as Biol, Chateau Dun and Cha
teau Neuf and Loire TO day.
They twice assaulted Mezieres, and were
twice repuised. The fight lasted nine
hours. The Fsench captured one officer
and three hundred and forty five men.
The French loss was small. The morale
OF the army is ex client.
ToURs. Dec. at was announced YES
terday that Gen. Ducrot, with 100 900 men,
made a great sortie from Paris, and on
Wednesday he crossed the Marine. The
movement was completely successful. D..
tails are moment. rily expected
BERLIN, Dec. liking William sends
the following to the Queen:
VERSAILLES, Nov. 3U-The Sixth Corps
Yesterday repul>ed a sortie pear L'Hoy.
Over 100 prisoners were Captured and 400
killed.
The French also SORTED on the Wnrtcm.
burgers and Saxons, whose positions were
taken by tn French, but were subsequent
ly retaken.
Simultaneous sorties were made North
and Northwest. and from st. Dennis.
The French were repul~ed. and driven
behind their works IN All cases. re.
mained at Versailles, as It was q central
81. .
LONDON, Dec. 2-The French claim =
in tbs department of the Loire.
A di~patch to the Times. dated Tours
lst, says tile army of the Loire has effected
motion With Trochu's forces. Frederic
Charles army Is retiring from before The
forces Of the French. It i said
that Treehu has outside the wallis Of Paris
100000 men and 800 cannon.
LONDON. De f-World's Special
Gen. Durrot forced his way ont on Wed
eastward firm Paris with $50 AoG
nrn and joined hands with Palladines, eff
railing the serge of. Paris. A
special frnm Tours says that official dis
announce that Gems. Trochu and
Durrot routed the Prussians between Brie
sur Marine and Ch1issy lie Ri. Dncro+
= now eneanped fifteen miles from Paris
hUNIeH, Dec: "A dispatch i,st re.
announces that Won der Tam de-.
Gated the army of the Loire on the bst, in s
eyera' battles west of Orleans and Tours. I
LoSDoy, Dec. PA Versailles dispatch
avs: Yesterday a s"rtie of 50, ono French
gainst the Nerternhnrgers at ViIlier-, was G
Fas fanked by the Sixth Prtssiaff eorps =
New YoRK, Dee. 3-The Tribune:s cor !
espondent. with Garibaldis headquarters J
t Autun. writes Thursday, that the Prns 7
ians yesterday afternoon attacked Autnn !
nth twelve cannon. infantry and cavalry =
hey were repnlsed with great loss. The I
russians shelled the city. The Mo-.
behaved well.
LONDON, Dec. BY sitting a vast num-
or of confused and contradictory war dis
atehes received up to a late hour this t.
lortsing, the fact is nndeniabIe- that the c
rench forces YESTERDAY &C uaiIyt won, a o
as claimed by them, near Orleans. o
the Germans certainly repulsed the D
attack before Paris. '
1t is not true that the Fren.h army of Y
re Loire hare effected "a JUNCTION with =
though the Prnssian lines were re- U
successfully pierced during the NJ
lgagenaent. The baynnet charges Of the n
were exceedingly brilliant ff
LrLLE, Dec. 3-Ducrot's sortie from Par. re
was successful. He Is nnw seeking to &c
feet Il junction with paTIadines. c
New YoRK. Dec. 3.-The Herald's spe. nj
al from Versailles, I'd inst. SAYS the IN
,hting ofthe 3nth was not followed BY IN
II fresh movements. Yesterday aid to. To
y heavy firing has been heard in the d. 81
elton OF Charenton. W
A dis"atch d'ted Autf1n. Isl. says The es
attacked that city Yesterday VI
t1 infantry, cavalry. and twelve guns. G."
it were renulsed with heayy loss. The IN
wn was bombarded with howitzes. "a
The Times acorresnond mt teleera his an
I'M Clamps on the I'd inst. that so. 600 ca
ench formed Yesterday and attacked in Is
outside of Paris. They were resisted n