, 1870-12-05

The Franco-German War.
Additional Accounts Of the Re
cent Fighting Around
Paris
The French Troops Secure an
advanced Pesitiaa Out
side Of Their Fortl-
ficatiuns.
The German Line Of Invest.
ment Still Unb1oken.
The Advance of the Army Of the
Loire Checked By a Supe-
rior German Force.
The First Shell Thrown Into Paris
from a Prussian Battery.
The Eastern Question.
EEnC1nJa<l Flakes a Formal De-
ntalI,&J for tic Withdrawal
Of GOrtsclIsak0!"s
FtrAt Axbtc.
Catholic Protest Against the italian
Occupation Of Rome.
TIE FRANCQPRUsSTAN WAR.

FIGHTING AR0G%p fAkiS.
T. %pON, Dec. thu New iusE Tribune COT.
at FesaiIles, on he lat, writes: The
aortr, yesterday, agatost tac Wurtembutg Dl7ts-
:ou east OF p.uIs, bet xeeo the Seine AID Aarne,
resulted IN leav nz the Fretch poasesslun OF the
villages about Btie-sur-Marue. The Germans ny
they must fct4ke these At any cost. Tue Ffeaen
occupied the line right AID left of ofsncsson'
They we're driven pack. with heavy loss, lfom sa'e
their mo8t advanced pcs,rlon. THe NnsfemohrH"
cn were supported BY osiEadts oi tae rom
crsr1an Corps tac Crown Psince'A old corps,
aud I great part Of the Sixth Cores-
B Bdp rides fought hatd. The French were led bJ
.tis1us 1ntttt uf1ice1s OF htgu rank, and showed
scm. shlpg OF their ttan1uoIal nrmness- Hsd not
the WuF.nba.gtra been very Steady @aila being
driven hack ana hAd not tue PfnsslAna ar1!sed
promptly to their support, she toStatment 1fne
might here have bean btoken- The French
merely gained better iootao!d tor their future
ope11uona Their gr.at want is space to siepl2J
forces. Il verJ hard light took place the saue
day north OF st- Denia. Tue French ballied out
aRalnst the Fourth riusslAn Corps The
at1ack Was repu'ser, and many rris-
ouet1 we're taken by tue PrutElanK. The
loss Of the FIencn WAs heavy. Including
seventeen officers. Frederick Chat1rs' operations,
though no, uneuccessful, a1s much hlndeEed bJ
heavy roada- Tae army IS tatlguea By long
marches. To-day all IA qalet IN tue southern
ffun. Of Paris. The nr1t shell 1a4 1scd Into the
city yeateIhav from the B4ya4tan batteries nca1
Cta1tiI1n II waa ncc,l. nfai The Crown Prince
hae tssucd o1sle1s 10 use no more gus NJ present
ut such ,ange. II the FsrIcn - more soft,es.
there viii probably oe h sharp attack on toe oat-
living .iefencGs Of the ciLy.
14lSp-s. D. 4-s a. m--The lighting 1t BEte,
or FlIaay, vas very severe, the Gernans being
exposed u s1eaiy f1lc ltusn the French furts:
hut 1T In the al ttnoon the Ffeach retired.
icaxsug .tchind 1uspy r.asohetE. k1ler though
abatsloIcd bJ the FreLch, has not been occupied
ny the Gerrna1s- The French wounded, who
have fallen into the ha1ls III tue beHle1ttS, refuse
:lse Hdet to be sett back In PATS
Thv Grrman leaders AEe losing mach OF theff
oyerwetnipg conhdence N consequence Of recent
m1ltaJr evEnts.
Prince George, OF 6axonF, In despatch 70 the
kirG u Sa1ony, atts that Bile and Cha npnEny
have been fec1p,ureo, although the French
brought heavy n.aktes Into nrtion- lie admits
that the 5axons suffered Httevonsly-
The coucspondtu MT u the New forE 7Fbnas
telesraphs from Heriln, Sunday afternoon: 81 The
King Telegraph TO int Queen: NJ nghting 5es-
.e,aa, Ut Tour. Tae Fseich arc masstng troops
f1.iu ri.rennts- Durt1 The night Of December
ad the French Lost 1900 prisoners, including QUE
<;eAe1ai, twe1tJ snp.f.uF ut1'eers' hea1des seven
gur..:"
LQxpoS, Dec. s.-The Duke AccklenburK mRkca
The falowtng tepoat:
.Ytstesday moinlng battle commenced uaa,
Observation-Disclosures After hot u&ht the FIT
t.cuth French Army Gurus was defeated ant
e1lyrL hack 10 Ar,heusJ. TIE Sixteenth Ffencf
AMY COPS was .iItten beyrut lolgny. Severa
uu1t,rrd prisoners ah.t elryen CUTS were taken
The ent roys ICES WAS cnn tdctnble. Our loss
ilpkLuwr, hut Is much smaller than that Of tn
enemy.
TocEe, Friday Night Dec. 2.-The moEenen
nf The Army OF the 10!rG COT uuars. anu torfc ~
xk+.x1 xHrtk nf1h,
without marked advantage On either SIDE
CITE Of them. Gererai Souuts was wounded m,
taken prisoner. Taia checked momentaftly th
atlvaEcc Of the Sercntecath Corps, which. hoH
ever, held its rositi.n- the morale OF tue troop
Ii excellent, and the French Ere confident Of sue
ycss. 4 second attack w+smade on Au:uu by th
f1ussiaps, and Was rtpulsed With cnasdctabl
/. lt,as 10 the ASsAilsntA The enemy conlhae tacl
retreat from the North.
TOURS, Dec. THE government makes the fo
lowing announcement: '' The Army Of the Lotr
ha4 discontinued i'll forward movement, owing t
the IesaHAnce Of The enemy, Who hHs coocentfal
ell l1fge 1unases Of tto.ps between FithtTiaE'
.Arthelav, and Auxutyetia The army oecupte
strongly entrcIched positions, IN which 1t will n
ma,u for the present, po<ip'nIn2 Its advance TT
I'll better opportunity is u1es.,1- In the mear
Wilt, l;tneral Duc.u,, with The asmy which h
led out OF Par1s, is dE$cnShRed. and will be anie
act more f1cels. not n.dluR q. fore him the N asse
OF the enemy which was supposed we1e going
meet him. but which are realls retained north I
Orleans.
tS!gncdt "dANRKTTA+~
TurKs, DEC. Administer GA1nhetta has Rone
Orleans, to consult with The tti3cers OF the ARE
Of the Loire. In the battle OF Friday, the ST
tcepth and Seventeenth Army Corps were e
gagged The lighting VAS r1ottarted and sansul
a.J, astd there w*re g1sat iosses on bp&h side
the r1atslans using heavy artillery. The Army
tic Lore will receive large 1ct1forcenenfa-
AIsCklLASE0EA-
TOURS. Dec. S.--The tnarchng Of troops throuk
"Toura, On t.cir way to the fsont, t. tncessai
The weather is Intensely cold.
nuntng has been srpothted Director General
.he Engineering Dun an.
The Generals IN AlgeEh have been erdeEed
-1ht southern frontier colony to prevent the lncu
Eions OF native tsIbet-
The bombatdns nt Of Bclinrt has comu,acced.
Eo1htpr rcw has been received from the Arm
Of The Loire The military ailuali0n Is, among Il
1,eat informed cd1ctet. aeeMed critical
Manteuifcl has been ordered to march to Par!
1t Is stated, on good autn1fitJ, thai Btsm1Ik l
flsts that ne nus1 AID will rcttsc from otsice no
the convention vita the South German States
adopted unaltercd.
TpCRs, DEC 4.-lr Is 1unoFed that General u
crot Is still near rafs, has been reinforced, Al
will speedily tzke tie unet sive.
The Nonite11r publishes circular to the ueutl
rnwe:s, se,ttuE furth the c:uclstts committed dt
1cE the WAt by the invaders " France.