The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-05
THE LATEST DISPATCHES.
TOURS. Sunday, December

THE LATEST DISPATCHES.
TOURS, Sunday, December l.
The Government makes the following an
nouncement:
The army OF the Loire has discontinued its for
ward movement on account Of the resistance Oh
the enemy, who concentrated large masses be-
tween Pithivlers Athenay and Aguvllie. The
army now occupies strongly entrenched positions,
in which 1t will remain for the present. postpon-
ing its advance until better opportunity is offer.
ed. Meanwhile, Ducrot, with the army which he
led out OF Paris, is dlsengaged. aud will be able
10 act more freely, not having before him the
masses Of the enemy which 1t was supposed were
going to meet him, but which are really retained
north Of Orleans.
Evacuation of Amiens Confirmed.
q LILLE, Sunday, December 4
The evacaation~o OF Amiens is confirmed. the
retreating Prusslans project their rear oy
burning the bridges. Nothing has b'en hearu
from Manteuffel. There Is little doubt but that ne
has abandoned his march northward, and Is
moving rapidly to Paris with all his forces.
Bloody Battle on the Marine.
BRUSSELS, Saturday, December g..
New York World special: The Germans ON
Friday made es2erate effort to drive Ducrots
army, which occupied the villages on the
east bank OF the Marne, from Noisy Legrand
to Ormesson, to the west bank Of the Marne.
At daylight the fifteenth and twentyeishth corps,
under the Duke OF Saxony, with division OF
Wurtemburgers, aggregattng 10000 men, made
furious assault upon the French position at Brie
and Champgny. The assault came from the
northeast and southeast. Ducrot withdrew with
in the peninsula formed by curve Of the 1arne'
directly opposite to Bolsse de Tlncennes thus
covering his tanks By the stream. The advanc-
ing Germans encountered terrible nre
from the forts Nogeut and Rosny, and re-
doubt Arron. The slaughter was fearful. The
German lines wavered, bat were soon rallied by
the officers, who fell In great numbers. The first
brigade OF the second division OF Saxon troops
lost all its officers. A large column Of French
troops from Paris crossed the bridge at noon near
Brle, and drove the Germans some distance
eastward. The firing ceased at three o'sl lock, the
French returning to near the east bank OF the
river, but not recrossing. The French hold the
bridges The losses on both Sid were very large.
The German losses were greatest on account OF
the fire from the forts and redoubt, and attack
ink the French in their favorite position.
SkirmishinS.
TOURS, December2.
The movement of the army OF the Loire con.
tinues. There are frequent encounters along the
line, without any decided advantage to either
side. In one OF these general sorties the wounded
were captured, causing momentary check to
the Seventeenth corps, which, however, held its po'
stion. The morale Of the troops is excellent. A
OF IN ntn rpluSpl The
enemy continue their retreat from the north.
TOURS DecemberS. s.
The Prussians yesterday attacked the Sixteenth
and Seventeenth corps at La France. The re-
suit Of the engagement was indecisiVe. The
MonIteur is silent on the subject.
Washington Opinion.
WASHINGTON, December 1.
The French situation as summed up In dlplo
matte circles here is that the garrison, while un-
able to break the German lines has shown by the
recent efforts spirit and power which, should
Palladines break the line Of Prince Frederick
Charles, may prove fatal to the Prasslans.
Mecklenburg's Report.
LONDON, December 8.
The Duke Of Meckenburg makes the following. !
report:
"On yesterday morning battle occurred near
Baseac and Les Hautes After hot fight, the
Fifteenth French Corps was defeated and drive n
back to Athenay. and the Sixteenth driven be-
yond LarGuy. Several hundred prisoners and
eleven gGas were taken. The enemy's loss " as |
considerable Ours unknown, but smaller. -
LONDON, December As P. NJ.
OrtFriday the fighting at Brie was severe; the |
Germans being exposed 70 q steady fire from the |
French forts; but at P. NJ. the French retired, |
leaving behind them many prisoners. Brie, |
though abandoned by the French, Is not occupied |
by the Germans.
Tile French wounded who fall into German
hands refuse to return to Paris
The German leaders are losing much OF their
Overwhelming confidence In consequence OF the
recent military events.
Prince George, In dispatch to the King of
SaXony, states that Brie and Champigny have
been recaptured, although the French brought
great masses Of troops into the aeld. He admits
thst the S.xons suffered severely.
Balloon Reports from Paris.
TOURS, December 3. Il
A balloon which left Paris on December !, and
landed near LIE Mans, brings the news that the
French kept the prisoners which they captured In
the sortles Of the 24th and sOth Of Novemb err and
were preparing to prosecute vigorously an ofen-
sive movement. General vinoy held position
greatly in advance OF Ducrot. Ducrot stopped
on account Of a sudden rise in the river caused
by the Prussians breaking dams, and not on ac-
count Of any resistance offered by the Prussians
The Prussans retook Champigny, but the French
recaptured It again. Ii was the Ptussians, and
not the French, who asked for truce to bury
the dead
The army Of the Loire made successful for.
ward movement to-day. All the railways are
closed TO passengers on account of the immense
Of troops.
sITURD4Y,S NOON DISPATCHES.
NEW fcS.,k, December 8.
The Tribunes Correspondent with Garibaldfs
Headquarters at Ausun, writes Thursday that the
Prusslans yesterday afternoon attacked Autun
with twelve cannon, infantry and cavalry. Tney
were repulsed with great loss. The Prussians
sh 1lel the CITY, The Mobiles behaved well.
junction of Trochu and Pa1ladines.
LONDON, December 2.
correspondent Of the World at Tours tele
graphs that the operations OF Palladines and Tro-
chu we're carried on according to an understanding
with each other. The prearranged plan has thus
far been wholly successful. The plan was that
Trochu would not push Ducrots army beyond the