The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-19
THE WAR !.
LONDON.
Russia Tenders Mediation.
German Anniversary Day.
Parisians Calm and Hopeful.
The Battle Of BngneauN.

LoNpoS, October lS.-lt is reported
that Russia tenders her offices for me-
liston, and that Austria and England
are anxious for peace.
Bankers are, to-day, declining to ne
gor;atc Berlin paper.
Hamburg and Bremen are threaten
FL by the French fleet, and the excite
mrnt in those cities is intense.
LONDON, October lS-The Times re-
minds lis readers that this is the ami
yrrsary of the battle of Nations, which
occurred near Leipsis on the 18th OF
October, 1918 1t has been generally
understood in the German camp that
IN the bombariment OF Paris all the bat
,eres, simultaneously, would be opened
N this anniversary day, which is so full
of glorious remembrances 10 Germans,
aui which has been regularly celebrated
hr wears The world is waiting for the
events of to jav
An Anglo American ambulance corps
Ia, lett Versailles for Orleans, where
here are three thousand wounded
French and Germans.
Some OF the journals here today print
short letters dated at Paris, October lst.
Iurv contain no news.
The German army in France is main
aimed oy constant reinforcements 1t
=, estimated that there are fully 6O0,0nO
rmed Germans on the French side.
Nothing as vet has beer heard from
Ia;ort 81 Auben At last accounts
,a!loon was imminent at that point.
Gamhet:a has lett Tours for the amry
9 the VoegeS which is To be organized
for the purpose Of resisting the Ger
man advance on Lyons The PruSsianS
still occupy Meurcy quietly. They have
made no demonstration against Blois
and Tours, and it is not believed that
hey will at present.
The following dispatch has just been
received
VALEYCIEHNES, October lS.-Rebata.
a1 a,tache of the foreign office has just
arrived here from Paris He says, the
I-op'e are calm and hopeful, and polti-
cal affairs are unaltered. Resolution
seems 10 be common 10 all. The
Russians now investing the city screen
themselves beind their powerful bat
'cries so tremendous i the French
fire that the plains are absolutely swept
rs.
The best gunuc,s in the world are
collected in the Paris Notifications
= },l M ,.yor ,,,;sg 81 a;, mn IL n .
hDlO metres The PruSsiaus are threat
,uius the immediate bomhardmcnt of
Paris, but this is impossible, ,.ior so long
- the French forts out side are so well
served, no enemy can approach near
enough. The manufacturing Of arms
= actively going on in Paris.
LONDON, October lS-Ihiers has re-
turned TO France. !
LONDON, October lS.-Niolent popu-
lar outbreaks occurred at Hontieur and |
other towns in that vicinity on account
of alleged inefficient conduct Of the |
war. Rinderpest on the continent
spreads with alarming rapidity. 1t
prevails from Palland to the Atlantic. !
There i much Corsternstion in all
classes The force of Mecklenburs |
>rhcverin at scissors consists of Pom |
c~tniar, IIesSian and Magdeburg artil- !
lrry, The Schleswig engineers, eight
hatalnons OF landwehr aud the Ile!- |
rcr-raat horse. The investment lasted
three weeks and the BON bardment four
DAYS -Four thousand prisoners and one
hundred and thirty-two cannon fell into
the PruSsian hands.
The following particulars Of the bat
lie OF Bagneux have just been received
here. At 9 o'clock in the morning the
French opened a heavy artillery fire
VII ch was vigorously answered by the
Pru>sians. The French then advanced
on the double quick, the Garde Mobile
having the lead. Adesperate battle en-
sued when the Prussian position was
carried at the point of the bayonet.
The Germans were utterly unable
10 Withstand the avalanche of men
hurled against them. They resorted to
several strategies but failed in all and
we're at length dispersed. The Mobiles
entered Bogneux where the ,Prussians
had erected barricades. These were
soon carried with slight loss. Atthis
tine heavy masses of Prussians were
seen on a plateau, and as the French
We're now exposed to a severe flre ol
artillery from the forts in the neighbor-
hood, they fell back unmolested. The
object OF the reconnaissance was effect
ii in every particular. The Prussans
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