The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-13
THE0WAR!
TOURS.
An Important French Victory
Prussians Committing Outrages
on Captured Towns.
French Defeated at Orleans.
Garibaldi i'm Delicate Health.

Tours, October l2.-Garabaldi vii
not take the field at present as hi:
health is quite delicate. He will re
quire season of rest before engaging
in active operations.
Tours, October l2.-The Minister o
War publishes the following, contained
in a telegram from Orleans at a late
hour last evening: The scene of the
battle to-day was so near this city thai
halls and shell fell in the outskirts. The
Prussians are near Galleno. S5
The troops sent from Tours to rem,
force the Fifteenth corps formed a juno,
ton with that body near Artenay
Severe fighting has been renewed be,
fore st. Quentiue.
Tours, October l2-'The ministry
have just received the following intelli-
gence Of an important French victory.
The courier which brought the intelli-
gence was permitted to pass through
the Prussian lines: A battle occurred
on Friday, eth inst, between Fort Mont
Nalerien and st. Cloud, on the west
side of Paris. The French, under Gen,
eral Ducrot having made a sortie in
force, the Prussians We're completely
defeated and were forced to retreat to
Versailles, entirely surrendering the po-
sition they had lately occupied, and
from which they might have shelled the
western part of Paris.
Adyices from various parts of France
repeat the statements that the Prussians
are committing the greatest atrocities
upon the helpless towns where the
tranco-Tireurs gain advantages. The
Prussians have not only seized the au-
thorities Of the towns and demanded
restitution for captured Prussians on
pain OF death of the authorities and the
burning down of the towns, but have
delivered them up for execution. In
view of this state of affairs the govern
ment is reported to have again brought
the subject to the attention of the Prus-
sian military authorities, as well as to
the foreign ambassadors to France.
CHATEAU DUc, October 12, via Tours.
The enemy has been beaten back with
loss at Dreux.
Tours, October l2-The government
is fully satisfied with General Bour-
baki's five franc pieces with the EN-,
blems OF the Republic, which have just
appeared from the mint. .
COLOGNE, October IA writer in
the Frank fort Gazette has seen colossal
BON bs holding one hundred and forty
pounds of powder going forward to Paris.
Tours, October l2.-The messengers
who were sent to Orleans yesterday,
where battle was going on, have re-
turned. They make the following re-
port: The French were in much
smaller force than the Prussians, and
we're literally crushed by their superior
artillery and driven back into the
suburbs of the town. Some barricades
had been erected there, and our forces
took advantage of the shelter. The
Papal Zouayes and Mobiles behaved
most courageously, but the regular
troops fled at almost the first fire. The
railroad depot was destroyed and many
other large establishments At last ac-
counts the people were flying in all
directions. 8
At late hour last evening the Prus-
slams had pushed south to Beaugeney
and Meung, beyond Orleans, and it is
feared the Papal Zouaves will be sur
rounded and captured. The other
French troops in the neighborhood are
in good position, and heavy reinforce
ments were sent to them during the
niuht