The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-16
TEN WAR.
LAST NIGHTS DEsPATUREs.

A SUCCESSFUL soRTIE FROM PARIS SAID TO HAVE
BEEN MADE-PARTICULARs wANTING-REPoRTED
WITHDRAWAL OF TEE ADVANCE ON TOURS AND
HAYRE-sURRENDER OF hoEThRDY
LONDON, Dec 14.-Dispatches from Havre report
that that city and Honfleur are quiet. A force of
80, GOO men has been thrown out TO confront the
Germans. Havre is filled with war material and
there are number OF gunboats on the Seine.
From Honfleur ii is reported that no Prussans had
been discovered by the French scouts. The Ame
rican steamship Erie, from New York, with Ame-
rican arms for the French ia off Cowes where she
will be conveyed by a French man-of-war to a
French port. The American ambulance at Paris
is extOlled as model of efficiency and curative
General Ohauzy, at Blois, is receiving reinforce
ments from COutre. The Germans are near Tours,
and offer battle both sides of the river. General
Faidherbe, with the twenty y-secOnd corps, having
rceaptured La Fere Ham and st. Quentin, is
moving on Laon. Manteutfel has abandoned his
attack on Hayre and is moving south TO aid Frede-
rick Charles. A sortie from Paris is hourly ex-
Hovle IS cotton mills at Bolton have been burned
Anxiety about the result of the Luxembourg
affair causes much depression in business. The
new German loan is already quoted at a premium.
LONDON, Dec. II, r. M.-lhe Prussians have
certainly occupied Blos, but the report that they
were at Tours is not confirmed.
An official report OF the surrender of Pfalsburg
states that 52 officers, 1889 men and G3 guns were
captured with the fortress.
| Montmedy has also surrendered TO the Germans.
The besiegers did not lombard the town was re-
ported. They battered the walls with solid shot,
and soon as they hal effected breach, the place
capitulated.
LosDoN, Dec. IA, nidnight.-It is reported that
Fecamp, twenty-one miles northeast of Havre, has
| been occupiedby the Germans.
! Lon DON, Dec 4.-[Special to the New York Tele-
gram. "A dispatch from Brussels, dated December
i3 states that the Ech0du Lure enbOuTg has the fol-
lowing announcement" England agrees to the an
nexation OF Luxembourg TO Prussia, in order that
| the Prussans may thereby be induced to abandon
all their pretensOns TO Lorraine. The maintenance
of eutrality Is still walmy and fercely discussed
In all the Journals and the threatened viola
lation of it is regardedwith the most determined
|oppOsition."
BoRDRAUx, Dec. 14-rhe following news Is OFF,
cial. There have been no serious engagements
since December 10. TheeVacuatiOn OF the triangle
formed by the towns AZ Verneuil, Bazolles and
Dreux is confirmed. lathe 'Seine Inferieur" the
eneany seems TO be withdrawing Dieppe has been
free since December II EVreux and SeTguigny
have been occupied by the Germans. A number
of smaA engagements arereported to have occurred,
in which the French wee successful On the left
hank OF the Loire the Russians occupy C6ltres
Mont Rieha and RemOnntin.
q he government has announced that the ports of
IIavre and Dieppe pCt open 70 neutral vessels.
Prisoners assert that tle losses OF the army of
Prince Fredarick Charles during ats eombats with
3eneral Chas zey have not been less than 20, ,00G
men and that The villages in the neighbOrhood are
6Iled with wounded.
There is no communication with the north of
lance The journals herr demand prompt selec-
ions to the Constituent Assembly.
News has reached here that the PTussians sur
PIissd, a. ghamb9;di s99 A9RDss and nsnes.