, 1870-11-14
eAMP BEFORE PARIS.
The, Sortis Of October q, at Mount
Valerien.
moltke, the King, and Crown
Prince in lic Field.
Details of the Battle.
Behavior OF Gcrmnu nud
french Troops.

would furnish me material for letter. Iyu
about to continue my excursions into th.
neigtho1hood Of Versailles and Paris. and
feek fer soEno matter Of interest In III.
many fi1e villages snd historical ch.te,nr n,
the surrounding country. when all At once ]
heard lively cannonading from the direction
CT the 8Ions valsrien. This lasted frn,1
asoai =. m. to 101ss a. m., when it ceased
A. tho French. especially those occupying the
fertsees Of Mont yalcrien, indulge almost
dai!s. ! might tay hourly, in the "a slime OF
eansona11ns whenever they caa sct their eyes
neon German picket. nothing moro vas
thought Of the matter. Al about 9 y. N. /
was On the eve Of carrying ont my morninE
plan. namels. to drive out into the neishbor.
hooi Of Saiat CIR, whcn Ill at once the ai1afts
Of my 1'rtrch chAise yielded to tho wear and
tear Of time, and prevented the execution of
roy sud Ilsn- 1uss then the sounds OF the
can.oi: from tic direction OF Mont Yalcrien
began again to be heard. It ersw
rea1er and nexrer. The Eaily
dressed officers Of the stat1 ct yarioua
Geccras= and the Crown Prince we're sesn
hufr1ias to aud fro. Courie1s came t{asuiun
slens eih fo4m-corered horses. TIE alarm,
for tie tisst tine since am here, wns eounl.
cI- All sctotcned Of something in He wind.
Ny Gezmsn fncnd Of the ReichstAg Thought
tic lonE expected bnutnI1r1ept by the he
s:egers had begun. /, however, knew too
welt thst when attacks arc nadc the attacking
rarity docs not eount tho alarm, nor are theT
seen hu7sinG to 1nd fro In snch great haste.
1t xas arpsrrnt that the French had made 4
sorsie, and that. Judging from the sound Of
the caunensde, they we're gaining On the Ger
1nsns. l ut once started On foot In the dircc-
ton CT Chateau Be1uregard, whence the re-
rort OF dtnG came. Arrived It the gates, re
found them closed, but, on presenting our
we ccria wa1k We hurried through the fau-
Long Saint Antoine La Chesnzy, and then up
the hill to ChEteau Beaurcgard. Single
dragons AID fo0tmcn were alErady net by M
ccoirs from the font; all gave us desponding
reporte. tut I knew too we'll how to take the
tcpcEts Of struggling soldiers, who for the
r-cr: part leave the he!1 unlr7 some kind Of
pse,.s sislsoat having seen the enemy. T.
nrcd uron the hull, which is asout II ni1es
from L, Cellc, the paiat Of atta.k By ths
Ere: ch- We had to stof. Two or three hnu-
dscti fecs in front Of us, the sh.lls and Bl,r,p-
re1s we're seen to fall thick and fast in tho
boll0wrhat separates ChAtean Beatl-egard from
the yillare of L1C4l!e st. Cloud. Il was now
hail-;1ss . il tie Afternoon; the sounds OF
tho French uitrsilleu.e grnw nearer. Tho
hasste CT the slci1-, which prematursly az
r!ocsd in the ait, seemed Dow almost ae close
ssscelets tired Oh from Mo1tretoat, hill
g fcs hundred yards to the r1sht and in ad-
saEer Of where stood Things begnnto look
serious. The r!iSttlr wounded began to ar
rivc Oh foot. sosue who had their arms or face
catl'r erlinters Of the exploding shslls, others
Who had lost finger or received flesh
uound By tho bullet OF Chasaepot.
AL belonged to tue Sixth Regiment OF prus-
i'm intantrs, two companies OF which, tho
.SiotL and T&elftl, 11viug been on picket
duty in front OF Ia Cclle 81, Cloud, were a.
Eoet entirely either killed, wounded, or takcn
Prisoners.
A about ha!r-past 2 General Mo!tks eaao
riding along in i ca1riase, With his private
Atjutaut Leclercq by his eide. He aiightsd
on the lnll where We stood, and mounted the
lic1sc that hnd followed tho c1r1iage II is
rcfreEAsng to see this old warr1or move about
amcng the royal aud ptincely courtiers that
cornrose the suiis OF the many German Pflnoes
Tat follow the army, with sueh Spartan sim
phci,y. o. G wlo does not know Multko per-
eonal!y, wculd never Imagine that the smooth
f:ctd aud mudeat-lookiuE man, clad in SIM
r}ts unsfolm than any of his Lieuteuants, and
accompanied but by a single Adjutant aud
servant. is he Nho conposes tho BRAIN
n, The King, with lis I uhisos is' sT1tvad ~ d
On the hill. While Moltke was riding
back to meet tho King, my friend, being we'll
acquainted With Aolrkn, a.ked him whether
tl,ings looked lad. to which the old General
aT.-. al :, nIa,.,n, ~ TOh 80 t~sA,4i
Ernr, Ting ia in nn,sr, Th;s con,;rt, teo-.
the mouth Of Linn who ought to know how
things Eteod, reAssure1 ua. A lev minutes
aftcr the Kings arrival the Crown rrincs,
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