The Portland daily press., 1870-11-12
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The PruSSian Loss mt Orleans.
tale Preparing for a Siege.
A New MOvement for Arbitration


France.
THE BATTLE AT ORLEANS
Tours, Nov. 11.-sGournals report that the
Prussians have lost over II, 900 men in killed
and wounded and 1900 prisoners in the battles
around orleans and aye retreating towards
Charities aud Etampes. A large number of
guns thrown away by tie enemy have been
picked up and distributed among the national
guards at Orleans.
PREPARATIONS AT LILLE FOR SIEGE.
LILLE, Nov. lin view of the anticipated
bombardment the military organization here
has been made most complete. All the civil
and military engineers, mechanics, construc
tors, iron founders and copper founders have
been set to work on the fabrication of cannon,
mOrtars, mtraiileurs and cbassepots which are
distributed to the troops. Ten thousand work.
men are employed on the exterior and interior
notifications. Ambulances have been organ
lied under the direction of the city physicians.
Orders have been issued to provision the. city
for six months, tue authorities here having
profted BY the experience of Sedan, Stras-.
to furnish himself with potatoes, white beans,
rice smoked meat, oil and coal. Immense
supplies of forage have been laid in.
me population consists OF 1872, 900 regular in
from the country. The facilities Tor supplies
are great from the richness of the surrounding
country. Six railroads run into the city The
Publications are considered the finest in the
land works Of Europe, being Vauban's chef
donrres, add in every respect superior to those
age 30 feet in height on the exterior, with
good military road making an entire circuit
The classmates, magazines and she'll rooms are
OF solid masonry. Five hundred guns are at
present mounted.
WAR FACTS AND RUMORS.
LONDON, Nov. u.-The formal surrender of
New Breisach occurred at 10 o'clock this fore
noon.
The Germans have erected now batteries on
the heighths of Rancy, Mont Magny, Besous
and Courbevoie.
Prince Aosta denies the rumor of his having
demanded plebiscite. He says the vote of
the Cortes elected by universal suffrage will
amply suffice.
The entire army of the Loire is moving for
ward.
The military department. of the East has
been abolished and Gen. Michel, who held the
chief comm md there, has been assigned to
other duties
A dispatch from Chagny reports that there
is a large French force thers well supplied
with artillery and sufficient to resist the ad-
vance of the army.
The troops from Lyon. are marching to meet
the Prussians
Italian volunteers COSTUME to join Garibal-
DIS command in large numbers.
Prussia.
A PRUssIAN NEWSPAPER JUsTIFIEs BAZAINn
BERLIN, Nov. u.-Count Won Bismarck's
organ, the Nordeutsche Allgemeine Zsitung,
devotes its columns to justifying Bazaine in
his defence Of Metz
Greatly britain.
NEW ARRANGEMENT FOR ARBITRATION.
LONDON, Nov. Special to n Y. World.
a despatch from Brussels states that we'll in
formed political circles are impressed with the
belief that new arrangement for arbitration
mas oeen offered by four neutral powers Pre-
imin aries for the conditions of equitable peace.
acceptable alike to France and Prussia have
been concluded. The initiative has already
been taken by Russia for assembling con-
gres..