The New York herald., 1870-09-28

repulsed with loss OF several hundred 10 the Ger
mans. Thereafter an irregular succession OF oom-
bardments followed. not suflc!enty ,crous TO effect
anything. These commenced on the 23d. The artil-
lery employed was field pieces ana sucn medaeval
siege guns as haa been captured at Marsal.
The Bavarian Railroad Direction, who run the line
between Wcissenburg, Nancy and Paris. offered to
build branch around Toul In a fortnight, but
Moltke said, "NO; We shall have Toul long before
that" However. the struggling attack availed
nothing, thefortrcss having q double escarpment,
with fuli bashOns no glacis double ditch, thirty
Ave feet wide each, ali around, fully casemated and
defended by seventy.lve guns, OF which twenty six
were heavy rlned pieces from strasbourg brought
thence while yet France intended 10 defend 1oui
earnestly.
rHa BoMBARDMENT.
Within tho last fortnight heavy siege guns arrlv-
ing from Germany were put In position on spur OF
Mount 81. Michel, north, on the heights opposite
the Faubourg st. Egare southwest, and at D0mar
tin les T0uk southeast. Nothing serious was then
attempted until last Friday at daybreak, when n
concentrated bombardment OF the works was begun
by twenty.four FOUNDER batteries Of the second
and Fourth artillery regiments. supported by the
troops OF the Thir.y-fourth infantry brigade. All
these forces form part of the new Independent
command, der the Grand Duke of Mecklenpurg-
Schwerin, embracing all that lie between the armies
Of Prince Frederick Charles and the Crown Prince
that is all the invading troops not engaged IN the
segcs Of Metz and Paris.
The firing continued NIL day Friday, with an
active bat very ineffective reply from the garrison
THE SURRENDER.
In the evening" the town being on fire in twenty
three places, the pressure OF the inhabitants
upon the commander induced him to hoist q white
flag and offer to capitulate The offer was lmme-
dat, ,lv accepted by Colonel Manteude, commanding
the siege corps, andhey entered the town the same
evening at seven O'Clock. The conditions were pre-
cisely those Of Sedan. council OF the municipality
held Friday decided not to favor q surrender, but
the urgency OF Individuals fearing q useless de-
struction completely overwhelmed the benlgerent
determination of the military and civil authorities.
SMALL GARRISON.
The garrison was ridlculously weak-siXty cui.
rassers, 100 line forty gendarmes and 1000 raw
bes among them not one regular artillery soldier.
Their commander was MAJOR Huck, an Old cavalry
man. The German officers are wroth tnat such q
essential for transport in fact the only lne for six
weeks
RAILWAY COMMUNICATION INTACT WITH THE ARMY
BEFORE PARIS.
The line becomes now at once complete, commu-
ncatlng direct with the Paris siege army. Every.
| thing had been prepared beyond Toul for weeks
| and trains were running by horse power, Only q
I twelve foot bridge near Toul had To be replaced
| This was done the 25th, and yesterday the first
| locomotive went through. went 10 Toul on thu
first inspectors train that approached the town after
the surrender.
TAR DAMAGES
| Many houses are destroyed. The condition O
things Is worse than a. Sedan, but not SO bad as
Bazeilles. The gothic chapel OF ST. GcngoUlt OF tn,
! date sl4, IS ALMOST ruined. The very imposing
Byzantine cathedral, built early az 292, has orl,
| window arch demolished and Its outside battered
by a score Of shells. There are few wounded ant
nc sick IN FOUL Only two battaons of the Nine
teenth infantry remain as garrison. The prisoners
OF the Gardc Mobile Of the place were released OF
parole not TO serve again during this war. The towl
end environs have picturesque appearance, bein,
built much In tthe old German STYLE Five hundree
| OF the Mobiles had been trained during the siege u
| serve the guns. They did the artillery work, bu
In repressng the assault Of the 10th all the male In
habitants'that could procure arms participated.