, 1870-11-11
VERSAILLES.
un,trc or Orleans md Bravery
OF tho French.
The Assault and Defeat--The Sieges OF
Paris at Different PetlodA
Present Population and the
Consumption Of Food.

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EkKaAiI1xs, Oct II. /
1.un nov cnAhled TO giya you = few moro j
,.,.,l. Of the battle at Orleans, On the nth
sst-. between tno "e."@ns unoet osue.a'
Eor der Tam and ehe French Army OF the
/. .,ur, l would have sent them to you By
yar1.rh. but. in spite OF ali nv Efforts to be
.,i,sei 10 do 20. could not got tho pe.mls-
s.ou ffom tie military authorities, hence
nust fall bsck upon the slowar means which
ne mails f1,rpieh me. -
1r,n,.3,,e1x .,ter fba arrival of the Third
,..1ars 1,ris C.no-,l I'm ;1ar T,nn ~.
rent south, toward olleans. to LOOK aief any
.,I1ec, beb,ud the Lo;re. and prevent their con-
.o,;1..;on into an ann, l,x d;snortiuc them.
a1," na,rsns ~ - ~. san, ~ ~ans;s,ei NJ TIM
1he Heffaane fus seas oo' co'na'eo =. tao
First uavarian Army Corps, come $1,000
strong; the Twenty-seeopd rr1ssian DiviAion,
ID two batteries uf artl1i.ry-iu ali, about
90. 600 men Their line Ut III arch was through
lsnboulllet aud Ch41tzes-the fir.t = littls
xherc lie massacre Of lhe aqnsdton Of Pru.-
<.ar cavalry took place = week ago yesterday,
aui The iastcr The auciont Autrieun, nov
lie headquarters. Of the Prefecture Of the
Iu.s ct Loir. Dns, when tho German
amy lad reached within about t@elva
inlet OF Oritsns, they we're suddenly |
attacked BY tho French, ~ho 10 the nunber
tf xtout $4,000 occupied tho heights Of the \
~ild country that sutrounds Orle7ns Tho
latte began At 10 in the forenoon: a. A. Noon
tie n.s.Iians ;sS Ge The ol Frono 1ae
c.urosed mt .tlv Of regiments Of the Lne'
,ua Zouaves, with small spEinkling OF do
7les, fought with desperate resolution aud
with hernism they have not shown IN any
lsitle during this wsF- They eeemed mono
10 20 forward ike forlorn hope Of the vau-
u.,.hea French nation. The midday sun
Thought cheerful hops into tbs hearts OF the
ltfcnde1s Of the Republic. and who eau tel!
Of Ill The Joyous e1ptctAt10na tnak caused
tlcir stops in the pursuit Of the RkvaEi-
,ns: But this, like al other Ffonch
hopes, hid eoou to vanish Ike
= dream before 1he arrival OF the IwentJ-a geo
eni rruesian Division, when botn HAfat3A9a 4, ~
.sS @ ee .sassss saa III sai e sss
Greek had met Greek this time The conflict
nced for bours without any apparent advsn-
ne to either kide. Towards evening the
etjeis wns ar i,4 height. The German artillery
nm out Of ammunition. Then it Was that Won
ar Taup. one Of the htayest OF BAvArian
1;surrsls. ordered an assault It Wa m1de.
Tes rr,,,it. TotaI rout OF the Fronch Army
ri the Loire. with q loas Of 5000 Killed and
wounded and several Thousand prisonetu,--
NoT msn1. dare not state, for tho unoffi .ial-
r. si1en nt,nbef Of is, QUO seams too high a
S1nrs for ma to report,
The im1pecisAo fruit OF tbs yistorT IL
,s;ds from tho German occupation O.
tnIIa4;ne t,5usaG1 asy liter the battle
~. d;sc9nr.pement Of he French behind th,
1n;,a ~ ~ IN v,tl, tl,eir organization OF Al
1my: tbs feu,nauts Of The army beaten be
fore orleans have goue back below that cit
tts~ =. ~ snfycrcd iii. fikn ali other dofcate
-. t;.c,rr.g;n.,Iv nnnn the 1nnraia OF th
F1encb soldlery. The Ioss OF the Germans j
.,.aJ - .scns q nfl0 m fillod and woundei
Hhn Txcnty. eecoud prussian Division /
7lsmed far retarIltnC itu advance to tho ba
tls.t;sia Int1 hos over that MY be, they dit
i;ke 1,l,,c5er at Waterloo, aud the CroH
na,rra ~ Sadsn. n,mn lust in nIek OF tiu,
sThar b.ya oreat kussk in coming alxAy
into action iust 1t the eleventh hour. whc
fLa anany tntn1ic.tcd by an apparent fin
ric,nr !. faknn by surp.iae by tt
s1Iivi 1i 81 ~ nov tfooss. as il III.
Wers being etamrel out OF the Erouu
TIe csp,v,e Of o1ieans has deeply won1ld,
4be sensi6iljty OF F,encl. pride. No enemy
tTonns had ever befurs entered its Cats
0.t,nr l,ack N origin to tie time OF the co
ouest Of the GauIs by Cns,r, or, according
nther autho,1ties. 70 the time Of the Empe,
Avra1;.n frnr, ,.i,oro II atHn fook il. mama
Auroi,.,,w rnT,an 1nt0 DtIien.- Ard hi
;,,tn T}ri.,1s- II hnI Att,l. Al ia rstes. vi
after hayipe taken and burned CoEog.
Travaa MAJ Rbc,r,s. and othnr innnfts
r;,ies va;n1v nttamututl to lake til. CITY II,
tha nossessieu Of ii, brave defend .rs, 1ed
In 50 Orleans Vas again bo,leced by D'Ac
Huts Of nsIony. but roleved By Guide.
E;rc n .he Francs. Ii ", in ile5; tho Du
of Salisbury invested this city. a
came near taxing it, aud how
wxs mitzculn.1sly aAved by
known historical tacs The honor OF its bei
faken. was 1cser<e1 to General von der II
atd Lis stu,dy bavasians
After having enumerated tho divera sicI
which Orlears tsd TO Undergo, it may not
ami; q to tell your readers OF the various uiel
Which Paris, this grv4t centre Of the worl
interest. had TO uncerso:
The firet siege nS Paris, Of which We h
zpv historical record, took p'are in 895. by
Normans, who, ,a,iug II, ,0<1-t1ong before
itulation.
In 1859. bv the Eiog Of England, who
1epslIed.
In liao, sEain iy tho English, who too
In 1877, Charee the Seventh, atteupt'
1ecaktu1e it from 'ur Eux :ish, but is repule
In l4G2. the Duke OF BurgoJno is also
= p,lted
In 1464. II il invested b7 fhA ARMIES OF
Count de Charu1or. but not tak"n.
ln 1886. another f&uit1ess attempt to
il liz Charles Quert.
In 1883 ia the memorable siege By he
III. snu Henry ~. The latter tahes the Il
i=hed city, to whore inhao'sauts be had m
11nimourly given bread Outing lhe siege
In 1914 and 18lb il is taken by The alAea'
How long the siege OF 1870 wall last, -,
get impossible to fnre ell Tentufed 70
this qucatiou to Z member OF the Nil
staf1, and be retliet % mo that at al
pended u,on the PAziaiaDr;" or, in OF
words, II take II, up,u the quantity OF I
visjons which they have rot IN their ets
houses. NON, to arrive II As proximate ASI
as possible. have bern indulging i
lttle arithmetic, which give you here,
let you and your readers determine the
eults- The population OF Vatis before
WI WAS ast1mated 1t :. 2.000, 900. or tb
after the inv+ rtnent OF The city becasno
dent. some 200 600 have been. like Il
portion Of the d .s-th ondc, either sxiled
hsye lef. for the southern portion Of Ffal
This outgoing Of oUo, 600 we're, however, 7
tlan replaced by tt,4 inhabitants OF the
rounding towus aud villages, who, on the
preach Of the .nrp7, tout rcfugo into
city Now add to thi. tho GaT,le Mo
called in from the citlas > aud te
cc.pn nf yer,v the msrinea and
pNrul1tino al th.. ,sFpe to,St,s <f St. Di
Nruiily. ST. Clud, Dou eo:ne, y,rceuues,
S'a viii Ind nos ANhi;. the aalls OF -
1ua."n 1,,t,a ~: I" esy 'h@ eseh, wv a,;u
Il. .,p r,,,,u'',, s.;e. ,.. 1,n1,.,,,d s,cl
N"s s''ias"An!''i"o, nsH nVu, ,%Au o.-a