The Portland daily press., 1870-09-20
WAR NOTES.

Trains on the Northern railroad from Rouen
only run as far south as Breteavill. The Prus-
slams were expected at the latter place on Sat.
urday.
A fragment of the Sedan army has arrived
at Rouen. 1t consisted of 500 men who previ
ously came from Metz.
The loss of life in the hospitals of both ar
mics have been very heavy
Inc railway to Havre is cut at Contours.
Letters have been received from Marshal
Bazline at Metz dated Friday. There has
been no fighting since the first inst. The
troops were enthusiastic and in good health
and have provisions in abundance.
A dispatch from Hamburg of the 18Th, says
Notwithstanding the suspension of the block
ale there is no Abatement in the precautions
for the public safety.
A late dispatch from Paris announces that
pursuant to the arrangement perfected
through the efforts of Lord Ly ons and Count
Bernstein, NJ. Jules Favre has gone to meet
Count Bismarck. No basis has been agreed
upon by which negotiations shall be conducted
The London Times of Monday says: "There
is chance. almost hope, that the end of the
authority, that Favre is prepared to acknowl-
edge the obligations-of France to repair as a
measure of justice, the wrong which the Impe-
rial Government inflicted on Germany, If the
fair promise of peace, existing at present,
proves abortive, the exact point for which the
war continues will be defined. The judgment
of the world will be severe upon that side
whose stnbbornness will be the cause of real
period of devastation.
There was engagement Saturday before
Fort Ivry, between the Prussans and three
regiments of the line, some bata'lionJ of the
Garde Mobile and battery of artillery, under
the commandant of Fort Tvry. At the last
moment the Prussians appeared to have fallen
back. This fort is the most eastern of the
southern tier of forts around Paris.
A balloon has been picked up sent out from
Metz with a package of letters from soldiers.
Gen. Cofiniere, the commandant says the
Prussian blockade is effective and this is the
only means of communication.
A fight took place Sunday ten miles from
Paris, between the advance of the Prussiau
army and accommodating party of the French
forces. The latter were driven back and the
Prussians established themselvs on the heights
which the French had been holding. The
Prussians numbered 10000. The fight is said
to have been very bloody one and the French
though driven infected heavy loss on the
Prussians. The contest ragged upwards of
two hours.
A dispatch from Mr.. Motley, dated London,
Saturday evening, has been received in which
Mr.. Motley says the statement that Prussia re.
fuses to treat, except with the regency and in
tends to reinstate Napoleon as Emperor of
France is false. Prussia, he says, objects to
recognizing the present government not be-
cause of the proclamation of a republic, but on
the ground that it is unauthorized, unstable
and incapable of giving lasting guarantees.
The dispatch adds that favorable reply was
hoped for but had not been received to the
proposition for an interview between Fayre
and Bismarck.
The Paris Journal Official contains a circu-
lar from M. Favre to the French representa-
tives abroad. He says the first duty of the gov
eminent is to defend the soil and if it is OBJ
jected that the present government is irregular
1t is admitted. 1t is for this reason that the
Constituent Assembly has been summoned.
and at an earlier day than first fixed upon. He
declares the determination of the French peo.
pie to defend their soil and their independence.
despatch from Berlin states that Gen. vi.
rich at Strasbourg is greatly discouraged The
Germaqs succeeded in erecting battery on
the left bank of the Rhine opposite Kehl. A
sorte was made Friday night from the citadel
against the battery by 1900 French. -Four
hundred Baden troops held their ground
against them until reinforced by the Prussians
when the French were driven back.