The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-14
BAZAINE,S. HINDIGATION.
An Interesting account, from. thsh Mar
3 shal's own:Lips, OF the, Causes; which,
Forced the Surrender of Metz.7uR7..s = :

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: "A correspondent telegTaphs from Gassel on
the1th heiIeport Of sninterview witbi Marshal
Bazainei at which helatter; made the. following
statement: nolTna 1I,} :oa:-9 nj :.tE9Gtoa.:-2. e.
In defending myself against,personal slander,..
have way Of my own. which has seldom failed
me, and which consider an excellent oIle-to be
SILENT leaving justification tothe course Of time.
shall not answer. this bsobler, who never smelt
gunp0wder- Why, O reply to him would admit
his right to BIT over me Judge. Time wn clear
relations with the Prussan officers are excellent.
Prince Frederick Charles sympathIzed with us in
our mfsfortunes! II ehalI him owe my gratitude
forever:i never proclaimed the Republic at Metz.i
troops. when intelligence was brought to me Of
the abominab!e doings OF the 4th Of September
then told my soldiers that the: Emperor was
prisoner The Emperor and Prince NAG ley Pats
and General Trochu stood at the head OF. the Ma
tional Defence COMMITTEES. II was some time alter
this that the names OF members Ct that commit
tee began to leak out. In g. council ofWar we mao
agreed not to communicate these names 70 tas
the constitution. The Emperor q prisoner, out
the constitution ls In force; neither nor my COM
rades will ever acknowledge any other govern.
msnt until we previously obtain dlscharge 5roM
Government everything that occurred at Metz,
always the strict, naked truth but never received
reply or notice Of any kind from them
Correspondent. Do you ascribe to yourseh any
victorious engagement during the siegeY
+ Bazaiue fhave whipped the Prusslans often
and severely, but the nnal result was unfaVoraole
to me. =.5s.L-- .,,IGi
Correspondent Hunger forced you at last to
open negotiationsf 'H"" A.''..t''' ,'.
Bazaine. Even. II It had not been hunger,
would have done it one iday.J5I learned that not
and Marseilles. One day learned that the army
was insulted, and the memory cfmen revled
whom / venerate; but Twas hunger aud notning
but hunger. You would nave beea ,Is,s.G ms,axen e
myself. Iacted only as the executives coun-
eli Of war whose members, had ascertained the
opinions OF the. generals, colonels and majors OK
bread @ ID raj rations had been reduced nom 5ooato sOo
and then $50 grammes per day, was informed
BY General Cofiniers. on the 9th Of October,
that the stores would not nolo ous any
horses so Of which gave 70 the Inhabitants Of
the town. I called council on the 10th, aud
again on the 18th Of October, when It was unani-
mously resolved that by the l4th tmustc9mmence
the headquarters Of the King, but bis mission re-
suited In o failure. Through him proposed to
march out with my army, to- pledge our nonor
not 10 fight again In this war, and to be Permitted
against second attempt by the mob, or as Bis
marck named thems street iloafers. We only
wanted to do what Gsmbetta did, re establish our
loyalty by Calling together ,r the represe9tatiVe'
Correspondent: What did Bismarck ssynto'
that9 ~; :::z Z! z. {. ,., ~, .,;.. ~:
tablet You may read all that was SAID at the
conference. It fs' nom General. Boyers report
but Won must refrain from publishing It. E,:tj
Bismarck seems to have agreed to BaZaine,se
uropsstions, but Won Moltke rejected Them he be-
iieyed the Marshal could not hindeEdeserttng OF
as ie4sss 2g ss
Bazaine continued. / have yet to tell you that
that I had no authority to make peace, which,
should be solely In the province OF the govern
ment acknowledged by Chambers. October 18th,
we held another council OF war. General Cofhnera
then reported the provisions were all used up,
and though that was really me case ! sttl held
ing, The last council was held on the 26th, when
it. was resolved to capltulate, in order TO- save
more or less loss OF life. One or the conditions
! was that the honor Of the army mustrematn un-'
sulied, We, obtained its acceptance, and our
terms are better than any allowed 70 troops who
Correspondent Was there no chance whatever
to make your wayout9 ::,G Ss3 Il. IN:
Bazaiue. None, none whatever. Our artillery
horses had been slaughtered and also our cavalry
horses, and the troops were despalrfng: our
casualties, not counting the sick and missing,
24lO officers, and 42,Ss9 men. l would not nave
outllved my.reputation as q soldier, nor would
as Frenchman; ;hxSe known that day OF ever
lasting IRnominy-the4 4t6 oeSeptember. ;..s
CORRESPONDENT. How. many OF the 17S, 900 men,
who surrendered at Metz might YET have been
called In fighting orderf ~ ;s,!f..ei ~. -
Bazaine Perhaps 90 eoo; put Wsao9s nS nna
ponents IN the very strongest positions and fortt-
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