New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-10
ruE DOOMED CAPITAL.

-,c,,r AIRS OF THE RECENT s0RTIE6
.xOsp OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE rRUs-
THEIR PLANS DRRANGED by THE
80, ATTACK on vILLIERs - DESPERATE
- oy rHE sAxoSs-THE FRENCH DRIVEN
-, WHAT WAS GAINED BY THE BEsIEeED.
-, Il n, following tspsssA rubnstea yeserdsy.l
tRy TELEGaAPH TO TIE TRIBuERl
LONDON, Wednesday, Dee =, 1910.
r,,,,,xv,s special correspondent at the head
n the Saxon army At Champs teleraphs
I allowing details yesterday;
uhole Saxon forces engaged In the recent
-. Numbered bat 10000 men. They Oc-
n,sit;ons at Noisy lie Grand, Champs
ylers and in their vicinity was a
u. - wgrtembergers, commanded by Gen. Won
.rs,z. Prussiaa officer. The wartembersers
mod rositions at OrmessOn, Chenneviercs, and
al, ard IN their vicinity was brigade of the
!, - corps This force was made up Of contribu-
from various other portions Of the same ooPs
90. commanded by Gen. Won Fransecky, who
,5ninal direction Of all the operations. super
p.
90 in person. whose heedlessness Of danger
.. lave sorely tried the nerves of his stat.
oonfingcnt force supported the Wdrtember
the saxons had no backing but their own
i In al, tho German troops engaged and inn
ately supporting amounted 10 $4,000 men.
force, il seems, had been detailed for an Often
movement and the programme was greatly
Heated by tho unexpected counter-ofiensive
neut Of the French projected against Villiers,
With hopes Of ultimately breaking through the
40 surrounding them. 1t thus happened
rs tho Germans were pressing in to drive
reuch out Of Brie and Champimy, the French
simultaneously pouring out TO take Villiers.
lie into Champs, whittier Prince George had
j his headquarters the previous evening, and
the battle raging fercely over the broken
RS 20 tle southwest Of that village. 1t was In
rorud these villages Brie, Vilhers, and Cham
"a that the bloody drama was enacted
lay before yesterday. When the curtain
Cd that drama the saxOns stood
in VillieTs in spite of all the
French troops and forts could do to dislOdge
!. L Bio and Champigny, lying close un der the
! Il Fort Nogent, and the strongly armed earth
I tsat Rason ,rie, on the verge Of the forest Of
,uncs. exchanging st. Maur, remain in the
# tie French.
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE BATTLE-GROUND.
.I Che rad that passes Through Noisy the south
F, . Of the Marine Is low, with gradual rise, fur
r. d bf considerable rectangular depressions.
A ..Bss,a,hes Noisy and looks southwark, he sees
/. m G.4c and athwart the thick part Of the loop
u he Name "a broad. fat space, Offering favorable
tsPs for military cvolutions Prom this plain to-
sui VlHers there rises gradually low but shaggy
81 ..U.u covered chiefly with oOpse-wOods and
ue,arl5 This eloy alton is not continuous to Vii
lho.e arc occasional depressions, deboueh-
- ~l.i5h caHse fhe tTivisl lsoSlor5 that occur
toad 10 Noisy. The general tendeneyis, never
=. Upward, so that the table-land OF the back Of
% V....crs lies is higher than any ground be-
.sn it aud The plain. The ridge, therefore, though
rrfrd By hodges and brushwood, would form no
. vs..,.on Tor resistance 10 q force which, having
.i,s, ou the plain should attempt TO carry it, If
r.reust swept 10y the direct fire from Fort Nogent
a.,yrug, aud en6laded at longer range, but stD
...flly iy Batteries on Mount AvrOn.
a PLUss1AN DASH INTO BRIE.
TAHI crossed tho river at 8 o'clock Noisy was an
r.tle point from which TO observe operations.
,..i., bUu Mont AKRON were coming very thick
300 thtIe was q shower Of states as a shell crashed
.1 cgl q roof. lifting the solid rafteTs as If they
r.c htts; now half the side of house went down
aiy a. some huge projeotie struck and crushed il.
is divided with Noisy the attentions Of the French
1.igi.s and Bic il more oTer 10 attack. The 10th
..1moat ha, made a dash into Brie out of ROsny
...y u thr morning and i wondered much how II
nd fined with tholn-hard enough, no dOubt-but
nd tley hold the place under such ding-dong pelt-
az b 20 o'clock the question was resolved. Fust
'ne "a drove of French prisoners, red-brceched
eru'ls mp toward Noisy, along the slight shelter
raldiy the road: then Saxon soldiers and more
naBeus; and finally the bulk Of the 10th in very
Geo 5ItI, making the most Of the few opportunities
1reJyer. r was not pleasant way 10 traverse.
-'s flcl ha.ily on captOTs and captured alike.
a15 than one Eenchman was slam 10y missiles from
'ir.-h weapon.
a5 su.spl.ag columns came up, learned that
he b,ih, iu aIaiid Iueh in the morning had sur
.intd the occupants Ct Brie, some asleep, others
linking ed ce. There was triting resistance.
Mey 100 prisoners were taken. including elght
.-e..s. The reason FOR rcinquishing Brio was that
De terrible persistent fire from the forts rendered
tuu'y uut,rallc. What this advantage repe-
sltoa Was dmIly that Brie gave the French a foot
t 20 IN speak on the Saxon mainland, While
.l-tI i.Yt fumcd key 10 the peninsula Of the
A.i.a Tie object Of the day on the side of the
luuals was 10 1i,lodro the French from Bre and
.uIUy. . his task fell TO the lot OF the SaXons
".re'. b. gers AID brigade of the Second Corps.
prisoners looked ike sturdy fellows, anything
o. .atcd. They were hearty and good TO fight.
from ;he expressions Of a sergeant lie babe
Dbl t'@ morning aud ;old me choerily that If any
y. td.le. iu tie anticipation of the speedy CAPT
"'.lu VI Paris De was extremely out in his reckon
-' .oDd was plentiful. lie said with alaugh, that
iosia ONE was "sOrtics every day, IN every di'
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