Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-09-14
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STRAsBURG. September s, ria London,
September l0.-The siege ofStrasburg con-
tinues with great yigor, and che Prussians
are making the greatest efforts to secure It's
reduction. 1900 Baden troops arc working
day and night in the third line OF trenches,
quite near the city, and under constant hre
from the defenses. Over 1000 citizens
have been killed The scream OF the shells
can be heard five miles. The beautiful
Cathedral has been partly destroyed. There
are now over FIVE hundred cannon bearing
on the citadel, and ~, 600 Baden troops are
ready to enter as soon as the walls are broken.
Over 10000 refugees are within the walls,
suffering all the terrors of the bombardment'
The Notifications are slowly burning. The
Germans captured have their heads cut off
and stuck on poles Hundreds of the Ger
mans expelled have been killed between the
fires of the two parties. The cityis in flames
at twenty different places. and the rail bic
are piilaging the houses and making destruc-
ton of everything they can lay hold OF.
There are daily thunder storms and the
Rhine has risen, driving the inhabitants
from the cellars. The people are fighting
for places In the sewers to escape destruction
from the shells poured by hundreds into the
streets. Six hundred citizens have been
buried BY the falling buildings. Every night
the horizon is lurid for miles, like mimic
sunset with the blaze ofthe Baden batteries.
Horse flesh is the only meat to be obtained,
and the inhabitants arc on the verge of star
vation Awful scenes arc witnessed Many
citizens are killed in bed, and the comman-
der shoots at once all who talk of surrender.
There is mob rioting nightly, and demanding
the surrender of the city, which has not
fired a gun since the 9th. 1t is under fire
from three sides. The sluiees which fur
nished the city with water are destroyed,
thereby adding to the sufferings OF the peo-
pie. 1t is known that 200, 900 Chassepot.
are stored in Strasburg. An immediate sur
render is predicted. There are only 1000
regular troops in the city.
SEDAN, September 9.-There are now
marching on Paris FIVE corps 'armee. The
corps of the Crown Prince and the Bayarian
corps left Rejour at five O clock. TIE other
corps are all ordered to take their respective
positions, ten leagues from Paris by the 4th
instant.
BERLIN, September lo.-The following
dispatch, dated at Prussian headquarters at
Rheims last night, was received too day:
More than %, 900 French prisoners were
captured in front of Sedan before the capitu-
iation. By the capitulation SO, 900 prisoners
fell into our hands of these 1000 were
wounded. Four hundred field pieces, inclu-
ding seventy mitrailleuses, one hundred and
fifty siege guns, ten thousand horses and an
imIE ense amount of war material were sur
rendered.
PARIS September 10.-The afternoon papers
report the following: The Prussians have
demanded the surrender of Laon, and the
French commandant opened the gate and
the Prussian officers and soldiers entered.
When they were well inside the French
commandant fired a mine, blowing up the
citadel and killing and wounding a great
number of the enemy.
LATEST.
The Prussians attacked Toul, on Satur-
day, but were repulsed at all points, They
also attacked Montmedy and we're repulsed
Metz still holds out. The Prussian advance
is within about nine miles Of Paris
A Berlin telegram says that dispatch
from the American Government, expresses
hope of cessation Of hostilities in view of
the dethronement of Napoleon. The dis
patch was forwarded to King William by
rectal courier.
\ London dispatch says, that the Prus-
sian army has been halted twenty five miles
from Paris, at the special request of Bis
marx, to consider Russian and Austrian
propositions for AN armistice.