The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-11-17
FaREIGN WAR.


FOREIGN WAR.
NEW YORK. Nov. 9.-Foreign ales
4ust received contain meager details
Of the military situation in France.
The positions of the army around
Paris are now as follows: 9TH Corps
and I.andwehr Of the guard about
Versailles and opposite Fort Va erin,
snd half the 1lth Corps are opposite
Fort Issy. The Gth BavaTian Corps Is
opposite Forts Vanves and Mon
trogue; the 9th Corps Is opposite
Forts Bicetre and Ivy, thence up to
the Canal De LOurcq. At the north
east of Paris the WurtembeTg Dlvis-
I ion and half the 18th Corps, both
under command Of the Grand Duke
Of Mecklenburg. Opposite the north
aud northwest Of the capital the
Guards, the SaxOns and the 4th
i CorDs, which last communicates on
I It's right with the left Of tie 5th Corps.
i The investing force is drawn up in
I three main lines, the first being sub
divided into sentriesr pickeJs and
grand guards. a-sy a. g.f.s
| 4 letter from Paris says that on the
Sd Of Septem Der Paris was literally
without an army, and almost without
arms. The ramparts were defended
/ by 500 cannon, where. there are now
$500. Each cannon has now 400
! charges ready, and the fabrication OF
. cartridges is being continued at q pro
/ digious rate. The garrison consists Oi
! $1,000 meIl, namely, 81 900 National
! Guards, half armed with transformed
I breecE leaders, the other half with
I percus sion guns, Il certain number ot
which are being every day converted
( into the improved weapon; 81, ,O0J
/ Mobiles, all armed with the chasse-
pot: 6O,OOO Troops Of the Line and
5000 Gendarmes, similarly armed.
I Then there are the marines and sail
ors of the forts, and various corps oi
scouts, free shooters and volunteer
skirmishers, the three latter not reg
l ularly enrolled, and who ltave them
selves purchased their own weapons
/ accOutrements, TN form and, horses
Another letter from Paris says the
French army is Increasing. its esprit
dc corps every day, but it is alsc
draining Paris of provisions; anc
must soon, If peace be not concluded
attack the PrUssians in their own
works. AS I write now. there is every
prospect OF peace, and, secretly, there
are hundreds of thousands of Parish
ans in this capital who would hail il
ToGRs, Nov. It.LA dispatch from
/ General. D7Aurelles de Paladines
commander of the Army of the Loire
received by the Minister OF. War, ha;
\ just been given 10 the public. 1t j!
as follows:
HWe have Just taken possession o.
the city of Orleans, after q figLt
which lasted two days. Our aggre
gate losses in killed and wounded dC
! not reach two thousand, while tkns,
of the enemy are much larger. We
/ have made more than one Thousand
4 prisoners thus far, and are cnntinu
ally adding to them as we follow W
the fleeing enemy. Among the pro
perty captured are two cannon, o
Prussian model, twenty ammunition
wagons, and a greaS number of vans
( and provision wagons. The hottest
/ of the fight took place around COul'
ommier, on Wednesday. NOtwith,
standing the bad weather and othel
unfavOrable circumstances, the clan
displayed by the troops was remarks
ble. 80 t.-... -.s..ff ... .r.. .r..r .s..'
! "Gen6ral De RaladineS on occupy.
: ing the city issued the following cnn-
2 gratulatOry order to the officers, undel
I officers, and soldiers of the Loire
I The action of yesterday was glOri
Gus one TO our army every position
raarrTan
! and the enemy himself Is now retreat
ing. l have informed the Govern
Inent of your conduct, and am in
structed to return to you their thank,
( for your victory. Amid the disaster
in which France is plunged her eye
are upon you, and she counts upOI
4 your courage. Let US all make every
effort in order that this hope may no
be mistaken. -. .tt # t--
4 ISigned sra.. ...s... -.rt ...;f rsftra
'EtD'AURELLEs DE PALADINEs,' tE.
4 f "'COmmander-in-Chief.' -.
The Moniteur of the 18th publishe
| more extended details of the battle o
+ Orleans. On the first day the battl
4 became general Soon after the at
/ tack was made General Pdllieres VIII,
had command of one wing Of tn
! French army, made decided sucCcs
from the start. The Prussians wer
IN strong position; General Pal
I lieres took the veteran troops and car
ried the Prussian position, dfivini
4 them before him capturing man!
Y prisoners. So marked WAS his victO
I fyithat General de Paladines warmly
EbFaised him fer his conduct. I'll
! gardes mobile from the department O
FIlOiret Cher, who were under tn
u heavy artillery fire of theenemy wav
q cred a little, but General Bariele, VIII
was in command, placed himself a
\ their head and broke through the Ell
emy's line. Tho mobiles from tn
ldepartment of the Sarthe behaves
Admirably, and charged the enem,
: with the bayOnet. The chasseurs o
/ the line also distinguished themselves
/ Paris is not to be bombdrded, bu
is to be starved into submission
rThe whole tide Of popular fselin!
uOw in England is punningj strOngl!
Il favor of the French. Even the Time
feeling its INFLUENCE, has changed it
! tone, and urges GeImany to max
. peace and withdraw from Franc
while she may do so with safety. TIL
J feeling is partly due to the horror eX
u cited by the baFharisms and WHO'LL
unjastifiable. conduct of the Prus
Isians in attempting to suppress tn
popular resistance, and partly to tn
II rapidly growing conviction that Eng
! land will be the next victim Of GeI
: slman ambition. The speech of IOr
: Chief Baron the other day, which dc
Eclared that Austria would be pros
, trate before Germany, that Rnssi
[ will be compelled to barter her Balti
!, ports for COnstaItinople, and tina
/ England, being safe only so long q
/, she remains mistress of the sea:
2 must arm herself for 4 desperat
r struggle, has produced great alarr
I and Clismay, and hearty wish for tn
1 repulse of the Germans and the tri
unph OF the French. r.l H.r
Trochu informed the troops in II
cent speech that whole force of I'll
) Germans around Paris is only 10000
. men, spread over 4 circle of inves,
ment sixty miles in circumference
. aud when the proper time has arrive
he will easily break this attenuate
!, circle.
The Worlds correspondent at Dol
says: D Jon has been reoaptured b
!. ! the French, vino after a brilliant eI
: gagement drove the Prussians frOr
: the city. The Prussians are retreat
| ing northeast along the road leadin
: through the towns of Marebau an
Z 4 MIntache to Gray. -.
n 30 LONDON, November 1.-THE TT
bune correspondent at Verdun, wri
I ! ing.on the 9Th, says: / have just eI
I tered the town. The fortress surreI
! dered to General Won Gayl, with 4, ,Gt
= prisoners, including two Generals an
! about one hundred officers. The citi
? del has suffered much from the bon
! bIrdment, and mostOf the store-rOoH
= are in ruins. The bOmblTdment WI
? to have been renewed. General Maj
teufel with his corps was already o
: the march to assist the detachmeI
, hitherto baseiging the fortress, bl
! the officers Of the citadel were M
able longer to keep the soldiers unu'
: discipline. The Republican party r
I: sisted the surrender last night, ar
! took up arms against the garrison
|, a fight ensued in which several wei
: killed and wounded. The Prussiar
: entered Nerdun without receivin
y any demonstration from the inhabi
u ants. Tie citadel is still prOYisionC
= for several weeks. Many rifles, gun