New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-14
LONDON.

LONDON.
A Winter Campaign Quite Certain-French
Ambulanccs-Ncw French Coat Of
Arms-Queen Isabella.
LONDON, October 13.-Thc Russian
journals infer from the fact that the Ger
mans are purchasing sheep-skins, that a
winter campaign is certain.
The French intendents ambulances have
been disbandcd and others organized by
members of the French press.
The new French coat of arms has made
its appearances; it consists of figures OF lib
erty with the legend "In the name of the
French people" On the reverse is gar
land of mixed oak and olive with wheat ear;
in the center alsO the inscription "Repub-
lique Francaise Democratique, Une ct Indi-
visible" Around the periphery are the
words, Liberte, Agalite ct Fraternite."
Yesterday was the third day Of the
October meeting at Newmarket. 1ho chief
feature was the race for Middle Park plate,
and five hundred sOvereigns given by the
Jockey club, the second horse to receive one
hundred sovcrcigns. The list closed with
one hundred and sixty-one subscribers. The
race was won by W. s. Cartwright's chest
Princess Of Wales. The betting before the
race was twenty to one against the winning
colt. -
Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain has settled
near Geneva. She has q fine residence near
the lake. Prince dc Joinville is in Geneva.
An engagement took place ON the eleventh
between the Prussians and the French at
Messangere, in which the letter were de-
feated and compelled to abandon the place.
A corps of Francs Tireurs left Lyons yes
terday, for the seat Of operations on tho
Loire. eE
1t is reported that the garrison of Mou-
Inns made q sortie, which resulted in the oe-
| cupation of Stenay.
The decline in prices of consols is account
ed for by the fact that there are few bor-
rowers, owing to the crisis, and bankers OBJ
| ject to employ their balances.
The preliminaries of the marriage between
Princess Louisa, fourth daughter Of Queen
| Victoria, and Marquis LOrne, eldest son OF
| the Duke Of Argyle, has been arranged,
with the consent of the Queen. 1t is con-
| sidered that the possibility of the princess
succeeding to the crown, is too remote to
render alliance dangerous.
It seems the Empress Eugene sent for
General BOurbaki, and that her object was
to propose through him conditions OF peace,
on the basis that Prussia should regain
Alsace and Lorraine, and leave the Prince
Imperial, under the regency, to govern
France. When told BY Bourbaki that
| nobody in France would tolerate even the
presence of the Prince, the Empress burst
| into tears. The letter from Eugenie to the
Emperor, of which the Countess Cowper
was the bearer. doubtless referred to this
| project.
The town of Ablis has been burnt accord
! inc to the threat of the Prussians.
| General Burnside has frequent interviews
! with Bismarck.
The Prussians occupy Breteuil.
| The Germans are certainly advancing on
| Amiens.
The rumored disorders in Rheims are de-
MED.
The correspondent of the London Post
| reports that one hundred and fifty vOlun-
| teers from the United States recently arrived
! at Tours and met with an enthusiastic re-
ception.
Join Napoleon at Wilhe,mshohe.
There is much curiosity to know what has
become of Marshal LeBOuef.
| The people in Tours and vicinity are re-
ported rushing to arms. 1t is expected
| large masses Of the first troops called out
by Gambetta will take the field in ten days.
1t is reported Bourbaki has accepted
| command at Tours.
| Especial to the New York Tribunel
| LONDON, October ia letter dated Me-
zieres, seventh, says: To-day's battle was
| the most important effort Bazaine has made
| since the Prussians have thrown their belt
of men, and guns, and earth works around
the fortress. He had at least $4,000 men
| GngaOcu. unc ITubSlituS WCIO CoASAuCA0u ~
more numerous. The morning was dull
and misty About one o'clock was sitting
at my lunch with two staff officers, in an
| arbor il General Krummer's garden, when
the guns of the Prussian batteries, by Seine
court, began to give tongue The roar grew
louder; then came a roar of big guns behind
| at FremecOurt.
The correspondent here gives minute de-
scription Of the ground on which the battle
was fought and then goes on: Bazaine
| had laid his scheme with great art, under
cover of a heavy fog. He made his dispo-
stions with such ease that when the fog
lifted. a little past one O'Clock, they were
already nearly complete.
In the first instance, he directed a strong
assault on Ladonchamps. The Landwehr
outposts held the place.
battalion of fllsiiers of the eighteenth,
occupied Grand -Etapes, and it occupies
Grand Etapes now, but the occupation CON
sists of dead and wounded. The battalion
would not give ground, and it may be said
to have been annihilated as it stood, the men
being with their backs to the wall and
faces to the foes. Other battaliOns of the
same regiment suffered horribly. So far
Bazaine had succeeded.
The Prussian artillery throwing their pro-
iectiles from three sides of parallelogram,
interfered with the comfortable realization
of Bazaine's conception. As regards the
former, it seemed clear that Bazaine would
| not have done what he had if he did not
i. contemplate something mOre-that some
| thing doubtless was q sOrtie to- establish
communications with Thionville from
Stenay and the two taps.
He kept the Prussians engaged with mus
kerry and artillery, while he sent forward
from d-Etapes great swarms of trail
leurs, who Jared extremely i'll at the hands
of the Landwehr; but besides this. he
massed great body of men, nearly 10000,
on the bank of the Moselle, under cover of
the houses of Make, and sent them forward
to cut through the Prussian environment
| where it was the weakest, close to the river.
The Landwehr had all been sent forward
against the villages with the exception OF
one brigade in reserve, but the tenth army
corps had been crossing pontOOn bridge
and massing between the river and Our
lange. Here General Won VOigt was in
command of operations in the rear and gave
orders for several regiments to advance.
First came the Fusil' ers at a rapid run into
skirmishing order, crossing the whole plain,
then dense columns of Grenadiers and arti-
lery entered the village and concentrated
their fire on the French columns advancing
along the Moselle.
The mitrailleurs compelled the skirmish-
ers to recoil as they crossed the line Of fire.
The artillery and skirmishers were enough
for the French, whose dense columns stag
gered and then broke. After they got be-
hind cover they became obstinate and would
90 no further.
The Prussian artillery fired ON the vii
lage, advancing closer and closer. By this
time it was nearly four o'clock, and staff
officers gallOped along the line with orders
fora general advance, which was made by
four brigades Of Landwehr, with two
brigades Of the tenth army corps. The men
| went forward with a steady 0uick stem