Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-02
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BIG BATTLE BEFORE PARIS!
And Still Raging at Nightfall
The French Are Repulsed
From the Army of the Loire
The Reports Still Conflicting
The French Claim the Victory
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Paladin Reported :. Prisoner
Various French Successes
England Wants Suez Canal
And Will Sacrifice Turkey
Various French Successes
dgland Wants Suez Canal
And Will Sacrifice Turkei
FROM FRANCE.
Paris-A serious Sortie "Wednesday
"A TerrfhIe FRaftIe

NUN ITO DOCtlOuE. lEC dQU Do
sition of its forces are uncertain. One
thousand seven hundred prisoners have
been taken.
VERSAILLES, Nov. 29.-After the re-
cent battle the Army of the Loire re-
treated in a disorderly manner towards
the north, leaving four guns in their
abandoned entertainment. The retreat
continues. The greater part of the French
army is completely routed. The prison.
ers increase hourly. The German losses
are less than at first reported. They will
not reach 1000. 2 or
The Army of the North Retires TO q
Strong Position.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 30.-The French army
in the North has abandoned the project
of joining the army of the Loire and is
retreating on Lille without even holding
Arras.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 1.-The Independent
Beige to-day in referring to the orderly
retreat of the French army of the North
toward Arras, says it will doubtless oc-
cupy the great quadrilateral formed by
the fortresses of the North, and which
is impregnable.
Gone TO Sea i'm "a Balloon,
LONDON, Dec. IA balloon, which
was probably from Paris, was seen late
last evening over the English Channel, and
seemed trying to make landing on one
of toe islands. A violent east wind pre-
vailed, and it was carried out to sea. 1t
was unquestionably lost 10 the Atlantic.
Paris Must Agree to Peace. {.
The Times has a dispatch from Yer
sailles which says the acceptance eff the
Prussian conditions of peace by the Paris
branch of the French government will be
required before the capitulation of the
city will be received. 81 ...
The Destruction at ThionvilIe.
About one-third of the town of Thion-
vile was destroyed by fire during the
bombardment by the Prussians.
The army ofthe Loire is retreating and i's
present position and numbers are'unknown
French Success at Entripagny.
Advices received of battle between the
French under Bryant and the Prussians at
Entripagdy, in which the Prussians were
beaten with severe loss. The French cap
tured three officers and number of can
non and horses and a quantity of email
arms. HsuH
Paiadiues a Prisoner.
1t is reported that Paiadines was not
only wounded but taken prisoner yester-
day.
Unconfirmed.
New YORK, Dec 1.-The French cable
still works fairly westward, but up to this
hour nothing has been received confirm
ing the reported capitulation of Paris. 1t
is undoubtedly without foundation.
French Credits-BOurbaki.
Tours, Dec. IA credit Of thirty-fve
million francs has been opened to settle
the actual contracts for armament, and a
credit of fifteen millions for interior
purchases. In addition a credit of one
million two hundred thousand francs has
been opened for purchase of grain in
Algeria. The expectation of cereals from
Algeria elsewhere than to France, has
been prohibited.
Gen. Bourbali has taken command of
the nineteenth French army corps
French Success In the VOsges.
The following dispatch has been re-
ce'ved here from Units in the department
of Cote dor, dated yesterday.
An engagement occurred at Qernley to-
day between body of francs-tircurs from
the department of the Eastern Pyrennees
and a Prussian column. The latter was
well supplied with artillery. In the
afternoon the fight was extended to the
village of Units where the francs-tireurs
were supported by the Gardes Mobile
from the VOsges which came up from
Beaune. The French were successful.
The Prussian loss was severe, their dead
strewing the road in all directions. Only
fifteen prisoners were taken by the
French.
PruSsians Abandon their Positions
on the LOsre-A Nine Hours Fight
The following dispatches from Ven
dome, Department on the Loire ut Cher,
dated yesterday, have just been given to
the public here:
The PrussiaDs have evacuated this city
as well as Blois, Chateau Dun and Chateau
Neuf Sur Loire to-day. They were as
ssulted at Measieres and were repulsed.
The fight lasted nine hours. The French
captured one officer and three hundred
and forty.five men. The French loss was
small. The morale of the army is excel
lent.
PrussIans Evacuate AmienS - The
Great Battle before Paris.
LONDON, Dec. lit is said that
the Prussians have suddenly evacuated
Amiens, retiring on Paris. This move
ment is regarded at Lille as very significant.
In the latter city it is believed that great
battle is proceeding around Paris to-day,
The last number of the Paris Moniteur
chronicles six military executions.
The French Claim the Victory at
Baume.
LONDON, Dec. 1-Noon-The French
claim to have won the victory at Bsume
Ia R0lande, little village 10 the Depart
ment of~the Loire The French say the
vici0 rs were young cOnscripts under fire
for the first time. They were gallant and
steady. The French forces have recov-
cred within the past few days the follow
ing places lately held by the Germans: q
Bessie Nogent, LIE Barnard and S.. Calais.
in the Department of Larthe, Mantore
and Mandonbleau, in the Department of
the Loire Et Cher and Montargis in
the Department of the Loire.
The Army of the Loire Not Whipped
Vet
A correspondent at Tours telegraphed
on the 3Oth ult., at night that all was
well with the army of the Loire, and that
the Prussian dispatches concerning the
fighting on the 26th, telegraphed 10 that
city from London are wholly fallacious.
Gen. D'Aurelles holds well in hand in the
immediate vicinity of Orleans, the 18th,
10th, 18th and 18th army corps, number
ing one hundred and thirty thousand men.
The right rear, formed of the 18th and
goth corps is 1000 strong. The left
rear is composed of the 21st corps. The
whole of the French forces were we'll
concentrated during the fighting, and in
flicted on the enemy greater loss than
they themselves suffered.
Entrenched Camps, TO PrOIOng the
War.
The government has ordered the i'm
mediate construction of entrenched camps
as follows:
ST. Omer, Chcrbourg, La Rochelle and
Pas Des Lanier, for two hundred and
fifty thousand men; at Conclie, Nevers,
Bordeaux, Clermond, Fernand, Tolouse,
Montpelier and Lyons for sixty thousand
men each, including gardes mobiles and
francs -tireurs.
The Loss at Amiens.
TONnON hoo L,