, 1870-11-14

tAo "ouiu Aues oAashuiAk 1tom Maim1la0n ~
Tci!1euse, while their mitraillouse poured
forth perfect shower OF bullets into tho yir-
yards and buildings wllete the rroasiau
!oops had maintained their Positions, The
.htlls and ehrapnelie, from the Mont Ysie-
r1en, flying over the heads of the French. viea
VIII the mitraillense and the field batteries in
ine,r e1rands OF destruction It WAS ab3ut
IN the afternoon, Just tho iime wien the King
nd the Grown Prince had left tho hill to tbe
tight, nd above the little hamlet OF Les Gtes-
s3its, VI en- tie Garde Laadwehr, who had Int
recently titlEed to Saint Gernaain from the;.
nonfs around Erandsnburg, ca1ns marching
along in dtnbfe quick time 1long The Seirc
from st. Germain. 1t was to be their flrst
men bad ueyer worn the military Uniform.
Cumindiul Of tho showers Of ehsl1, spi1ntett,
and bullets, they pushed steadily on fsr be.
yond MAlmaIkop, thus cutting of tho tatrea,
ef part ot the Ilght wing OF tho French TheY
behaved more like ferocious tigers than noyices
n n ne Ut of var They rushed madl5 upon
the FtaDcs-tireurs aud Zouaves, VIII, vaInly
attempted to cecape By climbing tho higd
xails which surround tho park OF tho Cha eau
Malmaisou, aud used tho butt end OF THAR
needle guns upon them. It waa hero where
the Gazde Landwebr TOOK also quito number
OF prisoners and two guns. I lAvo met beth
ntieone1s r. ARD guns going to tlo rear under
to Wow the battlefield. Tue Thirty -ssvsntl.
and Fiftieth clso passed beyond Mslmaison
until they reached tile hollow between thu
Mont Talerien and Malmaison. The FrazcL,
discouraged at their failure to break through
the German lines, nithtlrew At about twenty
minutes past S o'clock, nithin the walls OF
Tue io!frtss. not, however, before sending, ~
a parting tareeclI, ecore or two Of mit1ail-
ieuse shots into the German position. At
o1out O'Clock tho auhu11nceB began their
york OF picking up tho dead aud wounded
Nome but lhe frussian wounded Wcru taken
IN, inaemuch as the French wounded
lying outside the German picket Inns
German a1nIu!arces without incurriug tle
danger Of beiog fired into. The Franch, l
an informed, do not respect the red csoes,
hence the prussian military authorities have
concluded to let them t.ko caro- Of their own
dead and wounded. But, ~ many OF thu
French wounded and dead aro lying within
easy range OF the prussian picket line, the
former viii hardly venture to undertake the
LumAne duty Of attending to ther own
wounded This is most lamentnble casa Of
cruelty against the MANNED and dying. Tho
authora and ctuses Of this outt.go On hu-
mainly, whoever and whatever ther mty be,
Wi some day hsvo 70 ansTer before the bar
nf God and that Of infc1utablo history. I
could not learn Of the Ftench lcss. It must
bare been considerable, fer at aialm.ison,
wlnlo retrcating, they we're terribly exposed
10 The deadly fire Of tho prusaian troops from
iehind tho ztons walls. In prisoners, I know
they haye lost over 100, GO Of which
was alec considerable, espocialiy
th.t CT .he Fer.y.Bizsh Regiment. THIS aIoao
lid lost oye7 lou in Killed aud wounded, in
cluding one officer killed and niue wounded,
Judging from this regiment, which had to
lear the bIunt Of the fight, the whoia Tenth
Gazdc Landwthr could not have lost less than
from 200 to SEQ in killed and wounded. This
icing loss Of per cont Of Tho troops act
ually engaged; pretty heayy figure for q
sortie fight OF thtee hours duration. To-
Gay. in company with tho correspondent OF
he Leipzig Doh<sn', Or. Hans Blum, son Of
Tho dermtn revolutionary loader. Robstt
Blum. went ont to the German picket i,ne
in order to gasher further information in TO-
gard TO yesterdays A1Air. We wore met by
tco Ms1or q the Eecoud battalion Of the
Forty sixth Regiment who showed us I copy
# to-dsye paper called La Press Litre, aud
some letters which had been found on the
body Of civilian who, whilo lurking along
the picket line, was shot by one OF the
pickcts only about ten minutes before We
met tho Major. From the ordre de bQHailc,
Which is puolishtd IN this copy Of tho La
Press LibTs, it becomes apparent that the
French troops engaged in yesterdays sortie
NV4NA@t&N VA ~l01 0&%tAu0AE A4V tWGlF4
batteries, thus cor1oborating my former re-
port. Tho Msior further told mo that bis
regiment bad lost ono hundred aud tEeuty-
three. killed and wounded that the Francs-
tireu1s stood tho fi1e better tLan the Mobiles
or the line The Mobiles had boom plAced ia
The rear Of the troops Of the line in order to
fro upon them in ctAe Of tho lattdr'H refusal
to navance, but tho Mobiles werc the drst d,
run. Tke Ftancs-tirtutn wore evidently lad
ty the clamoruua reds, who, as informed
you in my last, formed them.elves into a
Battalion rxcre. Tho Major, AZ we'll a. other
ctticera Of the Fczty-eixth. told " that mover
ic all their experience Of warfato did they 500
fuch lisil Of elc!ls and shrapnels. Thzt the
artillery fire must have been an unusually
heavy one could myself fee from the numef-
GUS shells that were flying at safe distance
from me. Tho rruesiln officers further
ID By tho artillery OF Mont yalefier ;;
fact which is not surprising IN tho least, 81
the men InanninG them are, for the most Part.
marines taken from the Ffoneh war vessels.
Willie the sortie on Bougival Was taking
place, the Inhabitants OF that unfortunate and
half ruined buried town, committed the fool
1rh act OF firing from their windows upon the
nat.so,ng t1usei,ns. TWENTY Of thess w1etehes
we're caught, and arc noW being tried By court
m1rt1Al- need not tell you what fate awaits
them. The people Of ve1aaalles ware also
ttrnbly excited while the alarm was being
beaten; With tho usual French bluster and
seenealat'ons, they gathered into knots on
ether u1cn the long expec.cd visit frarn he
fat1stan garrison. They gave evident rigus OF
sn Gutbfesk. The hix batteries, hownver
which usually are ktpt dormant
, on tic Ff'ee dA1ncs, were made
.sstfal avenues ,Las bs.ach snsn o'f from ths ths
raid place This precattiou acted at onco Ike
aFoething eoction upon the turbulent spirits
4 the Fcrs alllaisc-
While 1deprecato an, insurTcctionsry move
snent Of ciyillans wliiEa hostile srmv has DOS.
sessicn Of their city, cannct endorse the
, reclamation of thu Genctal in command
ahlc1! aprcars tc-da, In tho streets. It aays
Lat heresffcr, in case Of au alarm, the il.
habitanth Of the city shall enter their homes
end remain Hithin doors, IS tbs t1oops haye
received peI1nis sion 10 firo upon anyone dia-
ceey1ng this order. Nov, aach an oEtler il
simply absurd, il rot entirely in contradiction
With the Il hit Of the age. II s.aacka too much
the reign Of the spltsste-kl. WHICH, the lib
'rsl Germans fear, will follow the glorious
tisebeying tho order Ct tha rrusaian
General ID command. being tried by court
EIartiAl, and. II found guilty, punished,
tve1S soldier IL at orce constituted Judge Ad.
-ccate AID csecusiones. Tia poor cosre-
fFondenss who, not being possesso.s OF
stsuaH " Au3 olael Hlilt1fy insignia, shall
feEeattcr, In case Ct alarm, have to rhun The
streets luxe tho roet Of those It, civilian
elothef, unless wc ra.te cur paper. Of legita-
marion on our treasts As \ safeguard against
the bulcis Nhieh kome halt dtucken soldier
may deetrc to punish US with. an, however,
10 nopss that Ibis foolish proclamation. which
Is deprecated aleo ~ the moro intelligent
q the soldiora themselves, will ba dis1pprpyed
by tho Crown Prince and tha King. TGo for
Ine5 u especially liked BY Ill for his humanity
anu love Of justice. On the oiher hand Ms
naea naaak y q M:ctessed BY the French rs tho twin
u tho other. ~'"f~Ao''4
a fnmor y current today that Metz viii be
efFes1a esnaesea @ ~ few dayl. Tho Ge1mzn
Si. ss;4I ~. nv troops, Hho for thu most part
~ tn. tns .no whole Anait could como to an
enc, nope that shs surrender Of Mo!z vii ID
Au.ncS .ao fetleitns 70 that tbey riil rocoy-
r,ko 'ae useNssnchs OF any fur .hef resistancs.
! am, however, OF different opiuIon. snd ~.
Feat whst have already sud brfosa aaa t;.s, r.
Paris vii net surrender unless forced by fam.
inc OF internal ditorder. The lstser il nrde4- i
stood to occur quite frequently. Only fex
days ago, the Hutetau pickets reported 1h.t
the Mont Fklericn bad fred into Paris anon
mobe. Whether this w1a trns or not, # ia
quite true that there exists feeling of dis
cord, II rot hatred, between tho officers md
soldiers OF The lide and thoee Of the Mobiles,
Ehose leader, Flourens, had been sanbbed By
the other Generals. At Metz Also, We ars
- yet Ifoups and Guards Imperial. Il
generally admitted e sueh u the
hAnHnrvt&Mrw hal Hnna1a1 wtn