, 1870-10-13
THE WAR IN EUROPE.


Dreadful lE1ssake.-EiTtur ON rbel1
Ersends-The Charge Down the
Elnteuu-A Grnad Battle Picture.
6e+asz lSepk ~, co'rtspondenae er ta< yas yor
FarM-
Ina great movement Of the last few days.
tnou8n less striking to outward appearance
than that Of many others that have preceded
II, bis really been one OF the most hazardous
and ono OF the most silfu1 Of the war. The
GesmAns bave bean simply tFayesAing half The
outer circle Of Paris With great portion Of
Their Investing force. They have swung round
e.st toward Versailles On the southwest, and
this operation. difficult one even If no anemv
had been Dear, has had to be performed Il
most sitiun sight Of capital flied viii, 400. 900
armed men, and almost within gun.shot OF
That movement, a. hayc already exn,.;n.
ed: involved nothing less than ouf making
hAf the circuit Of the enormously extsadei
outlines formed for the investment of psria
Once At Versailles In force We should not only
20 considerably nearer that city, aud IN !
ita; 9ettst yaotage ground for the attact, but Ne
either IN our own immediate naighborhood or
N any other pa1t OF most extended lino. II
Wa this movement, therefore. that the
French made up theiE minds at ali haz1rls to
vinoy wse accordingly sent out Of Paris on
regulars. with instructions, as an Informed,
to seel his way along the 1ine Of our move
nent, and even to bring us to general en-
Esyement y opportunity presented itself.
We knew this much from our spieA-who ty
city, and the vigilance OF ita guards, cone ~
regularly and in ~ great plenty to headquAr-
ters - our supplies OF food And may sdd
here that 1t is not an error to SUPPOSE these
men are III, or even for tie most part, Ger
mana Numbers OF them arn native Ffsneh-
They sro not Frenchmen, but they sre French
policemen. and you will understand the full
Importance OF the difference on Which I in
sist- It IL to the honor Of Fsance that
With fcw, or, / had almost said, with
70 exceptions. the detestahle work Of
her o.n Citizens during ths en war; o9as H. pa:.
patriotism, and public spirit which tic nonreat
inhatiiants Of the village have manifested in
this respect. few gold pieces would be a
fortune Tor oneof these clodhoppers. aud they
could always be obtained By the villsger viii
iaE to point ont the route OF colua3u or 10
lad the way to ford. Innumcrablo tempta-
ttone to this sort OF devils service Aaye boon
resisted with pride which IL all the peasant's
owD. Dvring. the frat part Of their Journey
Of INVASION, tho rrussians found themselves
virtue, aud they had to bs exclusively
dependent for their information
on their own people, who OK
roscd their necks 10 risk for every
scrap Of Intelligence they picked up. This
state OF things continued until within tue last
borhood Of the loved capitnl--the Inart fbe
brain, The soul Of F1anee-we find a plentiful
crop Of traitors at headouartars. Win rcvrlnT.
ly suffer their country's secrets to be put up
At suction By tho cliief Of the Intelligence
exception, tho ca6t-ofr monchartls Of Nanofe-
on's regime. You have Already heard OF the
summsrv iustjce dana m thass ,ran -
body tl,s mnment thn rnnrhI;c wss n1oc,. o in H.
cd IN fha hanr ~ ~ mat "na s,,9,;pp.e nait
Sorcct fnlncs. a,,a n,tta,;o as. sunnmG sell
tos cou1d nat a fo,ds, mn.t eneaoai M .ne na-
inre II Tho han9s ~ s,,ess I'D ,H1 ~ ior4
1sc1ce t1;s3,15aS t,,nre sN1s1 na.as. sS1s "o
and thar sinnr. .1r 49,, ti; W ao'osmso,
civilian r.rh md IN .1a,;s;n tas' Hmsss ~
ronniacs ThoT h,vn narar s",a;sa, suuut1 o. tae
son. AZ they hayo nercr Yorrnttsn ths r;e,o,,. s
;nst;ncta ~ ~ tha;r T1 l..ea t1e sac4oua
ai;ncts r, h-orci,t tI,a,,, t.asa - Aaoss ~
horn thrt tha M, ;s..,s ~ IN IN
nrnmnts then, r. ac,i thn;r ~ "usn H.
mesna of thsir nnnsbn,ant ,s1.a, az ~ u1 ,no
~ viz ai,sH 10 It IN eua. "'''''' S'''' ''''A'l
ef fhe intended rsrnnnn;ss.mca "n' ~ 9nraa
When. therefoTe' m tho ic,5 wa - --st,aa
forward from thn sheItar ~ rhsrog,rn ..,S
lyry. where l,o lad l,oen msssir,r III. tr,,ra
to Ereteil and Mos1y. hc ran ni6ost snt,s tI.s
a1ms af some forty thousand Prnssisns. hid
den in the wootlod hills i11.t .l,nnntf II the
district. Ho was ,,e.rlv Int not oIrits cancht M
owing his cs-spe mainIy to Tia caursoa s snI
s5ress With which a hsf,sI;on NJ Inn Sfoh;Ia.
advanced in skirtuishiur nrtlcrto t],a rarr mn.
Ztes OF iLa nmhnahci fo1cc / st{,rm;.s, .,
which took plsce at tie time Ma
vas going on, near Irry,
ii,tle more 10 The west. ni,oxoa tho Fss,c,p
co,nn, ani]er fba fn1l ,1r,,osc Nd ,.ia,e ~ ~
Tr,,rriar, moTa Thtv 1er, 49, ~, - sas
al tho Sciue. near Cj.,lsr. snI were .swcav-
ing :" away IL Ti.iats, Chevilly, aai Scoaux to
Mcndon iaa Versailles. vInoy, in spite Of his
temporary check, At once dashed alter them,
and, though too late to prevent their crossipR
tho river, he camc NJ with portion OF their
very extended gear culumns making for Til
ais. The French fell on them With the fury
| Of tiger, and they wero fai11y caught, snnaa
fsvc or six thousand pzushiaas md warten1-
batgers havin: to make desperate cut-aad-
1'ln tight for 1t in tho direction OF tho N sin
body. I did not SEQ this tight, AZ was fur
tncr forward. but ! sAw the fugitlye3 como ill.,
ard very badly beaten they looked, assuro
yan- Indeed, in respect Of panic and momen-
ta1s eiso5Eanizatioa, i was revenge in Ptsto
for the disasser at Worth, Rut Yinoy Ind
only partially gained lis object. Tho main
body vas still untouched, and it bs:amo a
| question, 20 rapid was our march, whether
any extensive moyernent could lhe organized
u t1mc TO Interfere with u.s.. Wo ourselves In
tho German camp we're mutt, Of opinion that
IT could not, aad We had almost givoa our.
bsen attended with very disastrous results
When, on Tue morning OF tho 18th, three
n'en :hafos presented themselves At head
| IuatSso. a! DeatnG tne same tAc, namely
.hst , Da1ot as,.,1 1sa extended nis 1ne from %
s1mu & sae5odM d, 70 H9lae !as. . oehloa w
Versailles.
neea nor dTen on Tue importance OF thi:
information, caro- moi trust myself to spcal
o. tue iniamy " o. 3he ~Iefehes by whom It va.
1ufnlsaea- hto space m1she describe thet
E1otetaue omoassassment "a. ~ a. the5 eano up t
c1nno. and 1ecogn17eo one another u spite o
the we!-assusned dlseui.es o. their onryie1
Gatb. Dut 1t Ia tsmo TO speak of what tool
lace as soon as tho iruss,ans became con
vinsed that what they heard vas true.
ven hiel sood. ndG Whcs W. sbap ptsa
nao quite fAi!sd to destroy, Il indec.
The effort had ever been seriously made
M!tnln Sa1F lew houra OF the arrival OF th
srles the dense ffussian masses abandoning
!ne MEn Ioaas we're Ia snugly hidden away il
1ae woooa As anS band OF redskias lying il
amonsn 1of passing team. THIS WAS th'
very policy euited to the oee.siou, :.for Duc1ot
VINO ha1 Will hlm Large body Of picked Mo
ctles, mixed with regulars, tho First Zouave
icing away, the number never doubted tha
l,e had only to show himself ia the plain II
front Of his position to bring on an eugaga
forre, hut ho relie1 on his own; for he hat
chosen it with tho object Of uniting those twt
1nain Ingredients OF every successful military
operaticn-dash aud resisting power. he hat
fattesed himself, fancy, aad not un
rsa,opably, that We shou!d accept hi'