, 1870-12-28

VERSAILLES, Dec. 5.
1t would be difficult te deecribe to you the
intense feeling OF disappointment tha: fills
the hea.ts Of the Yeraaillaise tonight.
Orleans, retaken by ths Germans, is dccp-
felt blow at the Fssach great expectations.
Only few days ago, Mons. Dupaulonp, the
Bishop and great ecclesiastical orator Of the
City OF jean dArc, assured his dock, In
pastoral letter. th.t il they would turn their
hsalts from Deltal and pray, The Ge11nAns
would, like the ssvago hordes OF AttilA the
Hun, be chased from France.
Only this morning, In the eEee OF the ever-
aauguiuo and ncver-desp1iri1g F1en.h, tteir
cause appeared r1ost psonieirG-
The Army OF tho Loire. supposed to coa-
expected before Paris, In 1r1ler TO join hands
with Ducrot, who Was atil. occupying Cham
pigny, and who has not been, as erruneors1y
reported, driven back with his 10, o00 men into
Paris.
As late as yesterday morning I aaw
Frenchmsn Thc had Just arrived tson, E.a11-
PES. and whc assured me tlat the Fscn:h
Arny was ne:r that place. Ind no reason
able to me that the great bulk OF tho Army Of
tho Loi1e would seek By series Of s:ratosisal
EnaInurIes TO break through the ii1os formed
by tho troopa OF Prince Frederick Cuasles
AID the Duke Of Meck1enbnrg, and thus sud-
denly appear before Psris on its southeast
airy and Dourbski, wo uld threaten the aank
Of the P1useian army while marching upon
Dreu and ChaI1cs.
The battle on the 2sth ult-. 1t Bexuue-1a-
Rolande WAS, even according tc German ae-
couuts, but drawn .ffair between tho rrus-
trve tFAf md III
Divisions Of cavalry, and the left wing Of The
Army Of the Loire. Supporting this to have
been tho fact, as -sported. the centtc aud
right wing Of the Army OF the Lote must
havo been southeast Of the Forest Of Orleaus,
right wing Of the Princes army, and before
this latter would have bad time to change
front, the Army Of the Loirs could have baen
far On Its Way to rAtia by the grand rou.a
running along tho Loing River to Chate1u
after tho battle Of Beaune.lk-Rolaado, Pals
dlne aeerna to have concentrated his forces
with q view Ut protecting Otlaaus. Tho depot
OF the Army OF the North, 1t Auicus, must
have caused Paadins greatly to modify hir
original plans: Instead Of hearing the ap.
aeEies Of battles 1t ratay and ossetas,
were the aggrcssora. Ne hess also, 10 our
crest astonishment, that the left wing OF the
Army Of tho Loire, which WAS supposed to
asave b.en on the hi]la Of Saint Iichel. OPP
posiso ne-1a-Rolande, IL the one that had
commenced thd contest At Patay on the 1s.
GLOWING. between their Fifteenth and SIX
teenth Army Corps. and the Seventeenth and
Twcnfy-second Divisions Of Prussi1n infantry,
the F1Est RayArian Corps In reserve. and tue
SecoEd and Fo1t.h Disisious Of cavalry. This
assasst ss1s; ~hsh ssss sSeo1dng t1. ,1 rfasa ;ss
OF the French. appeArs to have been indacisve,
for. on the Sd of'December, tho fight was re-
newed At ArtenAy, by the Third and Ninth
German Army Co1ps. which had for i,s result
the retreat Of the Frepch army toward Or
leans. and the fall Of tbs city, after tue hotlr
contested battle Of tho ith. ia the suburb
jean la Rue!le. Tia French army thus Ae-
complished lust what the Pricco aud tho
Duke Of Aecklsnburg wanted, that is-.o
concentrate its forces, and give battle, in
These latte. pusned steanIy forward after tho
Affair Of Beaupe-la. Rolaude, in line OF
neatly twenty ts-are miles in axtent, compelling
the French to I'LL back from, position to posi-
ton. uEtl they gained the eliminating poiut
Of the first phase Of their csmpai5n IN tho
South Of FrnIce.
It remains to be ecen now whether tho Ar
my ct the Loiro will continue i.s 1etrogade
| movement toward Tours, or astemp: to give
| battle behind Orleana.
While An engaged in writing this, u Frencl,
| gentleman breaks suddenly IL upon me, in
! order 10 tell me- that he, AZ well q his coapa-
uiots, have positive Information "that at the
| affair at O1lesns there were only 10000 tncn
| OF the Lolre Army engaged, whose object
WAS neytly to ahoT resistance to the army Of
| Frederick Charles, while the great bulk OF the
Army Of the Loire. numbering 100000 men.
had evaded the vigilance Of the Germans, and
come By way OF Etampes and Co5beil to re.
lieye paais, ard what H4s more. that the
Junction with Ducrot iH alEeady IN fais accom-
pli.' II half what this FEenchmau tells me ID
ttne, then doubt whether these lines wilt ever
have the honor Of appearing IN the columns
| with the rest uf tie world, would not be very
extensive. But matters hsve not come 10
that bad stR1e yet. II ia true that We hAv q
been daily expecting come such coup on the
part OF \ people who arc determined to die in
the last di'c1, but We rise every morning
without having our expectations realized
| And bs1eve this time. too, my Feenca frieut
has overahot the mark During tho ahole o
tbia war, tbs French hare never met with any
reyeIscs Lut they could, luckily for the peact
Of their minds, fn1 some suse Of WAT on fhs
part Of their leaders, lurking behind tho!n
In the eyes Of these poor dc!uded people, tllt
falling back Of MacMahon upon Cha|ous. aite
the aisAatTous Latile Of Gfavelotla, Was y net
thrown out, wherein the pursuing Princa Roya
might be caught. After this had failed. the At
tempted junction OF MacMahon with B.z4in'
vas heEslded by the press, aswell s. b. the II
! mous PA}ikAo chef dGurre Of military etrat
aH, Il, that viii result in the bAesing OF til
whole German army. When thus failod, ovsl
then, the sapsuipe Frenchuen could dis
cover come hidden plan Of FoInsbody wherein
would result glorious victory for thei
cause. II you asked them from whom the
niraelep. after Sedan. they gavo YOU for An
swer, Did not the republic OF 1889 come ou
sloliously Aftes having been in as bad apligh
a. the present ore?"
The fi1st taking of Orleans by Won der Tan
Was nothing but an evacuation. ont Of pusel
tt1ageticai considerations. Ths retakiug q
| the same city Was grand victory over III
| Germans, heralded as euch al over th
wor1d, hut nov los1ng it again, it is of no cor
sequence 1t all, ard will not retard. in th
least, their final succoss. Such are the iilt
soEy reasontngs Of this people, who har
under the Imperial regime. on nothing but
sszieu Of lies; and bare thus been e1ucnte
up in cheatiug thetr own bettcr Judgments
DECEMBER 6.-I have delayed the sending o
OF luis letter uatil to-day, December 6, O
account Of my having made = visit to
Ge1main. in order to eee with my own eyea
proclamation Of GanbettA, which, By SOC
unkro WI hand, had been posted during Ia
: ! tight Ill over the town. In consequence c
the threatening position taken up By Ducso
at ChAmpigny. all the troopa, including IL
Lardwehr, stationed At st. Germaip. had bst
withdrawn from the eecond Ino OF inyes
: ment, northwest OF Paris.
The Germans had been absent but one tis
! when the whole OF the ueighborhood ".
filed with p!acards and proclamasions EN-
: mating IRON tie TouEs Government. IL
: hctt dIfffrY11f II ia for m 'nvaAfnv NIT
to prevent communications between subj
gated people AID the center toward which
! naturally gravitates.
: The i1sf proclamation, eigned bF Gambe
: IA, orders al bachelors OF the Depirmen's
] the Seice and Oise, up to the age OF 10, to a
b reA1 1t the military rerdezyous At LIE Mau
. i before Monday next. Deccember 12. There
4 ! said to be, It L. Mans, \ recruiting can
. vhe-e l. hundred thousand FEeachmen =
Z being put through the manual, and who y
. soon be ready for active use.
d The second proclamation eulogszea,
. length, the heroic culduct Of Ducroat aud
0 a1mr. during his la;e euccesafu1 sort
T. 1t ChsmPigny. II speaks OF this latt'
as having advanced ~ far a Epiusy, and
9astus captured ls.ooo he'd ..s o. east.s .1
i ere mxnv dzye. the JUNCTION Of the army
: Loire with that Of Ducros. etc. In spite
y tho late defect 1t Orleans, the French 4
$ to-day e1sted It tho approaching E'osao
y sueceea uhleh this proclamation OF Ga
bsttx premises them While reading it,
q overheard fne-looking old gentlemsn- VI
: also RECALLED hiuee1f on it. saying: II d.
10 not hope any more. for every t,u1e we We
d told Of great victories they we're inrariat
It followed By the report Of great disasters
> When look at La Li5erse Of the 29th
+ Auguat last, that is lying before 4
ID AID read in It the lssnrauce to
IS readers That "psri., will never b
: vested, IS the movtments OF AaeMah
II inture, beyond any persdventure. com olt
a success, md when do remainder whAt b
l. inu ediately followed this, like mAny ote