, 1870-12-26
CAMP BEFORE PARIS.
Elasticity Of the French.
4 sortie and a Repulse.
Jcalou>y Among the Prussian
Leaders.

Jcalou>y Among the Prussian
Leaders.
fF3oX oun EEc1At CORRESPONDENT
VERSAILLES, Nov. 80
"Sever desptir while there Is hope. ma
ea5ing that was, perhaps, never better nndet-
ssok d By suy other people than by tbs u1errs-
rial Fretca. No matter how aeveze the blow
Which uas,r sanguine expectations may hare
received. or how deeply the sosrow Of their
many rssezsea may hava bowed down their
proud heade. they have never shown yet any
thing like total despair Of their cause, but, on
tho eoDtrazy, their elasticity OF spirits and ;
their ho7eful disposition has always carried /
them safely over mistorluuss that would have
entirely UNNAMED other nations less buoy |
ant-
The LAST check which their buoyancy has -: /
ceived VA the capitu1atton Of Metz. Il was
then thought by tho.e who did not know tho !,
French character that it is all up with them,
and that they would surely giveup the eontest;
but. instead Of giving away to hopeless de-
epair, they soon recovered their hopeful
.pizits, and to-day the5 feel ~ cheerful
ard confident of ultimate succssa - it they
had never met with any reverses. Like the
distant auhte1yaueAn runblings Of yolcmo
on the eve OF m outbreak. the thu uders Of
the louE silent Mont valctien began to ba
heard again Oh Saturday last. The French in
habl,ants Of the city, who, by the way, are. in
mcst cases, pretty well informed III to the
movements Of tleir ar1nieer already Set them |
eelyes to silently putting their houses in order
fcr The recention Of The Artuy Of the Loire.
Frensh citizen Of Versailles, who had
betn at L.A,gle, within the French lines, to
arti brnurht A renort Of 4 conyeraatiou Ehic,1
f;tmbetta IL said 10 hsre had With ancther
Terxxitlaise. The Young Dictator s.ked tho |
ye1a.;iiaise whether they belicycd 1t VeryaiIIes
in tbs existence OF N Army Of the Loire.
Not u,ucb. .T,says cur Yereaillsise, Tant
Keep on dlsbelieyiug until tho ;st ct Dscara-
her xa sI1ajt he ali Iirht~
However little Importance / have, at the
time heard il. attkcftd to this repo.tei CON
evetts that have eirce happened, in believing
that the last days Of November and tha frat
ones Of December were settled upon by
Trcchu AID paladiue AZ the time Tor begin
n;nc active and CONCERTED operations. 4.
sala before. the titinr from the Mont VAL
enen INTO Tie Vrusaian ou,posts It Bongival,
! yiIle d.A,ry and Ssyres commenced on Last
! Saturday, ard, with little inseruiseiou, con-
; tiuued until Monday evening, all was uuiet
! again, md vent to aleep will, The reassurel
tG&t bN1fQltfH{UAUk
A. un siua,!sr oscasicas before. nothing else
| but an atiemnt On the part Of Tie besicred to
! ha,rass tie working PARTIES Of the Germans
! Toward II o'clock. however, my peaceful sluu-
j bers we're barbaroue1y disturbed by the foar-
/ iur OF sr,;llery. coming from the dircction
/ and became excited. The dawn OF Taes-
day was anxion4ly looked for by mlny
j bsAt,nE heart OF Frcnelnsn. All of
them expected that the first opjec:
that would greet their patriotic eyes wou;1
he tl:s rod t.ousels of their Mobiles. Morn
irg csrce, but not tho expected French. Tue
firing, however, continued all through tie ,1ay
What should do, uuler such circumstances,
but go abo:t, and attempt to find out the
ecene of the afTtay. I!ut you in4y Just III
veil attempt to tiLd out tie exact locllity of
the aguc fiom our Western 11oosier, Is to
tty to be informed Of tine point OF action By
ptussian eoloier Should von be hazardous
enough to address, IN officer, for the saks of
! getting Information ont OF him, nine chauces
ont Of ten. he sill either Stub you or purpose
soldiers, they will ~ sou a. differently col
o1etl accounts N tie uniform of their reei-
uents to which they variously bslonE. Ho:h
ificrrs md soldiers are especially reticent
tiuce the recent general order, which strictly
ptrhinite their giving 10 Civilians any ipforma-
lion whatsoever,
Nothing wAa left me bnt to mount my charg-
! er 4nd follow the sounds Of cannon, sooaa-
NEAt aB the pointer foiloW9 tho EcGEf OF Lila
! Eame lad not gone far Ia the direction to-
ward Sessee, when met with some returning
artilscrymeu belonging to the Fifth rrusei1u
/ mounted artillery, who Informed me thst the
Affair was all over that the French had msde
= so1tie early in the morning {the 2oth), Il
I Saint Cloud. Int that they we're Tepnlsed With
great loes- had hardly time to dgeet this
neNr, When. on my ir4ulfT, come Ausssts,
ccmi1E ttoln the direction OF Chayille, p-'-
tisei! ..suIed NE that the sost1e vas msde at
Fiilsjuif that tho Ftereh were beaten back,
, aud that the Germans Lad tkAeE !, ,ooo prison.
. / CHs. whcu1. attef having uisatm6d tien1, th9S
.. | sent back into Paris.
! After having received srch widely t1i0crert
, sccarpts. I concluded that tho teat thing
. | awxit further Developments. The evening
4ApnLftur Gtfc1ef, however, whil1 making men
= tiou OF Bonrhaki's defeat On the 27ih ii
, .Amiens, OF tsarabaldi's discontinue It Dior
!. On that ran4e dag. ~ we'll AZ of Freasr1cl
n Charles "'r,rtotiouely maintaining his po-it1oi
a | sGlinst superior forrea OF the Loire army =
: lolande," it eald nothing Of wha
coDcern.d u4 most directly, namely, yester
; days so1ties from rAris.
g :. Tic resume Of tho day around Paris. a. col
n lected from yarious sources, and slfted dow
:. to the naked truth, Waa Ihat, after 4 heAy
+ caIIopa1trg from al tho sortt, the F1eHc
made eeyeaaf sorties during the nights Of th
oS.h and 2.lth; also, enc on the 29sh At Men
:. don, against tbs Fifth Army Corps
~ a1.t ops 1t yillejuif, against th
-. Sixth Army Corps. After afew toursF hghtin:
- dur1ng whsrh como we're killed and wounde
on btth kiles. While few psiaouers weso take
t7 The Germsps tho pafis;aus Withdrew wit!