New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-09-17

le-Bel and Gennevilhers, places within about 10
miles Of Paris on the north and northeast. Hay
and wheat stacks are burned by the farmers and
only clumps of trees are left in the plains.
Sept 16-Evening. Yesterday about 600 Prussians
appeared at Claimant Is miles S. W. Of Paris, within
gunshot of the fort of Yannes. They had crept in
under cover of the woods on the nights. These
woods join those of Versailles by those of Meudon,
Sevres and Yirofay, and were too green to be more
than imperfectly burned. The advanced guard also
signaled Prussians at Creteil within shot of the
fort of Charonne and "a miles from Charenton. Bar
rcades were erected by the Mobiles there.
The population is gone. The Prussians were
brought to the Eys6es last evening at s. among
whom were the spies taken in the neighborhood of
Cretei by Col. Lafon of the First Corps of Scoutsa
volunteer mounted corps. convoy of provisions
and munitions was captured with them. They ar
rived by the Eastern Railway at $3.50 p. m. yester-
day. The commandant of the corps of scouts sig
nailed 1000 Prussan infantry at Lagny 40
miles southwest of Meaux) with a consider
able number of Uhlans; and also so of the
latter at Claye, about two-thirds of the distance
of Meaux, the high-road thence to Paris. heavy
cannOnade and fuslllade is reported to have been
heard yesterday on the river from st. Owen in the
direction of Bourget.
The forests burn but slowly, all the trees being
green and much rain having fallen. At night no
flames are visible from any elevation, except the
Election from stacks of hay straw and grain fired by
proprietors to deprive the Prussians. Great clear
ances have however, been effected so as to permit
artillery fire. At Montreul near Vincennes, where
the celebrated peach gardens were, the incosed
orchards have been demolished for the same pur-
pose The toll-brdge at Asni6res was blown up yes
terday; as yet the railway bridge is not.
Thirty soldiers detached from Fort Charenton,
and accommodating killed two Uhlans, and repulsed
60, yesterday afternoon Later, officer of Uhlans,
in private Clothes wearing the Kept and the Italian
military medal, was arrested There was trouble to
save him from the fury of the crowd. He wa cor
veyed to prison, with his eyes bandaged. Two nus
sars, and an officer with subaltern, were
also captured and escorted to headquarters.
These were wounded and taken in the plain
selves they speak French perfectly. The gendar-
merle of Creteil have also brought in two Uhlans
and two spies. At Villier st. George squadron Of
Uhlans yesterday rushed out of a wood, stopped a
carriage and robbed and matreated the persons in it.
THE bridge of Joinville-le-Pont beyond VIncennes
was blown up at 8 yesterday afternoon, the Prus-
slams having been signaed in the woods of Vlliers
and Notre Dame. This was the last bridge on the
Marne in the Department of Seine and Seine-et-
Disc. Trains now go no farther than yincennes.
THE Governor of st. Denis informs TrOchu that
Prussian scouts were in small numbers at 900 last
night at Villeneuve Namarta, and Pessis-aux- Bots,
preceding column of 5000 men at Viliers-Cotterets,
and another of 10000 at Nanteuil scissors is block
AIDED by cavalry.
Mobiles accommodating at Saint-Croix-E nplaine
encountered only a few Prussian scouts. Six
hundred Prussans were at Colombey; none at Com
mercy. The troops yesterday at Void and Yancour-
ours were reoned near Toul by about 1000 men from
Fontainebleau To-day the Sub-Prefect telegTaphs
that he hears from the Mayor Of Montereau of the
arrival of Uhlans at COurcelles who demanded oats
and breakfast that peasants arrested ~ with their
arms and baggage that men from Montereau are
going to assist the peasants and that the prisoners
will be forwarded to FontaInebleau Near Fontaine
bleau part of a corps of freeshOoters got
Prussians into an ambuscade on the road TO
Guignes, infcting heavy loss. The com
mandant of vincennes sends message this morn
ing that bis patrols had yet the Prussians
of their whereabouts nothing could be known, az
the bridge of Joinville had been totally destroyed
but they are supposed yet to be at considerable dis
lance.
CAVALRY PICKETs WITHIN GUNsH0T DISTANCE
OF THE FORTS OF PARIs-sEyERAL RAIL
ROAD TRAINS CAPTURED.
PARIS, Friday, Sept. &C. 1870.
The Prussians are slowly concentrating around
this city. The cavalry pickets have occupied Gre
tel and Clamart within gunshot distance Of the
forts outside the Notifications. Breteuil and Neuiy-
sur-Marne have also been occupied by scouting par
ties large force, stated at 1900, was yesterday
at Jonvile, only seven miles from the city. The
Prussian headquarters are at Meaux.
force of 5000 infantry and cavalry of the Grand
Duchy of Baden, with 90 cannon occupied Colmar on
Thursday, after a shrmish with the French rifiemen
This morning squadron of mounted scouts skiI1n-
ished with the Prussian Huzzars in the neighbor-
hood of Saint Denis, and wounded two Of them, and
had three men wounded slightly.
company of the 18th Battalion of the Mobiles at
tackled this morning body of Uhlans near Jcnylle-
le-pont. and took eight prisoners and four horses
The villages of Saint Maur, Ar-des-Fosses, and