The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-29
NOTES OF THE WAR.

The German continental papers give some
very interesting revelations of plans and Incl
dents connected with their hostile operations
in France.
The Gazette of Aix-la- Chapelle says of the
Notifications of Paris
Between st. Denis and the Fort of Mont
Valerien is an opening of about ten miles,
to in the report of the Minister of War on
the Sth of August. Steps are now being
taken to close it by large work above the
railway station at Saint Cloud. Without pre-
Judging the road the Prlssians will take, we
think we are not mistaken in saying that our
first cannon balls will fall into the Bois de
Boulogne and the Champs Elysees. The Arc
de lEtoile and the Avenue de lImperatrice
will be reached by our four and six FOUNDERS
The siege artillery now employed before
Metz and Strasburg will probably be free to
go and salute the Tuileries. The invading
force seems now to be working out this very
suggestion.
The Prussians not being able to use the
railway from Metz to the frontier, which is
within range of the forts, have constructed
another for their communications with Saar
bruck, Strasburg, and the East. They have
also formed another mountain road, to be
connected with the former from Romilly to
Pont- a. Mousson. About 1900 laborers were
occupied on it, among which are many miners
and $50 plate-layers.
A citizen of Treves had three sons in the
I'd Regiment of the Prussian Grenadiers of
the Guard, all in the same company, and,
strange to say, in the same rank. They were
all three wounded by the enemys bullets on
the 10th of August at Gravelotte. One was
only slightly wounded, the second severely,
while the third, who had received two bullets
in the breast remained upon the field. When
both his brothers knelt at his side and asked
him how he felt, his last words were, ''Cover
me up; [ am very cold"
The New Hessian Gazette, writing from
Konigsberg, states:-'In the battle of Metz
the soldiers of our 43d Regiment, as protec-
! ton against the continual showers of bullets
that the enemy poured upon them, fastened
their knapsacks across their chests. After
the battle many of them were convinced that
these tactics had saved their lives In them
they found no small number of bullets, which,
instead of striking them in. the breast, had
only entered their calfskin ehirasses"
Napoleon III is the seventh French sove-
reign deprived of his liberty by the fate of
battles. Louis le Debonnaire in $780, was
confined by his sons, with his second wife,
Judith, in monastery. In SIG Charles the
Bald was made prisoner by the revolted
mobiles. John I was made captive at the
battle of Poictiers. He delivered up his
sword to a Belgian knight, Denis de Nor
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by Charles the Bold in the suite of the Bur-
gundian army, which was going to besiege
the Liegeois, the kings own allies. Francis
l was made prisoner at the battle of Pavia.
Like King John, he gave up his sword to a
Belgian, Count de Lannoy, Viceroy of Naples
Lastly, Napoleon 1 surrendered twice, in
1914 and 1915.
When the Partisan populace forced their
way into the Hotel de Vile fine portrait of
the Emperor was on the point of being de-
stroyed, but Nj. Gambetta caused it to be
turned against the wall and prevented vio-
lence, exclaiming, ''It is useless" Unfortu-
nately such was not the case with the portrait
painted by Horace Vemet, which surmounted
one of the chimneys on the Sale du Trone.
This painting was torn to pieces, and panel
in the hall of the Municipal Council, re re-
senting the Emperor handing to Baron Hauss-
mann the decree of annexing the suburbs of
Paris, was much lacerated. Such, apart from
few benches and busts broken, was all the
damage done at the Hotel de Vile. The Ii
brary of the Municipal Council, as we'll as the
other adjoining compartments, were re-
spected, owing to the efforts of NJ Dardenne,
the librarian, and few National Guards.
The following incident shows the spirit
of the Parisians:-A woman belonging to the
environs had brought several sacks of pota-
toes to the central market. A customer pre-
sented himself, and asked "How much the
boisseau (thirteen litres)?" ''Four francs.
81 offer you two francs fifty centimes.
Fifty sous / had rather give
them to the Prussians!" At these words the
dealers around overwhelmed the woman with
reproaches, and the crowd scattered the
potatoes over the pavement The woman
called policeman, but he did not act in the
matter, so that she lost her potatoes by the
rude justice of the people.
A romantic incident of the warfare in
Alsace took place in small hamlet not faI
from Wasselonne. A poor old woman lived
there with her two grand-daughters, aged
eighteen and twenty, and her grandson oi
fifteen. During the evening of the 2lst two
Badese dragoons alighted at the house, called
for meat and drink and ordered beds to bt
prepared for them. The women were forced
to obey. When the soldiers had gorged them
selves with food and wine, they commenced
playing with one of the girls; the young pea
SAINT, seeing the danger to which her sister
was exposed, went up into the garrett unde
the pretext of fetching some sheets, took
gun which had belonged to her father, loaded
and cooked it, and then waited behind door
presently one of the dragons rose and ad
vanced towards a sideboard to take som
wine, when she fired, killing him on the spot
the other, terrified and believing in an attack
rushed to the door, and jumping on hi
horse, galloped off.
INCREDIBLY HoT.-A learned wight, tw
centuries ago, addressing the most erudite @
bodiaS in TondOn upon the arran oan1ant n