The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-01-20
by TELE q Il AP II.
THE EUROPEAN WAR.

LONDON, Jan. 13.---French officers
who escape from their places Of confine-
ment in Germany, will, upon recapture,
be treated rs couvicts.
II ID thought the London Conference |
will be postponed.
A dispatch Of the 11th says the result
Of ten days bombardment Of nine forts
and seven French batteries between the
forts is that no ssriods damage has been
done, and not single gun disnounted, but
$40 Germans were killed and wounded.
Mount Avron was swept by the French
FIRE, and the Germans evacuated the po-
sition. The guns ut Clairmont reached
the Ipvalides and Champs de Mars.
Paris advices to the 9Th says: Shells
are falling on MonMartc, and persons
have been killed in the church ofSt. Sui
phic.
A large FIRE is raging within Paris on
the north side.
| In battle at Lomben last Tuesday
the Prussians took ten thousand prison.
ers.
BERLIN. Jan. 13.-Reinforcemcnts are
now on the way to join the German armies
in France, and those in readiness TO 60
number 100000 men, raising the German
force to 1000, 600.
VERSAILLES, Jan. 12,-cvcninS.-The 12
ombardment was heavy this afternoon.
Several fires were seen within the French
lines. The Prussians are crowding in
front Of Clarmartc and Meudon. The
French have erected new batteries.
| VERSAILLES. Jan. 10.-Thc supply Of
ammunition will last for eighteen days from
to-day, and the surrender Of Paris is be.
lieyed to bo certain before then.
| BoRpEAUx, Jan. ia general bat.
tie was fought on the 11th under the
: walls Of lie Mans. The Germans attack.
ed the French army Of the Loire along
, the whole line. Gen. Jnarez Ibury, who
. commanded the right wing of the French
, hold his position on the right bank Of the
Sarthe, and Con. Coralos on the left and
center. They fought desperately for siz
hours. The French maintained their po
sition. French losses unknown. but ne.
rious. The Prussian forces engaged are
estimated at $4,000; but as Chaucey il
. said TO have force Of 200 900, and the
+, attack was along the line, the account
J seems absurd.
r VERSAILLES, Jan. 13-Thcre wa,
r Sighting pear G Mans on W.dn lay. TIL,
/ Germans captured the suburbs Of Cham
, paignc and Chateau Archie, with sever
pieces Of artillery. The number Of pris
oners taken the day before was swelled u
5000.
. LONDON, Jan. 13.-The army unde
! Gen. Chaucey was completely defeated
o near lie Mans, by the second German ar
s my, commanded by Prince Fredericl
Q Charles and the Grand Duke of Mecklen
G burg. The Germans occupied LIE Mans
i. capturing large quantities Of supplies AM
war materials. The French are being pun
sued.
LONDON, Jan. 1G.-The Paris pewI
papers say n rain Of projeetiles, som
Q weighing 96 Kilograms, unparalleled u
n the history Of siege. poured into Pari
C from Invalides 10 Odeon. The lombard
r ment is uninterrupted day or night. o.
!. the sth. between ST. Sulpico and the Mu
r scum. shells fell every two minutes, strik
:, ing hospitals, nmbulances, schools and pri
vate houses. Women 10 the street an
lin bed we're killed. Infants in thei
u mothers arms we're struck. One Pre-
o jcctile killed four children and Wounds
n five in Rue Vanguard. The nnrivalle
j works Of art in the Luxtimburg Museum
!. were destroyed. Hospital valsracc sui
fercd greatly; the wounded were kill-
e in their beds. Paris is transformed int
!. a battlefield The women are shown
themselves rs brave ms the men.
The Paris Government protests to fol-
cign powers against the bouibardmen
wantonly, of hospitals. ambulances an
q churches, and killing Of innocent wome
II aud children. They say military usag
. requires warning to remove non-com
q batapts. They protes. loudly in the fac
u of the civilized world at this useless BAL
tarisn. The inhabitants are undismny
ed.
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