The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-08
The French Situation

brought reports Of anticipated disorders
and riSings, great dissatisfaction being
shorn By portions Of the people at the
surrender to the Germans, and what is
to be the end is not known. Surely the
French who have fought and have suf-
fcrcd, as we'll as the Germans, each have
had enough of this terrible, cruel war,
and should not Only be content with its
termination, but r'joiceI that it has
ceased. Il is useless for the vanquished
French to attempt any further effort or
cxpec; to gain any success. They have
been whipped terribly BY their own fol-
ly and ignorance, and have for long
ceased to act ,aticnallv, and must accept
the result as it is or worse may befall
them. There can be no comparison be-
tween the conflicting forces Of the two
nations. There is 10 doubt as to the
courage of the French soldiers, but un-
fortunately they were led by r,cn wholly
incompetent and grossly ignorant Of the
rules of war, and with the topography
Of their own country. While the very
reverse may be said Of their opponents.
For little over half year, disaster after
disaster has fallen thick and fast, and
their large armies have been literally
swallowed up one after another. History
and farce. For all this folly and suffer,
ing terrible Till Of costs will have 10 be
paid by France, not only in money but
| territory. 1t were well that she accept
the present terms of peace.
The kiel Gazette TINS reviews the
seven months campaign I'm the pres,
ent war twenty.three battles have been
fought, their order being, WeiSsenburg,
Woerth, Spichcrcn, Pange. Mars ln-T"nr,
Grave!ntte. Beaumont, Sedan, NoiSsyv!lle
(befnre Mctz), the three battles of Or
leans, Amiens, Champigny and Brir
(hcfore PariS) Bcaueency, Bapaume,
Tendomc, LeManS Bclfort, St. Quentin,
and the great sortie against ST. Cloud.
At Grarelotte nearly half million men
conf; ontcd each other, VIZ, 270, 900 Ger
m ms against 100000 Frrnchmcn. At
SEDAN there were 100000 Germans
,ainst $4,000 French, and in tho t:.rd
btttle Of Orleans, l0n,0O0 or 10000
Germans against 200,0O0 or 24p,0U0
French The disparity of numbers was
greatest at MARSHA Tour and Belf,rt. III
the former 45, 600 PsuSSianS fought from
5 4. N. till I. P ", at first against 100,
600, and by noon nearly $4,000
or So, 900 Prussians and Badcnyrs con-
fron,ed 10000 to 10000 French. The
three battles before Metz Pange, Mas
la.Tnur and observation-disclosures the lar
ge>t losses on both sides, the losses Of
Germans in the second being Gao officers
and II, 900 men. Ofall the battles du
ring the last century, only the Stnrmi" g
Of Planchcnoi il the battle Of Belle
Alliarce, B"rrodino, Ey!au and Znrn-
drof can rank in the Sanc category with
the battles before Metz. There have
oeen forty nine engagements, some Of
them cScmbling haIic cs, and twenty sue
ceSSful >ieses, including Paris, the frs,
stronghold in the world, and Metz and
StraSb"urg, fortrcSscS Of the first rank
To this number Of successful scises mus,
now be added that Of Bc!fort. The
$4,000 men under General Bourbaki who
took refuge in Switzerland after the sur
render Of Paris swell the number Of
French p isoncrs and Of fus!iives in
tened in neighboring states to more
than a million; $50, 900, according to
the North German Gaz"tte, are prisoners
of war. inclusive, of course. Of the garri
son Of Paris; nearly $4,000 fled into
Belgium after the battles of Metz and
Sedan, and more :han $4,000 have now
crossed the Swiss frontier. This enor
nous total Of l,Q3t,0L0, remarks the
Gazette. is unparalleled in history, and
reckoning the number rf ncn " ho have
periShrd in the field or hospital, or have
otherwise becnme "hors de combat, as at
least %, GOO"
The drama is closing as peace is dc.
ciarel, the Assembly a. Bordeaux voting
SAC to lo7 to ratify the preliminary
treaty of Bismarck and Fav.e. And no.;
100 soon, for an attempt was made on the
I'd TO rise on party Of pruSsians by a
crowd Of Parisians, which was kept down
by ilne Of troops and pieces Of cloth
hung up to hide the P'us>ians. A con-
dict has seemed imminent.
Since the above was put in type, the
telegraph brings the news Of the last act,
the evacuation Of the Germans from
PariS-which took place or the Sd.
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THE ALDISE FOR March presents a beau.i-
~ acrav Of Illustrations. Tie statue Of
Goethe n Munich. MOONLIGHT on the VIZ.