Middletown transcript., 1871-01-07
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III Og lUlereee. We now SEQ the |
~ resent sorties ID the new forti-
4hisA are los@iag Up al around
q He oe forts VI these, Avron
Gsss enc attacked By The Germans |
tlnInss nosniag. The bou'bsrd.
~ kept up throughout that and the
- day. when the French guuuers
"a 10 dislodgios the Saxon bate
usison Blanche. This encouraging
= dsspsichcs show is confirm
- tWo different sources. and its i'm
~ will bs understood when il 10 re-
ssed that the Berlin journals. with 4
1ourish Of trumpcts announced to
Invaders ON Christmas morning that
chelling Of Avron must be considered
y introduction to the general bom-
Best. and thst iss capture vas ncces-
- obtain point from which TO oper.
9aiust the sdjscent forts. Instead of
sing Avrou. however. they have
selves beeu captured. snd their guns
nuuptcd st Msison Blanche. AS to
x1@ southwest sidc Of Paris. we hear Of
G losti6c.tions beyond Mont Valsrien,
III - Il is thought will. before many days
& - versaillcs too hot place even for
~ ssolid Gcrnans.
lie Prussians continue to be reported
= Elling back on Paris The army Of
Qo1eral Fuidhcrbc is again in motion. The
I4{sssian cavalry in the East is said to
hGse become almost useless in consequence
~ ths intense cold, snow aud frost. These
hays caused fearful! mortality among the
German wounded F,fty-six car-londs
.oe soldiers, wounded at Belfori. on 2l,,
Uecembcr. we're frozen To death Anoth-
.os unsuccessful assault has bccn mad. upon
Dolfort, IN which the Grrmans lost four
tssn hundred killed anl wounded.
Shells have been thrown Into thr North
.oe Paris at u range Of seven thousand
yards. One hundred and fifty Thousand
reported as arriving Their forces on ,hc
L,irc. il is said. eau do nothing for two
weeks to come.
Fort Avron was not injured during il.
tbrss days bon'bardmcn,. and there were
oa)y twenty eight French killed aud
wounded. II was not cuscmntcd. and
Trochu ordered the guns to be removed
aud the place evacuated. Prussian en-
;Ginecrs are TO said To have advised agains,
~ being occupied by their troops
" The Army Of Bordeaux, and the French
aindcr Generals Brcssalcs, Brrmcs ami
usribaldi. also the Army Of the .North,
nnder General Faidhcrbe aud General
s:hauzy. all seem to be making forward
movements As the French advance the
people hasten to join the rnnks. aud in.
crease their numbers rapidly.
Several dispatches tell Of alleged both
French and Prussian defeats, vie,orie.
and repulses. A despatch from General
Chauxy ,laims decided success for the
ibrccs under his command. aud flying
column Of General Mantcuficls army /.
Aaid to have defeated thres battalions OF
0arde Mobiles at Faugret
The movement on Ilavre is not ahan
.doncd. The Germans are concentrated al
Bolbcc. and are also in force ut ivc'ot. NJ
An engagement with the defenders o
Havre is imminent.
Count won Bismarck has made haste {,
apologize to England for seizing B,i,isl
vessels in the Seine. The Prnssian com.
,mandcr who ordered the seizure has bee,
dismissed the service. aud Prussia is read
20 pay in round thalcrs for any damag,
\ s.elaimed by the osnera Of the vessels
Per contra, however. Count Bcrnstorll
che Prussiun Ambassador ut London, ha
zrequcsted the seizure Of French vcsse
laden with telegraph cable End ,h
knglish officials are said to have seized he
- the Thamcs on Sunday.
Bordeaux dispatches assert that all o
Abe engagements along the Loire for
week past have been successful for tn
French. the German reports to the con
trary notwithstanding. Near La Charirr
25 miles southeast of lie Mans. the Frrncl
captured 200 prisoners. Part of Chla
.sy's army is now strongly fortified pca
vendon,e. The German army of III
Loire has retired To Glen. about thirr
niles southeast of Orleans Thrc, hun
Ated Gcrmans. il is stated. wcrs recent,
drowned while attempting With their corp
- cross the Loire on the ice
Dispatches have been rccivcd from sev
Assl different points which agree in tn
nsnsral statement, that the army Of III
Uorth. under General Faidherl,o. a,iackc
~ Prussians near Bnpnume, villag
slightly 1--we miles 10 the northeast Of Pari,
- the 2d. and utter M obstinate battle
which lasted from cigh. in the morning I
.six 10 tho evening. defeated them aon
their whole line. driving them from II
Ahsir positions. and ont ofihe village oc
espied by them The losses are rrp"rtc
= heavy ON both sides that Of the Ger
nsns Is spoken Of e. being enormous.
Lster advices frou, Paris speak VI il
tsusc excitement prevailing there. and
hes been demanded Of Trochp that be ri,
Wsy to the desire of the people for gran
eestie The newspapers. be,h Of Par
and Bordeaux. accuse him Of feebiencs
osuerals In the Geld are reported to hav
X sseeived orders to hasten their movement
- Paris. Tho bombardmcnt Of the for
~ Abe east side continues. Fort Noger
~. Il u said, is now replying
x yka esry ~ xha 1.o;xa Ia s.;I 4 +, In nj