Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-01-26
SYNOPSIS OF WAR NEWS.

| SINOFSIS OF WAN NEWSs
Below we give condensed state
ment of war news up to date:
January 10. A dispatch from
Versailles says that Gen. Bourbaki
on the 18th, renewed his attack up
On Gen. Won Werder's intrenched
position south of Belfort, but was
again repulsed with great loss, and
has commenced his retreat to the
southwark. A later dispatch an
nounces that the army of Gen. Bour-
baki is in full retreat, and that the
attempt by the French to relieve
Belfort has been completely frus-
trated. A dispatch from Bordeaux
says that Gen. Bourbaki attacked
the Prussians on Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday, with the object OF
crossing the River Lisaine and siez-
ing st. Valbest. The Prussians re-
sisted the movement, and Gen.
Bourbaki has returned to his former
position.
King William, in dispatch to
Queen Augusta, congratulates her on
the repulse of Gen. Bourbaki in the
east, and states he is now retreating.
He adds that the bombardment of
Paris continues with good results.
A dispatch from Bruntrut, Swift
zerland, states that the German
troops on the 18th captured the vii
lage of Abbevilliers, which was in
flames at the time, and have expelled
the French from all their positions
on the Swiss frontier. The latter
are retreating on Beaumont and
Pont de Roid. The inhabitants are
flying into Switzerland.
January 20.-The seizure of Allen
con by the Germans cut off the re-
treat of ChanzE,s forces in that di
rection, and prevented a relieving
force from Cherbourg reaching the
beaten army. Chanzy's main body
is in rapid retreat beyond Laval, en-
deavoring to escape being surround
ed and captured.
Desultory firing continues IN the
Eastern Departments, and also in
the vicinity of Havre.
January 2l.-The victorious Ger
mans are in pursuit OF. the broken
French ranks. French soldiers are
fleeing across the border into Swift
zerland, the Germans following down
the French side of the boundary line
with the purpose of clearing out all
the French troops from the villages
on the border.
King William has issued a proc
lamation formally accepting the title
of Emperor, and has received the
congratulations of the Prussian Par
lament on the assumption of the
dignity. To the world at large there
will no longer be King William, or
a Kingdom of Prussia other than as
part Of the German Empire. The
German Empire, which was founded
in the year 800 by the coronation at
Rome of Charlemagne as Emperor
of the West, and which terminated
1904 by the coronation of Francis I |
as Emperor of Austria only, has now
resumed its existence, suspended for
slxty-seven years.
January 23.-The story told by
the dispatches of Sunday and Mon
day is one unvarying tale of disas-
ter to the French. In the West. |
Chanzy is continuing his flight be-
fore the victorious German troops,
which are endeavoring to head him
off before, he reaches the extreme
point of the peninsula, toward
which he is making. In the East,
Bourbaki is retreating before the
advance of Won Werder's troops,
flushed with victory. In the North,
Faidherbe was men near st. Quentin
by Won Goeben, on Friday, badly
beaten and driven into and through
the town, with the loss of four thous-
and prisoners and two guns. The
German Emperor telegraphs that
fact, which is confirmed by other
dispatches, and says that Won Goe-
ben would commence pursuit the
next day.
Before Paris, Fort D Issy has been
found to be silent and deserted.
German patrols have advanced into
the trenches connecting D'Issy and
Vanves and found no signs of French
troops. Evidences of mines and
decided them not to pur-
sue their investigations, and the
works Of the besiegers have been
pushed closer to the fort with the
purpose of battering it to shapeless
heap. A sortie was made from Fort
Mont Valerian to the westward, on
Friday, and vas defeated with con-
siderable loss. Reports from the in
terror of Paris, if they can be cred
tied, shows a critical state of affairs
there, the people being on the point
Of another revolution and Trochu
doubtful what course to pursue.
January "A. - Emperor William
telegraphs the Empress under date
Of Versailles, 21st, as follows: Yes I
terday the enemy entirely withdrew
into Paris. Is officers and $50 men
were captured at Cloud. The num-