The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-24


10000 PRISONERS CAPTURED.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-On the Doth the Ger
mans, having driven Faidsherbe into st
| quentin, stormed the town and drove him
ont, capturing 10, 900 prisoners and six
guns. The Army Of the North is in full
retreat, and on the evening of the goth
Fatdsherbe and his staff bad reached Cana:
bral, twenty miles from st. Quentin. Faids.
herbe says his men fought we'll In the en-.
gagement of the 18th, but the Prussians
received reinforcements before the next
LONDON, Jan. 21.-The whole country in
Inc vicinity Of Faidsherbe's defeat is in a
panic at Inc approach Of the Germans. At
aiehcienne the country has been inunda-
teu 10 impede their march. At Lille, on
hu-uay, tnele was the utmost CONSERVATION.
tns "gHeh ana children were fleeing from
were arriving, In a pitiabla state 't GoIn'
beta, who Was In the town, addressed The
people, advising resistance to the bitter
end, and denouncing as partisan and COW.
ardly the cry of "Peace on anv terms -
He repudiated any desire on his Dart 70 l, set
up dictatorship, and urged the neonIe
and the army to do their duty, PROMISING
final triumph. He closed by expressing
his confidence in Faidsherbe, and annonn.
cling that fresh levies would be made for
the army of France.
THE soRT1E FROM FORT vALERIEN-THE
FRENCH STILL OUTSIDE THE CITY.
LONDON, Jan. 21.-Under cover of a fog
the French have massed at Fort Valerien,
outside the city. In their sortie on the
10th they surprised and carried Montretol,
which was subsequently recaptured by the
| Prussans. Prisoners captured by the
| Germans say that other attacks will be
made along the investing lines, but assert
| that the National Guard have refused to
join in them.
4 dispatch from Versailles, dated the
evening of the Goth, says : "All is quiet
this afternoon. and the troops on both Sides
remain in their positions. The Prussian
loss in the sortie of the 10Th was 400, and
that of the French SO heavy that they
asked an armistice of forty Eight hours for
removing their wounded and burying their
dead"
The Modified Guard behaved badly at
St. Quentin, fully 1000 Of them giving way
Gen. Faidsherbe has gone to Donau, and
Gen. Favre to Lille. The whereabouts of
one division of the army is unknown.
Emperor William telegraphs Empress
Augusta on the 21st:
"The total French at St. Quentin was
$4,000. The enemy has withdrawn to Va
lencienes and Donau. We have reoccupied
Cambria"
The Germans are entering the depart
ments of Calvados and Arne.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The Emperor William
telegraphs on the evening of the Dist: "The
enemy yesterday entirely withdrew into
Paris"
From plpIc-rpS rporu1-'c ,-Yrrpo .pour
SURRENDER.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-Advices from Paris say
that Gen. Trochu, at 4 council of war on
Friday, stated that should the hope of as
sistance from without fail it would be his
duty to surrender the city before the Ger
mans destroyed all the public buildings and
fired the entire city.
Jules Favre was very sick at Paris on the
18th.
Bismarck had declined to enter upon ne
gotiations for his safe conduct to the Lon
don Conference.
The victims Of the bombardment since it's
commencement have been, forty-nine wo-
men, thirty-nine children, and ninety-two
men.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Queen and daughter Of the new
Spanish King left Italy for Madrid Satur-
day, accompanied by the Spanish Ambassa-
dor at Florence.
On the 18th instant Paris market quota
tions were For rabbits, 81 chickens, $11;
geese, Sl4 turkeys, SIS; and eggs, 40c.
each. Dog flesh sold at SLIGO per pound.
A shell from Longuey struck farm
house filled with Prussian wounded, burn
ing forty of them to death.
Large droves OF oxen have passed Rheims
on their way to Paris to be ready for
ChanZY when he arrived there