Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-24
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Desperate Series fr0m Paris
TrOchu Wants TO Surrender
He Resigns but is ReinStated
Early Cap'tulatiOn Expected
Faidherbe Utterly Routed
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1000 French Made Prisoners
The Conference a Mere Farce
English Cabinet Disrupting
900 French Made Prisoners
The Conference a Mere Farce
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English Cabinet Disrupting
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sOrties Last Thursday and Friday
with Varying success
/ VERSAILLES, Jan. 20, via London, Jan.
21.-Under cover of dense fog to-day
the French troops again massed near Fort
Mont Valerian and attempted the Prussian
position at Monfretout, taken by surprise
by the French yesterday but retaken sub
sequently by the Prussian 9th division.
The total German loss IN both affairs was
twenty officers and two hundred men.
Prisoners taken by the Germans say there
are to be other attacks upon the investing
line, but assert positively that the Ma
tional Guards will not fight.
Armistice TO Bury the Dead.
VERSAILLES, jar. 90, SP. NJ, via Lon
don, Jan. 81, $50 P. M.-All is quiet this
afternoon. The troops on both sides re-
main in position. The Prussian loss in
the recent sortie was 400. That of the
French was So heavy that they have
asked for an srmistice Of 48 hours for
the purpose OF removing the wounded
and burying tie dead.
| Further Details.
| VRRsAIL1Ef,, Jan. 2O.-The sortie from
Vslerien, VIII ich was made by forty bat
taliOns westward of that fortress, was
family carrie d out. The French suffered
great loss, nd five hundred wounded men
were captuI ed by the Germans. Gen.
Trochu asked for an armistice but it was
| refused. The German advanced posts,
however, were authorized to grant a tenn
porary truce to permit the French to COL
lect their W ounded.
From King william.
VERSAILLES, FRIDAY, Jan. 20.-Faid-
herbe will be pursued to-day.
The sortie from Valerien yesterday was
| made IN great force. Troops are still
outside of Paris and fresh attack is Ger
tain to-day. WILHELM.
LONDON, Jan. 22-6 P. M.-Emperor
William teksgraphs to the Empress under
date, Versailles 81: Yesterday the enemy
entirely Withdrew into Paris; 10 officers
and 250 men were captured at st. Cloud.
The number of unwounded prisoners
captured at St. Quinten was s, 600, besides
1900 wounded taken in the town. The
total loss of the French is 5000.
The enemy withdrew to Valenciennes
and DOua. We have again occupied
Cambria
The bombardment of Paris is uninter-
rupted. For the last few days fire has
been opened on st. Denis.
Trochu's Report.
LONDON, Jan. 23.-News from Paris to
the goth have been received. The line
of bait lie reached from Montre Toul to
Lacelle, and the French numbered 100,-
900, supported by powerful. force of
artille ~. Gen. Trochu in his report of
the battle says the day which commenced
succi essfully did not terminate as could be
wished. The enemy was at first surprised.
but subsequently concentrated great
masses of artillery and infantry, and at
thu ee o'clock this afternoon our left re-
coded. We resumed at nightfall the Of
tensiVe movement but were unable to
hold the heights which we had taken.
The struggle was sanguinary. We have
asked for an armistiee.
Fort D'Issy Deserted.
E VERSAILLES, Jan. 20.-Last night the
Germans pushed forward patrol into the
trenches communicating between Forts
/ D'Issy and Vaures without meeting re-
sistance. Fort DIssy was found deserted.
Finding mines and torpedoes, the patrol
retreated.
Fires in Paris.
Large fires were seen in Paris last night
I near the Pantheon.
Yesterday, the 18th inst, a sortie in
force was made from under the guns of
of Fort Valerian. The cannonade was
fearful on both sides, and the German
loss was heavy.
Prince George, of Saxony, telegraphs
| to Dresden that the Saxons, while recon-
noitering on the 18th, surprised a force
from Paris, on Ferme Grostay, and cap
tured five officers and 100 privstes.
+ The bombardment continues with good
|; results.
+ News from Paris 7th reports Jules
Favre quite ill.
/ The victims from the bombardment in
killed and wounded already number 49
women and p men.
NJ. FaYre had consultation with the
mayors of Paris as to the propriety of
his proposed trip to London. The may
Ors were found to be divided in opinion,
| and no decision has yet been made in the
| matter.
The Germans refuse the French request
| for an armistice to bury their dead before
Paris, because the application was merely
verbal. One of the OutpOsts however,
have mutually facilitated the removal of
the wounded. 1t is said the garrison at
Paris would not renew the attack on the
| Germans, because Gen. Trochu has been
spprised of Gen. Chausey's defeat
Havre advices from Paris say the news
of Gen. Chausey's defeat was received
stoically by the people and army.
TrOchu Wants TO Surrender-He Re
signs, but is ReinstaLed.
LONDON, Jan. 23.-Private letters flom
| Paris state that the last meeting of the
| Council of Defense was stormy. Urgent
demands were made upon Gen. Troehu
for grand soitles. The General proposed
to resign, and the Council appointed Gems.
Vinoy, Freboult Clement and Thomas as
Quinvirate TO replace Trochu. Subse-
quently the Council recoiled from the re-
| spOuelDlilLl VI d CudLSC III IuG plduS lOl
the defense of Paris, and Gen. Trochu
was fully sustained.
LONDON, Jan, 22.-World's Special
Advices from Paris state that at the coun-
Gil Friday, Gen. Trochu announced the
opinion that if the hope for assistance
from the outside should be disappointed
it would be his duty to surrender before
the Germans destroyed the public build
ings and fired the centre of the city. The
civil members of the council disagreed
with Gen. Trochu and he resigned, but
again accepted the command after hot
quarrel.
A correspondent of the London Tele,
graph reports from Paris, that the effect
of the bombardment in the city has been
the destruction of some old houses and
wood yards, and the German fire is lit
orally harmless. 1t is said Gen. Frans-
iosky, with the I'd German army corps,
has left Versailles for Dion, to confront
Gen. Bourbaki.
ST Denis Almost SiIenced.
VERSAILLES, Jan. 23.-The lombard
/ ment of St. Denis is progressing favor
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