The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-01-14
FOREIGN NEWS.

lltN encountered II IIciitll biiSd't'
and drove them into the castle OF
Robert LIE Diablc.
Further accounts from iiuNl% al,
init that the PrusSianS lr-took an'i
held Bonville for Il short time, but
were %atterWard driven back with
considerable loss.
The French assert that the pr1lS.
slams at one time offered to surrender
whercurOn the French fire ceased
but as q party approached The
enemy to receive their surrender.
it WaStirpd into at point blank range.
and the battle was resumed.
Dctaclments Of troops have been
sent from Thornville and Ncrd'm t.
support Werdcr against the column
Of BouTbaki. The German engi-
nccrs doubt the feasibility Of hold
ing AKRON at present.
WASHINGTON, Jan. AN Amer
lean vessel with arms for for France
is in Queenstown harbor, closely
watched by & German corvette, the
Augusta.
The fort at Mont AKRON was not
c~aScnated.
The garrison lost eight killed and
twenty wounded during the three
days commandment.
A dispatch to the London Times
says Trochu is forming an en-
trenchcd camp at Fort Nalerian
with aview to e%vacuating Paris.
a Herald special from Versailles
dated the 9th, says everything is
ready for the bOmbardment Of Par
is on a terrific scale simultaneously
from a semi-circIe west of Paris.
The French have had some more
successes before Havre.
Gen. ChanScy reports a victory
near Ncndome, says he will follow
up the success and continue to adj
vance.
The beSeigcrs around Paris have
been reinforced by the larger por-
ton of Prince Frederick Charles's
army.
A corps, 1900 strong, sworn to
cut their way tIlroughthc Prussians,
has been organizedin Paris.
a dispatch says it cost the Ger
mans 5000 men to silence Mont Az
ron.
BORDEAUX, Jan. 2.--The wealth
er is extremely cold. Rivers frozen.
The troops suffer terribly. Many
Prussian and French soldiers have
been frozen to death.
LONDON, Jan. 2.-Meziers has
been occupied by the Germans.
The French have evacuated other
advanced posts northeast Of Paris
since the reduction of Fort AKRON,
and the forts around Paris are 81
lent.
The twentieth Prussian division
repulsed a superior force of French
in the rear Of Vendome, capturing
some guns.
Tn an engagement near Arras 17j
French infantry were taken prison
erS.
Additional artillery is on the way
to Paris. The number ofsiege guns
of all calibres now in front of Paris is
1900.
BORDEAUX, Jan. "a portion of
Gen. Cl1anzy's army is now strongly
posted near Vendome. Engage
ments along the Loire for a week
past have all been successes for the
French. Near La Frache 1000
prisoners weretaken by the French.
A Prussian column recently lost
800 men by drowning, in an attempt
to cross the Loire on ice.
LONDON, Jan. ga severe en-
gagement, in which the French were
successful, preceded the eyacua-
ton of Gray by the Germans. The
reports that the Prussian army of
the Loire has retired on Glen, are
apparently confirmed.
Troops are concentrating in South
ern Russia.
Gladstone's constituents request
his resignation, his policy having
impoverished the country.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-A special
cablegram to the World says: The
of Berlin expect an early sur
ofParis.
Continual courtesies are occur
ring between Berlin and WiIhelms-
hohe. The French Emperor is conf
dent ofhis restoration, though the
Empress spends most Of her time
in weeping and praying for peace.
BORDEAUX, Jan. 3.-Paris advi-
ces of the 30th state that the Par
unite in urging General Tro-
chu to make a sortie with an enor
nous force, which can readily
be spared.
The weather is moderating, and
artillery for the defence of the
is now so numerous and well
manned the enemy will be unable
70 make any serious impression up
IN the Notifications.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-The supply
)fcoal has all been used for the man
of cannon and by the
railways and mills, and the trees Of
Bots de Bologne and Boulevards
ire now being cut. The children
ire dying for want of milk. Bread
plentiful.
The Prussians continue field ope-
in spite of the cold weather.
An attack on Fort Valerian is ex-
,ected Immediately. The superior
'ange of the Prtssian guns COM