Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-01-26
The War News.

General 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 Ger
mans destroyed the public buildings and
| tiretl the center of The city.
The civil members of the council dis
| agreed with Trochu, and he resigned, but
again accepted the command after q hot
| quarrel.
LoSDoy. Jan. 23.-News from Paris To
the 20th has been received. Letters saw
the line of battle On the 18th reached from
Mout Rouge to Lacelle, and that the
French numbered 100000, supported by a
powerful force of artillery.
General Trouchu, in his report of the
battle, says: Tie day which commenced
successfully did not terminate as conll be
wished. The enemy were at first sur.
prised, but subsequently, contracted great
masses of artillery aud Infantry and at 3
O'Clock In the afternoon our lief. receied.
We resumed at nightfail the offensive
movement, but were unable To holo the
heights which had been taken. The strug-
gle was sanguinary- We have asked for
an armtstice."
New York, Jan. 23.-Thc HernlFs
January 20: Great excitement exists
throughout the German lines. The sor
ties of vest erdav have been already Off
cialiy reported from headquarters. 1t
was the last desperate attempt of the
French to break through the tolls. Dur
ing the assault on the German entreuch-
ments, many French leaders displayed
reckless bravery, urging their men brave
IL n nj xrff aff In,
the French fought with fury, evidently
heightened by strong drink ard other
causes, but 81 the efforts of the leaders
were in vain. The French, after firing.
turned and fled or dropped to the ground
and threw away their arms. The frs,
dash, early in tie morning, was made
+! from the Bots de Boulogne toward the
entertainment opposite Fort Mont Rourr
and was successful. The Germans fell
back from their positions, which were
held by the French until evening. An
immense mass of French kept pouring
! out, evidently concentrating for an at
tack on st. Cloud and Versailles. There
| was q tremendous commotion here. Large
bodies OF picked troops were moved to
the front. and, amid the roaring of the
guns Of Fort Valerien, q general attack
was made along the lines 10 the west and
southwest The advancing columns were
met ny steady fire from Sevres, while.
adding to the roar, they kept up con
slant Smelling from the Bois de Boulogne.
On the retreat of the French lines. the
German troops, in several instances. fol-
lowed them up, attacking the former in
their position at Mont Retout, while the
French force withdrew toward VaIeriep.
under shelter of the guns OF that fort.
The Germans granted aremporary truce
for the purpose of gathering up the
wounded, and the officers on duty at the
outposts say that large masses of men.
dimly discernible, with lanterns and
stretchers, occupied the whole night al
this mournful work.
The general feeling Is that the end is
close at hand. and the report of the entire
defeat of Faidherbe's army, and probably
the annihilaiion of Bourbaki's army.
strengthens the belief
The prisoners captured yesterday con-
cur in the statements that Yesterday
sortie was the last desperate effort of the
besitgcd. They say the men were disin-
clined to fight, and were actually driven
10 the front like sheep to the slaughter.
! LONDON, jan 24.-The Paris CORE
sp. nlent OF the London Times. under
date or the 2lst, says: General Trochu
is generally considered incompetent. The
Council for Defence only failed to accept
his resignation because they were unable
10 find o successor 1T Is impossible to
make the Parisians consider the question
Of surrendering. They are anxious 10
fight under competent leadership. The
ration of Hour il half . pound daily. per
man. The poorest people receive bread
gratis, with pint Of wine each and a
little syrup daily. The middle classes
suffer mort severely All potatoes are
sold at franc apiece, and dog flesh is
worth one dollar per pound.
Nxw YoRK, Jan. 24.-rhe .HeyalFs
special dased Paris, Fl, says: Last night,
at IL o'clock. o general summons TO arms
sounded 10 the turbulent quarters, but SO
depressed was the miserable population
that not more than 500 men responded to
to the call. IL was useless for such
gathering to make descent on the Hotel
de Vile. so they gave up the job with
despair, and betook themselves to their
cold and cherries beds- To-day the
Project of Police has strong body of
National Guard at the Hotel de Vile.
and caused the adjacent streets to bristle
with h-yonets. The unhappy citizens
Of Paris are too much wasted by misery
to be able to incife revolution, although
il is probable that some trouble Will occur
in the streets. 9