The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-01-28

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The barracks are completely burned
down.
The French we're yesterday ell,
gagged in bringing troops across TIT
railway from the river.
The gauche bridge~near Bas Men
ten. while crowded with men, was
struck with a shell and broke down.
preelpitating the soldiers from al
immense hight, crushing them te
death. .e, .s...
At 4 O'clock, the heaviest firing
yet known was going on; directed
mainly against Montrouge.
The bombardment was absolutely
unccasing for twelve hours.
Gen. Won Moltke narrowly es
capped as he vas returning from ;
visit to the western batteries, whel
a shell burst close to his carriage
covering himself and aid-de-camI
with mud, ice and frozen dirt. %
! The French dash made at the old
breastworks resulted i'll the capture
of one officer and twenty men of the
sixth Barvarian infantry.
A dispatch from Versailles states
that Prince Frederick Charles an.
nounccs that Chanzy's army is bro
ken up, disorganized, and retreating
in three different directions. Twen-
ty thousand prisoners We're taken,
The battle was q decisive victory
forthe Prussians, anda crushing de,
feat for the French.
Gen. Chanzy's army has been re
organized, and is about to resume
Operations.
Official adyiccs from Paris say.
the bombardment continues through
out the night, the shells fallingevery
minute in Saint Sulpice quarter Forts
DIssy. Vanyes and Montrouge are
cannonading with great vigor, intlict-
ing damage upon the Prussian for
tiications, and causing a slackening
of their fire.
Fort de Nogent and village Fonte-
noy sous Bots, in the bend of the
Marine, have sustained a lombard
ment without serious damage.
/ Versailles dispatches say the
bombardment of Paris was contin-
ned on the 18th. Forts DIssy,
Vanvcs and Montrouge We're silent.
The Protest Of the Paris govern
ment to foreign powers against the
bombardment Of the French capital,
is in effect as follows:
The b9nbardment is proceeding
wantonly upon hospitals, ambu-
lances, and churches, and is killing
many innocent women aud chill
dren. All authorities Of war and
military usage require that d warn
ing to remove non-cOmbatantS shall
precede the opening of such an at
tack upon a city.
The bombardmcnt continues.
1t is not preliminary to mill
tary action, but is an act coldly
calculated to devastate the city and
strike terror to it's citizens 4y muir
de- and incendiarism. The govern
ment protests loudly in the face of
the civilized world, at this useless
barbarism, and concludes it's mani
iesto with the statement that the
inhabitants Of Paris are undismayed.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 15.-The wound
ed in Paris are being slain by shells,
which reach the hospitals of Val de
Grace, and Gen. Trochu has i'll
formed Gen. Won Moltke that the
German wounded have been
placed there. f..
Up to the 10th inst, twenty-three
persons were. killed by the lombard
ment.
Odeon is abandoned.
Gen. Ducrot is seriously il.
LONDON, Jan. 16.-The Pail Mall
Gazette has Paris dispatches to
Saturday. The Commandment con
t%inues. The French accuse the
Prussians of using petroleum shells.
Gen. Trochu in an order of the day,
renews his laudations of the troops
for bravery and steadiness.
LONDON, Jan. 16, 5 P. MA dis
patch from Bordeaux says the enc
my have been driven from Glen.
Gen. Chanzy announces the APP
pearance Of the enemy before his
position on Sunday. A fight oc-
cured with the vanguard. IL
Gen. Chanzy has issued an order
to the army explaining the recent di-
saster, and calling for the display Of
all their soldierly qualities in an eff
fort for its reparation. ~
He attributes the abandonment
of lie Mans by the army to an in
applicable panic among some
troops, causing the loss Of impor-
tant positions which compromised
the safety Of the entire army. A
supreme effort, on the part of the
army Of the Loire may yet save the
country. Of &'. ''s@'.
Indirect intelligence from Paris
to the morning of the 18th says that
Smelling continues with murderous
consequences. The people do. not
rge,capitulation, and cling to the
chance of relief from the forts on
the eastern side. All forts on that
side of the city, including Nogent
and Rothney, are telling with terri
bic effect on the Prussians. That
part of the city is said to be crowded
with people.
LONDON, Jan. 17.-12:3O P. M
King William telegraphs to Queen
Augusta: The number of prisoners
captured in and since the battle of