New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-28


low Orieans and Chsnsy st Conie or 10 Asns' vo"
werder was already forcing tho sdv"noc su..u o VIZ
Lyons army further southwark sna o0"ou0Hi"~ ""
the Vosses into tho 6s0ne Valley
Tho French Minister Of War st Tours no soono.
NJ the surrender of Nets than no resolved of
.oppne In his raeo 70 outlaw Bazsno and ses PROC ON
his head TO throw tho Army Of tho Loire In o,oIH
Ing force ON Won Dor Tam before fnhoo slou.i'oH
Charles could up hoping to orusn MIN On.
reach tho roar Of tho investing line about fsrs o'.o
sor of unity Of action appears 70 have peon 'oouoe
communication with Trochu By oarfer p'BoonS vu' s
plans failed Chsnsy and DAurelles wore haSs'y CON
centrsted for tho attack tho former making sso
movement from LIE Mans TO tho roar on Won Dor Asn"
position ct Artonay But tho German was zoo VOL
of tho danger menaoing him to relax In Vigilance con
slant rcconnossancos Of his cavalry warned MIN OF inc
French movement, and. though forced 10 abandon Or
leans ON Nov e-io no did not Yield without struggle
which delayed the French advance and hastonod sne sp
prosch of Prince Frederick Charles from Mets' wneh
again D'Aureles prepared for ADVANCE ne oncoun
tered In tho initial movement Of his left wing ct Besune
Ie Rotron Nov 3 tho best troops OF tho German frinco
and was st once brought halt Tho sortie OF Ducros
at Paris (Nov so, made with tho understanding that
DAuroles would by that time have forced his way 70
junction near tho CITY, would have been thus rendered
vain II other circumstances had not already prevented
its success Three days after his repulso at Besune 10
Rotron, DAurelles attacked BY Prince Frederick
Charles (Dec. 81, and Orleans again occupied Deo
g. with heavy loss to tho French Of 10000 mon.
II guns and four gunboas Tho Army of.the Lore was
thus cut In two one half being forced south toward
Bourges and tho other fighting desperately toward 10
Mans The French Minister Of War ondeavored 70 con-
cea this violent disruption Of his best army by promptly
issuing order creating two armies OF It, ono under
Bourbak former commander Of the Imperial Guard ana
the other under Gen. Chansy. This defeat was oom-
ented upon a. blessing In dsguise by Paris papers.
one Of which, determined to only tho bright side OF
things, exutngiy declared, "we have now two sroat
armies where was only before" Gambetta mads tho
further great mistake Of sending tho escaped under
Bourbah on an nlconsdered expedition against Won
werdsr In tho vosges instead Of concentrating 1t upon
Chansy in tho west This expedition was . complete
almost absurd-faure, and after few minor successes
Bourbak was beaten Jan. III before Befort tho siege
of which he had sought to raise and ned toward Lyons
escape capture by force moving from Iroyes. Ins
army reached and attacked Du0n JAM "a. Dut suose
quently moved southwark and established itsef upon
Bourbskis line Of retreat The French. thus caught
between the two armies Of Won werder and Msnteuel
to the command Of tho force from Troyes
WAS the Germans to surrender
Chanzy managed to concentrate his half OF the Army Oh
the Loire at L Mans but only In time to have IL driven
with severe losses still further from tho capital which
had been Organized to relieve. Prince Frederick Charles
attacked Chanzy here in largo force on JAN H. ana Dy
concentration tho afternoon of the nth forced MS
left from it, position and carried tho town. Chansy nod
westward pursued closely By the Prince, and escaped
only by tho sacrifice Of 5000 1000 mon In prisoners
alone The battle decisive OF the struggles In tho
Provinces and foreverbroke the rororn hopo on "on
Parisdepended.
Meantime ManteufYel in the north had attacked tho
French under Gen. Faidherbe, and had broken up his
camps and almost dispersed his army. On Nov. n no
defeated him Amiens and tho next day occupied
that city and on Dec that Of Rouen. Faidherbe raj
He'd and again attempted 10 advance toward Paris out
was beaten again Dec 72D ct Pont dc Noyelle he re
tired toward Lille of supplies and reunited bis
forces sufaciently to enable him to again advance
month later. But JAM 10 he encountered Con. Won
Goeben who had succeeded 10 Manteufels place. ut b.
Quentin and was beaten In battle not less disastrous
than that which had broken Chanzys army at 10 Mans
His line WA cut two and his army after losing 1900
men, fed In demorazed condition to Lille.
Thus ended in complete discontinue the great efforts
of the Provinces Sublime In their enthusasm and faith
these raw recruits deserved wiser direction and better
fate but what other than defeat was to be expected
under the circumstance There was no time, after
Prince Frederick Charess army was relieved from tho
sege Of Metz that tho Provinces we're competens TO
force their bloody way to PARIS.
THE COMMANDMENT OF PARIS.
was not credited for many weeks after the invest
ment Of Paris had been completed that the Germans
seriousy contemplated the bombardment Of the city, but
trusted for its reduction to that grim ally Famine Few
that tho Of Paris could sustain ts
immense population than month or two. Indeed.
Gen. Trochu claimed that the city was provisoned
for more two months and he seems not to have sus
pected ito real strength In this regard The adminstra
ton Of Paris this respect has certainly been most ad
mrable and those who organized the system Of food
distribution infinite credit But 1t Is now known
that spite of this economical distribution Of the public
supplies Paris early began to suffer from the lack OF
good provisions OF bread and wine there was enough
and " spare but by the beginning Of November the
beef supplies were gone. On the 10th OF the same
month the supply Of horsenesh had been reduced by
tha mt NJ he AM m of Company
OF Undertskers which buried PARIS In Its days Of peace
and pomp by Government contract, to about 10000
horses before Christmas week had set In these had
been consumed Mule meat WAS the next resort, and
supplies Of this sold before the holidays were over at
q per pound. Domestic adimals devOured early
a Dec but not Ia large numbers and IL was not until
the supply Of mule meat ran low that cats and dogs
commanded eXtravagant prices N1 so per pound, or
were generally consumed. Rats and mice never
resorted by tho public generally though there were
instances Of their appearance the
stalls of the Paris butchers Every indication pointed
70 the early submission Of the city from this alone
when the Germans having completed their preparations
opened the bOmbardment
Their preparations had been begun at early stage OF
the siege. The batteries planted south and west Of
Paris" wrote Gen. w. B. Hazen from Versailles. "were
near enough to lombard any part Of the city" During
the last week OF October park OF heavy guns, such
all other Siege parks known bear comparison
with" reached Versailles, and planted to bear upon
tho southern line Of forts The siege guns other parts
of the line were not however In position to begin the
bombardment until the middle OF December, and 1t
not until day after Chrstmas that the first IRE
opened Tho French Mont Avron seized and fort
Ned during sore of Nov the FIRST position
attacked The FIRE Of four batteries Of Krupps
reduced Il after two days bombardment, and IL
cupied on Dec. 49, and battery commanding the forts
on the east Of Paris and capable Of throwing proectes
beyond the walls Of the CITY, at erected upon
Il. Forts Rosny, Noisy, and Romanvile after
.lanrAh from fhia nv theC