Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-06
Weekly News Summary.
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Frederick Charles communication, and to
have captured 1000 prisoners as the Ger
mans were leaving Tours. They also re-
port that the army of the Loire had made
successful union, and was 100000 strong,
and ready for the offensive.
A Berlin dispatch of the 22d states that
the Germans had surprised the French at
Langres, in the Department of Haute-
Marine, and driven them from their posi-
tions with heavy loss. many prisoners and
large quantity of arms and baggage were
taken.
The most satisfactory observations were
taken of the suns eclipse in England on the
23d.
The bill ratifying the vote of the Ro-
man people for annexation to Italy has
passed the Italian Chamber of Deputies
by vote of 23O to 20.
A Versailles dispatch says another great
sortie was attempted from Paris on the
22d. Three divisions of French troops is
sued from the city and commenced Wig
orous ard well-directed attack upon the
German lines, which gradually fell back
before them. The Germans were subse-
quently reinforced, and the French troops
were forced back from the position they
had gained, and were finally repulsed and
compelled to withdraw within the city
A London dispatch of the 25th says :
"The total effective force of the German
armies now in France is set down, in
round numbers, at 100000, half of which
is now before Paris; and 100000 on the
sick list. 1t is estimated that 100000 Ger
mans have been killed or disabled since
the beginning of the war"
King William telegraphed the Queen
on the 25th that General Manteuffel won a
victory on the 23d, near Amiens, taking
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suit of the French in the direction of
Arras on the 25th
A dispatch from Susa announces that
the Alps were pierced through on the Goth,
and that the workmen from both ends of
the Mont Gents tunnel joined in congratu-
lations upon the completion of the great
work.
A telegraphic dispatch from the COM
manding general of the Saxon troops be-
fore Paris, announces that the lombard
ment of Fort Avron commenced on the
21th. This fertilization is the most adj
vanced of the French outworks east of
Paris, and crowns Mont Avron at a con-
siderable elevation, six miles from the city
walls.
A dispatch from Versailles on the 23d
King of Prussia, Won Moltke and Bismark
had been discovered there.
London dispatches of the 9th give ac-
counts of an alleged outrage erecentlyperpe-
trated by the Germans upon a number of
English subjects. Six English vessels,
which were lying at anchor at Duclair,
small town on the Seine, we've fired on by
the troops, and the crews, being unable to
offer formidable or prolonged resistance,
were at last compelled to surrender. The
Germans then boarded the vessels, and,
after securing the crews by binding them,
they proceeded to ransack the ships for
valuables and other plunder. After secur-
ing everything Of any value, the invaders
took the vessels into midstream and scut-
tied them, with view of impeding the
navigation of the river. The London
Shipping Gazette of the 9th declares that
the government must instantly demand an
explanation and redress from Prussia.
The expedition sent to Oran, Africa, to
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a failure.
! The bombardment of Fort Avron con-
tinued on the 2Sth. The French replied
with vigor, but their fire was reported to
be ineffective. The news of the opening
of fire on the foEiications of Paris was
received at Berlin with public rejoicings.
The weather in Southern France was in
tensely cold on the 28th.
A Versailles dispatch of the 2Sth says
the French army Of the North had con-
centrated around Arras. The health of
the troops was excellent.
A Havana dispatch of the 2Sth states
that the rebels were presenting themselves
for surrender everywhere, in large num-
bers. Their condition when they reached
the town was lamentable in the extreme.
Cable news on the 29th was to the effect
that the Germans in the Eastern Depart
ment were retreating. They had evacuated
the town of Gray in the valley Of the Taone,
A proclamation had been issued by the
Prussian Government placing under block
ade all ports of France occupied or which
may hereafter be captured by the German
forces. The French Army of the North
had left Arras and were retreating toward
Vitry The Prussians had evacuated the
left bank of the Seine.
A dispatch from Strasbourg announces
that the Germans stormed the French
fortress of Belfort twice, recently. In
both cases they were repulsed, with con.
siderable loss.
The Roumanian Government has de-
clared its independence, and repudiates the
treaty of 1854.
A London dispatch on the goth says
Earl Granville had received a dispatch
from the Prussian Government at Berlin,
apologizing for the outrage on English ves-
sells on the Seine; stating that pecuniaTy
indemnity will be given if demanded and
announcing that the military commander
who was guilty of the outrage will be
court-martialed and dismissed the service.
Professor Hall, Eastman and Hardness,
of the Naval Observatory, who went to
Sicily for the purpose of observing the
late solar eclipse, report that the weather
was not propitious, and that the results of
the observations were unsatisfactory.
DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York on the goth at
l105s,
The number of immigrants arriving at the
port of New York from January to De-
cember 23, 1870 is 20S,363; to the same
date in 1869 the number of arrivals was
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