.Among the “spies” recently arrested at Mela was the Provost Marshal of the French army. It was all a mistake by a country gendarme. General Dccaen, who has been wounded at Longeville, has issued an order of the day for the benefit of those cowards who fling away their rifles before using them. “Every soldier who loses his rifle will'be put in the foremost ranks of battle, and will not get another till he captures a prisoner. ” The Standard's correspondent, writing from Paris, says that tho Prussians cannot successfully, besiege the city with 'their 600, Qoo;xaeh. j It is said the casualties thus far aggregate 400,000. More than one-half of this immense number are either dead or maimed for life.
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2365, 31 October 1870, Page 2
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120Untitled Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2365, 31 October 1870, Page 2
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