LATEST TELEGRAMS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
London, Nov. 14. A correspondent of the Tribune, writing from St. Petersburg on the sth, says an imperial order was issued on that date, dismissing on limited furlough all the soldiers who entered the army before the Ist March, 1870. Uneasiness exists in diplomatic circles ; a feeling prevails that the Government is about to make a declaration renouncing the obligations of the treaty of Paris. The mission of Russell, under Secretary of Foreign Affairs, to Versailles, is undertaken, not by order of the Foreign Office, but in consequence of the late Cabinet Council. The agitation concerning Russian designs increases. In the best informed circles it is denied that there is imminent danger of a great European conflict. A special telegram to the World is as follows : t .
“The main body of the army of the Loire vesterday occupied a position extending the line of the Chateaudun Road to St. Perava, Potaony and Chevilly. The total of the Germans hr the action of the 7th, fith, aid 10th, before Orleans—including 500 I .sick, wounded, and abandoned—aggregateslo,ol)o in killed, wounded, and prisoners. General De Palladines is now executing a movement with his design to outflank General Von Der Tann’s right.” A despatch from. 'Pour to-day says the movements of General Aurclles arc to Chartres on one Hank and Pithivicrs orr the other, with the view of surrounding Von Der Taun and Prince Albrecht before the arrival of detachments o' the late army of Metz. That portion of Aurelle’s army which defeated Von Der Tann on Wednesday, is still facing him, but the banking movements are executed by the new troops, well supported by artillery. The junction of the right and left wings in the rear of the Bavarians will probably bo completed to-day, although no positive news to that effect is received. A dispatch to the Tribune from Blois, November 11, says Orleans was taken by General Cathelinau’s troops, which first entered the town from the south, drivng Jthe Bavarians from the bridge they defended, and which they lacked time to blow up, as they ininteuded. At Becon a determined fight occurred, with large losses on both sides. The Prussians were beaten and their entrenchments stormed. They left 1 (JOjwaggons, provisions and forage
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2451, 23 December 1870, Page 3
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378LATEST TELEGRAMS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2451, 23 December 1870, Page 3
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