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The fortress of Douar; ia, considered, the key to the North of France, ifbe.gaxrison^ to £fay mundafeß,d;th.e/ad^ 1 cent country, rendering thousands home.less. '.••-'■. -j v. ■■ -s r<(T;he.iPxussians are steadily a^vancipgrin, the east. Thionville is under' bombardment. The French; >army,: after capturing Orleans, continued advancing to outflank tHe : Prussian array sentlaKaihsi#t > h'eini|'.^ ,Baz^ine has beendeclared a traitor, and \ is r ciLatged "with? 'Oslz' in^r Napoleon's 'iiiteresi ' ' Bfis capture isy^ •auth,6f is^dV-Wliereveri found. -'I & i ; [ ( '•* /f fi The Empress .Eugenic has left Chiselhurst suddenly. ; . :,., ,.-,. -.. fi^ ;^.,->j[ A great sortie from Paris is expected, a? Trocjra lias been>drilliß^ fi|fcy^o-|i^ry battalions under the guns of Fort|Vsterien. The New French r- armies are stated at 230,000, under Trochu, fit for so offensive a service ; 530,000 are elsewhere, besides ihe _F.rancs-Tireurs'and irreguhv^. ' , cThe Prussians ;expect. to starv^ opt P^rjs^ . The French Bay they haye^Ood ' i6i tlie wittier: T Tlw fet faofrJh&ffflißn in the north/east oif France; The Turks h : a I ve-600;000 ineri, 7 and s l2 armored frigates available for j3eryice. Prim announces I^uke Aoata as v candidate for the Spanish throne." : The^ completion of the /Mount Oenis Tunnel is promised in December. *.-- i --^ SirFitzrby S'ell^s^spiecn'cre'a^^a'great sensation. He declares that Austria will -sppnlie prostrate beiEore^G^^erjnany, Bi^ssia be compelled ,ip barj^rh'er Baltic porls for Constantinople, and England . wiU .'be engagedi in. a desperate struggle, jnt^Ch she c^n only, be safe so long as she. xeiSaauiMistress of the Seas." Private despatches to the effect that the French fleet was bombarding Hams burg on the i lbtn are not confirmed by subsequent telegrams. : : >
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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 768, 20 December 1870, Page 2
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257LATEST TELEGRAMS. Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 768, 20 December 1870, Page 2
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