THE WAR IN EUROPE.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 869, 17 November 1870, Page 2

THE WAR IN EUROPE.

VERY LATEST TELEGRAMS. Versailles, Bth Oct., via Beeltn.— Advice from De Penfield state that Buddenbrock, on Thursday, defeated the French General Dupre, commanding a large force of regulars and large masses of riflemen. Dupre was wounded and his army demoralized. Berlin, Oct. 6.—The correspondent of the Tribune, writing from Berlin on the 6th, says an emissary from Bazaine asks Bismarck ,to permit him to retain Metz and remain neutral during the hostilities, which was declined, but the same agent was permitted to proceed to Wilhelmshoe with a view to further negotiations. " The whole Prussian Tenth and Third Array Corps, and the Landwehr Divisions were engaged. " The General commanding was Von Vought, of the Tenth Army Corps. " The French made a feigned attack on Vaghy, Chienolla, Charby, and Lorin to the north east of Fort St. Julian, which was repulsed." The same correspondent telegraphs from Noissionville, on the Bth inst.: — " The French during the night accumulated large masses on the eastern slopes of St. Julian, towards Metz. The Prussian foreposts were drawn back and the reserves called in. ° Artillery crowns every eminence; shells from St. Julian go screeching into Noissionville, 41 A furious cannonading is going on to the South, by Colombey, Mercy-le Haute and Peties. The French tort of St. Prevot is also firing." Rouen, Oct. 9.—Gambetta, on leaving here, m.tide a speech at the depot, where the crowd cheered him. He said we must be victorious and preserve order. It is understood that Gambetta is vested with full power. London, Oct. B.—[Cable to the Tribune]—The correspondent of the Tribune, before Metz, telegraphs the following:— 14 This evening, at 1 o'clock, Bazaine made a desperate attempt to crush through the Prussian environment in the direction of Thionville. The Prussians, on the previous evening, had driven the

French from the village of Ladomohamps, and had established foreposts in Strenay, Petiles, Grande-les Tapes and Maxe. " Bazaine, under cover of a thick fog, advanced his troops and commenced an attack for the recovery of Ladomchamps j having engaged the Prussian artillery, he made a dash for Petiles and Grande-les Tapes, annihilating the foreposts, audi throwing the great masses of men on their supports. '■ When these villages had been occupied, Bazaine forwarded a large body of troops on the right, close to the Moselle* which advanced up the valley till checked by the Prussian cannon from both sides of the river, and was finally stopped by the advance of two Landwehr brigades of the Tenth Army Corps, which occupied a position opposite Garde-petite and Etangs* and a fusilier battalion of the Fifty-eighth Landwehr regiment, was nearly extern minated. Other battalions of the same regiment, and the Fifty-ninUj Laudwehr ft also suffered severely. *' Finally, at 1.30 o'clock, the French were driven back from all their positions, by the advance of the Landwehr and the Tenth Army Corps. " There was much bayonet fighting in the village. " General Yon Brandenstein, comanding the Fifth Landwehr Division, was wounded by my side. " The Prussiau victory was complete. The loss in killed and wounded was considerable, and was heaviest on the French side. The French sent out all their fiel4 artillery and infantry, supported by Fort* St. Julian and Stator." London, Oct. are coa« stantiy leaving Paris, always closely watched by Prussian hussars. Two balloons, containing a great quantity of official correspondence, were recently captured. The Tours Government is beginning to prepare the public through the press for a cession of French territory to Germany. La Liberie consents to a slight rectification of the frontier near Weisenbjrg. Foreign Ambassadors at Tours are negotiating for quarters in Bordeaux, in view of the contemplated removal of the Government thither. Vienna, Oct. 10.—/Thiers had an interview with the Austrian Emperor on Sunday, at noon, which is said to have been satisfactory. The Moniteur assures the public that numerous Prussian agents have lately come into France. Bismarck recently informed the Mayor of Versailles that Prussia had no objection to the elections for a National As-? sembly, but that the Tours Government had countermanded them. The German Press ridicule the idea of a French levy en masse, as mere bombast;, to cover their failure. St. Petersburgh, Oct. 10.—Lassalles. officially denies the reported movement of the Bussian army towards the Turkish frontier. Prince Frederick Charles is ill with typhus fever, and has been obliged to leave the army. It is said he is now at Ferrieres. Despatches from Mainlenon 4 Malesherbes, La Grange, and Chartres announce the presence of Prussians in those places. Several encounters have, taken place at Dreul. Tours, Oct. 10.—The Siecle has advices from the invaded department, which show that the situation is grave, owing to the enormous and repeated requisitions of the Prussians. The Department are forming companies of sharp-shooters, and those already organised have obtained some marked successes against the Prussians. In many cases stragglers or small bodies of the enemy have been destroyed. A small body of Franco-Tjrcurs, armed, arrived here to day from Marseilles. It is composed of gentlemen from the south of France. They carry a black flag. Fourteen Prussian spies were recently apprehended near this city, trying to get information concerning the inhabitants, with the view to make a requisition. They were promptly shot. Tours, Oct. 10. —Gambetta's proclamation has the following : " By order of the Republican Govern-, ment, I have left Pans to transmit to you the hope of the Parisians and others of those who are seeking to deliver France from foreigners. Paris invested for seventeen days, presents the spectacle of two millions of men forgetting their differences to withstand the invader. The revolution found Paris without guns or arms of any kind; 400,000 o( tn&

National Guard are now armed, and 100,000 Mobiles, and 60,000 regulars are assembled. The foundries are casting .cannon. Women are making millions of cartridges daily. Every battalion of the Nationals have two mitrailleurs and fieldpiecesj and are preparing for sorties. The forts are manned by marines, and are supplied with artillery of the greatest -excellence, manned by gunners the first in the world. Hitherto their fire has kept the enemy from erecting the smallest work. The Enciente on the 4th inst. had only 500 cannon; now it has .3,000, with 400 rounds for each, Every defence has its men at their posts. The Nationals drill constantly behind the Enciente on the third line of defence — barricades, which are adapted by the genius of the Parisians. This has all been achieved calmly and orderly amid the general patriotism. The impregnability of Paris is no illusion. It cannot be captured nor surprised, and there is no danger of sedition or starvation, on which the Prussians have been counting. New York, Oct. 9.—The Tribune's special from London says the controversy between Prussia and England, in regard to her violation of neutrality by exporting arms to France, is growing more and more serious. Bernstoff's delay in replying to Earl Granville's last communication created the belief that Prussia had abandoned the discussiuu. A strong despatch sent to the Foreign Office to-day explains that the delay was due to the hope of peace which now disappears. It reviews the whole question at great length, and points out how the English Government has shifted its ground. First demanding proof of the alleged supplies to France ; then when proof was furnished, Granville declared the traffic legitimate, that the Customs authorities had no power to stop it, and imputing to Prussia a desire for benevolent neutrality from England, Bernstoff denies intimating such a desire, and reminds Granville that he expressed, on the one hand, his satisfaction that the English public opiuion was -on tho side of Prussia, and on the other his regret that this opinion had no greater influence on the Government. He says : 14 1 have not asked England to transgress her neutrality in favor of Prussia, but to maintain that neutrality which, while intended to be impartial, becomes, in its practical effects, a neutrality benevolent and partial toward France, per mitting French agents to buy up in this country, under the eyes and with the cognisance of the British Government, great quantities of arms and ammunition. " A swarm of testimony proves that 150,000 stand of arms have been exported to France since September 30th, and that a number of manufactories, especially at Birmingham and London, are working day and night for French agents. I possess authentic copies of the contracts between the French Government and English houses, and proofs that the export of arms and ammunition is thoroughly organised at several British ports. " The British Government admits it Jias the power to stop this export, but insists that the practice is not to exercise such power except in the English interests. " Two examples are given to prove the contrary; first, Wellington's letter to Canning in 1824, saying that Eugland's usual habit was to prohibit such expert, and that not prohibiting it is a breach of neutrality ; and, second, the orders issued in 1848 to the Customs authorities to prevent the exportation of arms to use against Denmark. In direct contradiction to this order, issued by the same authorities on the Bth ult„ not in the case of delay in the shipment of arms and ammunition." Granville further alleges the difficulties against effectually supervising such export, but admits that such regulations already exist. The French complain that Prussia during the Crimean War allowed the transport of arms. The complaints then made are now renewed, but at that time they were shewn to be unfounded." Refuting various other suggestions of Earl Granville, Bernstoff concludes : " As for the hope expressed by your Excellency that the German people will in a cooler moment judge less severely the attitude of the British Government, I regret that after your Excellency's note of the 15th ult., it has been added to our knowledge that our enemy is being daily

equipped with British arms. I cannot, therefore, share such hope, and can only trust that the kpown sympathy of the English people may produce a change for the better." Tours, Oct. 10.—It is understood here that a battle is imminent near Tourny. The Prussians have returned there in force, and the French have marched from Centarnoy to Tours, full of volunteers and conscripts from the south. London, Oct. telegram from Berlin to the Manchester Examiner says Bazaine is fighting for a path to Belgium. The same correspondent say 3 that General Von Werder is advancing on the army of Lyons, between Belfort and Laugres. Berlin, Oct. 10.-« The following statement is official: —The Government of Prussia, unable to recognise the actual Government of France, will not depose the Bonapartes. The truce at Meziers ended to-day, and the Duke of Mecklenburg's corps is moving on to Paris. New York, Oct. 10.—The World's cable special from London states that the present attitude of Prussia on the peace question indicates that the strain upon German resources is beginning to be severely felt. The World's Ostend cable despatch says a malignant disease among the German troops at Metz is filling the hospitals and, overtasking the surgeons ; the deaths for three weeks averaged 150 per day. The rinderpest prevails among the army horses, and has extended through Lorraine and part of Champagne, and is prevalent in the camps before Paris, and has extended into Rhenish Prussia. A Brussels despatch to the same journal says it is believed there that Bourback's mission to the Empress was to urge abdication, thus relieving all obstacles to European recognition of the Republic, and to say the army of Metz cannot be relied on to support the Empire. The World's Munich cable despatch says it is rumored that Russia has made a secret treaty with Italy,, to which the Tyrol is to be handed ouer to Iraly. London, Oct. 10, —The continual accumulation of troops and war material on the Russian frontier towards Germany excites considerable concern, and Russian are filled with hostile comments on Bismarck and Germany.

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