FURTHER ENGLISH NEWS.
o The following telegram was published L as an Extra by the Colonist on Saturday t uight :— ; By way of Wanganui, we have latest * telegrams via Auckland, dated London, i November 2. 3 The telegrams announce that the Pari--1 sians were desponding. ' Paris has been nearly destroyed by an , immense petroleum fire. The losses are | enormous. Great distress exists in Paris, which is invested on all sides. f Urgent entreaties are being made to , briujj up fresh armies to attack the Prus--5 sians in the rear. 1 The Prussians have 100 siege guns in 1 position, and it is the opinion of good f judges that the city will not hold out > two days after the general bombardment ', opens. 5 Fresh armies have marched from the south of France to attack the Prussians in [ the rear. There are dissensions amongst the ' garrison, some of whom clamour for 1 capitulation before the bombardment commences.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 286, 5 December 1870, Page 2
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