THE FALL OF METZ.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 746, 6 December 1870, Page 2

THE FALL OF METZ.

The following are the only telegraphic items yet received respecting the surrender of Metz :

General Boyer arrived at the headquarters of Prince Fredrick Charles from Metz on the 16th, and afterwards proceded to Versailles to negotiate a capitulation. He had two interviews with Bismarck, and returned with the terms agreed upon on the 20th. , French desertions from Metz have increased largely through hunger. Marshal Bazaine proposed that the original garrison should be left at Metz, and that his own army should leave under apromise not to fight for three months. The proposal was refused. The Prussians have prepared provisions for Metz. October 29. _ The surrender of Metz is unconditional. The officers are on parole. The Germans having evacuated Vesoul, and, proceeding westward, had some skirmishing between that place and Amiens. Heavy firing was heard in one quarter of Paris on the 25th. The English press counsel to France the necessity of submission. Six thousand officers were taken at Metz.., The official " Gazette " of Berlin says that both from a military and strategetic point of view it is necessary to firmly retain Metz as a defensive bulwark. The correct account of prisoners taken at Metz is given as a total of 173,000—20,000 sick; also. Marshals Bazaine, Ganrobert, and Lebceuf. Mazzini and Jacoby are released. October 31. A proclamation by the Tours Government attributes the "taking : of Metz to the treachery of Bazaine, and expresses the determination ; to resist while an inch of soil remains. When the capitulation was known by- the inhabitants of Metz they were furious, the National Guard refusing at first to surrender their arms. Bazaine has gone to "Wilhelmshohe. The populace hooted and attacked his carriage. Six thousand Prussians left Metz to besiege Logny.