Where the Army of the Loire may be is one
of the most open questions of modern times. A correspondent of the Telegraph who rashly went in search of it to Vierzon (between Orleans and Bourges), where at one time within the last fortnight its head- quarters certainly were, and who got detained there, only writes word that it has "gone forward ;" but if gone forward means gone North, it must have marched in the direction of Orleans, and of its presence there we have no indication. Perhaps this rather vague telegram from Blois, dated Wednesday, 26th Octo- ber, may indicate its presence on the left or southern bank of the Loire, in the neighbourhood of Blois :—" A Prussian infantry and cavalry column attacked a French reconnoitring party on the left bannk of the Loire to-day. An advanced detachment of Chasseurs opened fire on the enemy's cavalry at a distance of 100 yards, after which both sides fell back." General D'Aurelles des Paladins is evidently anxious to discipline his troops as long as possible before testing their mettle again. He is said to have got at least 120,000 men and a large field artillery. A new Jeanne d'Arc has appeared in the army,—said to be the same girl who had a vision of the Virgin Mary a year or two ago in a village near the Pyrenees. But she seems a quiet kind of young woman, who only insists on riding with the troops, dressed in black.
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