Up To Friday No Tidings Of The Effect Of All
this on Paris had reached London. It is believed that the truth had not reached Paris at all, or, at all events, the Parisians, for at midnight on Thursday they were joyfully......
On Sunday, The 14th Inst., The Retreat To Verdun Commenced,
and continued on Monday ; but moving 120,000 men, with their impedimenta, out of a fortress with few gates on one side is a slow process, and on Monday night the Marshal rested......
Before Recording Events In Their Order, We Wish To Say
a word on the grand point of all, the comparative numbers of the com- batants. We have steadily asserted that France was outnumbered, and now believe that our statements were......
News Of The Week.
G ERMANY still advances, and the balance of evidence goes to show that Marshal Bazaine, with the remainder of the Army of the Rhine-120,000 strong—is enveloped either in Metz or......
At Last, Probably On Saturday, The 13th, The Struggle Ended
; the Emperor left without followers, and Bazaine, set free of political considerations, organized his retreat. He had no difficulty in crossing the Moselle, which flows through......
Immediately After Forbach And The Explosion In The...
by that news, the Emperor was pressed to resign the com- mand-in-chief. He apparently resisted, for he first made Marshal Bazaine commandant of three corps, then Count Palikao......
Naturally This Victory Is Claimed By Both Sides. The...
in a despatch of the 17th inst., dated " head-quarters," but con- taining no hint where head-quarters may be, claims it because " we have everywhere maintained our position "......
