10 DECEMBER 1870, Page 1

Two corps (General Bourbaki's and Crouzot's) crossed the Loire far

to the south of Orleans, at Sully and Jargeau ; one (General Pallieres) at Orleans, and two more, the 16th (General Chanzy's) and the 17th, seem not to have crossed at all, but to have retreated down the right bank of the Loire to defend Blois, and to have taken up their position very near where the army of General D'Aurelles was encamped before the battle of Couliniers on the 9th November. Here General Chanzy was attacked, with his right on Meung and his left on the front of St. Laurent des Bois, on Wednesday (7th December), and to have fought all day, only withdrawing his right a little towards Beaugency, where the main attack of the German army was directed. The Germans took a gun and a mitrailleuse and a few prisoners, but do not claim a victory ; and the King of Prussia, in telegraphing the news, anticipates further resistance in that quarter. General Chanzy, in his report of the day, says he had to contend against two Bavarian and one Prussian division, with 2,000 cavalry, with a considerable reserve in the rear ; that the enemy had 86 guns, and was driven back as far as Grand Chatre, and that the French army bivouacked on Tuesday night in the positions it held in the morning. Both parties expected a renewal of the engagement on Thursday.