12 NOVEMBER 1870, Page 2

Verdun has capitulated. Moreover, affairs do not apparently go very

well for France in the Vosges. The surrender of Scheleatadt has been followed by the surrender, first, of the outlying fort of Neu Breisach (Fort Mortier), and last, by the surrender (on Thursday) of Neu Breisach itself, with 5,000 prisoners, including 100. officers. A hundred guns were taken. Not a single French fortress has hitherto held out to the storming-point. Will valiant Phalsburg be the exception ? The German force under General. Werder is advancing apparently from Dijon, by way of Nuits and Chagny, towards Macon, and so to Lyons.