17 SEPTEMBER 1870, Page 1
The blockade of the German towns on the Baltic has
already been withdrawn,-the French needing their sailors and marines for the defence of Paris. This looks more like a real intention to stand a siege than any bit of news yet received. Neither Stras- burg, nor Metz, nor Toul, nor any other French fortress, has as yet fallen ; but it is going hard with Strasburg, as General Uhrich has officially admitted.
