28 JANUARY 1871, Page 1
What is bec'ome of Bourbaki nobody fully knows. That General
Manteuffel has not yet disposed of him is clear from the fact that Versailles has not yet announced to us any further success over him, and that Versailles always announces such successes as soon as they are gained. On the other hand, that Alanteuffel was planning to take him, if possible, both in front and rear, seems clear from the announcement made on Tuesday by the Germans that "divisions of the [German] Army of the South have crossed the Doubs to the south of Besancon, in the rear of the army of General Bourbaki." We rather infer, however, from a Versailles telegram of yesterday afternoon, which announces that "General Bourbaki is withdrawing to Besancon by the left bank of the Denbo," that this little scheme has failed.
