7 JANUARY 1871, Page 2

In the East of France the Germans seem retiring rapidly

on Vesoul, the statement being made yesterday from Berlin that even the siege of Langres (which lies nearly forty-five miles due north of Dijon) had been raised by their forces to reinforce General Werder, who is menaced, says the sender of the telegram, " by Bourbaki and Garibaldi." If Bourbaki has already got so far east as to menace General Werder at Vesoul, he must have been moving with wonderful secresy and speed, but the agency of Bourbaki in the case is very probably a guess of the German news-sender. We have heard that troops from Lyons were marching north to relieve Belfort, and probably it may be that army, and not that of General Bourbaki, which is alarming General Werder.