It Is Pretty Clear That Paris Is No Longer Under
illusions. The defeat at Orleans is known there, as is the failure of M. Thiers' mission, and in an exaggerated form the tardiness of the provinces. The Gaulois of the 4th......
Mr. Cardwell Has Assured His Constituents At Oxford That The
Government intends next session to bring in a Bill for the enlarge- ment of the Army ; and Sir Henry Storks, now candidate in the Liberal interest for Colchester, and the best......
The German Authorities Put Into The Staatsanzeiger Last...
very candid official account of the difficulties to be overcome in the siege of Paris,—possibly even slightly exaggerating them,—in order to make the German people more patient......
Mr. Trevelyan, Free From His Official Fetters, Is Doing Good
service by speeches on Army reform. One which he delivered on Wed- nesday in Edinburgh was directed to prove that the extinction of purchase, without which no reform of any kind......
A Similar Official Report On The Attempts Of The French
to raise new armies in the field is couched in a much more contemptuous tone. It speaks of the Southern Army, of its not daring to attempt the relief of Strasburg, and of its......
General Bourbaki Is Despatched To Form An Army In The
North, and will probably make his head-quarters at first at Lille. General d'Aurelles des Paladins keeps the command of the Loire army. General Garibaldi, in conjunction with......
The Reports From The Army Of Lyons Are Unfavourable. The
National Guard behaves well, but the troops have apparently lost all sense of discipline. They obey no orders, insult and even strike their officers, who, on the other hand,......
Soissons Capitulated On Sunday, After A Siege Of Only Four
days. It was, however, fully invested from the beginning of October, but even then the investment and siege together hardly lasted much more than a fortnight. According to......
The French Still Do Themselves Great Harm By Their...
style of announcing minute events which they suppose (often rightly) to be of good omen, as far as they go. Thus M. Gambetta's proclamation issued on October 13, describing,......
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