The New York Herald Newspaper, October 15, 1870, Page 3

“ity ‘Positions of the French and German Fore NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OUTUBER 15, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET, THE BELEAGUERED CITY AND ITS ENVIRONS. re 4 OmontMoRency Have Been Driven. ; RO E ERRE CITE ss DOUBLECOURONN yikes PR, GONESSER ss SOSH —s e «rsem™., AILLES 5 G jOVERATIONS AROUND PARIS. By examining the foregoing map the reader will jbe able to learn the importance of the news re- ‘ceived from London and Tours relative to recent French operations befare Paris. As will be seen, the Prussians occupied positions surrounding the eity, covering on ‘he south the town of Clamart, mot more than four kilometres (two and ahalf | Bondy. From here it continued ina northwest miles) from the ramparts ; Fontenay-aux-Roses and I’Hay, about the same distance; Villejuif, about one and a half miles from the ramparts, and Vitry, one and three-fourths miles. On the south- east they covered Creteil, some three kilometres (one and three-fourths miles) from Fort Charen- ton, and on the east their line extended from the bend of the river at Joinville le Pont, covering Bry-sur-Marne and runving up to the woods of ES FR ie “1 FEMONTRO @ RUNGIS direction to Dugny and Pierretitte, thence to Ville- taneuse, Epernay, Gennevilliers, Colombes, Nauterre, Chaton and Kneil on the west. From Kneil it ran in a southeast direction in front of Versailles to Meudon and the Bois de Meudon, An examination of the distances shows that along their southern line the Prussians would have been able to throw shell into Paris had they succeeded in mounting their heavy guns. All the towns mentioned are smati, Clamart having | PARIS. Highly Important from the Besieged City, Successful Offeasive Movements by the French. Tho Prussian Army Driven Back Along’ the Entire Line, arn Rawle eeeneh Clamart, Bois de Mendon, Villejuif, Creteil and Joinville Retaken by” the French. nes All Their Earthworks Destroyed by the i Terrible Fire of the Forts. Positions of the Prussiaus Prior to the Attack, French Official Report of Their Defeat at Orleans. THE MILITARY OPERATIONS. TELEGRAM T0 THE NEW YORK HEAALD. Proclamation of Gambetta Announcing a Vice tory Before Paris—The Prussians Driven Into Versailles—Their tnvestiug Line foreed Back on All SidesThe Battle Fought on the 2th Inst. Tours, Oct, 14, 1870, Minister Gambetta has Issued the fetlowing pro- clamation:— INHABITANTS OF TOSRS:—I announce to you with in- expressible satisfaction that on the 12th instant the More than ever heroic people of Paris, growing im- pwéiient behind thelr ramparts, bave determined to maxeh forward against the enemy. Hera is tho bulletin, of their first victory:—On the entire zone around the city the Prussians have been driven out of all thd positions which they had been oc- | their institutions and their bonor. cupying since three weeks, Towards St, Denis they lave been drivom away be. ne yond Stains, Pierrefltte and Dugny; on the east side Joinville, Cretetl, Champligny and the plateau of Avron have been recaptured, They have been forced from the Bois de Mendon and St. Cloud and thrown back on Versaliles. The enemy know now “> ~\ oe = I i What a people will do who are determined to save | I Invite the provinces to do their duty as Paris has done hers. | Vive Paris! Vivela France! Vive la Republique! Reported Raising of the Siege-Deitnils of the French Success—Terrible Fire of the Forts The Prussian Works Destroyed=Their Line Driven Back—Anotber Sortic Th i Ablo Artillery General—Prussians Unable to Piant their Buttories—Position of their Army Before the Attack—Paris Full of Confidence— War to the Knife~Napoleon’s Correspox- dence, LONDON, Oct. 14, 1870. * A despatch from Versailles dated yesterday states that the French have sheiled and wantonly fired the Palace of St. Cloud. A WILD RUMOR. Milltary movements of late in the Prussian camps and within the walls of Paris indicate that a great event is imminent. The New YORK HeRap correspondent at Tours telegraphs under date of this morning that rumors are current tn that city to the effect that the Prussian Army before Paris has raised the slege and 1s re ( a ! ae orno BON, <p ii ~ @BONDY 4,*F Nig MAINVILCE FT ROSNY enh gh \ \\ ¥) ee ONTREUIL ya Ld PR i { sy i LA VARE \ \ b Al ict VE Ye vit LENEU Wy’ iil y QAM ZZ less than 3,500 inhabitants, Fontenay-aux-Roses, 2,500; Villejuif, 2,200; Vitry, 4,000; Meudon, 5,500, and 60 on, none of them exceeding 7,000, with the exception of St. Cloud. Nearly all of these places are covered bythe guns of the forts, and ag @ consequence they must have suffered severely from the terrible fire which forced back the be- sieging line. By the success of the French the Prussians seem to have lost the most com- manding points in the vicinity of Paris—the | plateau of Clamart and Mendon Mand the range of hills running along to Villejuif and extending to the Seine river. ‘heir loss of Creteil, Champigny and Joinville le Pont as effect- ually preveuts their shelling the city from the south- east as their dislodgment from St. Cloud destroys their chance of bombarding from the southwest. Accepting the telegrams aa containing the truth, the investment of Paris has been reduced to a mere blockade, the present distance of the Prus- treating. Great enthusiasm was manifested by the army whhich leit ere en route for the front on recelpt of the news, but nothing of a confirmatory character hag been received. DETAILS OF THE FRENCH SUC The terribie artillery fire of Fcrt du Mout Valerien has literally swept the country roundabout. For a circuit of s1x kilometres the Prussian works | Prusstans have not yet been able to have been destroyed. Ali the batteries that the | Prussians have sought to erect against Mont Valerien | bee! | brasslai have been anninilated. ‘The chateau of Meudon has also been desiroyed. The Prussian en- gineers have been driven from Clamart, Meudon and Montretont, Villejuif and Cachan haye both aaa ta oe repels 09 tag marth tp ve been driven back as far as Doull and Bonneuil. The entire pealusula around Genneviiliers has been treed from the russians by several strong cavalry reconnoissances, and $8 now in French hands again, On the east of Paris a lively cannonade has been maintained toward Bondy. The Prussians have also been driven from Champigay, more than three miles east of Vincennes, ThePrussian circle around Paris is therefore expanding dally, mstead of contracting, aud the Parisians are greatly encouraged, A SORTIE ON THURSDAY. A despatch from Versatiles, datea on Thursday, says:—Ten French battalions made a sortie from Parls to-day. They were easily repulsed by the Second Bavarlan corps, which lost ouly nineteen men, AN ABLE GENERAJ, OF ARTILLERY. One of the gunners on the Paris fortifications has Daricularly distinguished bimself by the gryat ag- | far frustrated ail the efforts of the Pou | | | | | } the : Pi Ps BE Ray? ‘\ 3 ‘ ——e rae xe] yesh ILLEMOM BLE S*, /\Ar i] A ST MAUR es~Scene of the Sortie of the 12th--Line from Which the Prussians thas PR NNES @ Poa ‘AL ‘BOISSY ~ 1s KK $e signs from the ramparts rendering a bombardment impossible. The map also shows the railroad line to Orleans, where the recent defeat of the French took Places Itis quite probable that the weakening of the Prussian line before Paris for the Purpose of Making an offensive movement towards Tours was the cause of what appears to be an important success of General Trochu’s forces, curacy with which he points his guns, He has thus asians to con- struct offensive works within range of his gus He is an Alsatian, named Christian, PRUSSIANS UNABLE TO PLANT THEIR BEVORE PARIS, The authority reporting this mentions that the plant a singie battery near enough to disturb aus part of Parts, Asteady fire has recently been maintained from forts Mont du Valerien and D'Issy, The Prussians DATTERIES have been compelled to retreat from the fre of | these forts beifnd the plateaux of Meudon and St, | Cloud, The morale of the French soldiers is excel- ty Th drilling constantly, TH GE 1. K A correspondent teleg: i~—The Prussian army around Paris is compo: follows:—First corps, under the Crown Prince of Prussia, and FUL ¢orps, under General Kircibach, who occupy, between Meudon and Sevres, timmense earthworks. On right, from Clamart to Cholay-le-Rol, there are two Bavarian corps, under Generals Von der ‘Tann and Hartmann respectively, their left leaning on the redoubts of Moulins-la-Tour and their headquarters being at Sceaux, They occupy Clamart, Plassis, L'Hays, Chavilly, Thiais and Choisy, On the right of the Ine the Sixth corps, under General Zumpling, and again on the right the Eleventh Wurtemburg corps, wader General 0, Bomutz, extending from Cha- moires to Conway, Then comes the Second army corps of the Prince Crown of Saxony, under Prince Georges of Saxony, extending from tue Ajame to AN ARMY BEFORE THE ar- | the Canal de ’uurcy, ana occupying Gugny, Mond formeil, Clichy and the Forest de Bondy. on the right the Royal Guard, under Prince Augustus of Wurtemburg, who occupy Dugny le Bourge and | Grand Donney. On the west is the Fourth corps, } Wndér General Alvensieben, and on tts right tho | Thirteenth corps, lately under command of the Duke of Mecklenburg, ‘They occupy Epinay, Argen- teuil and Bezons, Their forces number 270,000 | Men, besides the reserve and cavairy, comprising | 80,000 more. Tne besiegers’ tntention 1s to make these positions permanent. If there is an attack made it will ve from the western side, THE “GARDEN SPOT.” The land around Fort Mont du Valericn was ree garded as the “garden spot" of Paris. Before the investment of Paris the commander of the fort em- ployed his men digging the potatoes and collecting the other crops, all of which were stored in the for~ tress. e . PRUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, : Prince Frederick Charles occupied the house ob Prince Moskowa. The royal headquarters are at the west of (he beleaguered city and those of the Crown Prince to the east, LATE NEWS FROM THE CaPrrat. A brief despatch from Paris to the New Youx TieRaLy says that there 19 nothing mew to record. There are three ways to leave the city—by balloon, as & diplomat and by death, There are four ways of being a distinguished individual—by being an American, by giving good dinners, by making liberal payments aud by speaking German, There are also four ways of betag unpopular—py being CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGS