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Show Interesting War Sews from trance. By Telorriiph.J London, Dec. 2. A special to the Times, from Tours, on the 1st, says the army of the Loire has effected a junction junc-tion with Trochu's forces from Paris, the Germans under Prince Frederick Charles retiring before the united armies. arm-ies. It is said Trochu has with him, outside the walls, three hundied cannon. can-non. A dispatch from Prince George of Saxony has been received by the K;ng of Saxony. It describes the fighting at Noissy and Vdliers, in which the Saxon troops took part, and states the French were repulsed and driven over the heights between the two villages, leaving behind hundreds of prisoners. The French attacking force numbered fifty thousand. The loss of the Saxons Sax-ons is twelve officers and a hundred privates. IForWs cable, London, Dec. 2. The German losses in the sorties of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were 157 officers and 5,800 killed and wounded. The French loss is- -partially ascertained at $4U0. Additional reports will swell the number of the French losses. A dipatcb received from Tours says, Gen. Vinoy with the first corps, got through the German lines on the south and effected a junction with a portion of d'Aurelles' forces advancing from the south-west, A special from Tours says that official offi-cial dispatches announce that General Trochu and Due-rat have completely surounded the Prussians between Brie-sur-Marne and Cnoissey le Roi. Du-crat Du-crat is now encamped fifteen miles from Paris. The French losses reach two thousand. |