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Show THE tOJHNQ GREAT STRl(i6LE. If the news lately received from Fiance can be relied on, a great and probably a deci.ive struggle must soon take place at or near Pari. Moltke, it is fciiid, is expecting a sortie on the grandest scale by Trochu ; and afraid that the German lines may be broken, he is concentrating tho armies lately oast and south of Paris on the beleag-ured beleag-ured city. It is estimated that 37U,-000 37U,-000 men will thus bo placed in position posi-tion to repel sorties and starve Paris to Burreoder. If this be correct, it will leave the road from Orleans to Y oris' or-is' Ilea open to Paladines' army, which may move northward to tho aid ot the c'ty, but as it approaches Paris it will have the same army in its front that has been called to make this northward m ivenient. Some decisive action must be taken speedily by the French to avert the threatening doom of their capitol, or . its fall is certain; and this strategy ef Von Moltke' 8 may hasten a grand conflict con-flict which will either give it relief or shatter the French forces and leave the Germans masters of Paris and of Fi ance. If Paladines could force Prince Frederick Charles to a battle nearer Orleans than Paris, and gain a victory, theso plans would be marred; on the other hand, if he should suffer defeat the jituation of Paris would become hopelessly worse. ut, at all events, a great conflict in the vicinity of Paris, or between that city and Orleans, seems inevitable within a. few days. |