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Show 'THE WAR! ANOTHER BATTLE FOUGHT IN FRANCE, Victory Claimed by both Sides England's Demand off Prussia GortftehukofPs Letter Containing Con-taining the itusiaii Claims. I . FOREIGN. Versailles, IS. The King to-day telegraphed to the Oueen at Berlin that the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg yesterday repulsed the enemy along the whole line near Dreux. General Treskoa at the same time captured Dreux and many prisoners were taken. The enemy were pursued in the direction direc-tion of Lemans. Cable to the World: London, A special telegram from Tours on the 1 Tlh, has the following: General Palladines has repeated his stragetic movements which secured his late victory vic-tory at Orleans, and has accomplished another still more important success. Whilo holding the German forces at Toury, by threatening them in front with a force equal to their own, he has swung around his left wing, with, at the same time, the whole corps from Chartres, the only road leading through Ablis, Arsonville, Anthon and St. lli-lare lli-lare to Etauips. When the corps paused by this movement, Paladines thrust himself between the Duke of Mecklenburg and Paris, encircling the German army on the front, right flank and rear. While this was going on, the Germans commenced a retreat from Toury northward, along the road leading to Angesville, to a point twelve miles south of Etamps. Some fighting occurred, resulting in advantage to the French, who everywhere greatly outnumbered out-numbered the enemy. Paladines' vanguard van-guard is now twenty-two miles due south of Versailles. The government at Tours has information infor-mation to the effect that the army of Prince Frederick Charles only reached Auxerre to-day, a ten days' march from Toury. London, IS. Llusscll was sent to A ersailles to ask Bismarck, categorically, categoric-ally, if he would acquiesce at once and unconditionally in the rejection of Prussia's pretensions. The war party of the cabii-et propose, should Bismarck's Bis-marck's answer be cither negative or hesitating and disingenuous, to inform in-form Russia she mu.-t choose between be-tween the withdrawal of her claims and war; but the peace party of the cabinet suppose Bismarck, without committing himself further, will propose pro-pose a congress of all the powers, to discuss and decide upon the modification modifica-tion of the treaty of 'i0. The peace party are determined to do all possible to induce the government to assent to this arrangement ; while the war party isiqually resolved to adhere to their position. A split is imminent. Iribune's cable, Loudon, l.S. The following is the dispatch of Prince Gortscbakoff to Baron Brunow, communicated com-municated by Baron Brunow to Earl Granville, Nov. 'Jth, and referred to in the second paragraph of Earl Grau-villt's Grau-villt's dispatch : Tzarkoesello, Oct. lio. Huron In making the communication communica-tion to the principal secretaries of state of her Brittanic Majesty, presented to you by the orders of his Majesty, the Emperor, you will be good enough to make its import and object clearly understood. un-derstood. When at the commencement commence-ment of the year 1SGS a conference was talked of for the purpose of preventing the war then imminent in Germany, by the assembling of a congress, in discussing the basis of it with Earl Russell, you were able to point out to him the compensation and the guarantees guaran-tees which certain eventualities, of a nature to modify the sialic quo, existing exist-ing in the cast, would render necessary to Russia. This was recommended by Earl Russell with the utmoU fairness. He did not deny that every alteration effected in the east, in the spirit of the treaty of 1800, must lead to the revision of that document. Although these eventualities have not been realized, Lord Granville will not deny that the treaty has suffered grave modifications modi-fications in ono of its essential parts. What cannot but impress Russia in those modifications, is not the factititous and hostile tendency towards to-wards her of which they bear the stamp. It is not the consequences that may result to a great country, from the establishment on her frontier fron-tier of a small independent state. It is, above all, the facility with which, ten years after its conclusion, a solemn transaction invested with a European guarantee, can be infringed in its letter and spirit under tho eyes of the very power which ought to bo its guardians. In presence of a precedent, what value can Russia attach to the efficacy of this agreement, and to the guarantee of security se-curity that she believed she had found in the principle of the neutralization of the Black Sea. The equilibrium established in the east, theielore, is destroyed, to the detriment of Russia, and the resolution taken by our august ma-ter is, to re-establish it. Her Brittanic Brit-tanic majesty's government would never consent to leave the security of its coasts to the mercy of on arrangement which is no longer respected, and it is too just not to recognize that we have the same duties anil I lie same rights. But, what we especially desire to establish estab-lish is, that this decision implies no change in tho policy which his majesty, maj-esty, the Emperor, follows in the cast. You IiTito several times already been made to enter into explanation with the. cabinet of London, upon the general gen-eral views the two governments hold npon this important question, ami to point out a cnnliiriiiity of principles, and of interests, which we have noted with much satisfaction. Wo have decided, de-cided, tlierelore, that it is neither from England nor from Russia that, the dangers can come, which could - threaten the Ottoman government ; that the two cabinets have an equal deiire to maintain its existence exis-tence as long as possible, by the settlement settle-ment and conciliation of the differences between the Porta and the Christian subjects of the Sultan, and that in case a decisive crisis should occur. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding these efforts, both are j equally resolved to ask tho solution, above all, in a general agreement of the great powers of Europe. Wc have not ceased to entertain these views. We believe that their complete analogy renders a serious understanding possible possi-ble between her Brittannic majesty's government and ours. We attach tho utmost value to it, as the best guarantee guaran-tee for preserving the peace and the equilibrium of Europe, from the dan gers which may result from the complications com-plications in the east. By order of his majesty the Emperor, your excellency is authorized to reitirate the assurance of this to Lord Granville. We shall sincerely congratulate ourselves, if the frankness of these explanations should contribute to it, by removing all possibility possi-bility of misunderstanding between her majesty's government and us. 1 am, Gortscbakoff. London, IS. The special correspondent correspon-dent of the Tribune telegraphs from Berlin; It is stated on diplonatic authority, au-thority, from St. Petersburg that Russia Rus-sia has large bodies of trcops massed on the Vistula and further south, and armed vessels built 011 the Black sea. |