49/61 12, 1864.] [Footnote 1233: _Ibid._] [Footnote 1234: According to _The Index_, the French press was more divided than was the London press in portrayal of military events in America. The _Siecle_ and the _Opinion Nationale_ pictured Sherman as about to capture Atlanta. Readers of the _Constitutionel, Patrie, Moniteur_, and _La France_ "know quite well that Sherman has neither occupied the centre, the circumference, nor, indeed, any part of the defences of Atlanta; and that he was completely defeated by General Hood on July 22." (_Index_, Aug. 522.) The Paris correspondent wrote, October 19, after the news was received of Sheridan's campaign in the Shenandoah Valley: "The _Siecle_ is triumphant. |