The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-03 00:00:00

SPEC IAL EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

THIS EVENING'S NEWS.

THE WAR.

GREAT BATTLE AT SAAR-
BRUCK.

(FROM TIIE CORRESPONDENT OF THE CENTRAL PRESS.)

METZ, AUGUST 3.
Saarbrack was trPke.n yesterday by the French
with insignificant loss.

OFFICIAL FRENCH ACCOUNT.
METZ, AUG. 2, Afternoon.

To-day, at 11 a.m., the French assumed the offensive.
rhey crossed the frontier, and had a serious engagement
with the Prussians.

Notwithstanding the strength of the enemy's position,
few battalions sufficed to carry the heights commanding
3aarbruck, and their artillery quickly drove the enemy
From the town.

The French loss Ls slight. The engagement commenced
it 11 a.m., and terminated at 1 p.m.
The Emperor was present at the operations, accom-
panied by the Prince Imperial, who displayed comple%
presence of mind and coolness.
His Majesty returned to Metz at 4 p.m.

THE ATTACK ON SAARBRUCK.

The following further account has been received this
afternoon :

METZ, Aug. 2.—The French had 11 killed in the attack
on Saarbruck, including one officer. The number
of wounded is not yet announced. The French allege
that the division under the command of General Froisard
was alone engaged against three Prussian divisions.•
Saarbruck is partially burnt down.
The mitrailleuses are declared to have produced an ex-
traordinary effect.

THE NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS.
(FROM THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE CENTRAL PRESS.)
METZ, AUGUST 3.
The Emperor has liberated the correspondents of
the English newspapers arrested as spies.

PROCLAMATION OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
MAYENCE, AUG. 3.
The King of Prussia has issued the following proclama-

Lion :

To THE ARMY.

All Germany stands unanimous in arms against a neigh-
bouring State, who has surprised us by declaring a war
against us without any motive. The defence of the
threatened Fatherland of our honour and our hearths is
stake.

To-day I undertake the command of the whole army,
find I advance cheerfully to a contest which in former
times our fathers similarly 'situated fought gloriously.
The whole Fatherland, as well as myself, trusts confi-
iently in you. The Lord God will be with our righteous
cause.

FRANCE SEEKING AN AUSTRIA!
ALLIANCE.

A letter from a well informed source at Paris says
France, like Prussia, is bidding for an Austrian alliance,
apparently with a better chanoe of success than her ad-
versary. Negotiations are being vigorously pushed, at
Vienna, and there is thought to be considerable probability
that Austria may abandonherneutrelity. Great efforts are
also being made at Copenhagen and Stockholm. But,
it will be said,. if Austria joins Trance, Russia will
assuredly aid Prussia. To this the French answer
that Russia is in no condition to fight. Not expect-
ing war she is unprepared, and has not, it is here
affirmed, done anything in the way of altering her
armament, but still uses the same rifles with which
she defended Sebastopol. General Fleury's reports from
St. Petersbtirg to his Government are said to declare this,
and to represent Russia as in no respect formidable at the
present juncture.

THE REPORTED CONVERSATION WITH

THE EMPEROR.

With reference to the letter signed " An Englishman,"
published in the Daily Telegraph, the North, German Corre-
spondent is authorised to state that the fist part of the
account of the relations betweea..Napoleon and Count
Bismarck, supposed to be given by the former, down to
the words, " Not one foot of territory, whether Prussian
or neutral, can I resign," is substantially correct,, while all
that follows is 'a, pure invention.

The Empress of the French telegraphed to the Em-
peror, saying that she desired to go to Metz to see him,
to embrace her son, and to show herself to the army and
endeavour to increase the enthusiasm for the war, as it is
apt to be increased in such cases by a woman's presence.
The Emperor replied, thanking her for her wishes and
intentions, but requesting her not tb carry these out, as
he should have left Metz before she could arrive there,
and he was unable to tell her where she could find him.

NumerOus complaints continue to be made in Paris of
the maltreatment of French subjects in Germany.
The following is published, on Government au-
thority, in the Official Journal : —French per-
sons expelled from the Duchy of Baden have
had to endure the most unworthy treatment as far as the
Swiss frontier, whither they were conducted in chains.
Several of them were despoiled of their property and
Compelled to pay 24 kreutzers for the rent of the
dungeon in which they were sheltered from the violence
of the mob."
A part of the French garrison of the Papal States has
landed at Marseilles, the rest will be there by the end of
the week.

It is stated that the late Confederate Generals Lee and
Beauregard wisli to take service in the French army, but
that Marshal Lebceuf, in accordance with the rule he hat
laid down, will not give them permission.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BRIGHTON MEETING-THIS DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

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