The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-30
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l. ITEMS Of VAN NxI WcsiL -
Il ia estimated thatl5e, 900 soldiers have al
| ready been killed and wounded:
The first man killed in the European war
was Pruesiau customhouse officer.
| The army dispatches given the public in
Berlin are printed on red paper and stamped
! with the governm snt seal.-- -
Fifteen Thousand Prussians have already
taken out permissions to remain IN Paris, ac-
cording to the recent orders upon TINT subject;
among the London Committee for the relief OF
the alck and .wounded5ln the Franco-Prnssian
The Prussian soldiers quarrel with those
\ from Bavaria and Wurtemburg, and 1t has
BEEN found meets to place them in sepa-
rate CAMPS The deveioPmenia i. o. e., tnls spa,,ss
march OF the invader. "A somewhat Similar
suirit prevails in Berlin, where a serious not
occurred d, in which Bismarcks house was at
| tacRed. 70
Mr.. Murat Halstead.c writing from Paris to
! his paper in Cincinnati, Gays: The RrusslaD
cracy Of officers The real generals are not
according to appearances, put in command. "A
parcel Of princes are nominally at the head OF
The several corps. The great Moltke has al
ways q stupid prince or two at his back, Just
as the great Bismarck has been compelled to
bear on his broad shoulders the ponderons
| and vain old King, who goes along with hls
army and thinks he commands It.
| A telegram from Paris -states that 'the Bal
| timere Bonaparte, Just promoted TO a lleuten-
ant colonelcy, hae not joined his regiment, but
| is practically commandant ut the !uileries.
He says the Empress beha7es with; due pluck
and dignity. The story that she wrote to the
Emperer 10 pus Louis under fro, and not
where spent balls fell, is not true, but it ID
true that she spoke impatlently OF the Emper-
or for no. exposing himself. The government
still wilhholds arms from all wao refuse to 90
| to the 'front.'"
Wrangel, who Is now eighty-four, has, prooaply
| In consequence Of his age, not been appointed
| to any command in the present war. AS ne
Informed his regiment, the Third Cuirass!ers,
lately, as they passed through Berlin, he had
petitioned the King to be allowed to take part
In the campaign as private cuirassler IN ms
own regiment. The King, however, did not
grant the request, and the veteran general,
who had fought the French once before, is,
| therefore, compelled to stay at Berlin and
make himself useful In more peaceable way.
The third regiment OF, French Zouayes at
| Woerth went into action after march OF over
forty miles in the rain. They fought from
eleven until four. Then they retrented to Saw
erne by march of twenty miles, Five hum
dred and fifty men only are left of the regi-
ubs
were killed or dangerously wounded. All the
rest are more or less wounded, with the ex-
ceptlon of Colonel Bocher, who did not re.
ceive scratch.
The New York Tribune thinks that one rea-
son why the French generals havel succeeded
30 badly in defending their territory against
invasion Is that they have made no effective
plans or Preparation tor defensive CAM
paign. They had number OF admirable plans
| ior invading Germany, the various lines OF
| march being marked out, and the various
| kinds of operation being all properly provided
| for. But they had ner or entertained the idea
/ that the war would be fought on French soil
(which would keep them steadily on the deien-
Aive.
\ A letter from Metz to the New York Times
aays :: The more see Of Metz the more I'M
| possible 1t seems to me that it should ever be
taken. = It may be my ignorance, but l. DO not
4 at all sse how an enemy is to overcome sach
obstacles, il the place is ekilfully. as 1 am sure
| it would te eallantlv, defended. The ramparts
which encircle the entire city are streng thened
BIZ forts a. every salient point, and the mosele
4 flows everywhere in broad, deep canals, with
1 nigh. perpendicular walls. Then the whole
| city and it's envi1ons are commanded by two
| immense notifications, which could pour
plum ing fire upon abesiegng army: ll @ouid
be in vain to attempt to capture Metz until
these fortresses are Iakeof and they are on the
summit Of Two hills a. thousand feet above the
river.
few days ago, in Berlin, the captain found
! there were eleven men over the number. he
| requested those who had the largest families
| to withdraw. and after dead pause one mau
| stepped forward and stated he had nine chill
dren, the youngest OF them newly born, and
no one to attend to his business for him. He
was at once dismissed, but on the following
morning he reappeared and told his officer
i that as bis wife was better and understood his
trade, he wss resolved to march with his regi-
meut The military authorities IN Berlin are
| greatly embarrassed with the number OF vol
unters. One of the Berlin battsllons having
been summoned 10 tue stand rds, 1900 men
| presented themselves. instead OF 1000. The
odd 800 were partly persous liable. indeed, to
military service, but who had not been called
| in, and partly OF volunteers from the new pro-
vinces who we're not bound 10 serve One feel
| ing pervades ell Germany.
The Notifications Of Paris were constructed
in the relgn Of Louis Philippe. They consist of
| a Fashioned and terraced wall With thirty-four
4 feet of escarpment, faced with masonry, and
\ surrounded BIZ ditch Of breadth varying
| from 60 to 165 feet. The general outline is OF
an irregular oval form, nearly ~ miles 10 10 Gil, cir
acres. or 60 miles, and population Of 1.500,-
| 400 persons. The axis of the oval from north
to south is 800 yards, and that from east to
west 10 1887 Yards. Around the enceinte or
circuit of the wall are 81 angular forts, with
areas of about 3S9 square yards each. There
are besnles seventeen casem&led fortresses,
at the principal approaches, and connected
| hv snnken roads. lnside the walls carriage
way Is laid out, ard also a circular railway
co Injecting all the railroad lines running into
ParIs. At various points OF the walls there are
65 entrances, OF which 81 are gates, 10 ore
railway arches. and are posterns.
The strength of the German army now in
the field, according to the London Times
Berlin correspondent, is follows: The North
German armies consist, firstly, OF G5O, 900 line,
with 1900 guns and $4,000 cavalry; secondly,
OF lS7 600 reserve, with 234 guns andlS, 900 cav
airy; and thirdly of 100000 Landwehr. with
| 10, 600 cavalry-making grand total OF 81, 900
men. with 1850 mobilized guns and 1913, 900
| horses. To these must be added. firstly, the
| Bavarians, with $4,000 line, with l92 guhs and
IA, 500 horses; q, 900 reserve with 2400 horses
and 22, 600 Landwehr; secondly the Wurtem-
bergers, 22,000 line, with 81 guns and 6200
| horses. $500 reserve and 5000 Landwehr: and
thirdly. the Badeners l6, 600 line, with 81 guns.
1000 reserve, and $4,000 Landwehr. All the
| German troops taken together as under arms
at the present moment reach the enormous
figure of l.l24,00 men. -Four weeks ago, on
| the peace footing, they numbered no more
than 100000.
I'm EXPECTED COUP D'ErAT.
MADRID, August 20.