The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-03
NOON DISPATCHES.
Prussian Reports.
BERLIN. A,,nlst 2l


tails are confused. 1t is certain that the Prus-
SLAMS captured twenty cannon, eleven mitrail-
leurs and seven thousand prisoners.
BERLIN, September 2-l P. M.-Oficial.
News Is still behind. We know that series
of battles occurred on the Goth and 3lst, both
sides losing heavily. On Wednesday the Prus-
slams were drawn under the guns of Sedan,
where they suffered terribly before they were
able to cross the river.
Mcmahon moved to Mouzon on Wednesday
morning Yesterday the encounter was prob
ably resumed.
BERLIN, September 2.
LATEsr.-The following is from the King to
the Queen:
''SEDaN, September l-3 P. III.
1.-THE battle has ragged since halfpast eight
this morning. Our forces have advanced VIC
toriously The Fourth, Fifth and Seventh
Corps and the Bavarians were engaged. The
enemy was almost entirely driven into the
CITY,"
ST. BARBE, September !.
Since yesterday Bazaine tonght the First
Prussian Corps The battle ended in the retreat
of the Prussians.
SEDAN. September 2.
The battle yesterday was bloody. Ten thou
sand officers and soldiers Of the French army
were driven into Belgium, and were required
instantly to surrender their arms. Great
numbers of wounded have been admitted into
Belgium for humanitys sake.
BoUILLoN, August 81.
The fighting began this morning. The
French are said to have captured thirty guns.
There was no positive result.
BoUIELoS, September l.
Bazaine drove the Prussians toward Sedan.
The French are at La Chapelle.
French Reports.
PARIS, September Midnight.
In the absence OF official reports from the
commanding generals, the ministry published
compilation of a multitude OF dispatches re-
ceived from various Belgian towns up to 8
o'clock Wednesday night. The following de-
tails, which are extracted, bear the character
of probability:
ION the 30th series OF engagements occur
red between Mcmahon and the enemy near
Mezieres, lasting from A. N. to s P. NJ.
"Our troops were attacked from the woody
heights of Stores, position we had recently
evacuated. The attack, which was vigorous,
forced our troops to retrograde, but at o'clock
we took the offensive and retained it until
o'clock, when darkness ended operations.
latter nightfall we resrossed the Meuse in
order to form again near Dorchcry, few
miles east of Mezieres.
1.-The engagement in the first days fighting
cost us considerable losses, while innicting
heavy losses on the enemy. Tho Prussians
burned Mouzon and killed most OF the inhabi-
tants.
Next day (2lst) the Prussans again took
the offensive at seven o'clock in the morning,
and Dorchery. Our forces retreated slowly
until Mcmahon had drawn the Prussans into
an angle formed By the ramparts Of Sedan
and the heights on the left bank Of the river.
Here the Prussians experienced heavy losses
and were compelled, on account of the mur-
derous fire, to retreat. They effected this
about noon, withdrawing toward yillemantry,
and after several attempts placed themselves
on the opposite side Of the Mense.
ION the morning ofthe 3lst Mcmahon cross
ed the Meuse at Mouzon. Everything indi-
Gates that the engagement will be resumed to-
day.
PARIS, September
The papers report obscurely French sue
cesses without locating them.
English Reports.
LONDON, September 10 A. u.
Paris dispatches this morning claim that the
Prussians were yepulsed In the attack upon
Mcmahon, after ten hours hard fighting. The
Prussians attacked the French from front and
rear. The French took thirty guns and many
prisoners. The Prussians. it is reported, have
been driven towards Belgium.
LONDON. September 2.
victorious, but this is not generally known.
NIGHT DISP PITCHES.
English Reports.
LONDON, September 2.
A private dispatch, dated Wednesday, says:
That after fighting all day Tuesday. Bazane
was again driven to Metz. Both sides lost
heavily. 1t is reported that the Emperor Ma
poleon is dead
The London journals Of to-day are sadly per-
picked BY the late war dispatches They say
that there was another battle yesterday. near
Sedan, which resulted :avorably for the
French. and that this Slight check to the
Prussians only prevented them from going to
Paris. W. II. Russell, writes that last week,
nothing prevented the Prussians from going
into Paris, but that now it Is almost impossi-
ble tor them to do so.
The recent rapid movements of the Prus-
slams advance toward Paris Is attributed to
their anxiety to get there before the fortifca-
tlons are further strengthened and supplied
with the rifed cannon which are being taken
from the heet. Experts regard these guns as
most destructive.
The Emperor, attended by Nelaton and
other eminent surgeons, is with Marshal Nc
Mahon.
The French troops which engaged the Prus-
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