The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-09
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rrnsns mn 20 Sunday Might

Tho French have turned their faces TO-
.,,ara par;s. Instead ofinyading Germany,
thew have given way to the superior.
strength and audacity OF the Prusslans, anu
the latter have become invaders OF Inc Ler.
ritory of France, flushed with Inc FRESHLY .
If several successive triumphs. we give y
o,,,n,,,aru or the operations ut the seat Oh
war IN Friday and Saturday:
VIZ T,,n FRENCH forces under General Mac Ma-
hon o,nosinp the Prussian left, under Inc
Tun,,,n prince. in the vicinity of Worth,
and IN the line to Bitche and Metz, met
with n disastrous defeat on Saturday, losing
four thousand prisoners, thirty guns, tW9
standards. and six mitrallletrs. ogneLI.
MacMahon was reported Wounaed. " OH
is about twelve miles southwest TOLL s., n,s
senbnrg. twenty-five miles north from oG ~ >
horro and sixty miles east from Metz. IL Is
on the east side of the Vosges mountains,
and ia distant from Bitche, on winch the
French retired, about eighteen miles.
| The frttssian right advanced on saar'
br1Ickcn. which they re0ccuped after the
French abandoned and partially destroyed
it. engaged the French troops Under
General Frossard in a strong position west
/ of the town, and after very severe nglt
drove them from the field, the French cover
| ing their retreat with artillery. The losses
! in both engagements are officially reported
4
Napoleon, in an official proclamation, ac-
knoWledges the defeat of MacMahon and
| the retreat of Frossard, adding that "all
| can be reestablished."
In view of the serious aspect of affairs,
and the imminency of another and decl-
sive battle, the French Chambers have been
convoked and Paris declared in state OF
siege.
Prior to the reception of the dispatch
| from the Emperor there WIS intense eX-
element and Indignation in Paris on ac-
count of the supposed false rllmors that nat,
been circulated in the city, and the retl-
cencc of the authorities. The crowd at the
Bourse broke loose and tore up the ratings
around the enclosure. and behaved with
such fury that force had to be brought 10
bear in the restoration of order. The Colln-
Gil of Ministers deemed it prudent to ISSUE
an address to the inhabitants OF Paris, an.
nounciuo the arrest Of the equity ones"
and making an appeal for order and union
of sentiment. with the ominous warning
that disorder in Paris would be victory
for Prussia"
The details of the battle Of WeissenburS
from French sources represent the frtlsslati
loss at 10, 800 in killed, wounded, and PR,
soners. and then we have the stereotypea
announcements about the French Troops
" fighting like lions," and certain niruS-
sian regiment cut to pieces" The french
General Douay killed was c0mnahuel Vi
Infantry. and not General G. Douay, gene
raj commanding the division. The prison.
crs taken by the Prussians are promised
kind treatment-a sound piece OF Qlplo-
macy, designed evidently to have demo-
raliZine influence upon the French troops
In the field.
The French have now nineteen war YES
sells in the Baltic.
Dispatches from Metz dated Yesterday
morning announce that the French forces
are rapidly concentrating, without oDsta-
Gle. around that place, where it is conlec-
tured the next battle will be fought. From
the general headquarters established at Metz
the significant warning has been sent back
to Paris that France and the capital should
consent to great efforts of patriotism IN
order that the army may hold its position.
There appears to be a serious state OF
affairs in Paris, commencing apparently III
a display of. French indignation against GER
tain German bankers whose clerks nave
imprudently expressed unpalatable OPT
Mons. Although this is the only ostenslDlc
cause of disorder, there is some ground 1or
suspicion that another sentiment has been
awakened by the recent reVcrses OF the
army.
The details of the fighting from French
sources, though still vague, concede that
General MacMahon was signally defeated,
and the news of his separation from the
main army caused the utmost conSterna-
ton in Paris when it was announced.
On the left, it appears the Pr!lsslans
showed their active gencralship by having
at hand heavy masses of troops with which
to overwhelm the French.
The Emperor Napoleon has gone to the
centre of the French position.
Marshal MacMahon's forces, which were
defeated and divided on Saturday, are now
said to be promptly concentrating. The bat
tie, it would seem, was fought near Ned
crboun, some twenty-odd miles north
northwest of Strasbours, and after the &C.
feat he fell back to Sayerne, and thus on the
right Strasbourg is evidently menaccd. A
corps of Baden troops is also reported to
have crossed the Rhine above Basic, rem
dering the danger of StrasbourS the more
imminent.-BdLtimore Sun,