Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-10
The French Army Re.reatins on Metz.

The French Army Retreating ON Metz.
BERLIN, August 5.-A dispatch dated
near Weissenburg. .at six o'clock Thursday
evening, says: eve have won brilliant
but bloody victory. The left wing attack
ed. 1t consisted of the fifth and sixth
Prussian corps and the second Bavarian.
This force carried by assault, under the eyes
of the Prince Royal, the fortress of Weissen-
burg and the heights between Weissen-
burg and Geisburg. Douays division of
Marshal McMahon's corps was splendidly
defeated, being driven from its camp.
Gen. Douay was killed. Five hundred
prisoners were captured, none of them
wounded. Many Turcos are among the
captured. The Prussian General Ker-
setback was slightly wounded The royal
grenadiers and the fifth regiment of the
line suffered heavy losses.
BERLIN, August THE French have
been defeated along the entire line in two
days fighting, and are in retreat on Metz,
and concentrating for the defense of Paris
Their losses are immense.
Mcmahon was beaten on the right. and
FrOssard on the left.
The Prussians captured four thousand
prisoners, thirty guns, and six mitreilleurs
from Mcmahon.
BERLIN August S.-Gen. Steinmentz tel
egraphs the following particulars of the
contest between Gen. Won Goeben and the
French force under Gen. Frossard:
The tight was opened on our side by the
Fourteenth Division, which was after
wards reinforced by artillery and cavalry.
A fierce and bloody struggle ragged along
the line between Saarbruck and Forbach,
lasting until night. The heights of
Spleicheln were carried at the point of the
bayonet and the enemy thrown back on
FOrbach. Meanwhile our Fifteenth Di-
vision had advanced from Voeklynger and
taken Rossell and reached Forbaeh at
nj W A az
the French army being driven from that
point, their baggage, the camp equipage of
two Divisions and many prisoners were
taken.
LONDON, August 5.-The Prussians cap
tured one cannon at Weisenburg. The
French left General Douay dead on the
field
At the Prussian headquarters at Treves
the rumored capture of Saar-Louis is un-
confirmed.
The Prussians saved the engines. cars
&c, that were at Saarbucken.
The correspondent OF the Times, foI
whose truitwOrthiness and neutrality the
Times Youches, says the French at Saar.
brucken captured no cannon. The French
lost forty killed and sixty wounded. The
French force employed was 30, ,00s, and the
Prussian 5000. The artillery won the
fight, little infantry and no cavalry being
engaged.
Inc ItUteS says: - Inc plan of Tho
Prussian commander-in-chief General
Moltke, has changed from defensive to of
fensive. An advance into France is threat
ened. If possible, Prince Frederick Charlie,
will push forward and attack Nancy Tn,
fight at Saarbrucken, OH Saturday, laste,
six hours, and, ON both sides, six hundre,
men We're placed h0rs du combat. Judgin.
from the French accounts, the mitreilleur
have already decided the war"
The story which recently originated il
France about naval engagement ut Cox
haven, in which n Prussan war vessel wa
sunk, is false. There has been no collision
at all on water between France and Prussi
thus far.
The French say that the needle gun IT
coils so badly that the marksmen are 500
compelled to fire from the shoulder.
The French also say that the Prussial
cavalry carry old horse pistols, while tn
French have carbines of long range an
admitted aim.
The fifth corps of the Prussian army
mainly composed of Poles.
PARIS, August St is reported tina
Saar-Louis was captured after great bal
tie.
There was grand illumination by I'll
Garde Mobile at Chalons last night owe
the capture of Saarbrucken. There la
previously been slight signs of insurbord
nation, which the favorable ncws from Il
front ended.
a French ram is cruising off Dover.