The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-12
THE WAR.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.

sTRAsBoURG COMPLETELY INvESTED-THE BAT
TIE OF woERTH-THE FRENCH ACCOUNT
ABsoLUTELR FALSE-THE GALLANT DEATH OF
GENERAL DoUAY AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TIMES IN THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.
LONDON, Aug. IL.
A special dispatch from Carlsruhe to the
London Globe announces that Strasburg is
invested on all sides by the Prussians, who
hold the railway. General Boyer, who CON-
mands the city, was summoned to surrender,
and refused. 1t is said the citadel is scantily
provisioned, and the garrison consists of only
one regiment Of men and the national guard
Of the place.
The King of Prussia has issued the follow
ing proclamation to the French
We, William, King of Prussia, make known
to all inhabitants of French territory occupied
by German forces, that the Emperor Napoleon
having by sea and land attacked the German
nation, eager to live in peace with the French
people, have taken command of the German
armies to repel aggression, and by military
events have been led to pass the French from
tier.
We war against soldiers, and not citizens,
and therefore the latter may continue secure
in person and property so long as they abstain
from hostile acts. We grant them protection
as a matter of right. The generals command
ing corps will decide what measures are ne
cessary usages of war, and will also regulate
the acquisitions necessary to sustain their
troops, and fix the difference of exchange be-
n tween German and French currencies, in
order to facilitate dealings between soldiers
Fl and citizens. WILLIAM.
II Given at Saarbruck, August, 1870.
n LONDON, August 11.-[Special to the New
1 ork Herald IA correspondent of the He
raid, who was present at the battle at Worth,
telegraphs as follows from Carlsruhe:
The French official account of the battle at
Worth is wholly untrue. Mcmahon was COM
pletely routed. The French abandoned every
thing and fed, leaving behind them their
Z killed, wounded and prisoners, numbering
10000, out of $4,000 engaged. The French
held a strong position, but the Prussans
fred with terrible precision, and the French
very badly. Both sides fought desperately,
and finally the French gave way in panic.
The accounts representing that Strasburg is
4 still in communication with Nancy are untrue.
Strasburg has been completely besieged since
Monday, and the gates are shut. Heavy ar
stillery is now on the way for the Prussians,
and stout resistance is expected. The Crown
Prince of Prussia is vigorously pushing Nc
Mahon, and another engagement is expected.
1t is believed the object of the Prussians is to
get between Metz and Paris.
PARIS, Aug. II.
The Monitelr gives the following account
of the death of General Douay, at the battle
of W Weissenburg: "The General was, from the
beginning, in the thickest of. the fight, ant
when he saw the day was lost, after ne ha(
done all that he could to retrieve it, when no
even a battalion was left him, he called hi
aids one by one, gave them orders and sen
them away. AS soon as the last one was gone
the General, spurring his horse, rode som'
distance to the front, dsmounted, and taking
pistol from his holster, shot the horse, ant
then turning round, slowly walked toward tn
enemy. His soldiers vainly tried to stop him
but amid the terrible firing he deliberately
walked on. The retreating soldiers, aroused
by the spectacle, turned again upon tn
enemy, but fell in heaps around their general
who still pressed forward. Another tremen
dous discharge from the enemy, and Genera
Douay, almost alone, fen dead"