The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-19
The Battle OF Mars La Tour Still
Continues.
Tbs French Generals Battails and
Froisard Reported Wounded.
ALGERIA 10 SEND 5000 VOLUE.
TEERG TO FRANCE.
ENGAGEMENT ON THE BALTIC.
Prussians Withdraw Without Losg.
COUNT PALIKAO ON THE BATTLE OF
PFALZBURG:
King Williams Account Of ths
Battle or Pont-a-Mouss0n.
ALGERIA 10 SEND 5000 VOLUN.
TEERG TO FRANCE.
ENGAGEMENT ON THE BALTIC.
Prussiana Withdraw without LOsg,
COUNT PALIKAO ON THE BATTLE OF
PFALZBURG:
King Williams Account Of ths
Battle or Pont-a-Mouss0n.

BERLIN, August 18-There has
been a naval engagement on the Bal
tic. The PrussIans withdrew.
PARIs, August 18.-The last meet
ing of the Corps Legislatif was inter.
estipg. Large crowds had collected
around the Hall to hear the war news.
The National Guard was at its post to
preserve order, but no soldiers were
seen at the commencement of the sss-
sion. Palikao spoke as follows:
THE Chamber will understand l
cannot give the precise details as to
the number of troops engaged. the
causualities, etc. / cannot even state
the result of the engagement, but l
may say the enemy has made an inef-
fectual attempt to capture Pfalzburg,
and lost l 300 men killed. This re-
pulse has had great effect both on the
army and people of that part of
France.
The moment the government has
information of the great movements
now taking place, / will commuuicate
then withdrew"
Jules Favre requested the utmost
severity to be shown to the rioters and
assassins of Villette.
Theirs suggested that In case of B
siege of Paris, the peasants be allow
ed 20 enter the city with grain and
cattle. and that the State reimburse
them for property. He also recon-
mended that the Chambers now meet
daily.
Minister Duvemois, in reply, said
the government had intended to fully
provision Paris.
The Deputies, after consultation,
decided to meet again to-day.
The following news is official:
Gen. Frossard is reported grievously
wounded in one of the battles around
Metz.
The officers of the French feet in
the Baltic have received orders to
claim at each commercial port of
Prussia indemnity double the amount
of each contribution exacted by the
Prussians In those parts of France
now uAder their control.
The entire garrison of Paris is busy
day and night making cartridges. The
Opini0ne NotiondLe, nevertheless,
complains of Palikao's sluggishness.
By Saturday thousand guns will be
mounted on the Paris fortifcations-
one fourth served by numerous but
inexperienced hands.
Gen. Welliret is assigned to the
command of the Garde Mobile.
Marshal Bazaine has again stopped
all private telegraphing, as By that
means news reaches Berlin via Lon
don.
BERLIN, August 18.-Advices have
been received of a naval engagement
| off the island of Rugen, in the Bal
tic. One division Of the Prussian
| feet, consisting Of an aviso and the
gun boats Drechebletz and Salaman-
der, yesterday evening, at 4 O'Clock,
encountered the French feet, consist
ing of four armored frigates, COR
vette, and an aviso. The Prussians
soon withdrew without loss.
The French feet is now off Dorm
busch.
| PARIS, August 1S.-The Gaulois
says that Pierre Bonaparte has gone
to Corsica.
The journals comment bitterly up
on the attitude of Austria, which Is
neutral, in the present struggle, when
with barely 100,90 troops she might
aveDge Sadowa.
LONDON, August 18.-The Times
says that all day Monday and a good
part of Tuesday, the French were
| fighting their way to get position
against the enemy in their rear and
flank. Progress now is consequently
slow. On Tuesday night they had
gotten no further than Staen, sixteen
miles from Metz. These are the only
facts positively known.
The London papers have some
three hundred words of war dispatch-
es. this morning. less and less fresh
than the American papers have every
day.
The Daily NelOs to day says, semi
officially, that the English hope- oil
succeeding in Intervention are aban.
doned.
There is immense activity at the
Paris defenses. Laborers are abso.
lutely swarming on the Notifications
1t is limited that this measure oil
Strengthening the works is due more
to the wish to keep the dangerous
class busy than any actual fear.
PARIS, August 18.-The LIE Pan.
says that two days ago the Frencf
vessels of war captured an English
vessel in the English channel, laden
with contraband of war, destined for
Prussia. When the Captain waC
questioned as to how he dare do this
he replied that revolution was abou
} to occur in Paris, aud as the French
feet therefore, would probably be re
called, he thought he could run the
risk.
LONDON, August 1S.-A reduction
! In the rate of discount in the BanL
of England, to Al per cent. give
greater steadiness to the market,
!, here and at Liverpool.
PARIS, August 18.-La P1eri;e give
the following resume of informatior
/ received from its private sources:
/ The army under General Bazaine
; resting upon one of the stronges
places in the world, occupied nea,
} Metz, a position which enabled il &
D check the enemy and gain precious
t time. The Prussiaas had decided {,
turn on Metz, but Bazaine knew thei
8 intention, and crossed the Moselle il
several places at the same time. H,
r was not surprised. as has been said
0 He knew he must soon meet the enc
: my, and was prepared. By crossinI
f the Moselle, the French intended t
: fall back on Chalons, but the Prus
slams endeaVored to cut the Frenel