The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-26

meetings. nave been held at Manchester ana Else
where to raise aid for the French wounded.
Swiss surgeons volunteer for the hospital service
| In the armies on both sides.
Frcnrh Denuncintion OF Napoleon
LONDON, August rs, 1870
| The Paris Ltberts says:-
The Emperor, on opening the Chambers January
Is 1862 assured France that the military laws which
were to be proposed and the appropriations to be
asked lor would place the country in condition to
| meet all emergencies. Are We not right IN saying
that he who uttered this and similar mlsstatements
on that occasion is responsible Tor tne present dis
| astersy And what overwhelming responsibility
before France Invaded, before Europe assounded and
The French oneeniratian ne Rhcims--siass..
Mahon's Statemeut--IsesoinIe Declaration
OF MISUNDERSTANDING to Anuihiiaie the
Eusmy"-The German Advance.
| LONDON, August %, 1870.
| Inc special correspondent from Rerns, Tuesday
sonds very important aud late news of French
| movements
Yesterday evening there were about 10000 troops
| III ana about Rems, under MacMahon.
| Durihg the night they began to move towards
A'oehnes ana are still moving Ia that direction BY
Nnooh thls place Will be entirely evacuated. They
talks the road to Rethel and Meniers but even the
ocers 90 not know how far they Will go In that di.
rection. n what Is believed here about Bazane be
true the two armies VIII soon be united.
Bazaine k reported at headquarters to have said
that he could beat the enemy on the 20th b u ne
sc0tted unt1 the 2sth ne tVuid annihfiate them
This afternoon the march OF the troops, which
began last night, continues. Artillery. infantry and
cavalry pouring uninrerruptedly through the
town.
IL IL raining hard to-day.
! compute that nearly 100000 men In all have
passed.
There Is no longer doubt about the direction OF
this movement. From officers OF the baggage and
supply train learn that they have orders to 20
direct TO Montmedy. Two baggage men who had
tried to get toward verdun had been stopped by
Uhlans.
All reports agree that every road thitnerward is
pcketed by the Prussiaus
Reorganization proceeds with the utmost despatch.
AS one example, supply train OF five hundred wa
CONS, fully equipped, was organized and reached
Rheims from Verdun In three days.
High officers here are positive that part OF Ba-
zaines forces are between Briey and Etan. Our
movements from Rheims to join him are made with
the utmost secrecy.
The second French army OF reserves now forming
near Chalons composed OF old soldiers. will reach
$50 900 men:
The Emperor Napoleon Will command the Imperial
Guards In person.
THE PRUssIAN POSITION.
special correspondent from the Crown Princes
headquarters the l7tn says there Is delay In the
| advance; town after town Is occupied which you
may hear Of but you can scarcely realize the extent
While the Crown Prince has advanced through
Northern Alsace into Lorraine, two other German
armies have entered French territory from
Rnensh Prussia, and the reserves arc ever
increasing. 1t Is no exasgeration to say
tnat the conquered provinces wil barely hold the
| troops poured into them.
| PFALzBouRG.
| PfalZbourg holds out. General Talhonlt received
nag or truce with firm refusal to surrender add
ing that he should the next day (he 18TH fire a
salute Of twentyone guns In honor OF the Emperor.
! PARIS.
special correspondent at Paris. writes We'd
nesday, before the Chalons Camp was raised,
| that 1t was fired to prevent the Prus-
SLAMS from occupying 1t, ana to detroy
great quantity of stores they need no rlme to re-
| move. The telegraph clerks and other officials only
| got orders on the previous evening 10 pack up.
| sTRAsBoURG.
The bOmbardment OF StrasbOurg Is said to have
! inflicted but little damage thus far. Heavy siege
artillery is coming up from Landau, Rasradi, May
| ence and other Prussian fortresscs.
| THE NEW LOAN
| special correspondent writes from Paris We'd
nesday evening that the loan is striking failure
| compared with former subscriptions, adding
the estimated cost OF enectIng the loan, the
deficiency of subscriptions on the first day
| while former imperial loans were covered many
times times over. The full amount Of this will be nomi
| ton OF SPECTATORS, who cannot pay calls
THE EXECUTIVE.
| private correspondent writes from Paris or
Trochu's power daily appears more nominal than
real. He said himself Yesterday TO Gambetta tina
inability to allow the temperance OF the C1och,
and Centre Gauche newspapers, recently sup
pressed Persgny said yesterday to American
| among the imperalists has destroyed the
| empire. Modern republicans begin 60 think
1t Is time TO act, aud they chafe the sowness OF
the left The Baltimore Bonaparte, Just promoted to
lleutenant-colonelcy, has not joined his regiment,
| lint IA IlU ann "a ni.,fn,s
| He says the Empress behaves with due
| pluck and dignity. The story that she wrote
spent balls fell. Is not true; Is true that she
| spoke impatienty OF the Emperor for not exposing
himself The government still withhods arms from
| all who refuse TO 60 20 the frontier.
! The Siege of Pfalz6arg-How the Opera tionu
| Were Conducted.
The following Is q continuation Of special report
| OF the siege Pfalzburg:-
! From oar position the hock behind Filling
everything Is TO be Now puff OF white smoke
goes up the left, and fierce rush through the air
tells Of passing shell; it falls in the town. Poor
souls. Within, they I'D not fancy when war
| was declared how soon their rafters would
be crashing about their ears yet they live in fortified
place and must take their chances But we cannot
help wish that the shells may only damage public
property as. shrek after shrek through the air
tells OF their passage. Now there is firing from the
right.
The French gunuers have manned their pieces
and reply in excellent style. Flash after fash come
out from the old rampant. The smoke curs up
among those shady trees where the garrison have
often met In summer evenings with pipes and cigars
and where the nursemaids have brought children
to play. You know the look of these old ramparts
In peace time and can fancy them now with only
soldiers upon them, who are IN no sporting
mood There Is nash after fash from
the ramparts. and from the opposite rising
ground there Ia constant whstltng aud shriekinR
| across the space between ana nyiug up OF dust
among the German guns or crash among the
| roofs Of the town, one side or the
| other makes hit II Phalsburg Is
IN good order the determined COM
| mandant may earn promotion by long Defence
| but II his works once get disabled he is lost
The Germans have strong force, as we can see
ready to advance, and after Wessenbourg we know