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mally under MS command.
The Count de Palkao then informed the Corps
L6gislatif that 1t was certain the Prussians had suf
fered severely in the late engagements. Their
centre had especially crippled They had tried
to retreat to st. Michael but not able to effect
q junction with the Prince Royal. The entire regi
ment OF white cuirassiers, under the command Of
Count Won Bismarck, was totally destroyed near
schlettstadt. The French peasants attacked de-
tachment of Prussian dragons and made them
prisoners. The Count then dwelt upon the fact that
a despatch from Brussels. emanatlng from frus
sian source, made no mention Of the French veto.
ries.
siastlcaly by the Deputies.
MacNIahon's MISUNDERSTANDING and Alarm
OF His Routed Army.
PARIS, August 10, 1870.
Edmund About continues his description OF the
retreat Of MacMahon's corps In a letter from Sa-
verne, dated Monday, August s, as roows:-
Yesterday Sunday the 7th OF August. at SIX
O'Clock, upon know not what false alarm perhaps
only because three four scouts OF the enemy were
announced on this side OF Stelnburg-tne Duke de
Magenta caused the "generae'' to be beaten and
Saverne thought itself lost while officers and SOL
diers threw themselves pemell upon the Pfalzburg
road. Three-fourths Of the people went OF wildly
towards the neighboring forests. sad example was
set by the gems darmes and the sergeants de vile.
The townsfok closed their shops and piled up the
furniture upon carts. Some of the farmers drove
their cattle before them, as in the time OF Abraham.
,tntl
OF men and animals, in the houses OF the foresters
and In the ruins or the Old castles. This morning
ali is calm In the town. to speak accurately,
all Is dead there. The invasion is expected from
one moment to another, and no one dreams of de-
fence against the 10000 men or the Prince Royal
The Mayor invites the bakers and butchers to reopen
their shops.
few devoted men and some brave women divide
themselves between two ambulances of which one
Is at the hospital and the other at the Asile Imperial
There remain only sixty wounded or so.
One hundred and sixty have been sent on to Saar-
burg.
Almost all the Zouaves and Turcos made their
escape last night, fearing to be murdered by the
Prussians. How they have been able to drag them
selves as far as Pfazburg, being in such state as
they were In, scarcely know. They must have
stolen horses and carriages Mine was recovered
half dozen stragglers who had replaced the traces
with turbans unrolled.
Maritime Rules Extraordinary Powers 10
Prefects.
PARIS, August 10, 1870.
The Journal O0fciel of the morning publishes the
following as having been approved by the En-
press
The ports OF Cherbourg, Brest, L'Orient, Roche
fort and ToulOn having been declared in a state of
SIEGE II the letter OF the provisions OF the decree OF
October Is, 1853, were to be strictly followed the
powers entrusted to the military authorities by
tue Of the state OF siege should devove on the gen.
erals commanding the territorial divisions within
the limits in which are found these five ports. As
these powers not entrusted to any maritime
authority by the terms OF the 2ssth article, except
IN OF an unforeseen attack, the present clrcum
stances and the general interest in the defence OF
the country demand the abolition OF said article.
THEREFORE, after having consultation with The
Minister Of the Marine have the honor to propose
to your Majesty decree that the maritime prefect
be invested with the extraordinary title of superio
| commanders OF all troops stationed within those
| five military ports. PALIKAO.
MISCELLANEOUS War Intelligence.
PARIS August 10, 1870.
General Trochu held meeting this morning with
the oncers who are to take part in the defence OF
Paris, at which all necessary measures were
adopted. General Trochr has his headquarters at
the Elysee.
The GaulOtS says that NJ. Pinard, exMnister OF
the INTERIOR was with difficulty dissuaded from in
tarO nlIafin mhora claun tou n
General Trochu to the Parslans, because the Empe
ror and Empress were not mentioned in the docu
| ment.
Baron Malortee, Hapoverian, has addressed ar
legion Of sharpshOoters. He says he not against
Germany but Prussian tyranny, and that his wish ID
to combat the Hohenzohrns, VINO tried to efrace
from the map of Europe the name OF Hanover. Ma.
lortee is SAID to be nephew of Count Bismarck.
The Ltoerte says orders have been given TO cut
down the Bois de Boogne and vincennes, and adds
that the population of Paris need not be alarmed,
this Is merely necessary precautlon.
lie Pa,lement asserts that the siege Of Strasbourg
has been abandoned; but the statement IS not con.
firmed
Baron Brunnow is expected to-day at the Russian
embassy.
The Pa,re noticing the rumors Of an insufllciency
Of cartridges and munitions OF all kinds here. says
the supply is enormous and Is daily increasing
The journals say the French prisoners complain
that the German postal authorities refuse to trans
nit money orders to them.
The Gaulots has report that the British Ambas
sador In Paris has received despatch from King
william confessing that but little remains Of the
splendid army OF Prince Frederick Charles
PRUSSiAM REPORTS.
General Sfeinnelz,n MaYeme ufa-T3nffIe with