The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-10-19
THE War IN EUROPE,
FRANCE.
Anniversary or Leipsig - Expected
Opening Of BOmbaEdmeAt.

lAnnIVersREY Of LeiPSig - Expected
Opening Of BOmbaTdmsnF.
LoGDoS, oct, ls,
The TEmlS reminds ia Eesden that this
| Is the anniversary Of the battle Of tho
nations, which occurred near LeipSig on
OctObe lS, 1918. Ii Is generally under
stood In the German camp that The bom-
hardment Of Paris VIII BE- commenced BY
all tho batteries simultaneously, and
would be opened on this anniversary day,
which b 60 full Of glorious remembFances
| 70 the GermRnB, and which has been
regularly celebrGted for years The world
b waiting for the events Of to-day.
The Anglo American ambulance corps
has Left Versailles for Orleans, where
there arc three thousand wounded
French and Germans, Some Of the jour
mails hero today present short letters.
dated Paris, Oct ~ They complain Of
no news
Magnitude Of the German Army.
Tho German army in France Is main
tanned by constant rcinforcementS, II Is
estimated that there are fully coo, 600
armed Germans on French soil Nothing
yet has been heard from La Fort ST.
Auben. At last accounts battle was
imminent at that point
The French Army ia the YOSges.
Gambetta has len Tours for the French
army IN the Vosges, which Is TO be organ.
Ized Tor the purpose Of resisting the Ger
man advance on Lyons. The PrnssianS
still occupy Meulg quietly. They have
made no demonstrations against BloiS and
Tours, and 1t Is not believed they will At
present
Later From Paris...The Feeling of
the People. 4
Tho following dispatch has just been
teceived
Seboto, an attache Of foreign Office,
has Just arrived here from Paris He says
the public are calm and hopeful. The
PruSsians now. investing the city, screen
themselves behind their powerful batteries
Vigor Of the French Artillery.
So tremendous Is the French fire that
the plains arc absolutely swept by It
Tho best gunners in the world arc collect.
Cd in the Paris Notifications. Tho Marines
never miss their mark at 5000 meters.
PrusSian Guns Cannot Reach the
City.
The PrussIlns are threatening the I'm.
mediate bOmbardment Of Paris, but this
Is impossible, for 50 long as the French
forts outside arc 30 well served no enemy
can approach near enough. The manu-.
facture Of arms Is actively going on in
LONDON, Oct 1s.
Thics has returned to Fnncc.
Spread Of tho Rindcrpest.
LONDON, October ls.
Violent and popular outbreaks have oc.
Cured ut Honaeur and other towns in
that vicinity, on account Of the alleged
inefficient conduct Of the war.
The rinderpesI on the COntcncnt spreads
with alarming rapidity. II prevails from
Poland to the Atlantic. There Is much
CONSERVATION among all classes,
Affairs at Scissors.
The force of Mecklenburg. .Schweien,
at Scissors, consists Of the POmerantRn
Hessian and Magdeburg artillery, the
Schleswlg engineers, eight battaliOns of
Landwe6r and the Helberstant horse
The investment listed three weeks, and the
bombardment four days. Four thousand
prisoners and 189 cannon fell into PruS.
sian hands, The following particulars Of
the: battle Of Bogneux, has just been re-
ceived here: AT 0 o'clock A. NJ, the
French opened with heavy artillery fire
which was vigorously answered by the
Prussians The French then advanced
on the dOuble.qulck, tho Gardc Mobile
having the lead. A desperate battle Gu.
sued. The PrussiAn position was car
ried at the point Of the blyonet The
Germans were utterly unable to with
stand the avalanche Of men who were
hurled against them. They resorted to
several StratcgieS, but failed In all, and
were at length dispersed. The Mobiles
entered B0gneux, where the PrusSians
had erected bRrricades. These were soon
carried with slight loss. AT this Time
heavy masses Of Pusslans were seen on
the plateau, and as the French were ex.
posed 70 severe fire Of artillery from the
forts in tho nelghbOrhood, they fell back
unmoIeeted. Ihe object OI the recon-
noisanCe was effected IN every particular.
The PruSSianS lost 800 killed and 100 cap
tured.
Troops Still Concentrating at Orleans
Tours, Oct, 1s.
The Prussians and French arc still con.
CeDtrating large forces near Orleans pre-.
paratOry TO a great battle. The PrusSians
occupy the city itself as well as the camp at
BellAir near Menig,
Advices from Lille are that large Prus.
sian forces have arrived in the northern
department and vigorous measures for
defence are TO be taken at once.
The Con&titutioaael says that detatch.
ments Of PrusSianS have been seen in the
direction OF VendOme and Chambord.
Another Successful Sortie at Paris.
A dispatch Just received announces
another successful sOrtie by the Paris
ians, and the loss Of the Pr1ssians Is put
down at 5000. There Is no further talk |
Of removing the capital to Lyons or Mar
settles. The discipline Of the armies has |
vastly improved