Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-06
FROM THE SEAT OF War
Another Battle Tho . ra..i""s Vic
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Auothcr Battle Tho Z ra.si"ns Vic
torlsas.
New York, August "a cable
special to the Herald from Carlsrulie ut
$50 =. N. August 4th, says there was
hard fighting Mt Weissenbourg yester-
day and to-day. A large force OF
Prussians advanced between Wcissen-
bourg and Luxembourg. ten miles
into French territory, driving the adj
yanced posts of the enemy and de-
stroying miles of railroad between
Lanternbourg and strasbonrg, along
which 1t is supposed Mcmahon was
preparing to advance. The French
loss Is heavy, including many prison.
ers.
A special correspondent Of the Trib-
une t~elegraphs from the Prussian head
quarters that the Crown Princes army
has stormed Welssenbourg. The
troops of the Fifth and Eleventh Prus-
sian Army Corps, reinforced by the
Second Bararian Corps, engaged Gen.
eral Donay's Division Of Marshal Nc
Mahon's Corps. The French were
driven off the field, and the Prussians
now occupy the French camp. Sew
eral hundred French soldiers were
taken prisoners. The Prussian loss is
considerable.
No movement is announced from
the lower Rhine.
The affair at Saarbruck is regarded
here as wholly unimportant. The
Prussians at no time contemplated the
holding of that town In force.
A correspondent of the Tribune
writes from Coblentz OH Tuesday that
the Prussians are in much greater
force on the banks of the Saar and
Moselle than Is generally supposed.
Hence they don't intend to fall back
on Mayence or Mannheim, but will
hold the French In check from olerck
to Luxembourg.
LATEST. - The Prussian victory ut
weissenbourg was decisive. The
troops engaged were regiments OF the
Fifth and Eleventh Prussian Army
Corps, and the Second Army Corps Of
Bavaria, led by the Crown Prince In
person. The French force consisted of
Donay's Division of McMahon's Corps.
weissembourg and Gershill in the rear
of the town were carried by storm. ut
the point of the bayonet, after an OBJ
climate resistance. The General who
commanded the French In the absence
of Donay was killed, with two officers
of staff. The French encampment,
with one piece Of artillery and 500
wounded prisoners, including many
T'urcos, fell into the hands Of the Prus-
SLAMS. On the German side, General
Kersichback was wounded. The Gren-
adler Guard and. the Fiftieth Regiment
suffered severely.
PARIS, August 5.-It Is unotiicially
reported that the French forces have
taken Saarlouis, after q great battle.
LIvEnpooI, August GA meeting
of the Chamber Of Commerce is called
to consider the expediency Of petition
Ing the Government to prohibit the
expectation of arms and munitions.
New York, August ga New York
Tribune correspondent, writing from
Coblentz OH Tuesday, says Treves is
now the headquarters Of ehe Eighth
Army Corps. The Prussian wagon
and ambulance service are more per-
fectly organized and have their horses
In better condition than the French.
The soldiers are In admirable spirits.
Their enthusiasm Is less noisy than
the enemy, but their quiet confidence
In the war Is preferable to such effer-
vescence as l recently witnessed oil
the other side. Coblentz is full OF
Landwehr. There are few troops of
tue line there. The Notifications are
rapidly being strengthened and trees
are being felled In readiness for attack.
A Tribune letter Of "Wednesday
evening from the Prussian front says
the French very reluctantly admit that
they do not occupy Saarbruck. They
simply preserve a position OH the
heights, on which they had erected a
battery a week before the attack. 1t
Is now we'll understood that Saarbruck
was never all outpost, and so long as
the Prussians occupy Saarlouis it Is not
an important position.