The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-06
TERRIBLE FIGHT AT wE1ssEMBouRG-THE

TERRIBLE F G T AT Observation-Disclosures
PRussIANs CARRY THE PLACE BY ASSAULT
THE FRENCH DRIVEN OFF THE FIELD
GENERAL DOUAY KILLED AND LEFT ON THE
FIELD.
berlin, August ga dispatch dated
near Weisscmbourg, & O'Clock Thursday
evening, says "Wc have Won brilliant
but bloody victory. The left wing attacked.
1t consisted of the Fifth and Eleventh
Prllssian corps and Second Bavarian corps.
This force carried by assault, under the eyes
Of the Prince Royal. the fortress Of WelS-
semboirg and the heights between Wcis-
scmbourg and Gcrsng.
General Douay's division of Marshal
McMahon'S corps was splendidly driven
from its camp.
General Douav himself was killed and
his body left on the field.
Five hundred prisoners were TAKEN
none of them wounded. Many TurcoS
were among the captured.
The PruSSian General klr>chack was
slightly wounded.
The Royal grenadiers and fifth regiment
Of the line suffered heavy losses.
NEWS VIA LONDON.
LONDON, August 5.-The Prussians cap
turcd one cannon at WcSScnbourG.
The French left General Douay dead on
| the field.
The Prussian headquarters are at Treves
| The reported capture of Saar Louis by
| the French is uncontirmcd.
The PruSsians saved their engines and
| cars ut Saarbruck.
| The correspondent of the London Times,
| for whose trustworthineSs and neutrality
| the Times vouchcS, says the French ri
Slarbrucken captured no cannon. The
| Irron,h forty l-illn2 and ii ST wnnn6pl
| The French force employed was 10000, and
| the prlisSians 5000. The artillery won the
fight. There was little infantry and nc
cavalry employed.
ILLUMINATION OF cHALoSs OVER sAAR-
| BRUCKEN.
! PARIS, August 5.-There was grand
| illumination ut Chalons last night over tho
capture of Saarbruckcn. There had been
slight signs of INSTRUMENTATION in the Garde
Mobile previous to the success at Saar'
bruck.
| FRENCH OFFICIAL STATEMEST-THE FIGHT Al
| wEISsESBoURG.
PARIS. August 5.-At O'Clock yesterday
| afternoon three regiments Of Douuy's diri
| sion and Il brigade of light cavalry were at.
tackled ut WeisSenbourg by Il very CONSIDERS
| BILE force of the enemy, which had been in
| the woods skirting Lauter river. Our troops
resisted for several hours the attacks OF the
enemy, and then retired to the summit OF
piionville, an eminence that commands the
| line Of the railroad to Bitsche. General
Douay was killed. One piece of artillery,
| the horses having been killed and the car
| riage broken, fell into the hands Of the
PrusSians.
Marshal Mcmahon is concentrating the
| forces under his command at this point.
ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH PRISONERS AT
FRANKFORT.
FRANKFORT, August 5-NOOn.-A train
has just arrived here, bringing 500 French
prisoners from Weissenbourg. They Will be
sent to Northern Prussia. The total num-
Der of prisoners taken by the Prussians III
the fight was 500, including Is officers.
THE REPORTED FIGHT AT sAAR LOUIS.
LONDON, August 5.-The report coming
| from Paris that the French had carried
Saar Louis after brilliant engagement
proves unfounded. The report came from
Paris, and is contradicted by later dis
patch, which says there has been no fight
ing as yet at that point.
NEWS THROUGH ENGLISH SOURCES.
LONDON, August 5.-The London Times
says:
The plan of the Prussian commander
in-chiei, General Won Moltke, is changed
from defensive to offensive. An advance
into France is threatened. 1t is possible
that Prince Frederick Charles will push
forward and attack Nancy. e.
The fight at Saarbruck -on Saturday
lasted six hours, and on both sides six hum
dred men were placed hors du combat.
Judging from the French accounts, the
mitrailleuse has already decided the war.
The story which originated in France
obout 4 naval engagement off CuXhayen, IN
which a Prussian war vessel was sunk, Is
false. There has been no collision at sea
between France and Prussia thus far.
Tbe French say that the needle-guln re-
coils so badly that the marksmen are COM
nelled to fire from the shoulder. They also
soy that the Prlssian cavalry carry Old
horsc-pistols, while the French have car
hines of long range and admitting of an
The fifth corps of the prussians is mainly
composed of Poles.
CAPTURE OF A GERMAN SCHOONER.
BREsT, August 5.-The North German
three -maSted schooner Laura was captured
by French man-of-war and brought to
this port to-day.
ENGLAND ON BELGIUM's NEUTRALITY.
LONDON, August SIT is understand that
England has determined to make the inva-
sion of Belgium cGsus beil'. The King oil
Belgium will summon the Powers who
hays guaranteed her neutrality to her assis-
tance ii her territory is invaded, and Eng
land will respond.
LONDON, August 5.-Strenuous efforts
were mede by the court Of Rome to bring