, 1870-08-09
TIE FRENCH DEFEAT AND IT'S CoH6E-
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Thr forward movement Of the pfussianas
extended along the whole line Of the from
,.rr If PRUSSIA and Rhenish Bavaria, on
france. line OF baltic eighty miles long!
Ii. Fuas>ian centre, with headquarters at
1s.~isas.vl. WAS under tho conamand Of
Prince Frederick Charles, a nephew Of
k,u.; William. assisted by Generals Stein
metz. Tun Goel,en. kanas, Baragkow, and
s:r.rruaevl. This force recaptured SaaS-
t,r,lsl, defeated the French General Frois-
esr1, mud drove the French from Scar
s.,.sk lack over the Spiahren hills, upon
Fu,laacL. The statement, in ono despatch,
that :his foree foughs the battle of Hagenau
i. certainly mixture Of kilograms, If
H2eecau refers TO tho place Of that name
ea the map. few miles from Strasburg,
aa,. II tie line Of tie advance Of the Ptus-
SIN Left.
The most effective fighting was done by
ths prussian left wing, under Frederick
William, the Crown Prince, who seems to
have fought at least four battles, at Lauser-
burg, Wieisenburg, Worth, and Hsggenau.
=, they are named by the Prussians, while
French dispatches speak also Of battls
with the Crown Prince @'uear Frstch-
meicr," which may be q fifth, but il more
,,-,,l,a,,1r . different ns,na for one of the
a,t,r engagements
Besides ,,,ese epeaeen1euts, which bring
H., rr,ss;an left and centre sons twenty
,a,:vs into French territory, md give them
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eastern .u,,vav communications Of Metz,
Many. and Luneyillc, tAere is a solitary
t:r<,,atvh f..4n CarIsruhe to tho New York
III raid. IS yet unconfrn,ed from other
>.srrvs, 1ecouutinc an advance Of the Prns-
san extreme right wing. on Saturday, from
Tr,rrs md Saarhurg, and the capture bv it
# Shrek and IhlouvilIe, No official das-
1.a5,i:ys vet c,,nfirr. this report, the detnils
If uLsrL, il true, will add to the ot1iciaIly-
1.,s,-,,l tri,,mphs of the prussiaus.
French nccounts show TINT the chief DIFF
!; -ulty has been in handling such enormous
l~N:s-s of men, 50 as to bring them into ac-
ticn-1aut is. lack of genoralship, The
..:aj,r part of the French army seems to be
sv,senting, without having had an oppor-
18uity to fight. General Lebuutf tala-
.:alLs that F1oissard had to fight IS with
,l,ventire army" of the prtssiaus from .
..ci,rk in the afternoon uutil sundoy;u, and
tia, his corps. supported BIZ two divisions,
yer. the only corps engaged. The
ce,4,a Of Generals Adn,irasilt and Failly
vvsv net in tho fcht. Again, we
arv told. from MacNahon. of nthe conren.
.r..r.ou Of sryer.l masses Of tho enemy. be-
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