, 1870-08-22
BATTLE OF WE1SsENBURG--FRE
ACCOUNT

NEW YoEx, aug. 3l.-Tbe journal du !5a1-I.tsn
Eircs tht following account OF the bstte Ut Wells
scnbusg: The Seventy fourth AMI Fiflteth uf the
t!ur. the Sixteenth Battalion OF foot Chasseur7.
regiment nf Tuscos. and another OF mounted
Ctasseuts, wcsc eucamped tn the enviEons OF
Wctssenpu r. SEirmtshcra, sent forward to re-
coDno.tre the fIcntleE, had not seen anr enemy,
and did lot expect an attack. In the morning,
at iay1'1eak, suddenly, a Vigorous cunnounde was
heard, aud the German t1uops, consisting Of M
Immense force nf artillery, cavalry. aud infantry
showed themselves on the heights at schwc!nccn,
the trft Baynrtnn village on the fruntlrE.
Numbs fell upon WclsscnburH and set fire
10 The barracks. and offcrwntl other buildings.
Tho men OF the Ftfseth were about 10 take their
morning meal, when bullets began assailtng
thpm IN Their camp. General Douay then or
t1crcd M advance. and the soldiers, leaving their
equipments, cast down their knapsaces, which
tEry Hrfc lfglnnlnX to buckle on, ami threw
themselves Into the tyc. The French troops
hail three E,cces 1T cannon. while the enemy
had formidable artillery, which sent t~ombs au.,
shells into tho 11tdss Of their ranks Thr French
soldiers sought shelter l1hind the farms uras
Weisscnburr, hut the euenly's cannon soon dis
lodged them, and they we're then borne down
hT the plumbers OF the Germans who increased
continually. The Turcos fought Ike llonz
Thcr charged The enemy with baycnet.
but worc muwed down With grape. The two
regiments of the lice pertarult.l pr,n,g,es Of
yalot. 10th eEcers aiI men suffered cruel losses
The terrible piece Of news OF General Douass
death, also, disturbed the soldiers, lie had been
killed. aui General d. Montmarc wounded. The
Germans fited increasingly with their numerous
pieces upon the French troops, IN houses aud on
farm buildings, burning everything within Esugc
In the mtIst OF the battle, detachment OF The
line, ignorant Of Whist was going On, as..yca hy
rail- TO rejoln It's regiment The train stopped At
nunspach. TIE soldiers jumped out Of the
wagons, seiLcd their guns, and rushed into the
light THIS struggle OF one against two last
Ell until O'clock. The French then rr:tsrtl
through the woata and yincy yards, pursued 10 the
last t,y the caeny's grape The Turcns had pre-
viously captured c:e.r pieces Of cannon. which
were scsakcn after desperate combat, most muir
dcrous to themselves. but In which they slestrpy
| cd bait regiment OF ryusstan HusSars- The
| Hnnncra attached TO tho Ftench cannon which
| fell tEfo thr hands OF tic Pfussians, were Nil
Killed. after seeing sheir horses fall deal from
tho bullets OF the enemy. n1s' the wheels Of thelF
| carriages smashed By cannon balls- General
A.'e1 Douay wss hit hv Two balls One passed
through hts shoulder, the other struck him in the
| breast. The remaining General Featx, the hcro
| Of Mexico, Aide de Camp to the Emperor, COM
maids the Seventh Corps d'Armcc-
! RUSSIA.
NEW YosK. Aug. el-The. 7TbhHes Special
correspondent, wiring from St. Petersburg. 18th
| Inst, says: "Tnc Russians declaration OF nen'
tsa1i1y Is stncerc In Itself, and will be mozc CT
fcctual1y observed. because Russia not prspate.
| tor wnr, and cannot readily get rrady- The En-.
rcsor is personally favorable to the
russians, hut the popular feeling throughout
Russ,a Is strongly ant-terman. The Russlar
press arc unanimous for neutrality. The Gv.o*
formerly Prussian, now says war for Prussis
would be the most unpopular war ever under
taken by Russit. Government paper aud al
stocks have been up since 1t WAS known that neu
traltty would be observed
Petersburg and Rga are full OF English steam
ess- Hungarian wheat, formerly shipped tbzouG'
stettlu, now goes through Rigs, and Kuss!au CON
nercc no ipngcr passes through hon!ssbnrE.
The cholera L. raging II TagawEosye-lo0 per
sous dyint d1.ls.
7he Emperor has signed the new law g1s4ng
} FIRE municipal government to MI large towns an
cities. except III Poland and Daltcpfnsincc4 1t !
the greatest rrfcrm since that Of the judiciary.