New-York tribune., 1870-08-20

nde to side for many mile. The wnoio coon"y
on the move. A regiment of cavalry goes oy WIN
infinite jinghng Of harness and cattering OF hoois
Now the bayonets of the infantry shine out among
the trees there is an interminable train OF guns
dragged past fancy that the villagers are simply
astounded at what they see, and imagine that ali
Germany is upon them.
"The soldiers, laughing, tel of the other two
great armies which are invading France. The
Fatherland is quite safe The war has scarcely
troubled single German village-not one in this
part of the hne-and rain as it may, the men are
thoroughly cheerful"
SCENES AFTER THB BATTLE OF WORKMAN
INTERVIEW BETWEEN MARSHAL MAChAHoN
AND EDMUND ABOUT-A PANIC AT sAvEkFE-
"A portion following dispatch appeared in seeoae 'a
Yesterdayl rs, a ,O,o
Edmond About describes the scenes after the bat
tie of Worth as follows: ..
"One sees solid regiments, who proudly retreat,
while few bad soldiers, disbanded, lost, demora-
lied, and disarrned, throw themselves desperately
into each by-path. / arrived just in time to stop
three wretched Turcos, mounted On artillery
horses, as they were entering On old quarry
with the hope of making q short cut from the neid
Our artillery must have been roughly used 30 many
caissons pass along the road without guns. But here
come one or two regiments of the line quite firm, to
erably complete in numbers, rife on shoulder, and
knapsack on back Behind them Marshal Nc
Mahon, calm, dignifed, almost smiling, and fresh
az a rose. / salute him he passes. He responds
without noticing me- One of his aids, M. dAlzac,
names me- Then the old hero stops, and tells me
quite simply the story Of his defeat, thus: had
only 5000 men, and found 10000 In front OF me-
We have given way before numbers. They
have killed or wounded about 5000 men.
But we shall have revenge. Explain this TO
the public But where are you going in that direc-
tionp To Saverne,' reply. You Will be cap
tured. The Prussians will be there in two hours"
SAYS the General. / have my wife and children
there, answer. God preserve you Do not fail
N sav that the morale of the troops is excellent"
We shake hands.
"Iexchanee few pleasant words with NJ. dAlzac,
and search vainly in the ranks of the staff as 1t
moves on for the laughing and kindly face Of NJ de
Vogue officer of ordnance. This fine young
man, full of promise, was killed by bullet
through the forehead, and Gen. Coison
with a bullet through the heart. Both OF
them were struck down by the side Of the Marshal,
who was reckless of his life. Last comes regiment
of Turcos the most complete and finest OF the three
These fellows have not thrown away their
knapsacks nor their arms. One OF the hrst
comes out of the ranks and clasps me
around the neck 1t is Albert Dury,
fellow journalist and the excellent fellow begins Dy
telling me: have been to your house; it 10 empty
All your people are safe but you. l. as you see
am firm as a post oh, my poor friends!
What a disaster We will repair it, though.
He runs off and disappears in the motley crowd of
his comrades. A little further on saw civilian
dressed in short coat of grey velvet who marches
like an officer between two companies of the line.
IA l., n artia az of tho Htflefydfi0n
old friend of the day before yesterday He carries his
portefolio across his back, and tomorrow morning
at Pfazburg he wil no doubt make q sketch of this
shameful retreat.
"At the gates of the Saverne the panic stricken
flying along the railway hiding in the gardens;
but some good regiments of the line tramping in
steps through the streets Their passage, calm and
courageous, is not before II o'clock at night.
These last belong to the Fifth Corps. They reached
Reichshofien too late to give battle. find the little
town a prey to panic really fabulous. Marshal
MacMahon arrived there on Saturday night at II
o'clock followed by the remains of his army, and
preceded by swarm of breathless fugitives. In
the twinkling of an eye Saverne saw itself
filled with the First Corps which the foe
luckily believed to have retired upon
Bitche They messed together where they could
those most fortunate in the houses of their towns
men, those who had brought away their knapsacks
and camp equipage, under their tents; many upon
the pavsments and in the fields under heavens can
opy. The night was passed in terror. If the enemy
had known how to profit by the opportunity. he
might have made 10000 or 1900 prisoners at one
blow. The population was only half reassured by
the presence of troops broken down, starved, and
discounted Some families got off by the mail train
at midday, the last that went from Strasburg"
(Sun6av the 18th AuUustl Qt 4 O'Clock
upon know not what false alarm-perhaps only be-
cause three or four scouts of the enemy were
nounced on the side of Steinburg-the Duke de
Magenta caused the Generalen TO be beaten, and
Sayerne thought itself lost while officers and soldiers
threw themselves pell-mell upon the Pfazburg road
Three-fourths of the people went off wildly toward
the neighboring forests A sad example was set by
the qens darmes and the sargent de tslle The
townsfolk closed their shops and piled up their fur
niture upon carts Some of the farmers drove their
cattle before them, as in the time of Abraham.
There were incredible accumulatious formed both of
men and animals in the houses of the foresters and
in the ruins of the old castles.
This morning all is calm in the town; OF, to speak
more accurately all is dead there. The invasion Is
expected from one moment to another, and no one
dreams of defense against the 10000 men of the
Prince Royal. The Mayor invites the bakers and
butchers to reopen their shops. few devoted men
and some brave women divide themselves between
two ambulaices, of which one is at the Hospital
and the other at the AISLE Imperial. There remain
only 90 wounded or so. One hundred and sixty have
been sent Oh to SaarbGrg Almost all the Zouaves
and Turcos made their escape last night, fearing to
be murdered by the Prussians. How they have
been able to drag themselves far as Pfalzburg
being in such state as they were in, scarcely |
know They must have stolen horses and carriages
Mine was recovered this morning at o'clock, per-
fectly sound from halfa-dozen stragglers, who had
replaced the traces with turbans unrolled.
AIn EOP TILE EYpEI / ED GERMANS