, 1870-10-14

prophecy are the worls: "Litt,t<. E7aattte. Fra
ttrnfft."
lhSnosr Oct. 1a-The particulars Of the bat11e
before Metz, on Friday last, xte received The
French made sotue In force, and, after tsttle,
wcse driven back with tremendous toss. The
I1u,han1 took great number Of pnsoneta
The cattle In and around Metz arc dying by
hundreds from Hudcrrest- The bodies cannot ho
:u.tcd quick enough 10 prevent IN epidemic
that hari f1osis hare oocu,std
it.eIe, the disease IL spreading rapidly.
The Frrnch nse fs,m the fostlnea,ions 0: Metz
cnnurucs necessarily. The Francs Treurs, not
lnirg uniformed, the pEuAslans do not regard
them rs regular soerg, aud shoot them Ut aiRht.
IJosnoE, Oct. 1a.-A New York Tfibnne lctses.
dated 81 z1cres les Metz, the zth Inst, eaJa: ITO
DAY = battle Was the most Important effort b.
xalnc haa made Rince 'he Pzuss:ans haze thrown
their tclt 0! men, guns, and carthMorks around
the fortress He had at lcaat 30 ooa nen engaged.
About O'clock the guns Of the Pepssian b11Ietica
b5 Semicourt began 70 give tongue OnlJ few
Flenchmen loading around at La.lanchamps were
observed. One u the onlecss said: sTaese viii
be nottlrg serious to-day. There IL
TOO much nlst tn the yxi'eJ.' Certainly
It seemed as II he must be right When
was on the hrighta OF Stmlroart, l could not
see the villages In the valley below, and the c.
thedta Of Metz utterly Invisible, In. the roa1
Of guts grew 1ouaer, and then came ntss one
great boom and then aoothes from the big guns
lying behind Ut Frencou1t D4zaine had laid hls
schene with great art. Under cover OF the dense
fng he had mac his dispositions with such alrolt-
nehs. TINT when 1t lifted. little PAS: l O'Clock,
they were already Ill hut complete In the usst
Instance ne directed strong assault on
IAuopcaAnpe. The landHehr outposts held the
place As II theJ were 1e,Uu0 instead OF 100 men.
The attack, however, wAs oaly 4 diversion,
Sul,,euly the villages vi GrxndeA and Petltes OF
~. R.my md Make were overwhelnet by 4
CATARACT Of Fseucnlnen. The Flfty-nlnth Lenti-
wear in ST. KumJ Weuld not fall tack, as it
RI u..l in COMMON rri,lence, hut stood
up III tt.e street, uhlu the French, Aayt,K pla5ed
up u 1t with artillery aua Taiuct, Ch.ssepo,s A.d
mt.rAieuses bullets, and nnal15 pnshed back
wns,ls the shattered remnants On 10 the ChaQ ,ee
by dtut Of sheer nn.ubeD. The fRsilee1 battalion
ot the fafty-elshth occupied the Grand E.appe,,
and IT occurtes Grand Esappea uuw, but the ocru-
patton co1sl*ss Ut the IcAd and wounded. Tue
t'a'tafon would nat give ground, and may b. sald
to have been annIhilated a. tt stood, sho men
beng With their backs to the vail aud thelr fces
10 the foc The other battailons Of ihe ka1e reKi.
ment suffered terribly SO far Daz21ne had snc-
ceeded. He had occupied the chsln Of
villages athwart the valley. and Ind got
a few batteries OF artillery out On their front to
reply to the Prnssian rEe; but the 4ta.u quo he
neaanet ".she" 70 ao. eoula setaln. Ine Russian
artillery, throwing ihe1r psuIrcules from thee
s'uee " tns paaaie'o2fsAut M.e1teseu Win the
"ao1t""te tea4lkauo1 OF 'ae As1tef conception
As sdesaueu tae .otnet' "seeuea ele1f taat B1-
@4ine ""u44 ~. o1fe uuae ""at nc nko II lie did
Eol contemplate eulneuasn1 Hote- Iaat same-
thihe' have not tne femo.sst ns'o''f, was 4o'se
to establish connection with TalonEtlie. Ils tac-
tics were we'll conceived. From StrrrtIs 4n,, tne
TWO EtaFes ne kept the ffuastan Inc engaged
Win snusket aaa artillery. lie sent tor
Sasd 1fom Vf1ni E!trres large warms Of
1tralcurs, who Jared extremely III,
Ut the Aanus oI she.l.ahl"eht: but trslaea this
IL nRkktd great bodies, nearly 39.N-) Mcn, alanR
[ the hanks OF the Mose1le nndef costr of the
! houses III MAXI and sent them foEHlsl 10 cut
| t1teu2h the rflssiAn environment whore 1t WAS
| wt:shrl cIose ~ tlle river. The laJalenk WAS q
| Cs.ica. ulc. The LautWeh1 had ii! becn sent
forward agxinst the villages vita aus exccyaou
ot .onr t.sisaslc IN reserve, but IN. Tenst
| ArE.y I0sps had been crossing t1s
Isousoou bridge aud iuasstnx b=twet.
he river an,l Amenlange. There Hcnrl
| II Won raecat WIS III couulaue Of operations II
uIc tear, aid gave III urdcr for several regiment
IL attyahce- Ii W2s slight Erser ~ he forgotten
first CAME The Fa>tiecrA, extending ut IL E1pi,
run into sk!r1ulshirg o:der, Hui covering III
1
| ucust. culnmna of cumpaplrs vi GeeuA,l{ers, II
| band pla1ug aud culors uufure4i unwunt&.l slzt7:
Hut all the Work waa NOT left fvt infant Il, d., Ia
| u1tilferr entered, tnr yiit11e aloue. aud cou;s,
| rated their nre on the French co1umus aflyaut
| inv a,onR The Mo.,:l,e. uaxatur Ia Singular
wcas in 1tc,d ar,u!cry. aud thc only frplY c in
ran, tn, .,,,1c,, .it,.s nf M,unt 81 JnIte nr I'M
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re, In Is, t1,. md ,rsv,,. ,bn rf,1s.e,
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, 49,, ,.,,uyrnu.rs r7,a ,,1,l4r ,nI vs1r,
,.s..-. ,,.,+. .,rnr,h r. ,h,. French 1-.,r ,t,.n
= ....,,,,n,s s,u.o.red md ,h,u nrnr,- rt,r,1.
u ..,..st ,s.,1 go n cnnttn,,un. ,,n,~ mn n.
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s,n,. a.,', Inn. ,..,.rrn tbcm .u;, tb,. PR
ems 80 f.,1or. urrs nt,.t,nnt-- unfI xnubt
: 1 fn,,n.r IN va,n IN. pru,stan ARTILLERY rr
~, Tho r,ttavc adyanc,nR closer AM, clo,
| In ntterrete order If batteries. with
,r,,.!.i,n .,.l runIot,y that cou}, MT have he
,x.e..r,r, IN naraur. That obstinate ba.,cty
tront NJ ,bc. O:and R,anoes womb not shut .
H. ~, th~ French T1ra,l-urs still, lined tho cuau,
:! ~ va frnnt NJ nj, tIa1c It Has near;r o:clo
s,,r nf1,cer valIon*.f along the front win
1rrs for ornera, advance 10 tate tac rtll4xc
s,I,-m ina aItvance he told me WAS to co,,s!s;
- ,h,,,,scs oY InnlIxebr. ut,h 2 nr1caucs Of
~ | srtnth a-my t,orns aupport,uv. lii 4 few n
- ulcs rror,, Tho cnynmau1 cams sound,ac a,t
- ,na ,tra .na ,hr n,rn sornnc from their co
-. | rr, rrrr ft,rvart with fhas steady quick srcp
.,hnrartrr1s,,. Of rrusstan ma1cbiad. The sh
:, | 1,rn ,,,. ,u,t1err in fruut Of Gfaud ltar;,y3
| ,nrm,uh the line ntrralkIeuse aud Chassepot
~ | lrts rous,d aRs1ntt 1t Ike 1eaucu hall; but
,aI ltc LaulHehr, silent aud stern, went stcadlE
The &1ont, / never knew u more fur
rc, | n,e fban TINT 10 which tho centre OF that
.hc | was y1rqse4s. Central Won BrandcrEtctn, c
inn | ,uhld!ng tho Third Drlga'te, OF LlntWehf.
de- nlok dow D, aud several ot Ills sfnn wounded
.,J | length The eut.gncLmcn:s we're reacht.l, be-
=. which WAS iyipK lhs shattered re1nauts Of
,.l Esfty-p,nth uni Flfth.c.yhth landwear.
th,. | ttafen .zatluu consisted in the CRY
tuhrruy Eteasss.." aud then "EoTWa
ers l,umcur, vo1wa114 y aud the ilne II
res itself to tbs front on
Ire 1br guuncrs from tho hattery drove on, anh
tarrlJ .ttre to round the corner before the L
the | wenr Neto upon them. The guns they left
torce. In the villages the French male a
sta1d The 1.3ndwehr, With less Of the COZ
j. upnal warrior than the line, ars not 60 mae
Of | rltned to gye quarter as the professional
the ,i4e,s. With many FEenchu,an. this
ex- uoou, the nrst shock consisted OF
ret thu,.t They foucht Ike devils IN
rcs- i uosrcw ways Ut the v!ltsge, and
the | M.tratllicuse With falr judgment aad cHest:
nee Then there came tile steady. tne8otae'e b
iorHata Of the Land~ehE Win oas onrts' 2at
villages We're clcartd ot NIL haSe Tue slc*sE;
cul- l1e.d Rrd EouLdcd- Tae ttossl4a afal'ets
IL IL s'Et nstnK IN the moonlight, fr''tn Inc nc
drl. at,1ve. UIgy anaSt Jn!stn sre stu KSsnls u