The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-17
Mondays Battle ut Metz.
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A Pruusslan Account
The French Routed. and Driven
Within tho City.
Evidences Of French Decentralization.

BERLIN, August 10.
: The following additional particulars Of
the second battle near Metz, were received
late last night: Late on the afternoon ot
Monday, the 1st and 7th Prussian army
corps vigorously attacked the French
forces under the walls of8Ietz. A sang
culinary conflict cnsucd, tho French at
length were driven within the city, witha
loss Of four thousand men. On the same
day a grand reconnaissance under King
William, in person, maintained itself for
some hours within two lines ot tho French
deienCcs, without any effort on the part OF
the French TO dislodge 1t. The fact shows
the utter Generalization Of the French.
Capture ofa French Fortress, North.
east Of Nancy.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16-15:15.
The following has just been received:
sAvERNE, August lG.
Fortress AIarsal, a small town little
northeast Of Nancy, has been captured
by body Of Bavarian troops, after short
bombardmcnt Sixty cannon were cap.
tured.
Switzerland not Afraid.
BERNIE, August 10.
Tie Swiss Corps Of Observation has
been disbanded.
An Opinion of the French Chambers.
..g LONDON, August 1G.
The 7eIegraphs Paris correspondent
writes that the French Chambers are I'm.
worthy oI public respect Were mem.
bers not elected by fraud and coercion,
they might be trusted as q committee ol
public safety.
Trouble in Africa. a'
.0 PARIS, August 10.
Algeria has been declared in n state Of
siege.
Bismarck In the Real Estate Business
LONDON; August 10.
A document ascribel TO Bismarck is
circulating In Prussia declaring for terrific"
rial aggrandizemcnt as result ol war.
The Bavarians have not been supplied
with the needle gun.
The French deny the story Of the cap
ture Of Bitche.
Strasburg and McMahOn'S CorpS.sg
1t Is feared IN Paris that AEcMahons
CORPS is at and around strasburg, and Is
entirely cut of. ris 3 u
The following is from the French off
ciaI bulletin: "The Prussians arc not In
any great force before strasburg. The
town Of Bitche still holds out against tic
enemy. The railway bridgeat Tergehein
On the line between Strnsburg and Basle,
was destroyed by the enemy"
Victorious or Dead.
The Times says French victory is
necessary to predisposo the Emperor to
treat tor peace. m .t
whereabouts Of the Empress and
Prince.
The stories that the Empress and Prince
Imperial are on English soil arc repeated
to-day. They are:untruc, as It is certain
the Prince Is now in Paris.
Confidence of the PruSSian Govern
ment.
H LONDON, August 10.
Dispatches from the Prusslan Govern
ment to the Ambassador are full Of tri.
umph, and express the greatest confidence
in tho early result Of the war.
Martial Law in the French Cities ON
tho Coast
PARIS, August 10.
Tho journal OReiel contains a decree
declaring Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient and
RoChcioFt In state Of siege. The French
left two dispatch boats In the Ttber on
evaCuating Rome.
England Experimenting with Mitrail-
leuSe.
LONDON, August 10.
Experiments with the iltraIleuse at
Shoe6uryness, indicate that the instru-
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