Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-08-05
Prussian Account of the Affair at Saar-
bruck.
LONDON, Aug. 4,

The Paris correspondent of the Daily News
writes on Tuesday that the enthusiasm for
war has entirely disappeared in Paris. 1t is
now eviden: that the war with Germany
means prolonged struggle against million
armed combatants, who are determined to
defend their own country and if possible to
give the French such lesson that hereafter
the Emperor's peculiar mode of making his
reign era of peace by attacking his neigh
bers, will be rendered impossible. The an
nouncement that the fortifications of Paris
| are to be placed in a condition OF defence
| and the Emperors admission that the war
will be long, have singularly dampened the
| ardor of those who imagined that within a
| fortnight glorious peace, which would re-
establish the supremacy of the French arms,
would be signed in Berlin. We are still told
that the Germans are trenating at the idea
| of encounterng the mitralileurs and turces
but the legend has lost its effect.
| A special from Paris Tuesday, says that
the Emperor's ply sician has joined the army,
on the pretext of forming an ambulance
corps; but everybody knows that he goes
special attendant upon the Emperor, the
state of whose malady does not permit him to
dispense with his most trusted physician.
A special correspondent at Saarbruck,
writes OH 1utSudy llOlHlDS OuI SUNS it
| being brought up opposite the French, and
will reply ii the French open fire.
| The same correspondent writing Monday
night says Il thought at the end of my last
| letter that my contribution from Saarbruck
was finished, and had set out for the railway
| station, when a communication was received
| from one of the best informed men in the
place made me determined to say, and to-day
the monotony of Saarbruck has been broken.
| Two thousand men with l6 guns have come
| within mile of the town, and two whole reg
| ime Is are lying in the immediate neighbC r
| hood. The first and third battalions, and
the 40th Hohenzolcrn fusiliers made their
appearance on the Saarlous road at the top
of a hill, miles out of Saarbruck, about five
o'clock, and with them came l6 guns, and a
long line of wagons. They did not come
into town, but turned into a large field high
upon the hill, where they will bivouac to-
night. There was great JOY at the news OF
their approach, and the towns-people went to
| the field to receive them with provisions and
presents of cigars, &c. ''Gott Seilab" came
from the mouth of patriot at my side, as
the first of the cannon appeared. When
wrote my first letter, there were hardly more
than 500 men in Saarbruck, and had the
French made forward move, even with a
small part of their forces about Forback, we
ever; but from one source or other, ouI
force was curously exaggerated The
Paris papers have credited us with an extra
ordinary garrison. There are at present in
Saarbruck or just outside of the place, 5000
men, and the 4Sth regiment with lG guns
within short distance.
CARrsRuHE, Aug. 4.
There was hard fighting at Weisenburg
yesterday. To-day a large force of Prussians
advanced between Weisenburg and Lauter-
bourg, ten miles into French territory, driv-
ing the advanced post of the enemy and des-
troying a mile of railroad between Lautcr-
bourg and Strasbourg, along which it is sup
posed McMahOn was preparing to advance.
The French loss was heavy, including many
prisoners.
BERLIN, Aug. 4.
| The Prussian government furnishes the fol-
lowing account of the affair at Saarbrucken
The feeble garrison held Saarbrucken until
the French deployed and advanced in three
columns. The Prussians then retired to a
position north of the town to observe the enc
my. In spite of the free use by the French OF
the Mtrailleurs, artillery and Chassepots.
Our losses are only two officers and seventy
men. The loss of the French appeared to be
more serious. Our troops were admirably
cool