Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1870-09-04
MISCELLANY.
THE RECENT FRENCH DEFEAT.
Full Particulars of the Late Battle by an
American Correspondent
[sUNDAY's SPECIAL DIsPArcHEs1

The Tribune correspondence attba bead
quarters of King William. eight miles from
Sedan, Thursday night. saws after the de
feat on the 3Oth and s1st. the French re-
treated en- masse ON Sedan and encamne,
around it, and French prisoners saw If wa
believed that the road to Mezieres was omen
and in case of another defeat retrea
could have easily been ACCOMPLISHED. Bu
on Wednesday evening. the whole Prns
sian corps, those sent from Frederick
Charles army, the second army. and thu
Crown Rrinee's.ssrfsssz fsdrceS
march i1i h1& df7nct6}l of Dancbere anG
lzezieres 10 shut a 3fcMahon,s army OF
the west and drive them against the Bel.
eian frontic1 While this was going on
the Saxons and Guards, SO, 900 strong. com.
posing the Prlassian right under Prince
Albert, of Saxcny, were marching rapidly
to close on the French on the right and on
the Meuse, which they had crossed Tues
Gay, the Sofh, at Remedy, in the direction
OF La chapeiie.
On Thursday naorning, at half-past sew
en-, the King started for the battlefield
where cannonading was then going on.
The King drove in an omen carriage to
Cheerange, 81 miles south of Sedan. The
French had flooded the low meadows in
the valley. before coming to the railway
bridge at Bazeille, to stop the Germans
from advancing on the town in that direc-
tion. But the French failed to mine the
bridge at BazeilIe. and If was of immense
service to the Prussians throughout the
battle. who threw up earth works on the
bridge itself. to protect IL from the French.
who more than once ATTEMPTED to storm it.
In the hope of breaking the Bayarian COM
munications between the left and right
banks Of the Meuse On the proiectinp
spurs of hill the Rayarians nosted two
batteries of breech- -loadinp steel Keupn
runs. which kept ND duelIo till the very
end Of the day. with the siege guns of Sc
dan. across the Meuse. -A
! still, furt,,er =, tho r;cb+ so,l, ,,.s ON nm
5uI.tina ,,la;, otoro a. ,;IIoao of De-
x;lla terninatine ahout q n,ilo .,d boIf
frmn Sedan at tho woods Moor Ricbooo,,rt
zf;dwav ,sstvvoor t,,or t,,r,o ,,Iooos thoro io q
IL. sc..,e &C tbo most dos,,arota struaoIo
e,, tho a,.,ttIo
Ia xyes,, stgs5s Wood and tbo to,vn ,yoro
several French can,nS where ,roro ,boltor-
ed buge n,asses of troons which ,voro no,-or
,,sod So,orotod fro,, nho,, L,,
wooded ravine, was a long bare hill
Where occurred some OF the hardest hght-
ing OF the day, ana which formed one OF
Oile Keys Oh Ine posltlon OF the French
ARMY Nheh Ihls was once IN the hands
Oh the frusslans' the whole town OF Sedan
was aU Ihe mercy OF the herman guns.
urIner 10 tle IelG lay the village OF LILY,
WIlcll was SET Oh IRE early IN the DAY by
: rench smells. ABOVE the railroad prldge,
the line TO Mezleres was wooded hills,
Where the crown Prince and stall stood du-
rng the DAY, having oreeXtenslve view
than on the one where stood the King,
on,'h'n, Vi.e 1"iiiiS.ei war; "eiiei"i'
Moltke, oherldan ana forsythe.
The object of thePrussian generals was to
close the crescent of troops. the shane of the
,,,i+b ,,,,,iol, +bo,, hoo,o,' bo++1o ;ntoo o;r
my LUZ mn NY 0oson D''''le .i
Gle, by Junction between the saxon corps
on the right and the Prussians on the left.
This took place at noon. near the village of
T,Io1, ~ Pouo;11o :, ro,,;no hohirJ Co
iiieS' vi '''Ieiiio, III q 'iiio oeiiiiiu S
dan. Tms terrible circle, once formed,
grew steadily smaller, till at last the forti-
fcations of Sedan itself wore enclosed
SUNDAYS PRESS DISPATCHER
wAsu1croN Son 4-Nr Jonas at
" ,oN' '1op, 'one'' "'
brussels, telegraphs 10 the state Depart
ment full confirmation of yesterdays
news.
Mr.. Washburne telegraphs from Paris to
the state department that they had heard
OF McMahon's defeat and the capture of
Sedan, but they did not know whether
the emperor was prisoner or in Belgium.
NEW YORK, Sep. 4.-Cable dispatches,
dated Paris, Sep. i, state that the Council
of Ministers have issued the following
otio,, 70 tto Eronoh ,oo,,1o.
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