The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-18
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THE PRUsS1AN ADVANCE IN
PARIS.
Additional Dispatches OF Tuesday
Z 't.'E Night.
TIE FRENCH 0ENERALIssIMO SURPRISED
Special G0the Tribune. Ia

THE FRENCH GENERALIssIMO SURPRISED
Sptcla! tOthe Tribune. 40
LONDON, August 10. :
Our special correspondent writes from
Paris Monday night: Sundays battle
was only semblance Olsucccss or mitt'
cation Of disaster. The Germans having
cut off all railroad Communication with
Metz, Bazaine commenced to retreat
across the Moselle, and proposed to follow
the ordinary high road towards Eerdun
whittier the Emperor and Prince lmperi.
Al, leaving Metz TO It's fate had preceeded
him. When half the army only had gOl
over theriver, the Generaltssimo, upon
whose skill the hopes Of France are now
fixed, was surprised Just like other French
commanders. A reconnaissance had found
hO'inkliIig OF German corps in the neigh.
bOrhoOd, butuevertheless when one hall
Of the army had got over the river It was
attacked by great force. We have the
EmpcrOr's word that after four hours
fgHng tho. enemy were rcpulsed with
great loss, but il Is not asserted that the
half Of the army which wanted TO get
across succeeded. Taking the account
most favorable To the French, 1t Is Obvi'
GUS q movement thought to be of;capital
importance must have been TO COnsid.
crable extent thwarted and fmpeded
by the attack, TOR which 1t Is
not prepared. The Emperor tells
the Empress OF. Fthe :, great losses
Of the enemy, but says nothing OF his
own, which, however, after four hours
struggle with the soldiers Of WcisSenburg
Forbach and FroschwciIef, are n6tilikely
to have been small. What Is the exact
meaning of the repnlsG ID the respective
position OF the two armies? If the Ger
mans had attacked Metz from their own
side of the Moselle and becn driven back
the repulse would have been ineligible
enough; but on the showing Of the En-
peroFs dispatch unexpectedly gotround in
great force to that side Of the river by
which Bazaine meant 10 retire, and check
ed his retreat; that further, they were
pushed upon Verdun, and more likely they
were if reinf6rcements should come from
'Thionville to prevent BaZaine Joining the
Emperor and going on to Chalons to pro-
tect him and tho Prince Imperial. The
French papers call this the combat Of
L0ngueville, but they have no other
grounds for this denomination than the
Emperor's dispatch, dated from Tongue
vile. The Emperor did not say he was Of
the fight, and probably lie was not. The
official dispatch from 4MOselle states that
the Emperor left Metz at two O'Clock yes
terday afternoon for iVerdunI .yThis dis
patch was dated at Metz, 0t $40 in the
evening. The Emperors telegram from
;Longneville9 was dated only two "hodrs
later; IGObgpeyiIle 81 a village four ktlo'
metres from the LEFT bank Of the MOselle
THE FRENCH AGAIN DIFFERENTIATED.
La france assumes, but j should think
incorrectly, "that tho Emperor, hearing
the sound Of the cannon, came back and
took part in the bdttle.%' y All this lttls &c
be cleared up, but according TO the pres
emit appearance the Prussians have again
outgencraled the French II 1t were
otherwise; and II really an important nd.
vantage had been obtained dpails would
not full TO be published, but up 10 this
hour seven o'clock we arc told nothing
more than that the corps darMeeo OF Gene
rdls L'Admirault and De COer, two oil the
most eminent Generals in the service and
war. and that BazalnO in person took part
in the engagement This shows that the
affair was very important, but throws no
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