The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-27

St. Remy, Prienne, Landres and
Chateau IhlsTTy. The latter place
| ID but fifty miles from Paris.
A letter from Berlin says that the
French, In al their actlOus, begin 10
IRE so SOON that they cause great
daughter before the Prussians are
Sltnin charging distance.
1t is admItted that the French fight
6ravely. but it Is asserted that the
positions they leave would have been
retained uuder the same c.rcumstaa
ces, If occupied by the PrussIans.
The kIDg of Pruss a left the bat
lie field at Rezonville, at o'clock 10
the evening. As he passed through
GOrsee he was attended By MOlGke,
Verdy, Prince Frederick Charles,
the Duke of Meehlenbur and Count
Kukisaf. Couns Bismarck, who was
exploring the battle field in his car
rIage with General Sheridan, was not
70 be found when asked for By the
King, and did not come in until dusk.
The following are the particulars OF
the recent violation OF the hag of
truce. on the 18Th: A farm house ln
the field was filed with French
wounded, and our surgeons were 90
busy they could not Immediately at
teOd them, and Colonel Verdy with
a flag of truce. went TO the enemy's
lines TO request the French TO send
surg Gus to the sufferers. As be aD
preached, waving a fig, be va, fred
upon as before reported, aud his mis-
sion of humanity Was defeated.
A similar case occurred at Marsal.
When beseiged they fired on the fig
which was brought 10 summon then 10
surrender.
There are now two hundred thou.
sand French prisoners of war in
Germany.
Especial to the Heraid.l
LONDON, August 16-A special
respondent &C Bar le. Due. writes
that b. aine 10 surrounded IA Metz
By the Prussian troops, and is expect
ing TO be compelled to capltuIate, his
troops being short OF provisions.
lTrlbune's Cable specIai.I
LONDON. Aug. 26.-The T5i5une's
special correspondent at Paris writes
on Thursday evening: :" The Minis
ters say privately that it was Gao
robert who. with one or two divisions, |
got away after the batlle of the 18Th, |
and with whom Mcmahon hopes to |
effect a Junction"
In a secret session of the Corps
LeRIslatif to day, the Ministers were |
notified by Keratry and other Depu
ties that the practice of with holding |
news would no longer be tolerated,
aud that tho Deputies were deter
mined that General Trochu's plans |
should not be interfered with by |
Count Palikao, or even by the En-
peror.
The married men under forty five.
who have served and are now ordered
into the army, number about BOO, 900.
and the provincial Garde Mobile will
reach an equal number
Gen. Faillsy's rem val was ordered /
because he tour times disobeyed Mo
Mahon's orders TO reinforce him be
tore WOerth, saying he had the EN-.
peTOr's orders to the contrary.
The bast information about Ba-
z ztine's army. which all German off
cIal telsgrams now prove is shut
up in Ne'z, mskes his strength
about 10000; Nc Mahon's cannot ex
ceed 100 900 really good troops, the
Deing raw levies.
The TrtbuHe's special correspond
ent telegraphs from Frankfort on
Friday:
The Strasbourg besiegers are
making rapid progress. The citadel |
Is in ruins and the arsenal on FIRE.
One battery has been sileoced. The /
German trenches are close to the |
walls The German loss is tr fling. I
All the regiments before Metz have
been filled up with ordinary reserves
Field Marshal Sir Alexander Wood
ward, Governor of the Chelsea FL os-
pital, who served in the P-nlnsular
war, died this evening. aged SO.
Especial to the -un.l
ARLoE, August 25, VIA BRUssELs,
August 26 The railroad from Mont
medy 10 Seedan has been destroyed
at Margut, near the BelRian boundary.
The Prussians are at Longuon.
A reliable gentleman comIug from
Metz, says that the PfuSsians attacked
Fort Sc. Julian on the afternoon of
the 24th. de saw B izalne's army af-
ter the battle of the 18.h in fright
ful state.
LONDON, Aug. z6.-A Tribune
Rheims on the "A b, says that this
officer of the Intendante Informed us
that We must start instantly for
Bethel, Prussia, aud we are marching
on to Rheims. aud we expect TO be
there this evening. True or not, this
hastens the movement of
arriving, and makes it look more like
a retreat than ever
LONDON, August 26 The Tribuac's
writing from the head
quarters Of King William, at Gravel
Iotte. says:
The French columns we're seen by
the Prussiau videttes, the day after
the batlle, on the road to rhionvile.
Ir is supposed they were endeavOrin9
to escape. bat are nevertheless cut off
from Mcmahon.
I'VE are all on short rations The
First Prussian Army Corps having
now occupied this region for 8ome
days, the country is about eaten out.
but supplies are hourly expected and
the men are cheerful.
have just returned from a visit
to the outposts of the army, which
are under the guns OF Fort ST. Quen-
tine and Carrieres, and look down on
the valley IN which Metz lies. The
French camp may be seen between
Metz and the hill crowned by st.
Quentin.
Yesterday and to-day the Prussian
pioneers have been throwing up earth
works for defense against sallies from
Metz; but believe the whole plateau
Is within easy range of the great guus
In the fort, and that a bombardment
will follow an attempt TO establish the
army In that position"
The same correspondent writes on