The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-24
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The rUpogts lFup ths seat q war this
morning Gru nicJo tiSp GldIarily con
aIctinr, and tlS 81 tion Ed movements
oH the aFmIt1 obscure We have drUs .
report tbat BGzAIlE laa ioEosd = passage
ffun Metz poFth,We tVlIdly, had got
I considerable dlllanG 81 De nOTtheru
yoats 70 PaTs, and lad Tosived reinforce
msntS; but The iis tsl1am received last
nigh. coutradIcts lhi1 dectIvely. Coming
direct iran PSGIs Il a1sEts that ade1Pstch
from Bt2AxE lScatls him SIN htaE Metz,
and credits him with purpoae To remain
there. Es'%
Another very impOTlan! announcement
Is ISL 4Ge srt63 d c6sldh6, eomb6iCd'or
so,ns of McMAHoN's corps and raw re-
cruIA ia latge nrdnhG has gbns 70 rein
iorcs BAzAmE; and tiAt the CRowN
PHAcE has reversed his movement to
ward Paris and, gone 70 tho assistance q
~ Enlior stNc PFa1siaS columns ~ ttlo
Isl Ih6od Of Metz. Indeed ono dis
patch from Itodd6h hayS be has already
made 4 junction with PRINcE CHAKtEs
IFegt II Metz, z
The secrecy in which the moVemcnIs Of
tic Two armies are yelled leaves no doubt
that rumon Of Iris character might
bc current in London and yet be
utterly groundlCst Although BAzAEsE
remains al; Metz, 1t Is not impossible
the ChAlOus troops have gone to 70.
IlnCorco him. Tho bulk Of The evidence
lSyon tho presumption that they have
Despite All tho preparation % defend
Paris, II b doubtful II the bombarlment OF
tl.at city would bO permitted. II Paris
can bc defended q all Il can bebettcF done
at Metz. There arc numerous evidences
that TIC PrMStAns were crippled severely
| Ilnths engagements around Metz Fighting
against advantages Of position and the
guns ol the torsrcaics,t they no doubt suffered
greater losses than Tho French even while
efEccIIng the main object Of the struggle.
| Ii may be trlc, as asserted at London,
that they are TOO severely crlPPletltor i'm.
mediate offensive operations. Surprising
this true, 1t would introduce new ele'
ment into the relations Of the rival ar.
niles. The pcrllous experiment Of getting
rcinlnrccmonts 10 BAzAlSE would be-
come comparatively feasible, and II tue
Uhalons army could have been thrown
into Metz, CHARLES and STEENMRTz might
have found themselves Iu danger for tho
obstinate struggles Of near week showed
that the two armies at Metz were not
greatly unequal as they stood.
A movement Of tho ChalonS army 70
Metz would, therefore, It would seem,
supposlng tho reported conditions to OK.
lst, compel an immediate march thither
by tho Crown Prince. II MCMAHON
should make junction with BAzAINE q
day or two in advance, before the Crown
PrIncc could unite his army with The
columns under Charles and STEINNETZr
the result might bC disaster To the PriS.
sian arms. MCMAHON would have the
start, hut would have tho longest road
for hU would have to come In on tho
north while the PnlssIans would make a
junction On the south OF west side Of Metz
A movement Of this kind by McNahoE
while promising relief and possible success
TO BazAnc, would make a brilliant diver
sion In behalf Of Paris, and transfer tn
theatre Of conflict oncO moro to tho region
between tho Mchsc and MoscllC.
1t Is moro than probable that sucl
movements arc in progress or hAyO beeI
already accomplished. II so tho crown
lnC struggle Of the war, involving tn
, whole Of each army, may be near. TIL
Q Prusslan army at Metz has doubles
received somc reinforcement Sinc
, the battle Of Thursday, and when jolnc,
by tho splendid column Of the Crow
PRlNcS, at least 100000 strong, would y
almost irresistible perhaps too Sron
! for tho French to, risk tho fatooI the wa
in a single engagement with 1t in oPe
acld. BAzAINE will need all tho rein
forcemcnts he can get from ChHlons Q
elsewhere to meet the united Prussia
army, unaided by tho guns OF Metz
OF course, We write in unccrtaint
whether there IL any truth at all in the n
ports on which these suggestions arc basc'
To-day We may hear that Mcmahon A'
not gonC to Metz, and that FREDERrC
WILLIAM continues to advance on PAFi
Tho Work Orthe Republican Party.