The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-20
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LONDON, August 19, $50 AN
A part of the French army has been
forced back to Metz. Their position
there is regarded as very critical,
1t is believed that preliminary ne
gjtiati0ns for peace are under discus
sion here.
PARIS, August 19.-Iu the Corps
Lsgislatif, last evening, Count de Pa.
hkao, Minister of War, took the floor
and in response TO an inquiry, made
an explanation relative to the fact of
General Trochu being declared Gov
ernor of Paris. The government re-
garded il as a wise movement, he
said, to coufda the defense of
the city of Paris TO person eminent
ly qualified to increase a security of
peace in the minds of the citizens.
General Trochu will be replaced in
command of his corps. The Reserves
were formerly under his command.
Count de Palikao then informed the
Corps that it was certain that the
Prussians had suffered severely in the
late engagements. Their center had
been especially crippled. and they had
to retreat.to st. Michael, bat were able
to effect a junction with the Prince
Royal.
The entire regiment of White Cui-
rassiers under the command og Count
Won Bismarck, was totally destroyed
near Schlettstadt.
The French peasants attacked the
detached Prussian Dragons, and
made them prisoners.
The Count then dwelt upon the
fact that a dispatch from a Prussian
source made no mention of this
French victory.
The remarks of the minister were
received enthusiastically by the Dep
uties.
LONDON, August 19.-Thc Times
has an article on the situation, which
says the road to Paris is open to the
Crown Prince, who may leave Charles
Frederick to watch Marshal Bazaine.
A Hamburg letter says the people
there are quite Teconciied to the
blockade, adopting their business to
their requirements.
The Moraing Post says, semi Off
cially, that no peace negotiations are
afoot. The government is satis-
fed that France win not retract until
she is done retreating. All turns on
the capture of Paris.
The Post also denies the story re-
Gently published of the presence OF
Prince Murat in England.
The Times publishes q special tel
epram from Berlin this morning,
which contains the following intel
ligenee:
The French army has been separ-
ated by the victory of the Prussians
/ at Mars La Tour. The main body
has been forced back on Metz, and
brought to stand by the extreme
right of the army.
A battalion of the Seventy third
regiment of the line destroyed a
Prussian regiment of lancers.
| There has been many brilliant
charges, in one of which General
Legrand was killed at the head OF his
division.
General Montague is missing.
The Prussian Generals Doering
and Wedel were killed. and Generals
Groenter and Won Ranck were
wounded.
| Prince Albert, commanding the
Prussian cavalry, was killed.
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masters of the position previously
occupied by the enemy.
On the morning of the 18th several
| combats with the rear guard took
place near Gravellotte.
patch dated London, August 10, II 80
A. NJ, says:
contains a dispatch from Brussels
which saws that Napoleon suffers from
febrite mouomania. He cries out that
| he has been betrayed.
The London Times says that dis
patch from Berlin says that the
| French armies were separated at
Mars La Tour, aud the main army at
Metz was checked by the 1st and ID
The Prussian Crown Prince, with
three army corps, is now marching to
attack Froissard at Chalons.
A dispatch adds that Marshal Ba-
zaine must cut his way through the
German army of the Rhine or capitu-
late.
The force Of the enemy in the bat
tie on the 10Th inst, has been approx
| imated and stated at 10000. We
have not yet the exact figures of our
losses.
| PANS, August 19-The report that
the wife of LeBoeuf is in Prussia is
eontradicted.
The authorities continue to arrest
suspected parties.
Many discoveries have been made OF
arms and of papers demonstrating a
/ widely extended system of Prussian
spying throughout France. The pub
| lie has been greatly excited by these
| important developments and demand
imperatively the seVerest punishment
meted out to such enemies.
! LONDON, August 19.-There was
fighting all day Thursday near Mars
La Tour.
NEW York, August 19.-The Tele-
orans's special dispatch from Carls.
Yuhe says the demands OF the
King of Prussia are stated to be;
First. that he be declared Emperor ol
! Germany; second, that the Province
of Alsace, together with the city OF
Strasbourg, be given TO the Grand
Duchy of Baden third, that Bavaria
receives full money compensation in
consideration of her services and ex.