Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-31


lettes; the skirts of his tunic were
drilled through with balls, only one
halt of his telescope remained, the
other halt having been struck by
bullet; he wore high, loose boots, with
enormous spurs; all persons took on
their hats as he passed; his physiog-
nOmy expressed the most violent ex-
element. On arriving at the cafe he
hastily ordered some cold meat, hav-
ing been himself also fasting for day
and a night, and while eating he wrote
a letter in few lines and was then
joIned by superior officer, supposed
to be General de Failly. They shut
themselves up in an adjoining room,
and after short conference they re-
turned to the station to rejoin the
troops with his provisions. A person
of Nancy, who knew him well, hay
ing asked him for news Of a regiment
of cuirassieFs- Cuirassiers, replied
the Marshal, "there are none LETT"
a letter from MuihauSen says:
The panic which last Sunday took
possession of this town has subsidized
for the moment. and everything has
returned as if observation-disclosures
Office, telegraphs, railway travelling,
etc. The forty-eight hours we passed,
deprived Of ali news and all hope OF
obtaining them, appeared TO US an age.
At this moment We know at last the
truth. 1t is calculated to rend the
heart OF every one whole his coun-
try; but nothing ii yet lost.
The Independence Beige gives the
subjoined account Of the positions of
the two armies:
Beaten at Woerth, or rather Frosch-
WELLER, at the foot OF the Nosges, Mar
shall de McNiahon had taken the road
to Bitsche, along the railway, which
runs from Haguenau to Sarreguemines
and FOrbach, parallel with the from
tier of the Palatinate. But, once ar
rived at NiederbrOnn and ReichshOf-
fen, the Duke de Magenta moved
obliduely to the left, and, sEirting the
cOunterfOTtS of the mountains, arrived
with 5000 men on Sunday morning at
Saverne, after having passed through
! Oberbronn, Ingwiller and BoUXYil-
Ter. The cause of this movement Is
explained qy the defeat Of the French
at Saarbruck and the advance move
| ment of General SteinmetZ upon For
bach and St. Avoid. Ii Marshal
| McMahon had continued his march
on Bitcshe he would have come upon
/ the enemy, who was already in pos
] session of Sarreguemines, Saralbe,
! Rohrbach and the road which unites
| these localities to Alsace; ne, therefore,
! inclined to the southwest, not
| having any other line of retreat,
After having pursued the Mar
| shal as far as Ingwiller, the
! Prince Royal OF Prussia seems TO have
passed through GOetZenbruck, Lem
| berg and Rohrbach, across the noun
| tains, leaving to his right Bitsehe and
to his left Pfalzbourg, two little
! fOrtreSsses which command, one the
defiles of the NOsge5 at the point
where they touch German territory
and the other the road leading from
Saverne, in Alsaee, to Saarbourg, in
Lorraine. This very bold movement,
carried out over difficult roads, and
which ought to have taken at least
some days, considering the masses
TO be put in motion, gave the Prince
the advantage of putting his righl
! at ROhrbach in communication with
| the left wing of the army o
| the North. From ROhTbacb, hi:
forces being disengaged, he coulC
either cut off the communication o
! Mcmahon with the French headquar
ters, if the General should remain a
Sayerne, or else threaten Nancy di
| rectly, and throw upon Metz the
troops which protected the former
/ town. We learn likewise that his ad
| yersary fOresaW the danger which
! threatened him. From Saverne the
/ Duke de Magenta continued to fal
| back on the capital of Lorraine. A
! the same time that the Crown Prince
| thus advanced across the NOsgeS, the
two other German armies commanded
| by the King at the center, and By
| Prince Frederick Charles at the lef
wing-likewise gained ground per
pendicularly to the frontier to th'
right and left of the railway from
FOrbach to Metz, pushing their skir
mishers to within three leagues Of thl
latter place.
The N0rd, on its side, says:
As far as can be judged by these con
Trajectory and not very clear infOrma
] tions, the army of Prince Fredericl
Charles appears to be opposite the bull
Of the French forces, massed betweel
Metz and the Med; the division Q
General SteinmetZ seems TO have ad
vanced its Outposts as far as Points
MOusson, where it IS in communities
ton with the Prince Royals righ
wing, the latter advancing by the lin
Of SrasbOUrg to Paris, doubtless pro
poses to turn the French positions
which would thus find themselve
surprised, in front by Prince F'redericl
Charles, to the right by General Stein
metz, and in the rear by the Prime
Royal. In the case OF defeat Of tn
first by the French, the last woul
find himself in dangerous position
placed as he would be betwee
victorious army in his rea
and the camp Of Chalons i
his front. This latter is about
be considerably augmented by th
corps newly formed in Paris. On th
other hand, the corps under GenerS
Steinmetz are apparently intended
support, as necessity may arise, eithe
Of the others. The information re
sulting from several telegrams is ths
the Germans have found, in the VAR
J Gus forts Of lhe Nosges which the
, have occupied, abundant stores, whic
fact leads TO the supposition that til
: retreat of McMahOn's and Failly
! corps was much more precipitate ths
was at first supposed. We must adj
on this matter, that Bitsche, whic
, was also believed to be abandoned,
! ! stiH In the hands of the French; a
: cording to news from German sOurc
: il is only occupied by few compani
OF the Guard Mobile. The Prussial
: have contented themselves with o
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