The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-06
The Closing Battles on the hsn ls
The Fighting. up to Thursday
Night.
Details by an Eyewitness
Tho Movements and engagements Inn.
.medIately Preceding the Down
fall Of McMahon'S Army.

M LONDON, Sept 4.
The following dispatch Is from the spc-
ciaI correspondent Of the Tribune o. the
headouRrlers Of the King Of Prussia,
eight miles from Sedan, Thursday night
September LIST. ~ .ia
After their defeats on the both and 3lsi
ult the French rctrcatGd en- NlGSss on Sc.
dan, and encamped around It. From
What | learned from French prisoners, Of
whom you may imagine there was no
lack in our quarter, itseeuls they fully be-
lieyed the road 70 Mezieres would always
be opOn to them, and therefore, IN case ol
another defeat before Sedan, their retreat
would DO easily accomplished. On the
evening Of Wednesday, from five to o'ght
O'Clock, l was al the Grown Princesquar'
ters at ChcmAye, village some thirteen
miles from Sedan 10 the south.southwCst
on tho main road. At halt.past five In the
evening | saw there was great move:
mont among the troops encampcd all
around Us, and we thought at first the
King was riding through the bivouacks
hui soon the ,ThiFty.seyenth regiment
came pouring through the village, tlelr
band playing "DlC Yacht Am Rim, as
they marched along with swinging stride.
Il saw ut once by the mems faces that
something extraordinary, was going on.
1t was soon plain that the troops were In
the lightest possible marching order, oil
their knapsacks were left Behind, -Hnd
they were carrying nothing but cloaks
slung around their shoulders, except that
one or two Don bivdnb had retained their
camp kettles But If the camp kettles
were left behind, cartOuChe cases were
there hanging heaVilysin front Of the
mems belts, unbalanced rs they ought
IA be by RpapsnchS Soon learn
m TINT tie whole Prnssian Corps, those
sent from Prince Frederick Charless
army. the second army and the Crown
Princes army was making \ forced march
% the left In the direction Of Douchery
and MezierCs, in order TO shut IN Nc
Nlahon's army on the west, and 80 drive
them against the Belgian tronttct. Ileartl'
ed from officers of tho Crown Princes
slnT TINT at tho same time, while We were
watching. regiment alter regiment pass
tbroGrR Ckelnayc,S the SaSons and
Guards, eighty thousand strong, onathe
Prussian right, under Prince Albert Of
sa yottjiV. were MARKETING rapidly 70 close
on the doomed French army. on the right
bank Of the Mouse, which. they had cross
ed at Reimelly on Tuesday Both ult., U
ne direction Of La ,Chapelle, small VIII
0re al $50 inhabitants on tho road from
Sedhri 10 BojiiIl0n,ln Belgium, and the
last village before crossing the frontier
AnythlnS more splendid than the mems
be6fing would be impossible TO- imagine
I sawb inch lauic in both feet hobbling
along II tho ranks, kind comrades less
footsore, carrying their, needle guns
Those who were actually incapable o.
.puttinr one foot, before another had press
al peasants. wagons and every convey
ance into service, and were following II
the rear, so rs 70 be ready for the great
battle which all felt sure would come OF
an lie morrow, Tho BAvarians, who, y
/ 4 generally believed, do not march so vel
rs NAV fight. were in the centre between
us at C6emGrJ and Sedan, encamHed
around the woods Of! La 4Lo1ee, famous
for the great battle ins10l4, during The
vans Of tho League. aiT aaFdma a
When L had seen the last regiment
dash througll--ior the pace at which
fheJy vent can really not De called march
ing ii tho ordinary sense-i started a.
about q qdaterpast eightlin th9 evening
| for Vendress, where tho King -headqunr
ten were, and where I,rhopO to- ind
G0user6om for man and beast especially
lie latter, US being far the most impor
tont on tic eve oil a great battle. w her
| / Tot within about half S'milc Of Vtnd
reSs going at steady not 9 SHARP
"boltl' rSnt out through the clear air
I brought my horse TO . Standstill. know
Inc mat a ,Prussian sentry Ia not 70 bl
trIhed with. As I pulled up, twenty
wards of, heard the clicks Of theil
locks as they brought, thcir weapons II
full cock and covered mo. My reply
being satisfactory, I logged on into yend
ress and nv mare and myself had soor
FORGOTTEN sentinels, forced marches ant
coming battles, one Of Us on1tho straW
the other on tho floor. ll.5. b ~
AZ seven, Thursday morning, my scr
want came 10 wake me, saying that IN
King's horses were Harvesting, and BIZ
SIRFestS would leave 'iAl half an hOur.fo
ne battlefield: and as tile cannonlde hat
already been heard near Sedan, jumped
no. seized crustS OIL! bread, wine, cigars
&c, and crammed them Into my holster
taking nv brehkiaSton The Way Just a
| | got 10 my hoFae, King William droV
out In I'm open carriage with four horse
| FOR Cbevangc, about three and hal
miles south Of Sedan, Much against M
will j was compelled TO allow the King
staff to nreced9 me onEthe road to th
scene Of action, where arrived mysel