Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-25
THE rRssoH s1ruAr1oH.

Amidst all the confused aud contra.
dictory accounts Of the movements
combats and battles Of the German and
French forces, there are two facts all
the time clear to the attentive reader
who consults his maps, viz: France
is all the time losing ground, and the
Germans are all the time advancing
nearer and nearer to Paris. The new
names of places which crop out in the
dispatches from day to day ar very
significant. They tell the disastrous
story in spite Of all attempts at con-
cealment, and reveal the truth hidden
beneath the CLOSES and deceptive gen
eralities Of the French bulletins. Less
than three weeks ago we heard only Of
Saarbrucken, S~aarlouls, Forbach, st.
Avoid, ETC., towns near the Prussian
frontier; then of Weissemburg, Bitche
and Warth, away of in the northeast
earn extremity of France. Following
these, Hagenau, Severne, Pfakburg,
etc., indicated the Prussian advance
and the French retreat. Then came
Luneville, Nancy, Metz and Pont-a-
Mousson, showing the rapid progress
of the Germans, and that they occu-
pied, nearly the whole valley Of the
Meurthe and the Moselle. Mcmahon
had retreated to Toul, aud Bazaine had
crossed to the east of the Moselle, thus
leaving the Germans In possession Of
all to the EAST of those rivers, the
army of the Crown Prince having adj
vanced over a hundred miles into the
interior Of France, and nearly one-half
Of the distance from the Rhine to
Paris. Now we have another set of
still fresher names Of places, still
nearer to the French Capital. Com
mercy, Barbecue, Etain, Verdun,
Chalons, all center points, tell a for
midable story Of the French rearward
march. Bar-le-D DUO Is but one hundred
and twenty-five miles east Of Paris,
and 1t seems reasonably certain that
the German forces have control Of the
whole country in that vicinity. Com
mercy is but twenty miles further east,
and one hundred and forty-tive miles
from Paris. Taking either of these,
the tremendous progress made by the
Germans will be made clear by a few
figures. Weissemburg, where the
Crown Prince entered France, Is
three hundred aud forty miles distant
from Paris by railway, and not less
than three hundred by tho route taken
by the army under his command. II
If they are his troops which have PEN
etrated to Barle-Due they have tray-
ersed nearly two-thirds Of the distance
from Weissemburg to Paris. Forbach
where the army of Prince Frederick
Charles entered France, Is two humid
red and eighty-seven miles by rail
from Paris, and about two hundred
and fifty by the probable line Of march.
If they were his troops who were at
Bar-le-Duc, they have traversed nearly
half the distance from the frontier to
Paris. Verdun Is but twenty-eight
miles north of Bar-le-Duc, and less
than one hundred and fifty miles from
Paris; and Chalons-sur-M Marine, near
which some Of the dispatches say the
next great battle Is to be fought Is but
ninety-three miles by rail from the
capital of France. No one need have
more than these places and distances
to understand the sorrowful story of
the defeat and disasters to the French
armies. The Germans are more than
half way on their march from the from
tier to Paris, having LETT S~trashourg
and Metz, two of the strongest fort
rssses In France, far away In their
rear. Looking at these facts, 1t is
hardly worth while to waste time In
discussing the contradictory statements
from Berlin and Paris, as to the fight
ing near Metz. in which both sides
claimed to hs the victor. II the
French were victorious, 1t means smi-
ply that they escaped the disaster of
being cut off from the liue Of their re-
treat towards Paris. It cannot posi-
bly, mean more than that. All the re-
cent fighting Of the French troops has
had but one object. viz: to beat of the
constant attacks Of the Germans on
their TANKS and rear, while on the re-
treat to some new position to CONSOLE
date and reform their scattered and
shattered battalions. This also tells
the sad story in spite Of gloss, conceal
ment and deception. A single incau-
tious phrase, and sometimes a single
unguarded word, or the slipping out Of
the name Of a place, exposes the real
truth, under the most arttully construct
ed bulletin published to quiet the ex-
ASPIRATION OF the French people. The
future of the Empire" seems to
hinge OIL the organization and CONSOLE
dation which the Cable informs US Is
now being pressed forward with des-
perate vigor by the Emperor, for the
great struggle near Paris. The re-
ported French successes of the last
day or two may have changed the stu.
alton somewhat from what we have
set forth above, but q glance through
our kilograms this evening, shows
what little variation there Is from 1t In
the relative position Of the great con-
tending army divisions.
WHAT Is IN STORE ?-ThisfS apt to
prove an err Of bloodshed. The French
and PruSsian war has stirred into &C