The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-29
WAR NOTES.

The Crown Prince, in answer to an
inquiry az to the fate of the correspond
dents of lie GaulOis and lie Figaro, said,
in a good-natured way, he would let
them 20 in few days, "for they can
do no harm BY telling all they have
seen"
NJ. Eugene GODDARD, says the Sema-
phore, of Marsailles, has placed himself
at the disposal of the Emperor, to direct
a corps OF eronauts, equipped with
Montgolfers Of his invention, which
may be pierced with projectile and
vet continue their ascent.
When the Ninth Cuirassiers charged
at Woerth, Lieutenant Billet, the Coils
son, charged four times, after his jaw
bone had been broken by a ball. His
father had him carried off the field by
force at the fifth charge, he himself be-
ing KILLED in the same.
The Prussian md German cavalry
are splepdidly mounted. The artillery
horses are perhaps not equal to the
French teams; but the German privates
are as we'll mounted as the French Off
GERS. The horses don't carry as much
load either. They heavy cuIrassier
chargers are said by some observers to
have lighter load than the little Afri-
can horses.
The London Post says that upward Of
200 applications are daily made at the
Embassy at Paris alone for passports by
British subjects deferred from foreign
tours, and even by old residents in Paris
who fear the chances of war, and still
more, the dangers of revolution. The
boats from Dover and Folkestone are
empty, while the packets from Calais
and Boulogne are over-crowded.
The Third Regiment of Zouaves at
Woerth went into action after a march
of over forty miles in the rain. They
fought from eleven until four. Then
they retreated to Saverne by march
OF twenty miles. Five hundred and
fifty men only are left of the regiment.
Forty-fve out Of sixty-sevon officers
were killed or dangerously wounded.
All the rest are more or less wounded,
with the exception of Colonel Bocher,
who did not receive q scratch.
Colonel Marquis dEspueilles, Aide
de-Csmp Of the Prince Imperial, was
one of the victims in the battle OF
Reichsoffen. He was in the resere but
requested as favor to beallowed to ac-
com pany Marshal Mcmahon. Count
Robert de Vagne was also killed, aud
a NJ. de Gramout, said to be a brother
of the Minister Of Foreign Affairs.
Marshall Mcmahon lost his military
chest, his baggage, his papers. and the
plan of the campaign. The chest was
not very full, but was to have received
fl20,000 the next day. Two wounded
paymasters arrived in Paris yesterday i
each with l0000 francs.
The old Prussian Field Marshall
Count Wrangel, who is now S4, has,
probably in consequence OF his age, not
been appointed to any command in the
present war AS he informed his regl-
ment, the Third Cuirassiers, lately, as
they passed through Berlin, he had peti-
toned the King to be allowed to fake
part in the campaign as a private CUR
assier in his own regiment. The King,
however, did not grant the request, and
the veteran General, who had fought
the French once before, is, therefore,
compiled to stay at Berlin, and make
himself useful in 4 more peaceable
way.
Wissembourg, says the Pail Mall
Gazette, the first German prize in this
war, has an ominous sound in French
ears. 1t was on account chiefly OF his
having lost it against the German army
under Wurmser and the Prince of Wal
deck in in 1893, that Beauharnais was
guillotined by order Of the Conven-
Observation-Disclosures, the grandfather Of
the third Napoleon Having been
raised to the rank Of one Of the ten
Reichsstadte of Alasce in l247, Wis
sembourg was first conquered 10y Louis
XVI. in 1876, and handed over to
France at the peace Of Ryswick. Twice
it was reconquered by Germany, in lIA
and 1898; but France, laying immense
stress upon its Notifications, which
guarded Alsace from the north, each
time recovered il by immense efforts.
These Notifications date chiefly from
the beginning Of the 18th century, when
Marshal Villars constructed the for
midable Hgnes de Ia Lutter, which run
along the whole length Of the river
Lauter.
The following incident is related by
the special correspondent Of the London
Times: al have been the accidental
and unseen witness to little scene just
now which is worth recording. A
country cart was rumbling down the
street with two wounded officers
Young men-on their way to the sta
ton. An officer on foot beckoned to
the driver to stop, and went up to the
cart, the occupants of which tried to
salute him, but he made gesture, and
leaning over entered into conversation
with them for ten minutes, evidently
asking after their wounds. On parting,
he shook each by the hand, and con-
tinued his walk up the street, accompa-
MED by two other officers. He halted
at my quarters and inquired if there
were any wounded inside-they had
been removed, some to their last resting
place-then went on, and meeting cart
full Of wounded soldiers, talked to them
each in turn, and so went on, visiting
the hospitals and the wounded in the
most unostentatious manner. 1t was
the Crown Prince. No wonder his men
are fond of him. MANY did not know