The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-19
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hear to-day That your correspondent
with the army OF AfneM Major, Mr. Moncure
ID. Conway has been shut up In strasp ,1sl;
and cannot get through the lines.- WW'o
telegram (4ugast 10y from London -.
The Paris Mo,a.ear Of the 10th tells she
following strange story;
During the battle on Sunday Marsnai bas
mine had in position q masked battery oi
,"atra;lleuses. Four regiments OF the frus,
oian ROYAL Guard approaching the batter, ,ts
we're unmasked, and two OF the resliiion''
were completely annihl!ated. o.o
TIE New PKUssIAn CANNoN.IIo op I'o,,s
the French mitrailleuse, OF when Tug p ,s;an
and particulars were known III luz ea ;,,nont.
w VIZ Nv the Emneror Napoleon, In the year
9 ese % and Of Which the French papers made
90 much ado at that time, the celebrated
:s,.antnr NJ the needle gun, Mr.. Dreyse, OF
uaar,,nerda submitted another gun to the
o,,,nn,ant authorities. This new inven-
t;nn ~ said to consist of small, handy,
two wvn.barrelled cannon, throwing shot at a
nrodigious distance with an accuracy equal
ling even that of the famous rifle guns hrst
used in the Italian war in 1859 by the French.
But this invention is kept carefully secret,
and It seems that the Prussian commanders
have not till now thought 1t advisable 10
bring it into practice, as nothing has beeh
mentioned about it as yet. So. OF course,
nothing can be said about It now anu We
must wait for further particulars.
A neutrality proclamation has been pre-
pared and submitted to President Gran1 iof
his consideration.
Official information has been received at
Washington denying that the frencn To y,
yernment has ordered a general remoVai OF
Prussians from Paris. 1t has, however, re-
ouired about $50 to leave that city Tor the
reason that they violated the privilege OF
domiciI bv ,infriendly demonstrations
against the French.
ANAvALANcH OF 1NvADERs.-Lonaon,A u-
pust l6-The following recapltulatlons are
published here to-day: 6OO, 00O German soi'
iiers are now in France, carrying the nee
dle-gun. After them come the reserves,
the entire male population OF abie-Doaleu
Germans. This mass Is distributed III tnree
portions-the army of the Saar, Ine alny
of the Rhine, and the army OF tite 2ou'n y: ::
Frederick Charles commands the army OF
the Rhine rs leader of the centre. On his
rirht. advancing southeast OF LuXem-
bourr. is the first army, or that OF the Saar,
under General Steinmetz; on his lett Is the
third. or southern army, led by Prince
Frederick William, heir to the crown.
Under the latter are $1,000 men, under
Frederick Charles 1900 men, and under
Steinmetz &c, 0OO-total, SIC, 900 men. stem
metz has nearly 200 guns, the Crown frllce
$50, and Frederick Charles 650-total, oyer
500 guns. In other words, Stelnmetz mas
50 battalions of infantry, AZ squadrons OF
horse, 81 battaliOns OF artillery frlnce
Charles has 1877 battalions OF infantry, oS
snuadrops of horse, 40 batteries and the
Crown Prince 1872 battalions Of infantry,
1852 squadrons of cavalry, and ia batteries.
The London Times says that the French
army received the finishing stroke at Metz.
A decisive battle will be fought ut Chalons,
after which English intervention will take
place. ..
LONDON, August 1.-THE correspondents
Of the various London papers confirm the
reports previously published that the
French army entered the last conflict In
starving condition.
BERLIN. August 17.-Another Prussian
note. diy11leing certain secret negotiations
of France, is published to-day. The con-
tents are similar to those of the documents
already made public.
LONDON. August lit is said that boxes
containing NaDoleon's private property are
arriving at Madrid. Similar stories have
been autographed here from various points
in Belgium.
Three nephews of Bcrnadottee, King of
sweden, have joined the ranks Of the
French army.
Count de Chambord, Countess Monta-
lembert, and other French legitimists, have
lent their estates to the military authori-
ties for hospitals.
Paris gossip has it that LeB9uf is Prus-
sian, and the General is confined in the
prison Of NincenneS.