The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12
BY TELEGRAH!
FRANCO.PRUSSIAN WAR !
Paris. August 3D..

SeNe SOSN OI NHS
nesday morning is confirmed. The
French troops passed the frontier
at IL o'clock, and soon after met thu
Prussians strongly posted on The
heights commanding Saarbuck
which were carried by a few batta
lions. The artillery compelled thu
Prussians to evacuate the town il
great haste. The buildings in The
town caught fire and half of tho
place was destroyed. After The
retreat of the Prussians the French
did not occupy the town. The
French claim that one division dc
feated three divisions of Prussians
The French lost n officer and ter
men. An Official dispatch publish
ed IN Berlin says: Yesterday s
small detachment stationed at Saar-
brucK was attacked by three French
divisions. After a sharp action The
position was abandoned, the Prus-
SANS falling back on their supports
The loss was Lrif1lng." There was
Na rumor in London yesterday thai
Weisenberg. a town IN the palatIn'
ate. on the border, had been storm
Oh by the French. According to
london account, Prussia's army
numbers about $50, 900 men. 1t il
positively asserted IN Paris that
Austria aud Italy have entered INTO
an alliance with France. The seem.
ing probability that England viii
take sides with Prussia Is said tC
have FASTENED this step. The Par
is presse says the declaration of the
Due De Grammont regarding the
neutrality of Belgium, which was
recently sent to London, will soor
be communicated to Parliament.
Paris, August 4th.
Yesterday the Prussians obtained
a decisive victory at WeiseDburg
A large force Of PrussIans attacked
General Douay's DIVISION of Marshal
McMahon's corps. The French
were driven from the field, and
their camp captured, besides some
five hundred wounded soldiers ta'
ken prisoners. Several miles Of
railroad we're also destroyed By The
Prussians. a dispatch from Stras-
burg states that it is believed Marsh.
al Mcmahon, with the African ar.
my, is about to cross the Rhine
and dash rapidly by way of Carl
sruhe and Heidelberg,to Frankfort,
and that thence he will eDdeavor to
cut the railroad communication be-
tween Berlin and the Rhine. The
forward movement, it is rumo. ed,
Is fixed for to-day. The Prussians
state that their loss at Saarbruck
was two officers and seventy men.
Paris, August 8.
The Paris Journals report that
there was heavy fighting yesterday
on the frontier, but no particulars
have been received. A battle is re-
ported to have taken place yester-
day at the village Of Niederlauter-
BACH Marshal Mcmahon is concen-
trating the forces under his COM
mand at Welsenburg. Saarluis has
not been taken by the French.
There has been no fighting yet at
that point. The PrusBians IN their
account o. the engagement at Weis-
enburg state that their force cor
sisted of the Fifth and Eleventh
Pruss;an Corps, with the Second
BavarIan. This force carried by
an assault the Fortress of Weisen-
burg and the heights between Weis-
enbnrg and Geisburg. Douay's d.
vision of McMahon's Corps was de-
feated and driven from its camp.
General Douay himself was killed.
Eight hundred prisoners were ia
ken and one cannon captured by
the Prusslan troops. The London
Times of yesterday says the plan
Of the Prussian commander has
been recently changed from a de-
fensive to an offensive one. An ad.
vanse into France is threatened
1t is understood that England has
determined to make the invasion
Of Belgium a cdsus beui.
Paris, August 6 and Z.
An official dispatch received in
Berlin, from Mayence, states that
the French, on Saturday, turned
back on their entire line, and com,
menced to retreat toward tho inter,
Ior of France. The French hal
commenced an advance from Saar.
brucken, but having to fall back
burned that town, and, al they
withdrew, fred hot shot into it
Saarbrucken was afterwarj retaker
by an increased force of PrussIans
On Saturday four divisions of the
PrussIans attacked the French wesi
Of Saarbrucken, and, after a severe
action, the position occupied by the
French was carried at tho point o.
the bayonet. The fight commenc'
ed at II A. NJ. and continued unit
9 at night. A dispatch from Lon,
don says Mc%ahon's defeat wal
complete, and that the Crown
Prince has advanced to Hagenau
and captured the place, routing the
French. A report from Baden re.
ports that a force Of South German
troops have crossed the Rhine and
advanced on Strasburg, and thai
the French army has been driver
back and are supposed to occupy
the line between Metz and Nancy
KING William, in a dispatch to the
Queen. referring to the defeat o
Mcmahon states that ga great vic
tory was won. We captured 4,O0(
prisoners, 35 guns, 2 standards anc
6 mitrailIeurs. Mcmahon durin:
the fight was heavily reinforced
from the main army. The contesr
was very severe, and lasted from
eleven in the morning until min,
o'clock at night, when the French
retreated leaving the field to US
Our losses are heavy" McMahor
writes to paris that be is in a gooC
position and has beer joined by an
other Corps dArmee from Metz
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