, 1870-09-03


Of vlonylIle: Thin Division on the len wfug,
.lr4r q. harb It's Fist cavairJ near Fronttguy:
the advance post close tn the French uns, scarct-
j. German mue from Nctz: wtlla the maiu
body fEas encRmped on the hanks OF the Sie.1-
The enemy Ind occupied xtt, considerable force
the s1nal1 water courses between ColombJ and
DepomillJ The movements OF thu enemy. about |
Ao'cluck, Ieti to 1 reconnaissance. Energetic re-
sist2nce was aueou1..rcd- The ene1ny DEVELOPED |
gr-at strength. and General Aanteutfel Ut tde |
Fist Corrs, Rnd (teneral xost1ow, OF the Seventh,
engaged promptly Genera! .Gottzs Brigade, Of i
the .sstSenth Corps, IN advance. The Flrss |
.Unis6n .adganccd toward C0ioEdby, aud Wns |
son Involved u very violent combat, hut tuain
taIae,i stssf untfl the Osten Brigade came up, |
fronting f1tce fAr ousnusnber1ng II. 1encral
ZoftFoM arrived at O'Clock To tue east Of CofyE-
by,' taxing command in CHIEF, ana advancing the
whole corps Ate O'Clock iii Of Glua,er's Diff
eion WAS engaged near Co,smhy. malntatn-
ing tteelf With difficulty against a ST.
p rlor torct. At i o'clock kamek'e Oiri-
.ssnh wns concentrated. II Maisellly. At
tthat Memrnt ai1 batteries were enEsgat
with Others IN reserve tu extr1cate anil sustain
ti1u1ncr and ZoatFow. At O'Clock Wotnhc5
FttEade x3s sent TT attack the ertns right near
to!nnspy. The httSadt, With splendid hraveTF,
diuse tie enemy, enahl.ng t!Ie osten Brigade to
occupy the ood OIL the north Of Calamity. TIE
Twenty y-atyeuth Brigade remaiHcti intact As q To-
seYys- al about $40 o'clhck the enemy Withdrew
1t ali points. ID the meantime the Seventh Cofp4
With the advance 0f nEst. Adyanced under cover
If cavalry hear to tlte rnHls connecting Avoid
With Metz, aud fhauR with Nes8. Thu corps
tpentd the attack with the First Division near
Munt Hats, aut the Second nesr Sossestl1e. The
rDtnsy5tn forcu, attempting to advune& Oh tho
lattAr point; was reIus.e'l with force -hy the
prompt vice Of the corps Of artillery and IT,
serves Of infantry. Darkness ci0aesl the light,
In the 1Irrine left the rst division Of horse ap-
l. rrusc1cd Aucyie-IInut, tiejr battery alrauclng,
Elth pauseSt to 1rc. The THIRTY -sixth Regiment
OF the ninth, betongluR to the left wing Of the
Second Amy, ihaa advanced un the
east on the same line. At the
extreme :. right ipe. Third :. Division
otrAral1y AiEsnced to 0ggr where It's battery
| opcned on The nnEuy uDtth Of Serguy. At y
oclnck tho eueu,{ tecuilei It All points from the
left hdnk Of The Meuse, under the GUNS Of Metz
Pursuit WIS ssopped by the dEe from the guns Of
-tlle furtreza.: The nelA MAS covered With French
| .ieal. Few prisoners wcre taken, and fen tEo-
i,hicq. owirE to the activity of tho fortre1s The
heavy ire Of which tore through the prusssan
| massef. Gcnes1l stcinMctz, whu came In, WIS in
t,Ic 70 g,ye usdera for tic night aud for she fo.
rcnewal oi the conflict rae result was
thai tlo. enemy In une quarter Nas
driven lton shs t1sts back Into The fortress In
another quarter, large body left to Testeas Oh
witch ,ra 1norno ~ nr m ~ ~. h. NJ NJ m.
| sJ,,,
Leaving the First Corps an,' two divisions Of
cavalry on the east Of Metz, sfle army the next
day moved tn the o1s~wtllout reMs1aucc, passing
tho Aoscllc At Arey and Raray. On the 1sth, the
corps was beyond Al su Mosea'e. tht Eighth an.f
-,intl Corps at Core, While thc Second Army xas
tna,, .ffrT IN. retor,ns arnfs a,
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th,. Wosr1 .. Whit. tht s..c,s,,l armv mnyc,, so
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Jn,nnsst,,1n IN th,s .,,.o Th.. Fr.nch artt,,"r,
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.t,ont !. n;c,ocr. snnno.,nt. fh.a cncmr hat rnn,
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. ,,+f,t . in twn hnrse t,attcr,c. ani Tho Fourt
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m 1he 1TnssI.ne fonnd rhat the enemy ho, NJ
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; | nm nav. arcounfa,oI . rr,r1srnpa rr, ~,
. li,h,eecro,q csnnon and r,i,r,I,cnsrs TIN ,,es
and unun,,ea ,ns,antIr ,,nrnmnerrt, ,ne MAJ, ~
, csys1ry. The duel continued I'll, dark. wne1
!, | leaving 4 fore on tho field the Tsrusstan ma,
!, body felt baek. At ! O'Clock in the morninr
i. the Prusslans' artillery rcorene,,. tho French r
;. | mixing ,;ntl sIienra,t. At the le,. nctwru yc
/. neville and ArmauI-ytlllcss, tbs infantry ay
aiuuv was hea.,. ., urst, hu, soon sac artillery b
= gan showing the tsprroach of pr,u,
n Frederick CharIss. The Gcr1uan Infantry he
l. ! u-ul,, awaiting the SUPPORT of artillery. 81
+, krrt thc enemy b,,sy. The Eserch. a,l ,1ay. us*
j: the thasseput from the frenches, Ut 9,s0V yard
J. intictiuc d.smay anu severe losses. hut tnt
= were, nevcrthales., In a desperate. CO: f,,,.oz
au,l. being surrpun<,c,; and annexed on nil s,1e
,helr ouly chance WIS to rrtrea, to The fartres
/, 1T o'clock IN tho evening thry male onc NOR
!. | rffert To cut through orr lines I
Paris line after line nj r7nemr
= | nrnr nrar c,cn c,brr.a sbnr,deta an
sho,ttno ii,,1v. rrsf,l tr,,n fh. heLctts to III
: rax1na thrnurh rho ,rrcs The p,1,ssfan inf ,n,r
:: ,n,rr..s an, xcar.nc,l wav.rca The 1non,e,
WA critical. but fnc n,t,l,erF prof1den,Ial,
/. ,rrnes and h,r,ed h.ct utth s,anvhtsr thr !
| satanic 1ne 1,rrSsianS shen sssnmetl the ofJe,
s1yr. reinforcement i hanp11v r arrived. tho FL,
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