New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-28
NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR
AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION


! The customers of the American Press
| Association are the New York Standard,
| New York Star, New York Democrat, and
| several other enterprising journals in that
! and other cities John Russell Young, of
| the New York Standard, is president of the
association, and its European agents are
evidently men Of superior intelligence,
activity and energy. They have sew
eral times sent news in advance of the Asso-
ciated Press reports, and notwithstanding
the contents of their dispatches have been
discredited by their rivals, the result has
proved that they were correct.
Antelope" sent dispatch to the
Pieay.ne Tuesday morning, which was
published in an extra, and read thus ..
New YORK, July 26.-Advices from the
seat of war report battle, near Chateau
Sulius, seventeen miles from Nancy.
Five thousand were engaged on either
side
The Prussians were victorious
Their loss Was l20 killed and wounded.
The French loss was 200.
The New York journals supplied by the
American Press Association probably pub
lished this Tuesday morning:
BERLIN, July %, Midnight 1.-THE division
of French troops quartered at FOrbach adj
vanced their pickets to Geiseweiter Here
the Prlssian advance was met and a brisk
fire of small arms was opened and main
tanned for a short time, when the French
sl1irmishers were driven back with loss of
ten men. Prussans suffered no loss in this
engagement. 1t was remarked that the
needle gun was fully as rapid and effective
us the ChassepOt rifle.
A sharp engagement was brought about
on Sunday p. NJ, between the two forces
near the town of Chateau Saline, in France.
The number of troops engaged on either
side did not exceed 5000, but the battle. al
though OF short duration, was tiercely con
tested, and resulted in Il victory for the
Prussians who retained possession of the
field with loss of one hundred and twenty
killed and wounded. The loss ON the French
side was two hundred.
We find the above Berlin dispatch in the
Memphis .Stn Of Tuesday morning, a Gus
toner of the American Press Association.
and this paragraph also added to the same
dispatch:
TIL London Standard of to-day contains
= special dispatch from Brussels, stating
that rrmors prevail in that city, that Prcsi-
mentS of France and Prussia desire on the
part of the United states, that the neutrality
of Belgium be respected. The rumOr was re-
ceived at Brussels with much satisfaction.
as it is believed that reasonable grounds
exist for the report
The Times of yesterday morning pull
Gshed the following from its New York cor
respondent:
I'll
Association say that the French govern
ment denies the existence OF the secret
treaty with Prussia also the report of an
engagement on Sunday, between the Prus-
sian and French troops. near Cheatuan
Sulins, in which about ten thousand were
engaged. and the French loss was two hun
dred and the Prussian loss one hundred and
twenty, with the Prusstans victorious and
holding possession of the field.
SO the French deny that there was an en-
gagement Sunday. but it is possible that
there was heavy skirmish notwithstand-
ing that denial, and that 1.-The prudence of
the Prussian government" and the fact
that 1.-The telegraph is closely watched by
the German authorities may account for
the failure of any confirmation of the re-
ported engagement by dispatches later than
the midnight report Of the American Press
Association agent.
We find, also, the following interesting
dispatches in the Memphis Snm of Tuesday:
BERLIN. July p, 3 ?. M.-Yesterday thirty
Prussian lancers secretly crossed the from
tier in the vicinity of Zweibruckten, and
between that place and Saragumes they
struck the railway connecting Saragumes
and Haguinar, a fortified town of the de
partment of Bas Rhine, on the Modier six
teen miles of Strasburg, tore up the rails i'll
several places, and destroyed the road bed.
They also blew up the viaduct and other
wise inflicted serious damage to railway
communications.
LONDON. July 25.-The Empress Eugenie
yesterday arrived at the port OF Cherbotrg,
and was received with State honors. A
royal salute was fired. and she was conveyed
to the flagship, and on being conducted to
the deck in "a clear tone, read the Emperor's
proclamation to the fleet. AT the conclusion
of the ceremony, the yards were manned.
salutes were fired and the fleet went through
various evolutions. The maneuyers were
very fine. Her Majesty was then conducted
to the shore.
Information is contained in these last dis