The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-16

ters here.
LONDON, August Is. II greatly
doubt the reported retreat of the
French main army from Metz upon
Chalons to avoid a battle. The pub
lished kilograms to that effect seem
intended to mislead our special cor
respondent at Chalons.
A French officer who is not likely
70 be deceived about the movements
of the French army, writes on Friday
at midnight, that everything is being
pushed forward to Metz.
A telegram this evening from Can
robert. at Metz, says the army is quite
ready and a decisive battle will be
fought on Monday or Tuesday at the
latest. My informant In an employee
in the Military Bureau, who espied
the telegram; but it is believed at
Chalons that the Prussians have 9TH
er plans than at attack on Metz in
front.
[See the postscript of Saturday
morning
The same correspondent adds: All
the reserve in the country is starting
this moment for Metz. What has
been sent back from Metz is baggage,
not troops.
Our special correspondent tele-
graphs on Monday noon, from Lux
embourg, that the sound of cannon
from Metz has been heard all morn
ing. Orders have been issued 20 stop
all trains to Metz or Saarbruck, aud
no communications By the road is
permitted.
The same correspondent writes on
Saturday that every foreigner, with
out distinction, is ordered to leave
Metz by Thursday.
The arrests Of correspondents con-
tinue incessaDtly. Cameron, q repre-
tentative of a Scotch paper, was in
imminent danger of being shot, and
was only saved by the joint address of
all the correspondents tosthe EN-
peror.
The French are exasperated to a
vast degree, and there is no safety for
any one except those actually with
the staff.
At the above meeting Of corre-
spondsnts, it was decided to destroy
all their paper excep THEIR passports.
The Luxembourg forti6calions are
rapidly being demolished, and the la
borers are being sent from Saarbruck
and elsewhere. The mines have been
fred in every direction, and the walls
overthrown; but long time will be
needed TO make the fortress indefen-
sible.
A delayed letter from our special
correspondent with the Prussian
headquarters, describes an interview
fh ElsZw,no-oh "a &ok
urday week. Bismarck said, we
are much obliged to the French for
leaving no time for getting the whole
army on the Rhine, and thence to
the frontier, but in q few days the
work will Begin
Speaking of Germans in America,
Bismarck acknowledged In warm
terms, the sympathy expressed there.
From these and other letters it is
clear that she Prussians will stop or
delay all correspondence from the
front. No army letter was received
in London later than the 7th inst,
except ours of the 10th, the substance
of which has already been telegraph
ed. On the French side, the cam
paign against the journalists has
been'more successful than that against
the Prussians. OF our four corre-
spondents first In the field,
one has been recalled by the
English military authorities; one
escaped from Metz and Joined the
Prussian army; one was arrested and
sent to the Italian frontier, and one,
severely wounded, is now in the hos
pital. Three others have since been
sent who have been more fortunate.
One is at Metz, whose dispatch
reached you yesterday; one is at Cha
Ions, letter from whom is just re-
ceived, and the substance telegraphed ;
the third departed for London, Fri
day. and has not yet been heard from.
Communication by telegraph is i'm
possible, by post uncertain, and by
messenger difficult.
Tribune Special.l
LONDON, August I5.-Our special CORES
pondent telegraphs from Luxembourg,
tnis THIS, afternoon, that @ the line t.el to Metz Is
to the society for relieving the wounded
are passing through to the front. The
lighting this morning lasted from four
Our correspondent from Ludwig's Haven
writes on Friday, that when the advance
Hagenau, two Iteutenants with a handful
OF cavalry entered the town aRd rode
LuIOuku L0c BlT66L6, IeaCUluR the OdrIaCk8,
they SUMMONED the French to surrender.
The men imm edtately threw their Chase
pots out Of the windows; In this manner q
few cavalry soldiers captured 200 prisoners,
$50 horses and I6 wagons filled with sup
plies.
Since the battle OF Weissenburg. num-
bers OF prisoners have been captured daily
many have also fed to the woods and VII
hages and are compelled from Eunger TO
sn[render: The country Is exhausted
the German soldiers lacked bread for one
day. The people are bitterly hostile and
cruel. Twenty peasants were shot by court
martial for mutilating and numbering the
wounded.
A member OF the court gives some par
ticalars. A Protestant Sister of Charity
testified that one peasant near her hacked
wounded Bavarian ~ pieces with a
seythe, and that his son cut another woun-
Even members of the Sanitary Corps,
who were distinguished By red Cross on q
white ground, were killed by shots from
Great numbers OF troops continue to ar
rive from all parts OF Germany.
Mannheim, on Thursday, that notwiLh-
standing the Germans are numerically
In 1,it the superiority, preparations continue
pushing steadily onward and regiments
are passing through here daily.
The Baden soldiers are enthusiastic.
A Prussian second line Of the German
army is now moving forward to support
the nrst line to-day. This second line, es-
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all the efforts going TO strengthen the
front, Not until the f1rst line was COM
plete, did the seSond begin TO take posi-
ton. 1t is now completely formed and
placed.
It is composed almost wholly OF Prus-
Sian troops, and Is perhaps even a better
army than the 1rst.
Trains filed with wounded and pris-
oners are continually arriving. The lat
barbarous excesses committed by the
French peasants.
Sunday night, that IL is still considered
uncertain whether the Emperor or Bazaine
commands. No decree has yet made Ba-
Zaine Generallissimo.
Count Palikaoss statement is equivocal.
Nothing proves that the Emperor may
not at any moment appear at the head
quarters OF the army and stay there.
Nothing is yet known of McMahon's po
sition, and 1t is probable he will be unable
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