The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-07-22
How the Corps are to be Divided
The Prussians Said to be short
Of Ammunition.
The Kingdoms Of Wurtemb erg
and Bavaria to Join Prussia.
The French Fleet has En-.
tered the Baltic.
Prussia i'm II Blaze Of Enthu-
siasm.
No Naval Battle as Reported,

sketch ot the French campaign has
been obtained from a reliable source:
The French army is concentrating
within the Quadrilateral, formed L.,
the towns of Nancy, Thionyille, Stras
bourg. and Maycncc, to the south OF
Strashourg, on same meridian, and Is III
trenched. They have camps ut Be!tont,
where the Corps d Army is taking up it,
position to form the right of the French
army. Another corps will be on re,
serve at Chalons
In the main the entire army will he
composed of eight corps, each of three
or tour divisions OF infantry and from
six to eight regiments Of cavalry. Each
division will have three batteries OF ar
tillcry, one company Of engineers, and
will compose from ten to twelve thous-
and men.
The Army Of Mosclle will he com
mauIcI hy Marshal Bazaine, and com
posed oi the second, third, and fourth
corps.
The headquarters Of the respective
corps will he at st. Arold. Metz, and
Thionyillc
The Army Of the Rhine, which Mar
>hal Mcmahon will command, is COM
posed of the first, fifth, aud seventh
corps, with headquarters respectively at
Strasbourc, Nichy, and Beliont.
The corps under General DeFailly,
posted around Bitche, will unite with
the two armies. The reserve corps in
camp at Chaloms, under Marshal Can
robert will be composed Of troops OF
the line. reinforced from reserves of all
kinds.
Three hundred Hanoverians have
volunteered for the French service
Turkey offers France 10000 SOL
dicrs for pay.
LONDON, July 2l.-lt is believed here
that the PruSSians are short of ammu-
milton, that the French know it aud
hence the great activity of their move
ments. bitches around the forts at
Maycnce are being filled with water.
The works at that place are considered
The British Government IS consider
ing the question of diSpatching troops
across the channel to preserve the meu-
trolity of Belgium.
The French Government has been
notified that the Kingdoms of Wurtem-
berg and Bavaria will join Prussia and
that the Grand Duchy of licsse Darn
Stadt has voted large war loan.
Berlin correspondence says, thank.
to her organization, Prussia will in a
few hours be equal to France at all
points. The colleges and schools are
closed. and the students are thronging
the recruiting offices. The same Is true
of South Germany.
The French fleet has passed through
the sound and entered the Baltic.
The steamers of the Liverpool and
Baltic line have ceased running.
BERLIN. July 2l-The Rcich>tag
voted unanimously a loyal address in
reply to the Kings speech. On the
reading of the address. the members OF
thc Rc.chSta. and the spectators, in
cluiin. Bancroft, Prince Leopold and
other noted persons arose and remained
standing uncovered until the reading
was ended.
PAaI<. July 2a.-The representatives
@: foreign powers here made another
nnitei effort today to prevent war, but
were unsuccessful.
The Madrid Journals advise nentrali-
~ for SPAN.
LONDON. July 20.-The bark Berk-
SHIRE ran into and sunk an American
vessel 'on the east cost of England.
The name Of the vessel could not he as
ccrtaiuei. All on boarl were lost.
LONDON. July 2l.-Thc statement
made Yesterday that the English Gov
ernment intended 10 dispatch 4 body OF
troops To protect Belgium is generally
discrelrtcd. The Daily News of this
morning pronounces the rumor false.
The battle yesterday reported to have
occurred near Forlach was merely an
exchange Of shots by the Sentinels of the
customs patrol.
BERLIN, July 2l.-The mouth of the
river We-cr has beer closed with sunk
en- hulIs to prevent the entrance Of the
French navy.
PARIs. July 2l.-Madame Reno sang
at the Grand 0pera last evening. In
the third act of Massaniello she sang
the Marsaillaise. The scene of excite
ment was indcScrihahle The audience
rose and joined in the song which ter
minated amid shouts OF Nive la
France,
CoxsrlxrIxoPLs. July 2l.-The La
want Herald Of to-day announces that
the first clas- Of reserves have been
called under arms. This with the rec,
ular force makes the Turkish army
3o,o0n strong. The policy Of Turkey
l. absolute neutrality.
BERLIN. July 2l.-Bismarck informed
the North German Parliament ve>ter
day that declaration Of war was the
the first and only document officially
received from France, proving conclu
sively that surprise was intended II
is still believed here that Austria will
maintain a passive neutrality without
arming.
Upon the arrival Of the steamship
Cambria at Havre SATURDAY., on hel
regular trip from Hamburg TO New
York. five hundred Germans wht
had raid their passage to America hear
inc of the war left the ship and re
turned to Prussia and enlisted in he
armies .
LONDON, July 2l.-It Is said that still
further advances in the rate of interes