Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-24
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The French army was separated ythe
Prussian victory at Mars le Tour The
main body was forced back on Metz and
brought to a stand by the corps under
Frederick Charles and Steinmetz."
The road to Chalons is open to the Crown
Prince with only Trochu and fragmentso of
McMahon's corps to encounter. Decisive
events impend.
The Crown Prince, with three corps, is
marching to attack Frossard at Chalons,
A dispatch says that BaZaine must cut
his way through the German army or ca
pitulate,
LONDON, August 10.-The Times saysth
road to Paris is open to the Crown Prince,
who may leave Frederick Charles to watch
Bazaine.
LONDON, August 1850 a. M.-The
Post says the French army was forced
back on Metz, where its position is critical.
PARIS, August l9.-An official dispatch
from Marshal Bazaine says " On Tuesday
we gave the enemy battle between Danant
and Blonville, and drove him back and BIZ
vouacked on the positions we had taken.
We had Prince Charles and Steinmetz be-
fore u.s.
BERLIN, August 19.-The Cabinet de-
clines to guarantee the inviOlability of the
Ponti fetal States
PARIS, August l9.-In the Corps Legis
tiff Count Palkao said that it was certain
that tho Prussians had suffered severely in
the late engagements that their centre es-
pecally had been crippled and had tried to
retreat to st. Michael but had been unable
to effect junction with the Prince Royal :
that French peasants captured detach-
ment of Prussians.
The following was issued from headquar-
tiers at o'clock, PM, on the 18th:
In the encounter of the 10th inst, the
corps of General L'Admiral Ante formed
the extreme right.
"A battalion of the 23d regiment of the
line destroyed the Prussian Iancers, cap
turing their colOrs.
There have been many brilliant
charges made, in one of which General
Legrand was killed. General Montague is
missing. Prussian Generals Doring and
Wedie were killed, and Geronter and Won
Ranch wounded. Prince Adelbert, of Prus-
STA, commanding cavalry, was killed.
The following morning we were mas
tiers of the positions previously occupied
by the enemy:
"On the 18th, several contests with tn
Prussian rear occurred near Gravillotte
% The force of the enemy in the battle o
10th was 10000.
We have not vet the exact figures @
our loss"
LONDON, August 19.--It is certain tina
Prussia has refused the recent propositio
for an armistice. She will discuss no pro
positions outside of Paris.
BERLIN, August 1S.-A dispatch frOl
King William, dated Pont "a Moussol
August II, says: In the fight here We
terday we took two thousand prisoner
seventeen guns and two eagles
Provincial correspondence says that
resuming possession Of former Germa
provinces, Prussia means to reimburse hi
plundered subjects expelled from Franc
BERLIN, August lS.-Bazaine, attemp
ing to fall back from Metz to NeTdun, WI
attacked by the fifth corps and compelle
to face about The Prussians stood fir
under the attack of four army corps anon
them the National Guard. Reinforc
ments arriving, the French found it in
possible to prOlong the contest and re ire
upon Metz, losing two thousand prisoner
On Sunday the French engaged II
Prussians before Metz, inflicting heay
losses. The French then retired on We
dun. On Monday the Emperor was
Gravelotte with sixty thousand men. SUI
sequently fighting o Cured at Longuevill
The French have been constantly tightiI
and retreating, contesting every step
the Prussians.
An official dispatch received this NOR
ing from Bazaine claims a great victo
over Prince Frederick Charles and Gener
Steinmetz, between Dancourt and Bro
Vile.
Public journals are bitter on Austria
neutrality, when with barely a hundr,
thousand men, she might have aveng,
Sadowa.
An English vessel, loaded with contr
band of war for Prussia, has been capture
in the Channel. The captain said
knew revolution would occur in Par
and thinking the fleet would be recalle
he took the risk.
The Prussian loss around Metz amour
to 10000 men. The French loss was cor
paratively small, being protected 10y IA "a
tress.
The French have reinforced Strasbur
The Prussians have no siege traiT
and have abandoned the idea of besiegi,
Strasburg.
The Prussians have retired to Darse
helm Valley, to secure their commune
tions.
PalikaO has stated i'm the Corps Legisl
tif that the Prussians lost fifteen hundr
in the repulse at PfalsbuFg.
LONDON, Angus! ia telegram fro
Briey says there was an obstinate strugt
near Mars lie Tour yesterday. The woun
ed OF both armies are arriving AT Brie
Travellers report that vast body OF Pr
SLAMS were thrown back upon the Nose
by the Imperial Guard -
The French Government represents q
previous reverses as fully checked. and Il
efforts OF the Prussians to prevent the co
eentration of corps at Chalons was col
pletely repulsed