Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-09-02

Charles having effected a junction
made a combined attack upon Nc
Mahou last Tuesday aud during ter
ri6e batrle. lasting through Tuesday
and Wednesday, drove the French
from position to position back toward
the Belgian boundary. capturing their
camp. many guus aud large number
of prisoners. The battle took place
near Beaumont. between Mouzan and
Cariguan. aud is probsbly the most i'm
portaut and decisive victory the Prus-
slams have yet achieved. The Darticu-
lars are given in the following dispatch
es:
BOUILLoN. BELGIUM, August 81
! A fearful 6attle was fought yesterday
and 70 day by the Prussian armies Of
The Crown Prince Frederick Charles
| with the forces of Marshal Nc MahOn.
Yesterday morning MrMahOu COM
meBeed general movement iowa d
Monfmedy- He was attacked near
| BeaumOnf, aud driven back after an
obstinate resistance toward the Bel
gian frontier. The Pau~sians occu
pied the line of road and captured a
large amo unr of camp stores. They
drove the French fram position after
position. until night closed. Early in
the morning the battle was renewed
and continued al day. During the
night Urge Bumber of re-enfOrce
menfs came uD. hut they failed to turn
The scale of victory. The Prussia rs.
also re enforced largely, attacked3 in
pverWhel ming Numbers Mcmahon
retreated to Sedan with the remains
af his forces. The slaughter was i'm
men<e. Itis impossible TO estimate
he lose. The Prince Imperisl is said
he iu Belgium. The population are
flying in great terror.
BRUSSELS, Auen.t 81 VIA. LONDON
;;eprtmher /, 1890 A. NJ The K,bR
IF Pru>sia has sent the following tel
ekram to Qaeen Augusta:
VARENNEs, August 30.-The Grown
Prince has heen in acIiOn with the
Fourth, TRelfth and Seventeenth
Corps aud the Fourteenth BaVarian.
Mcmahon was beaten and driven be
thousand prisoners and material of
war we're captured
TVarennes il sixteen miles west
north west of VerdnB
Especial to New York SUM.
The French defeated the PrussiaDs
here. FighriDg II going on at Arme-
guy. McMahOu retreats, or seems to
retreat, on the Department of the
North.
THIS dispatch has no date. 1t was
filed az Brussel1.
BUZANCY, August 30, VIA LONDON
Augu~r 3I.-The Pru slams attacked
McMahOD'S army. to day. near Beau
mont. and defeated it aud drove it
back upon the Belgian frontier.
The French camp fen intO the
hands of the Prussianf. The pursuit
of the French troops was continued
for several miles. aud was Interrupted
bv the number of caD0On aud prison
ers which were taken. The extent of
The hartlefel was 80 vast that ii l.
impossible % obtain further details at
this moment.
LONDON, August 3I.-The Prussians,
conceiving McMahon's aim was to gain
the frontier to effect a junction with Ba-
zaine, advanced on three lines. The
Crown Prince south of Nancy marched
by way of Commercy, Bar le Due, St.
Dizier and Vitry. The fourth army, un-
der the Prince Royal of Saxony, keep
ing north of Pont-a-M Mousson, moved to-
ward Chalons, at the same time observ-
ing Metz while Steinmetz, REINFORCED,
proceeded through Verdun to Rheims,
his right sweeping the Belgian frontiers
in hope of meeting Mcmahon. Thus
the German advance covered the coun-
try from Belgium along the Meuse to
the Aube, rendering it impossible for
Mcmahon to reach Metz.
A correspondent, writing from Luxem-
bourg, says: From information care
fully derived froHt many sources, l am.
confident that the Prussians have now in
France at least 475 900 men of all arms,
and that on the frontier they are now
forming second host of half million
more, which will soon be ready to follow
the first as reserve. These statements
are made on wholly reliable data, and
will be found to be perfectly true. The
organization of the Prussian forces is
simple perfection. The smallest detail
of supply, as well as the most momen-
tous strategic movement, seems to have
been foreseen and provided for, and all
goes on with mathematical precision and
accuracy. They have $1,000 cavalry,
and this force has been of most essen
tial service. As for the commissariat,
hospital and supply service, it is fault
less, and although the Germans are in a
hostile country and the French are at
home, the former are better fed and bet
ter provided for in all respects than the
latter"