Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-08-19
Weekly News Summary.
FOREIGN.

A. bloody fight occurred at Weissenburs
on the 4th. The Prussians attacked ant
captured the Fortress Of Weissenbure
and the heights between w Weissenburg, ant
Geisberg. Douay's division of Marsha
McMahon's Corps wass defeated, being
driven fromits camp, and General Douay
himself was killed. Five hundred pris
oners were taken. The New York Her
AIDS cable special says that the defeat. d
the French on this occasion was disas
trOus. /
The Pope has written letter to the
Emperor Napoleon, in which he expresses
dissatisfaction at thess removal of the
French troops from Rome.
Generals Phil. Sheridan and Forsyth
were in London on the 7th, on their way
to the seat of war.
!, According to,oficial news from the seat
of war, received in London on the 9TH, the
Crown Prince of Prussia had driven
McMahon's army from Weissenburg, Lau-
terburg, and Worth, and probably com
PEELED the evacuation of Haguenan and
strasburg. The victory of General Goe-
ben at Saarbruck and Spieherens and the
advance from Hamburg, had driven Gen
Frossard's corps from Forbach and Stavelt
and probably rendered Bitsche untenable.
McMahon's corps was then cut off at
Metz. The prisoners taken by the Grown
Prince and General ,Goeben, number 81
900; the number killed and wounded was
unknown, Immense quantities of army
stores were captured. The Prussians
crossed the frontier and were advancing
on Paris. The Empress Regent had de-
clared Paris in a state of siege, and the
French Senate and Chambers had been
convoked for the 11th.g Great excitement
and riotous demonstrations occurred on
the Paris Bourse. 9ssNa's N"N'sh
The substance of the dispatches from
the seat of war on the Ssh is to the effect
that the French army was badly beaten,
with heavy losses, and was in full retreat;
that its centre was driven in, the right
wing turned and cut off; that the Prus-
slams had taken many prisoners, cannon
and small arms, and, flushed with success,
were eagerly following up the victory
and that Napoleon, calling upon France
to rise and save the country, was hurried
ly preparing for desperate defence; the
Prussians occupied St. Avoid, where Mac
headquarters were located on the
9Th Metz was being placed in state of
defence by the French; Paris was fear
fully excited over the news from the
front; the Empress had issued procla-
nation calling upon Frenchmen to be
firm and united, and promising to ibe first
in danger to defend the flag of France /;
the Ministers had also issued a similar
document. Oh afi}lg" N'-i - -
Advices from Rome on the 9th state
that the French disasters had caused pro.
found terror, and the Pope had asked
Eugene for just one ship to defend him
from the Italians, then organizing for an
attack on the Papal dominions and au-
thority. ~ S..
Don Fernando has written letter, in
which he persists in the refusal Of the
crown of Spain. .o-a1 &c Etr~ 'ss@a
The French Ministry rendered their
tosthe Empress Regent on the
9th, and 1t was accepted. Gen. Pa1ikao
was charged with the ydutyof forming a
new Ministry. There was great activity
in the enrolling Of volunteers in Paris A
dispatch from Gen. Froissard, printed in
the Patrse,o of the 9th, says: The Emperor
has been solicited to return to Paris by
home Generals, and replied 81 will only
return dead or victorious" -,
The King of Prussia, in passing through
Neustadt, on the sth, received great
ovation.
A London dispatch of the 9th says
Gladstone's announcement that the Eng
lish. Government had at last made spe-
ific proposition for Belgium's protection
was welcomed with sigh of relief, and a
feeling that England had once more win.
dieated her position as q European power
Gable news on the 10th is to the effect
that England and Russia had signed a
guarantee of Belgium's neutrality The
British Parliament had been prorogued tc
October ~. y The Prince Imperial oi
France had arrived in London, with the
Empress Eugenie's Jewels and other valu
ables. No battle had occurred since the
9Th. Much dissatisfaction was being
manifested at Paris with; the generalshir
of the Emperor, and Dictatorship was
anticipated, with General Trochu acting
as supreme head. The new French
Ministry is composed as follows Count
iPalikao, Minister of War; De LA 'Toul
d'Auvergne, Minister of Foreign AT
fairs; Henri Chevrou, Minister of the In
terror; Grand Perret, Minister of Justice
De Genouill ", Minister of Marine
Pierre Magne, Minister of Finance
Jerome David, Minister of Public Works
Jules Brame, Minister of Public Instruc
ton; Clement Duyerner, Minister O
Commerce ;Busson Billault, President O
the Council of State. Marshal Bazint
had taken command of the French troop
united at Metz. McMahan had rallied
the bulk of his army, and was falling bacl
upon Nancy in good order, 49,
Strasburg was closely invested by
large Prussian army on the 18th, and tn,
surrender of the city had been demanded
and refused. The King of Prussia hat
issued a proclamation, stating that h
warred against soldiers, not citizens, ant