Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-08-12

OF the French Corps under McMa@
hon.-The Freneh Center driven
hack ana the Army an FUN Retreat.
On Wednesday. of last week, the
Prussian forces commanded by the
Crown Prince Frederick William attack
ed and carried Weissenburg. defeating
the French General Douay's Division OF
the FirstArTny Corps( McN ahon's). The
capture of Weissenburg, which IS town
on the frontier, was followed by an ad-
vance into the French territory, and an
important engagement, known as the
battle Of Hagenau, which took place flf-
teen or twenty miles from the boundary,
and resulted in the defeat of the French,
under General Mcmahon, with a loss Of
far thousand prisoners, thirty ra1tHo1fs,
SIX 1lzfraiAeztrS and fzO0 standards.
The first defeat took place near the
village of Woerth, ten miles south east
of Weissenburg, and resulted, as the
dispatches briefly relate, in the total de-
feat of McMahon's Corps.
While the left wing was striking this
heavy blow at Mcmahon, the center of
the Prussian army was doing equally val
liant service at Saarbruck. 1t seems that
some time on Friday or Saturday the
French Second Corps, under the COM
mand of General Frossard, advanced be-
yond Saarbruck into Prussian territory.
1t was not long before they were met
and driven back by the German troops,
under command Of General Won Goeben.
Of the losses sustained in this battle
there are no reports, from either French
or Prussian sources. But the French
were driven back, though to what place
is not set forth.
The particulars of the battles and
movements we have thus summarized are
told more in detail by the dispatches, as
follows:
CARLsRUHE. August s-6:3o P NJ
There was hard fighting at Weissenberg
yesterday. To-day a large force Of
Prussians advanced between Weissen-
berg and Lauterbourg ten miles into the
French territory, driving the advanced
posts of the enemy and destroying miles
of railroad between Lauterbourg and
Strausbourg, along which it is supposed
McMahon was preparing to advance
The French loss was heavy, including
many prisoners.
The latest Prussian victory at Weis-
senberg was decisive. The troops en-
gagged were regiments Of the 5th and
nth Prussian army corps, and the 2C
army corps of Bavaria, led by the Crown
Prince in person. The French force
consisted of Douay's division of McMa,
hons corps. Weissenberg and Gels
hull, in the rear of the town, were car
ried by storm at the point of the bayo.
net, after an obstinate resistance, The
General who commanded the French II
the absence of Douay was killed, with
two officers of his staff. A French en-
campment, one piece Of artillery, five
hundred wounded prisoners, including
many Turcos, fell into the hands of the
Prussians. On the German side Gener-
al Kirchbach was wounded, The Gren
adler Guards and the Fiftieth Regimen
suffered severely.
LONDON, August 5.-The victory o
the Crown Prince in capturing Welssen
berg and Geischlar was brilliant bu
bloody. The french were repulsed anC
dispersed, leaving behind them theil
General, Douay killed, and 900 prison
ers and wounded, among them many
Turcos. The Prussians captured one
cannon. The Prussian commander
Kirchenbach. was slightly wounded.
LONDON, August 5.-A dispatch from
EIagenau to-day says the defeat OF thC
French at Weissenberg was disastrous
Gen. Douay's division, composed OF
picked fighting men, was utterly routed
and several of them reached here IN {
demoralized condition. Weissenberg /:
in possession of the Prussians. A gen
eral advance here and at Saar-Louis /!
expected.
FRENCH ACCOUNT OF THE WEISSENBERC
FIGHT.
PARIS, August5. The Pope has writ
ten letter to the Emperor Napoleon ir
which he expresses dissatisfaction at thC
removal of the French troops from
Rome.
PARIS, August 5.-The Papal NunciC
was received yesterday by the Empress
but his final representations had no eff
feet. The Gaulois says he has written (
very bitter letter TO the Emperor express
ing doubts of Italy protection of Rome
A number of deputies in the Corps Leg
islatif protested against the evacuation
of Rome, but the will Of the Empero
has remained unaltered. Transport
left Civita Vecchia to-day with the las
regiment and all the French troops lat,
in Italy were expected to be on the Ger
man frontier by the 10th inst.
THE CUSTOMARY ENGLISH NEUTRAL
ITY.
LONDON, August 5.-French agents
are purchasing large quantities of ha,
in Scotland. The English feet, in
cluding several ironclads, sailed for Glib
raltar.
Florence Nightingale, from sicl
bed, writes a letter giving directions and
prescribing rules for army nurses.
THE PRUsS1ANs UNDER THE crow
PRINCE DEFEAT THE FRENCH UNDEF
N MAHoN.
LONDON, August 6-q3o P. M.-Tht
following dispatch has just been receiv
ed here:
"WEIsSENBERG, VIA BERLIN. Satur.
day, August -6.-The Prince Royal has
defeated Marshal Mcmahon"
BERLIN, VIA LONDON, August O.
Io:3o P. M-The Prince Royal tele
graphs the following bulletin from the
field Of battle:
"A victorious battle has been fought
near Woerth. Mcmahon totally beaten
fofaAeOieazf 6attY) by a large portion ot
my command. The French retired up
on Bitche.
FREDERICK WILLIAM,
Prince Royal.
Field of Battle, near Woerth, 4:3C
P. NJ"
CARLsKuHE, August 6.-The army ol
Baden yesterday passed the French
frontier, and advanced to Lauterbourg,
where it established headquarters, and
seized some boats in the river. The
French loss at Neukifchen was three
killed and one wounded. They shelled
St. Juan station.
Berlin, August The following
official dispatches have been received
MAYENeE. Aug. 6--6Io P. M.-The
French have turned back on their en-
tire line, and commenced to retreat to-
ward the interior of France. The French
had commenced to advance from Saar-
bruck, which they had held since the
famous battle of three disvisions against
three companies of Prussians, but hav-
ing to fall back they burned that rich
and unprotected town, and in Withdraw
ing spread the confagration by throw
ing hot shot into it.
SAARBRUCK RETAKEN .