The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-11-12

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l,tsay~H Tks cw~@ l'fises fpl'
llovei hiw VI W., n shiige ND
ypaifn: :Assoiimeihe rfa.siAn ~,
fniss about Neu. mad l,cea fsinlsseel
W. o hcw army under die t'tuwh
pFipc II saxony, aud kiag Mill's'n
having posted Vi. forcc~ IL 'ach d
manner I. ,o shut ~ Ilpiaine som.
pletcly siiLiu the iotiifcs,igp' d
Meta dispaichcd a portion Of lii'
ior'c under the cowmahd of ths
Crown Prince Of Saxony, ~ operate
IN conjunction with the Crorn
Prince Of Prussia against MscNs'
hon. .. J-.tt
The movements ofliscMabop wcrc
not clearly DEVELOPED to either Of
| the prussian commanders until the
9th. On the 2sth, aud Goth sk,r-
mishcs between the Crown Prince
| Of Prussia aud MacNiahon took
place ut Buzancy, and between Mac
Mabon aud Prince Frederick Char-
les md the Crown Prince Of Ssxony,
at Longwy. notwithstanding the
skismishcs at Buzancy, McMAhon did
not believe the army ofthe. Grown
Prince Of lrussia was closc npon him.
lie therefore decided to throw hs
whole force upon the army Of Prince
Frederick Charles and the--C Crown
Prince of Saxony,with the intent Of
defeating it before the Crown Prince
of Prussia could come to It's assis.
tance. To do this he had to cross the
Mcuse at stenay, and while engaged
in this operation with bis army diyi.
ded, one half on each side Of the
river, he was attaeted in force by the
Crown Prince of Prussia OH the one
side and shortly after BY Prince
Frederick Charles and the Crown
Prince of Saseuy OH the other. lie
was defeated in both engagements,
and the two divisions Of Lis army
retrcated towards Sedan, and made
la Junction on the left bank OF tbs
river near Donchcry. During th,
early part of these operations Mac
| Mahon aud l'azainc had communca,
! ted with each other, and had agreed
that on the 3lst Of August they
would make a combined attack up.
on the enemy,-Bazaine by q sortit
from Metz, and MacMahon to attack
from such. position as he might
then occnpy. Bazainc made his at
tack but was rcpulsed, while Mac
Mahon was in no condition to carry
out his part of the programme,
lie had been severely handled in the
engagements Of the Goth and Both
about Stenay, that he could not
Eeven make stand against the Prns.
Esians, in fat, on the 3ist he wds'in
full retreat to Sedan. Hero he was
attacked on the first Of. September
by the ecoubined forces ofthe Grown
Prince of Prussia, Prince Frederick
charlesand the PRINCE uot SAxony,
iand after bloody vbattle which last
ed all day he was wounded and his
barmy compelled to surrender. 'Na-
Ipoleon,, who was at Sedan. Also sur.
srcndsfed. raAA1l hope ofofclicvide
hBnzame was thds atanend. ''dsa
I fmmcdiateIy afef the falrof Sedan
the dvw,f Prince cfsprussh 'adsaa'
.ced with his aumythl, different col
humns upon Paris. Aportion n the
farmy Of .Pripce Frederick Charles
Ilund the Prince of Saxony returned
L.o 1fat,1 sld@iI1s sTFn of'likt iRd III
\ Tie defentof MacMaliomat Worth
,handsbis isabsequentt retreat to Cha
lous exposed tho fortified places, ~
fStrasbourg and Toul. These We're
lat 1p once e. invested by The. rrtssiahs,
ltand ilftsra strong resi- sti,ncc, pToaI
/ surrendered or the 2sd anls Stras'
bourgySh thai 2sth pi September~r
The fsurrspdee afo MaeAlabon n At
lSedan broke up the, organized mill !,
4 Etary forNcs Of France and left The
lPrnssian ain,icsl to march atwills--
ISTohoad Basire at Mctsy' TO kdep mp
bthe Investment Of .Psfis.aaa plgteet
ttheir esamuuisations and bring Yl|
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