The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-10

Foreign Facts, accidents, Anecdotes. Person
ala, &c.


Foreign Facts, accidents, Anecdotes, Person.
alias &c.
MAcNAHoN AT SEDAN.
A French oflcer escaped to Belgium says:-.sTo
relate what MacMahon did Is lmpOssibe--seeI fire.
melted metal, explosive balls, and don't know
what other Internal mixtures the Prnssans there
made use OF for the first time appeared to stream
on or TO rebound from him like han from roof.
He went TO the front seeking death. Leave me- nv
friends he said to us ALL VINO sought to prevent hum
from going forward, let me show those kings those
princes, who hide behind their masses OF men, that
q marshal Of France knows how to fight, and when
beaten, how TO de- And he smiled upon ua o sad
smile, which made us weep, and redoubled eur rage
heap around us. We ciimbcd a little mountain Of
dead bodies that we might reckon how long the
butchery would last MY sable, bsoken and reeK.
ing, fell from my hands when saw what masses
We had still 70 deal with. The plain, the horizon.
aaihnl. Marshall said We have at least 200, 600
men before u.s. NO. he replied, gently 5000
we went mad. We regained our senses only wnen
we found ourselves beyond the hordes OF ulans who
attacked us. We had been fortunate enough to
reach the Belgian frontier. We were sale, but AT
what sacrlhce.n
THE BEAUTIFUL DRAMA or WAR;
distinguished o1'cer VIM. dc Robau writing TO
q British journal thas unmasks tile real situation
II seems incredible, from what we az yet know,
that any man could SO deliberately have plunged
a country suddenly into war with not one single arm
OF the naval military services really prepared but
observation at the camp lately that Whole divisions
went into action In literally 1amshing condition
well AZ deficient In drill and general efficiency
or about 400 600 men sent TO the 'front.' up to Septem
Der /, 1t Is my serious opinion, from ocular evid-
ence, that not over 100000 were really state
or discipline drll lit TO face even an ordinary
enemy, let alone such an army as that Of con-
federate Germany. s'rurcOs' and "mltIailleusesu
alone were relied as balancing all and every
deficiency, and when the irresistible impetuosity
or the Germans demolished those two military
lsllacies-for such | hold them TO De-why
precedent. believe IL quite within the mark TO set
down tine number hOrs ne combat OF the two armies
French and German, OF not less than 100000, OF
which fully 100000 are dead or badly mained for
life; OF the numbers killed outright II Is easy to
speak definitely, as fully fifty per cent OF the merely
want OF ambulance ana hospital care. ! remember
seeing one trench fully klometre long, wherein at
least 10, 900 German and French dead were lndis-
crimlnately huddled many bodies not yet quite cold
People are naturally saddened. not desparing but
quite the other way, though In my humble opinion
believe Paris utterly ndefensibe under the circurn-
Stances and against such an army as the German;
but there IL no one to utter the word surrender
and II the Germans will persist In attacking Paris
why they will only enter IL as Sebastopol was en-.
tered believe there ~ gascOnade In the deter
minaton thus expressed, ana cannot help think
ing that Germany VIII eventually regret war OF ex
termination against nation which was literally
driven blindfoded INTO It, like sheep the slaughter
war Is one Thing, but this campaign has been
butchery NOT war.
HOW SWITZERLAND FEELS THE WAR;
The following is an extract from private letter.
'Ths country is inundated with refugees and miser
able expelled Germans. They meet here with great
kindness and show themselves grateful for IL. One
or pensionnaires, being at Neuchatel. two days
age september u, met, coming from the railway
station wnere they had just arrived above thous-
and OF these unfertunaes all tired and sad, many
SICK. One mother mad oaoy only two days old In
The keuc1ae people met e1t them on ~
the station by messengers. and lodged and fed them
before sending them on 70 Germany, and tins scene
has already been enacted here over and over The
women here CRY, An, QueUe benedfci0n pour la
SUISSE Tetye at,sa chOsis de Dtell pour souioger les
'niseres de tant de monde Numbers of swiss doc
the greatest quantities or gifts continually being
sent TO the wounded on both SIDES. Suchard. o!
Serrerea the famous chocolate maker. has sent .Dd
pounds Of chocolate, hall TO each army.n
THE PRussIANs IN BAR-LE.Duc
The high town OF Bar.e-Duc. the old habta,ion
and possession OF the Dukes or Bar, stands az be-
comes feudal stronghold. on lofty eminence,
from which .he vine-clad hills OF the surrounding
country may be seen for miles on all sides Bar-le.
DOC IL further distinguished TO descend lttle) by
It's cafe. called lie Cafe des OiseAux,n which
fishes reptiles. Mowers plants, minerals and coins.
IL " most curious combination OF the museum
xd ea 81 ass %as very complete
have been the motto Of the man who founded
It ana when once II was established every rich
addition TO the collection. The place was
crowded with Prussian soldiers, who seemed very
m i,a. assonisned. and was slightly deceived II
they looked upon this as specimen OF French
cafes IN general. All the Prussian Ministers ana
generals who passed through Barrie Due visited the
Cafe des Oiseaux. Count Bismarck had tea there
one night, and the Crown Prince, who came In at
the same time, was seen to order and drink ch0Dps
OF beer. But what above all. gives fame to Barrie
Duo Is ITS preserves. Every dealer In the iown--ln
GLIDING one matchmaker and one Ironmonger-
.conntuies de Bar-ie-Duc? and every one VINO
visits the town buys some OF the Little pots In which
they are sold. All the ladies' OF the Prussian royal
family have had boxes Of "conftures dc Barle Dncr
sent ~ them, and Count Bismarck himself bought
box ''iie passes all the same said the coniec-
TONER from whom the purchase was maze, nor a