The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-05
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they began atftive o'clock il tho morning
and lasted until 8 r. N. General Nc
Mahop was .rbpdlsed The Prussianf
made The attack firing and fnriouslysa
saulting gtndl halEpastthree d CloCksWhen
the firing ceased, md the PrusSlans at.
tackled with the bayonet., General Nc.
Mahon was driven across the Meuse, en-
route, it Is believed, for Sedan.
The surrender Of McMahon Is confirm.
ed by a mesSinger, and by number OF Ger
mans The enemy Is In force near the
frontier. Two wounded officers OF the
sSth Regiment OF the line, who arrived at
Florcnville in the evening, admitted Nc
Mahons retreat. They knew nothing
about the surrender. .'i- ~.
Sedan Special to ass Sun.
GoDINNE, BELGIUM, Sept. 2.
II have just arrived from the lett wing
ot'the French army: Yesterday was the
third day of the battle; it began in the
morning ut DouZy, near Sedan. The LETT
wing was badly defeated, for at least one
corps was obliged to cross the frontier ut
Sugay; It re.entered at Roban. This Is a
violation Of Belgian neutrality. I anu
going there now and will be able tonight
10 be moro affirmative. The French
cavalry, rs far astI can Judge, is cut to
pieces. Tho artillery has also been badly
handled. The best indications for judg-
ing the results arctic, follow the armies.
The fight began on tho first day at Beau
mont; second day at Butmanzy; tho third
day at Douzy. From fugitives who come
in0m Mezieres and got along with the
army, ] learn that the fight Is expected to
be renewed to-day At NelleB5near Me-
ziercs." " 80
b, Operations at strasburg. .is
BERLIN, sepf.3.
The following news Is official 100
s~ MuNpELs, Sept. 2-11 A. N. -
AT four o'clock this morning the French
at StrasbuEg opened a violent but inetiec.
tual fire along the entire line A savage
artillery duel ensucd. Tho Prussian losses
arc unknown. When the telegram lett
they certainly were unimportant. The
French made sortie against the enemy at
Waakcn and on the railway near the sta
tion. Col, Rensc, with battalion Of Ba.
den grcnadiers, ropplsed them and drove
them back into the city. One officer and
four chassGuFs were taken prisoners.
Lieut.. Col. Werden was wounded The
second parallel is nearly finished. IS
eisy II; i.., ~ PARIS, Sept. 8,
The Journal 06iciI Of this morning
courageously every event Of
the campaign as q success ofthe Emperor.
More French Troops Escaping into
t'' Belgium.
aa BRUSSELS, Sept ..
Additional i bodies of French troops
have passed the Belgian frontier near
Bouillon. They were promptly disarmed.
In one body Of: three thousand men there
were one General and several officers Of
The Imperial staff, who gave up their
swords. ]
Paris Still Under a Delusion.
( E6G LONDON, Sept. 8.
The following despatch from Berlin has
Just been received: The particulars of the |
battle Of the first are still deficient, though
1t Paris 1t Is thought the contest resulted
ayor0bly to tho French. The Emperor
made q demand for truce bY,let.
Ter, and then came in personally and sur.
rendered. Paris telcgrans continue to
say Mcmahon may hold out under the
shelter Of the fortress; that Bazaines po.
sition is good, and that he lacks neither
provisions nor men.
Martial law has been declared in Alge.
ia. The Russian press is q unit in sympa-
,hy with Prussia. ufs
State Of the English Markets.
,r. h.ta LONDON, Sept. 8.
Continental securities here tend strongly
Upward, tho French being an exception ut
liverpool. Work, Lane Il Mineing have
eportS that in consequence Of the political
lews everything Is unsettled, without the
possibility Of fixing prices, which, how
yer, generally tend up. 7
Paris still hopeful.
PARIS, Sept. 3.
No official information received to-day
rom the armies in the northeast. The
'atIles Tor the past few days aro generally
oH5ideredIndecisive, though the losses on
10Th sides have been very great. A ma
Ority Of the Journals here look upon the
tack on Paris rs impossible now. The
Russians are not able to leave,
'ith McAIahon and Bazaine and their i'm.
lcnse forces in their rcNr. Paris with the
preparations she has lately
lale would require all the forces the
russians could bring against her, The
could hardly hope for even
artial success without exerting their ut.
lost strength.
The French in Belgium.
BRUSSELS Sept S-4P. N. :
Tho number Of French within the boun.