The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-02
THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT.
xuE LATEsT CONCERNING GENERAL
B1Z1INE'S REPULSE.

Fighting e""~s ~ WV. wv
Cawpaisn in the south.
yp,pu. Aug. 1.-The Press says there has been
- e,h,,ns on the banks Of the Rhine. as has been
-,aslv rumored. Up 10 8 p. NJ. TO-DAY no news OF
~, .e,,ou. engagement has been received. The
ADVANCE posts Of the Bavarisn troops have fallen
Back upon the Lauter river.
seyeral Prussiau scouting parties have lately
crossed the saar. Their movements were plainly
..en by the French. It's not thought the Prussian
vorce 4. 90 great In that neighborhood As at first
,rnoosed. A number OF Prusssn soldiers who de.
..r,sd and camo into the French lines have been
-snt 10 Tours.
NAPOLEON INSPECTING rus SECOND CORPS
The Emreror Napoleon on Saturday inspected tho
eeeond Corps, stationed at 81. Avoid. Marshal b.
yaue co mmands that line, keeping the Prussans in
check before Mayence and Cobientz. The flower Of
are French army, $50 1000 strong including the In-
perisl Guard, the Algerians. Turcos, and Zousves,
IRE concentrated between Forbsch and S;fasbourr
fx,c xAuoS To orEs rns CAMPAIGN IN rHs SOUTH.
ns expected that the campaign will open arst
with great movement which will be made on the
side Of strasbourg in the direction OF South Ger
many II Is believed the Germans are less prepared
10 Withstand assault In Bavaria, Baden and whrtem-
berg than In Prussia and that sudden movement
nOm tAe direction Of strasbourg would prove crush.
hg to the South German armies. Marshal Mac Mshon
will open the campaign 10 this direction.
rHk PRussiASs DIGGING VIGOROUSLY.
LONDON, Aug 1-t30 p. M.-No news OF any bat.
Ne has been received up 10 this hour.
TIE preparations for war on the part OF Prussia
ere being carried on with great activity. Trenches
have been opened two leagues frop Cologne. An
inlrenehed camp has been established In the uian.
gle formed by Cologne, Cobients. and Treves. The
fne park in Cologne, and the magnificent chateau OF
han karn nrn. att ~. 49,
in state Of siege aud is occupied BY $500 sol.
diers. Trenches have been opened in IRON, OF the
city, and persons unable to provide themselves with
su wceks' provisions have been notified TO depart.
larve force 10 eneamped on the heights OF ST.
Hubert, overlooking tho valley Of the Maize, which
viii protect the important group OF coal mines at
that place. and command the junction Of tho rail.
rCads from Bingerbruck To Landau. Largo rafts are
descending the Rhine at all hours, with provisions
and military munitions, between Msyenee and Co.
blcrtz. and formidable amount Of material and
An immense body Of troops have been collected.
In eonsequepce Of new Instructions having been
issued from the War once, there will be IN entire
change OF tactics. Henceforth there viii be open
campaign. The tactics will be similar TO those hth.
erto employed In q siege, viz: An advance will be
under cover OF inirenchments Tho Rhine Provin.
CO. are being covered with improvised works The
cut up In this fashion.
This new system OF defence require. q new mode
Of attack, hence the delay OF the French advance.
THE BLACK FOREST
Prussian corrs has been stationed as q curtain
10 the Black Forest. The principal forces arc con-
eentraed in the triangular section Of the country
formed BY the rivers Rhine Moselie, and saar. The
-- .s, two rivers forsa the lias Of defence. The
LEFT Of the army rests on The Rhine, near Landau.
and the right stretches out 70 the Moselle. nea'
Ireves
A reward Of 700 thalers has been offered for the
capture OF French hl,raileur. 1t is believed that
Prussia will raise her army 70 million AM aqrArter
Of soldiers and advance on France. TIE day after
he declaration OF war General Won Mollke said n
Eapleon had not marched 10 the Rhine By tho aisi
be would never cross above Mayence. snar Louis
las been recently fortified and serves the centre
In case OF necessity the PrussiAns fall back on
hayeDte and CoblCntz, Which protect the passage
over the Rhine; aud behind which they have
brmiiable CORPS in reserve.
THE sAARBRUcK FIGHT AGAIN CONFIRMED.
Ten p A-Despatches from Ssarbruek report
that no operations Of importance occurred along the
,ntire line yesterday. fierce attack by the French
was rerulsed vigorously by the Prussians to-day.
large body OF French troops has moved on For
zach.
The French Despatchcs-ItaIy 20 Protect the
Pope-A British Spy Wants TO Look at
Cherbourg-A Loan Instead Of French
Greenbacks.
PARIS. Aug. 1.-The French Government has re
teved from Italy ample assurances of the o bserv.
snce OF the convention for the Withdraw al OF the
French troops from the Roman States It is assert
ed tina, the Pope has been advised By some 10 60 TO
Malta, and by others to remain In Rome. and 1t
seems he has decided TO stay. The Roman police
have seized quantity OF arms which were socreted
IN the city.
sSUBBTNG A BRITISH sPr.
The French War Department has peremptorily |
denied the request Of Capt Hore, OF the British |
navy and an attache OF the British Legation in |
Paris, to visit the navy yard at Cherbourg, inti-
mating that Ills object Is to take notes of the fortin
cations. workshops, and feet.
Orders have beon promulgated in Paris to the |
'fect thrt eremy's private property shall be re |
ipected in France as 1t Is respected in Germany.
There is n bitter feeling the Bourse against Ger.
man bankers, who are accused OF sending specie to
Prussia. Tie Constitntionnd publishes an article
assuring tue world that however brutal the treat
here VII receive nothing but kindness. The Chan.
seiior OF the French Legation at Berlin who re.
ieqnired by the Prussian authorities to give his
parole not 10 leave the city.
TUE PENALTY FOR sYEERrSo AT THE REGENT.
- The Journal du PeuIle of Mnrseilles has been
hned 500 francs fnr offence against the authority OF
the Empress, and It's Chief editor has been condemn d
70 nnetn days imprisonment, with n 6ne OF 2VO |
francs, Tor writing an article tending to excite in.
suboronatlon among the troops. |
Ihe GoulOts states that Henri Rochefort haA been |
onciay notified that he will not be released from |
confinement until he has served out the terms OF the
several sentences pronounced against him lie will |
consequently remain In prison four months Longer |
The editors OF the MlrsetAdiss now 10 confinement |
were placed 1u secret after the appearance OF the!i
letter announcing the suspension OF that Journal. |
CABLE PROM CALAIS TO DENMARK.
The Jovrnoi ODciei to-day has Information going
70 show that the sympathy OF the people OF the |
D4nubian princpalitics is heartily with France.
the PnRie says that the French Government has
contracted for a cable between Calais and some
ponl IN Jutland, Denmark, 10 order that the opera
tons Of the Baltic feet may be reported 10 and d.
Tectcd from the capital
The Prssse denies that the Prince OF Wales, now
N Copenhagen, sympathIzes with Denmark in her |
complaints against Prussia,
ABD-EL-KADER's SON WANTS TO ENLIST
. The Emperor has thanked the railway companies
Iof tile Ceeiily and prudence with which they have
transported the troops to the frontier. The Council
oi Ministers will meet three times y week at st. |
tload. The Empress will preside over their delib |
tralpns, A son Of ADD ell Kader has asked per. |
uliF Of the EmperOF 10 enliat in a regiment of |