The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-11

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FOREIGN.
| THE WAR.
| MORE FIGHTING.
/ , BERLIN, Aug. 4.-Another fight is re
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tachment Of French crossed the line and tool
possession Of the village. The Prissians at
tackled the French and dislodged them from
their position in the village when the Frencl
Ntreated with los Of nine killed.
sKIRMIsHEs EXPECTED.
Skirmishes may be expected all along the
line.
STIPULATION.
1t wouh seem that Prussia is anxious tina,
the approaching general engagement should
occur on the soil of the Fatherland, in
order that the work Of her army NAV be
that Of repulsing invasion.
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE's ACCOUNT OF TIKI
sAARBRUCKEN AFFAIR.
4 Special to the New York Tribune saws
A London special correspondent, at Saar'
bruckcn, writes Tuesday morning: "Our
guns are being brought opposite the French,
and will reply if they open fire."
Same correspondent, writing Monday
night, says: 81 thought at the end Of my
Last letter that my contributions from Saar.
brucken were finished, and had set out 70,
the railroad station, when a communication
was received from our best informed men in
the place made me determine to stay, and to-
day the monotony of Saarbrucken has been
broken. Two thousand men with 16guns come
within mile of town, and two whole reg.
imcnts are lying in the immediate neigllbor-
hood The LIST and Sd battallions and the
4th Hohenzollcrn fiiseilers made their APP
pcarance Oh the Lirl,s road at the top of the
hill miles out Of Saarbrucken, about j
O'Clock, and with them came Is guns and j
long line Of wagons. They did not come
into town but turned into large field high
on the hill, where they will bivouac tonight
There was great JOY at the news Of their APP
proach and the town people went up to the
field to receive them with provisions and
prcsents of cigars. When wrote nv
Grst letter there were hardly more
than FIVE hundred men in Saarbrncken,
and had the French made forward move
mem, even with u small force, about Forl,acll.
We could have made no resistance; but from
one point and another our force was exag-
gerated, and perhaps credited with extraor-
binary garrisOns. There are at present in
Garrilnuck 5000 men, and moreover the
48th regiment, with Ii guns within short
distance of the 9th Hussars, and 18th regi-
men of the line with 80 guns.
The 10Th regiment which was to come here
to-day, advanced nearly to Saarbr,ucken,
then turned in another direction. The ,les-
tination Of the regiment j. unknown.
Gen. Won Cohen made his appearance
yesterday and remained short time present.
The commander is Gen. Won Griese.
THE NEW YORK TEIBUNE's DISPATCHES
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
\ cable despatch to the Tribune, dated
London Sd, says the engagement at Saar-
bruckcn was between small detachment
forming the Pr,,ssian rear guard and three
divisions Of French infantry, supporting
twenty-three guns. The affair was of slight
importance, and the loss on both sides was
trifling.
Our special correspondent, writing from
Sunday night, saws he was
aroused early in the morning by report that
the town was to be evacuated, and for the
fifth or sixth time packed up for a start
In spite Of the apparent importance Of
railway connections ut Saar-
brncken to the PrissianS, they have never
Leo .s IL,
it is believed, will hc lenceforth
Independent of the Saarbrncken line.
NEW YORK HERALD DESPATCH.
NEW York, August "a cable despatch
to the Herald, dated at London, says fighting
has been going On along the French and
Pnlssian frontiers since Monday. On Satur-
day the Prussians advanced and attacked
Misenburg, on the Bavarian border, between
Bitche and Saarbr,lckcn, driving out the
French. 1t is reported that McNiahon's
division will attempt a forward movement on
the right to-day.
ARRIVAL OF wURTEMBURG TROOPS.
A Basel despatch announces that large
force of Wurtemburg troops has arrived in
that vicinity to sustain the Baden troops.
COMBAT on THE BALTIC
PARIS, August "a combat Is reported TO
have taken place on the Baltic, during which
two Prussian gunboat> were captured.
THE FRENCH ADVANCING.
The French army is advancing. Five
hundred thousand rations arc issued at Paris
daily for the French army.
KING WILLIAMS PROCLAMATION To THE
ARMY.
MAYENcE, August 3-Thc King, in his
proclamation to the army, to-day, declares:
g All Germany stands united against a neigh
boring State which has surprised us by de-
claring war without justification. The
safety of Fatherland is threatened; our honor
and our hearths are at stake. To-day As
sumo command of the whole army. / i'd
vance cheerfullv TO contest in which, in
former times, our fathers, under similar cir
rum>tzncss, fought gloriously. The whole
FatherlaM and mv-elf trust confidently to
vou. Tie Lord Giod will I've with our right
,o,,s CANS"
~ KING WILLIAM At NAYEN,E.
MAYFNCr, August =, 1Oa. m.-via London
king William arrived this morning with
several members Of his stah. He received
highly satisfactor reports from the third army
corps ON the French frontier.
sAARBRCCKEN TAKEN BY THE FRENCH.
LONDON, August ), 10 a. m.-Saar-
hrucken was taken by the French this morn
ING. The los was slight on both sides.
PARIS, Aug. 3.-The Munich Journals
this morning publish the following account
of the Saarbra,cken affair:
METZ, Aug. The French troops pas
sed the frontier at ii o'clock, when they in
stantlv encountered the Russians strongly
posted on the heights commanding Saarbuck-
en-, which were carried by few battalions.
The capture of the town instantly followed
the artillery, compelling the Prussians to
evacuated in great haste.
Generald Traissard, with one division,
defeated three divisions Of the enemy. The
buildings in. Saarbruckeu caught fire from
the French artillery, and half Of the town
was destroyed. The Miterillanlrs were
used for the first time and are reported to
have worked wonders.
The Emperor, on his return 10 Mets, after
the hattie, sent the following dispatch to the
Empreaa fTITrET Efg.H .Ti3
Louis has received his baptism Of fire.
He was admirably cool, and little impressed.
A division Of Fraissaid's command carried
the heights overlooking Saar. The Prus-
SLAMS made a bfid resis3ance.8 Louis md /
were in front, where bullets fell about us.
Louis keeps a ball he picked up. The SOL
dien wept At his tranquility. We lot an
oficer and ten men.
(Signed) NAPOLEON"
The City of Metz was Illuminated Last
night in hcnor Of the victory. After the re
treat of the Pu1ssians the French did not &C
cupy tia place.
The Empress went, With her .peices, this
morning to the Chapel of Notre Dame des