Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17
Both Parties Claim the Victory
NANCY CAPTURED BY PRUSsIANs
4 Grand Advance Of the Entire PruS-
sian Armies.
Metz Evacuated--Immense Stores Cap
tured by the Germans.
PruSsian Cavalry on The Railroad
Between Metz and Paris.

PARIS, August bit is reported that
Mcmahon is at Toul. The Constitutional,
however, says he is at Nancy
Twenty French citizens OF Woerth have
peen shot by the Prussians in retaliation
or cruelties said to have been inflicted on
German prisoners.
Thirty thousand troops belonging to Nc
Mahon's corps who We're cut off from the
army and We're believed to have fallen into
the hands of the Prussians, have arrived ut
Strasburg in safety.
PARIS, August 15.--Last evening at S
O'Clock, 10y order of the Government, all
telegraphs throughout the French Empire
was suspended. This morning at 9 o'clock
those restrictions were again removed.
The following important dispatch to the
Empress has just been made public:
LUNEvILLE, August l4-l0, P.M.-The
army commenced to cross to the left bank
of the Moselle this morning. Our advance
guard had no knowledge of the presence of
any force of the enemy. When half of our
army had crossed, the prussians suddenly
attacked in great force. After fight Of
four hours, they We're repulsed with great
loss.to them.
[Signed1 "NAPoLEoN.n
BERLIN, August l5.-The Queen of Prus-
sia received the following dispatch to-day,
dated in the vicinity of Metz, on Sunday
evening: "A victorious combat occurred
near Metz to-day-troops of the first and
seventh corps participating. ! hasten to
the scene of conflict.
[Signed] "WILLIANI.n
LONDON, August IA dispatch to the
Heruid says the French Embassy had
news of fighting to-day near Metz, and
that the French made an attack. But no
such reports had been received at London
from correspondents in Paris, or through
the usual press channels.
Pfalseburg, the key of the Nosges, has
surrendered TO the Prussians.
The King of Prussia has issued n pro-
clamation abolishing military CONSUMPTION
in French territory occupied by him, and
announcing that he will not retaliate for
the expulsion of the Germans from France.
Seventy thousand reinforcements have
gone to the front, and volunteers and re-
cruits are pouring into Paris
LONDON, August l4.-AdVices from
Metz state that the French army has been
withdrawn from the west bank of the Mo-
selle.
The Prussians count ON starving out the
defenders of Strasburg without recourse to
bOmbardment.
\ dispatch from Nancy via Berlin. dated
Saturday night, says II French battalion
moving on Metz was encountered in the
morning on a railway near Pontamoussoa,
and rctreated leaving its baggage trains in
the hands OF the Prussians.
The prussians have occupied Nancy
which had been evacuated by the French.
The Prussian cavalry have destroyed II
portion of the railway between Frauard
and Paris, cutting off the supplies and for
age for the French troops, sheltered under
the glacis of Metz.
The Emperor Napoleon's retreat from
Metz is fully confirmed.
From CoXhaven. il is stated that nine
| French ironcads are in the ot1iing.r The
French Admiral Bouet william Mez is
Off Keil.
The French deny having committed
any violation of the Protocol of GernOa
| bV the neglect of wounded soldiers.
/ PARIS, August 14.--There is nothing
new from headquarters of the army.
| The Geographic communication was in
| tercepted yesterday between Paris and
+ Nancy.
Last night the authorities at foul sent a
dispatch to Paris, stating that Nancy had
/ been occupied by a Prussiau detachment.
! I'll. news is confirmed this morning.
PARIS, August 1.-THE Journal ONicici
/ contains the following intelligence, which
I it is authorized To give to give to the pub
/ lie. At the beginning of the war with
! Prussia, the Emperor received addresses
from the principal native chicftains of Al
geria, who asked that they might bc per-
mitted to march 10 the fight by the side OF
our troops, and open subscriptions for the
sufferers by the war.
The Empress Regent has conlmuted the
sentence Of ,64l cOnVicts now confined IN
France and beyend the seas, The Impe-
rial clemency i applied especially 10 those
prisoners whose uniform good conduct ha'
given them some claim 10 indulgence
One of the public Journals still presume
a doubt that real work = going on for the
armament aud defence qf Paris, although