Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-18
Telegraph Wires Cut About the Scene Of
OpsratiOns-6rest Crowds Around
the Telegraph 0fiCes In
Europe.
The Emperor 0rganizinu an Army at chal.
eus-Small PrussIah Force Repulssd
on Sunday Afternoon.
The Great French Army Twelve Miles East
OF verdua-5 Battles of Sunday asd
Monday.
A London Dispatch Says that the FrenCh
are DIssstrOusly Routed.
UNITED STATES.

NEW YORK, August IA Tribune
correspondent writes: "As we neared
WOerth there was a constant stream
of wagons bringing wounded men,
PrusSians and Bavarians, TurcOs, and
Frenchmen of the line. They bore
the noise Of the road in equal silence.
1t was rare TO hear a cry, though the
Door fellows faces showed much pain.
They were a sadder sight with their
bloOdstained- bandages than the men
who lay grimly on the hillsides-
Woerth itself was a mere hospital,
and all the inhabitants were either
nursing the wounded or burying the
dead. 1t was an evil fate, for so pic
turesque little place, that more than
IO0, 600 men on one side and the other
should have sealed their quarrel so
near to hand. l must not say a word
of coming movements. The event of
yesterday was the capture of the fort
reSs of Leachtenburg, where a large
amount of military stores are reported
to have been captured. The assailants
fired heavily into the place, and we
heard their guns booming all yester-
day forenoon.
NEW YORK, August IF. Gorl-
lardit telegraphs to the Courier DeS
Eyats Unis that the battles of Sunday
and Monday were both fought be-
tween Metz and Verdun. These at
taeks, however, did not check the re-
treat of the French. On the the con-
traTy the Prussians sustained so severe
a reverse that they were compelled to
halt on their victorious march from
the Moselle. He adds that this check
will enable General TrOchu to reor-
ganize the new army at Chalons, al
ready 100000 strong. He complains
that the Paris authorities do not, how
ever, confirm all this news.
NEW YORK, August I'm. Gail
lard telegraphs to a French paper
here, from Paris, that two battles were
fought between Metz and Nerdun, in
which the Prussians were severely
checked. This reverse of the Prus-
SLAMS will give General TrOchu time
to organize his troops. A new army
is being formed at ChalOns which al
ready numbers two hundred thousand
men. Part of the infantry of the
Garde Imperial have arrived at
MOurmelOn.
The correspondence representing
that very great decentralization pre-
walls in the corps of Mcmahon and
Failley is not true. There is, how
ever, much discomfort boldly ex-
pressed by the men at their leaders,
in allowing the enemy to concentrate
in overwhelming numbers and bear
down upon them at exposed points,
as at Woerth.
Paris is more quiet and tranquil.
Agitations, however, continue at
Lyons, which are set on foot by revO-
lutiOnary bands.
Strasbourg is secure. The army is
in excellent spirits since the victory
before Metz, while the country is re-
covering confidence.
Gaillard adds that Edmund About
is now sick at the Fortress of Pfalz-
burg, which, though within the enc
my's line, is held by the French.
NEW YORK, August 1.-THE Ger
man vessels in this port hoisted their
flags yesterday, and the Bremen YES
sels fired a salute at sunrise, noon and
sunset, on account of the war news
from the German army.
The W0TtGs London special says:
" We have no account of a French
victory at the crossing of the MOSelle
but the Emperor's oficical dispatch.
There are rumors though tonight
that the Prussians have suffered a
most serious defeat, with enormous
losses Of men, and have been driven
back to the river. They do not come
from the French Government, which
manifests a singular indifference to
public opinion, probably in conse-
quence of the military character i'm
pressed upon it by its head, Count Pali-
kaO.n