The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-09-24


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ing Onward. we were able n carry on
n stage further the divisions which
were Immediately following. The
difficult task n railway transport had
been f%oreseen and carefully provided for,
80 that by dint Of restless activity, after
the issue Of the order Of mobilization, on
the part Of all concerned, a work hitherto
inconccivable, was brilliantly accom-
plished. In this way every check or
backward movement was guarded against.
The army collected at Treves, advanced
10 Mayence, and then by both sides Of the
Rhine 20 Mannheim the heads pressed
forward In proportion as the reinforce
ments arrived All the available rail.
ways being called into activity, troops OF
separate corps, az their mobilization WAS
completed, were conveyed on one line,
and the corps arriving later were brought
into the first line of those which were
marching. This was being continued
when the heads were already In collision
with the enemy, so that II was almost i'm
possible for the enemy to inform himself
of the disposition of our troops, We, on
the contrary, had a perfectly satisfactory
account of the French army, as their
corps formed on the frontier, and there
remained quietly for weeks The result
was, therefore, that the main force of the
enemy developed itself opposite the Prus.
sian Sa2r, while Marshal MacMahOn's
corps was in some measure isolated in
and on the Upper Rhine a corps
still in ourse Of formation was projected
As long as the mastering up of the Ger
man army was not completed, the authori-
were Obliged to keep on the defensive
but they by no means intended, notwith-
standing the initiative of France in this
respect, to remain waiting as soon rs they
we're able to attack the enemy in his own
territory. There could not be a more
tempting invitation to an attack by part
of our force than MacMahon's proximity to
Crown Princes army. The task of
latter during the period of defensive
had been to protect South Ger.
nany-a task which could not have been
better fulfilled than by assuming the of.
on the left bank of the Rhine, and
the enemies threatening South
Germany on their own territory, The
Crown Prince accordingly broke up his
9ncampment, crossed the Lauter on the
Sd of August, destroyed on the 4th Dou.
sy's division at Weissenburg, and on the
i.h, in the bloody battle OF Woerth, de.
MacMahon'scorps thoughstrength-
9ned by troops from the South, in such a
that, with its enormous losses. it
vas almost dissolved, BY this splendid
South Germany was freed from
he threatened invasion. Alssce was con.
luered, the elite of the African troops
were made harmless, and the difficult and
defended passes of the Vosges
were opened TO the advance of the
columns. On the same day
! great and eventful victory was
won on the Saar. 1t had not been the
of the authorities to offer battle
% the hostile msin army, until the masses
collected at this point were disclosed, but
\ division which had advanced over the
came into collision with an ap.
parently feeble force. The enemy SUP.
ported his troops thus engaged, SO that
the struggle assumed larger dimensions ;
and on the Prussisn side also all the
in the neighborhood we're brought
up, partly by rail, In order to carly the
ngnt, once begun, to a triumphant con.
clusion. The result was that twenty.six
Prussian battslions succeeded in driving
the entire Frolssard corps, to whose assist.
ance two other divisions of Bazaine's
marched up, out Of a position till then
thought almost i~mpregnahle. Both these
victories were followed by extraordinary
results and by great moral and strategic
consequences, The prestige of the French
army even In the eyes Of the world was
dlsslpated ; two of their corps were dis.
solved, and the position Of their main
army, which had threatened our frontier,
became ~untenable. The operations of
the enemy had been such that after two
OF its Isolated corps were beaten, the re.
treat OF his collected forces beyond the
Moselle and the Meurthe became impera-
i've. The Prussian columns followed
them without a halt up to the guns Of
Metz, and took possession of different pas
sssges over the Moselle and Meurthe. The
important towns Of Nancy, Luneyille and
Pont-a'M ousson are in our hands, and q
large tract of French soil Is in our DOS.
session. The only important point In
this territory which Is still held by the
french, strasoourg,. Is surrounded by
German troops, and half the innrnex 10