, 1870-08-06

and gratifying 0n1Wer TO tR a4scftlona Ii French
newspapets, to the effect that The Landwner are
faus-hca<sed, re'uctant to ohey tho summons To
action, and disposed to ahlsk their dur In every
possible WAY.
Newspaper Seizures art common here. 4 dngle
line recording the most ulr!al movement Of q
regiment sut1lces To excite The ire Of Tie police
and insare the coutscation Of the papn.
rAH1S, Aug. h-The French General Besrgmc
made . reconnaissance on the ID between Saaz.
hEucs End Star Louis. to observe the movements
Of the pEuaatans- TheJ wrrc not found In AMI
force In that utighborhood.
LONDON, Aug. t-The Timer this morning says
the plan Of the Pruxaixn ComM2Ales-iu- -Cairf.
General Moltke, hAS been recently changed from
defenslye TO an offensive one- An advance into
fraoce Il Threatened. IL Is poasIble that Pttnaa
Frederick Charles will push forward and attack
Nancy.
The latest aaviccs from the continent indicate
that the nrst great engagement will take place
somewhere In the vicinity Of Saasbsuck, or Saar-
burg, or Neuenktrchen, for II Louis Napoleon can
take snd hold the line Of railroad between or II
these locahtes, 1t Will 90 fnr to neutrtllxe
the act1on Of the Prussxn hight wing, and having
accomplished that France m2y atand on the DE-
fenstxe and let Prussia take the l3hoEinG oar.
The x1rmlshes had n Saa1b1uck Indicate that
louls Napoleon u feeling the cnemy.s lloatton at
that point.
It Is not understood here why the Prusstans
gave up Saa1b1uck without q struggle, but It ia
shown that the valley Of the Saa1 Ia not their arst
line.
Private desrarhes from Paris report the Psus-
Sian loss much greater than the French loss II the
e1ormiug Of Weissenbnrg, and that the adsAn-
taRc ta with The French.
PARIS, Apg. E-At o'clock yesterday afternoon
three regiments Of General uouny's division, and
brigade OF light cavalry were attacked Weisseu-
burg by = very considerable force OF the enemy,
which had been u1assed In the woods sktrucR the
Iauter Ntyes. Our troops resisted for seYer1l
hours the attacks Of the enemy. aud then re tired
to the FUN NIT OF ltlgeonnIer, m eminence which
commando the line Of railroad To B,tchc General
D'uay was killed. one pieca Of artillery. the
horses having been Killed aud the carriage broken.
fell Into the hands Of the PrussIan&
Marshal MacNahon IS concentrating the forces
under his command at WeiBsenbnrK.
LONDON, Apg. a-Tht report that Saar-Louls has
been taken by the French proves unfonnaed. The
report came from Paris, and Ia contradcteI By q
later despatch, wlich says tners has been no tight
yes n that point
PARIS, Aug. e-Eyening. Lib<rte, in an ex-
t9A edition this evening, says 1t has received tn-
formation that heavy lighting has been going on
Gnce morning II several points along the ftpn-
tier.
The Journal du Soir has reason to believe that
the PtusGtan plan al attack l. to concentrate at
AaJence, cooIsnsz, Dartustadt, and Machelm,
aud march at once into FrAnce through Landau.
This, the Journal thinks, explains the assault on
Welssenburg.
Ii Fnys prints the following .oflclh despatch,
dated to-day:
"AarshN AaeMshon has occupied with hi.
army strong position near the place OF yester-
days connict Hs ia In teegraphlc communities
| ton With all the corps OF the atmy.
"The piece Of ARTILLERY taken BY the cnem,
| yesterday MAS an ordinary cannon."
PAH1s, aug. a-9r m--The Moni,eur du !Soir, in
an extra, rcposts that combat took place to ,s,
at the village Of Siederlaufe1baeh, near the juno
l given.