The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-18
Tho situation Explained.
On n1 Gneinnaa ca..tt. Of ve,t.rdoy,

From h6 Cincinnati G1EGEt y veGttrddy.
The news Of Sundays and Mondays
fighting Is beginning 10 come in, but Ii
such an indefinite shape that It Is hard t
say where il all took place. Some say
there were two battles, one near Metz ant
ono at Longueville. The Paris papers US
sert Bazaine succeeded in retreating from
Metz, and encountered the PrussiGn left
ut Longueville, but this Is positively do
nicd, and the denial has grounds for be-
lief
As the news OF the fighting near Metz
Is received, the result appears favorable u
the Prussians. The Grown Prince sue
ceeded in getting in the rear of Metz, and
Bazaine, finding no would be cut of from
Chalons, determined to retreat. He there.
fore commenced to cross the Moselle, and
when his army was half across lie
was surprised, and, though the PrusSianS
were perhaps rcpulsed, tho dispatches as.
sert the evacuation was prevented. That
we take 1t, means the evacuation was moi
entire, but that Bazaine's force was cut in
two. Then he, with the forces that had
crossed, retreated west to Verdun, which
is on the Mctisc. A report last night in
London says fighting was going on in the
neighborhood Of Verdun. There were
other reports Of Prussiau SUCCESSES, which
were apparently confirmed by the silence
of the French Government. If BazainG
intended 10 retreat to ;Gh0lons and unite
with the forces there, and has, as It would
appear, been prevented, the result can be
nothing but n Prussian success.
From all accounts tho .Prllsslans have
advanced still farther into France. The
left wing has reached Bar.le. Due, which
is srOnly 81 miles from Ch0lOns, and Is some
fily miles west of Toul, where tho dis
patches left them yesterday. Ifthe En-
pcror Is still at LongueVilleh he iSo0nffOnt'
cd by the Prussian lett; and as Bar-le-
Due Is between Chalons and LongueVille
he may be cut of from Chalons. II Is said
the Prussians proposed to leave Metz In
the rear and march on, leaving 1t In
vested. at 'H-' N''
The situation Of the two armies seems
To be as follows: The advance of the
Prussian lett wing IS at Barbecue. Tho
main army has advanced beyond the Mo.
scllc, and Is between that river and the
Alcusc, II he has not already reached the
latter. Tho Prussian lines are thus fifty
miles near Paris than according to yes.
tcrtlay's dispatches. -& g.# .
OF tho position Of the French army It
Is more difficult to give any accurate In
formation. Part Is In Metz, Bazaine has
a large portion with him, wherever he Is,
which Is probably on the Mouse, not iar
from Verdun, and part is with tho En-
pCror at LonguevillG. Tho force under
MCMahOn seems TO DO utterly lost
II It is not in Strasburg, as has
been reported At all events, &C
cording 10 reports Of its officers, It Is bad
" demorOlized and good for little at the
present time. Altogether the dispatches
leave the situation decidedly favorable 10
the Prussians. They have defeated the
French plans and perhaps cut Bazainea
army in two. They arc nearer TO Paris,
and flushed with successes arc fighting
the flying French on the line Of the
Meusc, The next French line Of defense
must DO on tho MArne, with the Chalons
rs base; and the problem to be solved Is,
can they get there!