, 1870-08-06
Heavy Fighting Reported Yes
te1day All Along the
Lines.
Detailed Account of the Battle Of
Eefssenburg.
Eight Hundred Prisoners Taken
by the Prussians.
REPORT OF tho Death +of General
DOuay Confirmed.

fma.i village on fhe L1nier River, near Nelsseu-
burg, ts,eti O'Clock Thursday evening:
We have won brilliant but bloody victory. The
LETT WING WAS the attacking body, and consisted Of
tac Fifth aud Eleventh Pru.san Curps. With tho
Second Bavarian. This force carried by an aa-
9ault, under the eyes of The Prince Noyal, the
fortress Of WeIssau5urg aad the heights bctEcan
Welssenbs r. aud Gci-t'er9. Duuay's diviaon Of
Marshal MacA1hons Corpa was sp1cndldly
'efea'+<'. beng driven from it, camp.
General DouaJ himself WIS killed. Fire
hundred prisoners were taken; none Of them
we're VI unsed. Many Tureos were among the
captured. The Prusslsu General KIrcAbach was
slightly wounded. The ROYAL GrcnndIers and
Eifteih regiment Of the 1ine suffered heayy iossea
LospoS. Aug. h-The victory Of the Prussian
CrnWn Prince, in capturing Wetssenbnrg and
GelsberE, WAS brilliant but bloody. The French
we're repulsed and dispersed, leaving behind them
G, neral Douay, killed, and use hundred prisoners,
and waundinG many Turcoa- The PEnssians cap
tuEel one cannob. The Frussian commander,
kszchbach. WIS slightly wounded.
FAE1s, Aug. a,-It Is unot1claiIJ reported here
;ha, the French troops have taken Saa1 lou1R
after 4 great battle.
NEW foRE, Aug. o.-The Herald. cable spec.n,
:-das, says that the defeat Of the French at Wels
selhprg wAs disastrous. Central Donsyb dty1-
-'4n composed Of picked fighting men. Was utterly
luutsd. at,i several Ut them reached tie rear tn
Il, mura1!zed condition. Weissentusg IL In rosses-
s:an nj the P5useIaas-
general advance here and at saar-Louts Is ex-
i*rtetL
TIE 7s7bun..s cable special from London, otb,
says: No French account Of The We!ssennurg de-
feat hns been received here to
+. O'Clock tits morning. Our correspondent
tcleErarhs frum Paris that he hns the Official
despatch IN hts possession, but permission to tel
cgfaph 1t 10 refused
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