, 1870-08-27

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comn,ande1-in- Chief whose brain, despite lis
immense power, oihA too slowly and Anbt1y |
Tor the conduct Of operations in tho field, |
? ho is subject to fits Of hypochoudriac mel
lnci1oly, aud who, aiwaTs indolent, is now in
,spable Of harassing himself with details.
Fer eighteen years the Emperor hsd been !
to seek soldiers among lia friends, |
10 pamper those who supported him, to de-
press thote who were independent, till with \
Germany armed before them, tho most mar
tial People on Garth scarcely posss ssed GsE-
ernl, the staff Was controlled by mere favor
lie, whcm no Marshal would obey, and the In |
tendance had 30 utter.y broken down that |
whole divisions were left for tseuty-four |
horrs without bread, and the msss,ng Of |
trcops was fetaycd ty fear that the men |
might starye. The German leaders. aplsn- |
aidls served By Al Intelligence department.
which sticks st nothing, whether the sac
p'o,ment Of women aa spies, or
civilian cicrLa-a!wa,s the Difficulty Of French |
oepartments-probably knew much or this
though not At all, and at al eTenta
1 attack began on Thu1rdart the 4th. Burst
- Lere 0J0 meu, commanded By General Auel
Douay, Lay in innocent ignorance OF bis pres- |
cEcr, the Crawn Prince carried the eminencc, !
and desr ite the heroic efforts Of the Freuch,
VINO. outgeneralled and outnutabe1ed, still
charged ~ if mere va1or would stop bullets.
Weifeehburg. and poured without hslt upon
his route to Nancy. General MacNahon, to
whose corps Dcuay's division belonged, had
lee II consultirE witl the Emperor when he
mission TO aveuSe his honor. Still, unaware
OF tie German force upon the road, he hurried
UP Lis OWL corps aud part OF d. Fail't t's-the
1urcos belonging 10 the latter. and tho En-
rtror speaks Of DeFailly's rally'"-and adj
vanced 10 DcuAyss support, when he encouu-
Ike Crown Prince He had. we believe,
$4,000 "aen, but. as the Eynreror says,
33,0o0: while his enemy had quits 1O0.055
available. aud the battle BECAME 3 ua.sacrt.
Again and sgain the French charged down
the slopes. sometimes cutting the Germau
cuts wheat but always meeting tue same
heavy. continuous, remorselcss FIRE. Tie ttr-
iii le defect Of French troops, their ina u1li1y
TO resist the temptation to ha.ty firing offered
Is the lseecE-londeIf. began to tell /; tbs Ger
r.aus. brave Is Themselves, but educated, aud
clues, and, after q loss Ut 10000 n,eu in
killed and wounded aud {, coo I,risoners-uac-
Mahon&s and the Grown Princes statement,
diseouans at first. now exactly tally-ihv en-
tire corps Tas driven in hean1onE rout back
toward Nancy. So complete vas tho tous
that thirty guus and six mitrailieuses were
LETT behind and the Marshal, after mo-
1nentasy balt at Saverne, hueing the Germans
still upon him, hsd to Nancy, there, il
ossitlt, to reform. lie has been there
Cha!on', and ought to hare 7o.oo0
,, troopt, Who. However, are cut of By
German cavalry from all tonn,an,ca,aou with
! Metz. Meanwhile, tue Army Of the Ceutre
| lad MIRO donc its work After the scenic al,-
! surtlty at With poor little Lo:is received
T$ -SI -S4AI
!, smother corps da17"ee, ss isolated as lust Of
! Ma AIaLon, h.d OCCURRED Spich:ret-the lifl
~Licl oycriooks Saarbruck~-snd here he was
attacked hs General Gobtn, Steinnaetz' i
| peecpd in command, and scene At Worth was
rcptsted. The French occupied magnificent
position, tic lines stretching one above
smother across hill 20 steep that lis ascent
Still. up this steep hill went the Germans.
senn, and again ard again, new regiments
maj ching forward as those t'ctnre them With
eEed away-soue companies Of 200 men enA'
etged viii less than forty-until tho French
destroyed b; the ttea9y, deadly fire, moSet
the right, and- perhaps short Of srnmuAi
tiGn. lied in utter confusion toward'
Metz. ruraued sharply for Eome few mile
ty German cavalry, but not by tho mail
}cdy. Had tho Germans known the ssasl
sno followed, Metz might have been takei
rerae hours Metz 1a4 n anarehy- Tho En-
r,eror il said to have been away-we shou1'
think m inpossibihty-bu the staff, By th
testimony of ~ eEe-witnsssss. ntterlE lot it
mere, could give DO orders, and expected I
zee the enemy momentariIy before Metz. Til
Emptror sat writing despoudent tetc
grams. Me'z was full Of beaten soldiers, An
but ore perfect corps was within the linet
The Germans, however, who bad beet tes r
t1y haLdled, and nEe cn,hueiastc in thelr &C
Inaratttn Of French courage, wanted auauauC
tim and Ieinfoscenents, hnd coute1ied then
tel.es .Nh throwing forward their immena
J.. . streneth Of cavalry. All the villages betwoe
s.'1etnek and Metz hase been seized bodit
Of German hurseuen have been met betwee
i, 31etz and Nance, thrown forward, doubtless,
. . cut telcgraphs and railways between tho:
! two points aud the A11ny Of the Sottl
:. hitherto untouched, has joined the Army I
!. tie Centre under steinnetz, and both are b
lieved to have ADVANCED amidst frightful to-
1en,e OF rain to tbs 6usl ATTACK. The Crow
: Price If at SAvetne, only forty miles ava
: ard the entire German army. 350,O00 etron
i may be regarded ~ threatening Metz II
= situation Of tie Emperor is almost hopeles
,- He is CHsar. not King he must have ii
!, the path Of .sfetE. fall back on Ch,lons, Al
j calling al France to his aid. tight his gre
battle there. He must fight before Metz, Al
he has with him at the most but FIVE corI
"a 10000 men, And auch reinforrenents as
- may hare received by rail- These mag ha
. lsovisioued that be has been compelled
lead the rails With comnis=a1iat trAins--
!, FANS 20 hinself-an invaluable force. Teocht
~ corps c'arnee 5000 at1ong. has be
! le;siled IN Paria 10 n!aoot her eitizer
- - canno, reach him II Netz e1ee
pc pc u way Ct Nancy, communications vi
~ which may be bv this tiue interrupted; an
la la nt4t fatal sign Of all. it is doubtful il
20 stesip now sounding through Fraace =
- "Sie!d." The citizeEs have been dlsacnel
Y make CGea1ifm easy: for eighteen !e'
~. scarcely man outside the army hal eeen
ne rite the Cha-sepot in unused hands goes {
~ a. .Atont tays, OF volition; AID the int to
~ ~ csllcd on 10 rise. Nancy. has refused:
6. 6. our >, soldiers re beaten, eass the e., AA5
1e !De relor mus: tight where he ie, an1 a. he
~ spd it is with deep Sigh Tor glorious Fran
VI though with no regret for him, that We st
H., our cua.iction that even French herolsm c
vs. ns Lot Aytrt the result Netz and the emp
~ ~ mrst tall together, aid - ~e believe,
N N,e1 Guetd By the German victories: on the !nc1
se; ible blundering in a1i the supply dcpartme
su ,a even the Chassepots. it Is said te1ns sh
'ee on the uaut Of trusted Generals,
"a. the. eaeuse which will be offered
r E.ench patriotism ina. the fall oi
na ,mrue-vlich produced ahks the war
Ee1 tie want OF preparedness to nett in-on
~ fear with wLirA the announcement OF Yep
s1, lIe ril1 he Eece:red by the peeaan:sy, uho
~ boarding gold .n I'll tirection.-sne, At
=, 81. en- the want Of time pfodneeo g
~ Gyubt Nhetber. il King Nillia1l is but ~tse
ost lie eepter,e h,tnse!f with TIE secoEa.t1oa
~ ~ Frai.ee Ct his house !. Emperors Of Germ
IL IL ard Of Ill that title implies, aud with paJm
-. .e OF the expenses Of the war, not set hess
81 90
ase cett;ns reace. Guerrilla war IL iuposs
lae ,sa:nss breech-loa6es=. for government {
1n. 10, keep stores Of cartridges IN ev.fy hill
es' ror cau .ny possible rising enable the F1e
,< 10 ousnuraker the Germans on the
CT Greater nrmt err than theirs eonld not b.
up Ne ftsr deeply-for il Metz falls, the Gen
e. t.iumch will be dsrgerousl. ecMplete-
y up!ees the pruseian King yields to his pr
- - d. manda the old .iue oI The yosges, OF OF
.He vise IuisuEes the tavo. Of Providence. the
p ops is it IN end, and Germany for geners
s1titer Of the world.
- SoidicfAs iAnnfcs.
ba F1tn. ;A< Is1if Ma. Gz=e.t.
ose The Fteaeh soltitrs sppear 10 be singn
ing liable TO Fspics. The s,ec,e receuti: CAV
nay account Of n fake alarm At Donz-n'
veil ecne miles to the east Of Metz. 4 re
ing who lest himself came suddenly upon auot
L. WHO Immediately dted and shot hin q
'pu- The ccntagion Of firing get in. and the Y
lan. | corCon OF aen:inela discharged the1 r
the Many other instances in nhich French sou
itu- have given way 10 euch sudden impulses
,ver be mentioned. In the GnneA
will January, 1S55, at break OF da!.
viii q perishipg night Of eno".sto,
for tie advanced posts oil isf.t NV
e:eamped on The Inkesm.nn piAt :
p.- beliesiug themselves to be snsRs7feSds e.
and +" Aux aFmes:" In few seeouus =
His thes hsd aroused false ttstn, ~. ns - ~
% Is Late. The regiment WMcn aSuJ WI M Il
that column, tcok up the e5s, ~ aacta
ess and rushed to the Ptleo III -, y,i1 cncL y