The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-08

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Syre," which for some time rang through
the camps until the King sfIenced it. The
soldiers shouted for Bismarck, who, when
silence was obtained, said: Gentlemen, I
am nothing in this war. Thank the King;
thank Moltke." ..,,g..
After further uproar, be resun1ed: 8
"Well, If am responsible for anything, it
T. the powerful aid given US BY the southern,
States. To them we owe this latest victory
The population of sedan waved on the RAM
parts the Prussian flag when the firing had
ceased. =
| A GERMAN SECRET UNVEILED
In an article In the Staatsanzieger, the
| official organ of Prussia, the Government
begins to lift the veil under which it con-
cealed its early preparations for the war. It
says: - ..ss@E&ar
Our military leaders knew well that
France would put forth frivilous pretences
to. bring about a ssaguinary
it has now, indeed, come so far that the: po-
litical eccentricitiess have been matched by
corresponding military measures. A mass
of one hundred thousand French troops
were hurried in preeipitate haste to the
Rhenish borders, while the Prussian bat
| talions were as yet odRibuGA oyer.
i the garrisons of :. the m5na1chy. The
start of the French was greatly fa-
vored by their network of railways,
but far more so by the large bodies of
troops massed together in permanent
camps. The Prussian situation was not
equally favorable. Although immobile
troops might have been hurried to the from
tiers, different mode Of proceeding was
preferred. Corps taken away from pacific
| pursuits might, perhaps, be in a position to,
gain momentary success, but they are not
organized to brave the vicissitudes of q
great war. 1t was, therefore, deemed we'll
to prepare the forces for the contest in the
regular way, and to protect the German
territory to some extent by the small num-
bers which garrison the western boundary.
It was fully known that if the enemy were
possessed of some energy it would have
been impossible that we should offer
| strenuous resistance or prevent his
subsistiDg at the expense Of por-
| tion of our country. All the German,
troops remained therefore in their gar
risons until they were ready to join in
| the actual operations Of the war. The hasty.
1 and confused organization of the French h
army at our borders was opposed by feeble
garrisons, and, the commanders being de-
cciyed, their army was not placed in posi-
ton to live at our expense. 1t is well known
that the main forces Of the French We're
moved toward the Sarre, and especially to-
ward Saarbruck, on the very day when in
Berlin the orders for the mobilization were
issued. In Saarbrtck were then one bat"
talon Of the Fortieth regiment and three
| squadrons of the Uhlan regiment No. Z.
=, The danger of this small division was we'll
Il known, but it was necessary to imposeupon
the enemy without disturbing the prepara-
tions of the army. During whole fort
night this intrepid handful faced the enemy,
in whose estimation it gained every day
i greater proportions, until it grew in the
French Journals to the number of 200, 900
men. Daily skirmishes Of the patrols
!, were represented in the war news OF the
French as magnificent encounters. On he
part Of the Prussians these rodomontades
could not be exposed without permitting
the secrets OF Berlin to be betrayed at Paris.
!, After the arrival of information that two
French corps were in close proximity to
our feeble detachment, this brave band was
; on the point of being withdrawn. But the
gram to be left at his post, and he added,
''The bearing of the French shows that
they are afraid Of u.s." This request was
readily granted, especially us it was now
; possible to reinforce the small detachment
by two battalions, and moreover, to place
at distance of two Germany miles body
of troops to protect the retreat Of these de-
tenders. This brought about the famous
{" first battle Of Saarbruck."
A letter from Wissenburg in the North
eastern Correspondence says every PI usslan
soldier has in his pocket sort of album
containing colored drawings of the various
uniforms in the French army, so as to en-
able him to report when on outpost duty
the exact nature of tile troops he has seen.
He is also provided with little book pub
lished this year at Berlin under the title of
"The German Soldier in France: Manual
fer enabling any German to make himself
understood by Frenchmen without know
ing the languarge Of the country" This
manual" is simply vocabulary of the
words and phrases which a German soldier
in France would be most likely to require
in his conversations with the people.
A French paper says the Prussians are
wonderfully well informed of everything
that goes ON, even to the smallest details.
Some days ago regiment of Uhlans enter
ed q village through which the French
army had passed four-and-twenty hours
: before. The French had with great diff
Guilty obtained 5000 rations from the coun-
try people. The Prussians required $4,000.
They were told that it was impossible to
comply with this demand, and that by COM
pletely despoiling the inhabitants it would
be impossible to collect more than a
commandant pulled some notes out
OF his pocket and looked through them,
"Where is Schultz % said he. I" Bere am
/, commandant," replied an honest fellow.
reddening with pride at finding himself
known to 50 powerful person! you
have three coWs-a hundred hens. / Know
where you have hidden your oats; you
withdrew your flour yesterday. Be so good
as to fetch all that, and be quick about it,
Thus the commandant called all the inhabti-
ants, one alter the other, and proved to
:. fIa, 1,nt ha nc
themselves with their resources. 1t is need
less to add that the 5000 ratlons were made
up in an hours time.
The London Standard asserts that no
Englishman can believe that he is. either in
the moral or physical sense, inferior to the
/. German or tire Frenchman. We are still
of the breed which explores and conquers
the most distant corners Of the earth-
which founds colonies and governs king
doms-which holds in subsection greater
variety Of races than any other. In all the
arts of peace we are supreme, and we could
not be so if we had not, in rare perfection,
the qualities which make successful war
i riors: Yet, if the case were OURS, could we
do what is now being done by the Germans? !?
Could We initiate the conduct Of the
French? Where should we find our Metz,
our Chalons? May we not add, where
should we look for our Bazaine, not to
speak of our Moltke and our Grown Prince
The Pail Mall Gazette says d" 1t seems
highly probable that there will be disturb
ances among the French Us we'll MS the Arab
population of Algeria. We gather from q
long and vehement article in the AEhbar
journal PAlger9e), OF Imperial procliyi-
ties, that three gentlemen, we'll known as
leading men OF high character among Alge-
) ;ctc hapQ to tnl lyo ha