The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-11
THE WAR.
TnD siege OF METZ.
BaZaine Makes Another
S0rtie.
He is driven back after q Days
Fighting.
Complete Prussian Vic
tory.
PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES ILL.
The Prusslans Evacuate MuIhausen.
The BOmbardment Of Pfalseburg
Snnu tn ha Cnmmnncad.
PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES ILL.
The BOmbardment Of Pfalseburg
soon to be Commenced.
Market Reports.
Reported Expressly for the ARGUS

LONDON, Oct. ll.-A special correspond.
snt of the Tribune, before Metz on the 7th
tnst., telegraphs ss follows:
This afternoon, at one clock, Bszsine
made desperate attempt to break through
he PrussIsn envi fonment in the direction OF
rhionville The Prussians on the previous
svening had driven the French from the
village of Ladomchamps, aud had estsb-
Ished fOreposIs IN Stenay, Petites, Gondes,
fopes and Make. Bazsine, under cover of q
ihick fog, advanced his troops and com
nenced al attack for the recovery of La
domchsmps. Having engaged the Prussisn
artillery, he made dash tor Petites, Gondes
and Topes, aunihIlating the foreposts ana
throwing great masses of men on their
supports. When these villages had beeI
occupied, Bazaine sent forward q large body
Of troops on the right, close to the Moselle,
which advanced up the valley till checked
oy Prussan cannon from both sides of the
river, and finally stopped by the advance Ct
,wo Landwehr brigades of the Tenth Army
Jorps, which occupied a position opposite
he Grande and Petite Etapes. 4 fusilee r
battalion of the Fifth Lsudwehr regiment
was nearly exterminAted. Other bAttslions
,f the same regiment and of the Fifty
ninth Landwebr also suffered severely
Finally at 4:50 o'clock, the French were
triven back from all positions BY q general
,dvance Vi the Landwehr and tenth army
.orps. There was much bsyonet fighting IL
he villages General Won Brandens,ein,
commanding the fifth Landwehr Division.
vas wounded by my side. The Prussiar
sic,ory was complete. The loss in killed
and wounded was considerable. and was
heaviest on the French side. The French
sent out all their field artillery and infantry
supported by Forts St. Julien and Stelov
The whole Prussian tenth and third arm
,orps and Landwehr Divisions we've engag
ID The general commanding was Won
Voight, of the tenth army corps. The
French made simultaneously q fierce attack
~ Vanoy, Chieneles, Charby and Larine,
o the northeast of St Julien, which was
repulsed.'
The same correspondent telegrsphs from
Soisseville, Sth inst:
The French du.ing the night acsumulat
ID in large masses On the eastern slope OF
st. Julien, toward Metz. The Prussans T
'oreposts were driven back, and the reserves
:alled up. Artillery crowns every eminence.
Shells from ST.. Julien go crashing into
Nosseville. A furious cannoneding is going
,n-to the south by Caloubey, Mercy lie
daute, and Petit. The French fort Of ST
Private is also firing"
Prince Frederick Charles is said to be Ill
With typhus fever, and has been Obliged to
eave the army He is said to be now al
Ferriers.
The German evacuated Mulhausen OF
sunday and proceeded toward New Breissch
md Schlestadt.
The lack of good regimental oficer'
ielays the organization of the French
army.
The Tours depu:ation was warmly re
eived in Italy. They were banqueted o
Pisa and Florence.
The Prussians have preserved FontaIn
oleau from pillage.
The United States consul at Orsn i
rying, but thus far vainly, to mitigate tn
:ruelty of the crews of German vessel
illegally detained as prisoners of war.
Count Bismarck recently informed tn
Mayor of Versailles that Prussia had n
objection to the elections for the Nsuona
Assembly, but that the Tours governme n
aad countermanded them.
The German Press ridicules the idea c
| the French levy en- masse as mere bomb
| TO cover their failure.
| The Tours government are begianlng !
prepare the public, through :he press fo
| ne cession of French territory to Germany
| Liberte consents to a slight rectification
the frontier near Wei,senburg.
| Heavy guns have been brought to bea
upon Pfalseburg. The ..bombardment wi
soon be opened.
Heroic sorties are incessant at Metz. Th
| Prussian commander, Levien, has issue
orders for increased vigilance. The Prut
.ian commissarias has been removed
avoid capture.
Foreign ambassadors at Tours al
oegotia,ing for quarters in Bordeaux,
view of the contemplated removal OF tt
government thither. >,
| CHICAGO, Oct. 1l.-H. B. Chandler, for
number of years business manager anc pa
proprietor Of the Chicago Times, has severs
his connection with that paper.
A FIRE at Minooka. H., last night,
,troyed Wolthing and Pstrick's hardwa
: stores, Mrs Pendletons millinery sior
Melchilrs Hotel J. Zeddimar's boot al
, shoe store, E. l.. Princess grocery,
Dathams grocery, and the post office.
Total loss from $4,000 to SIS 900 tot