Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-08-17
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week have been very important ant
exciting. The successes Of the Ger
man forces have followed In marvel
lous rapidity and astounding com
pleteness. In fact the armies o
France seem to offer no serious imped
iment TO the invading legiOns Of Ger
many. The star Of Napoleonism ha
been sinking toward the horizon Will
a celebrity that portends the overthrow
Of the house and the utter crushing o
the aspiring hopes Of BOnaparte.-
Thus far he has ignominiously failed
as a soldier, and has brought only dis
honor and disgrace upon the nam,
and fame Of France. As an inevita.
bic consequence the French people ar,
rapidly becoming disguised with the
imbecility Of tseir Emperor and self
constituted war chieftain. II defeat
continues much longer to pursue and
destroy the flower Of the armies O
France, Napoleon will be forced by an
united, indignant and chagrined ma
nation to abdicate the throne and per
haps flee the country. Success would
have made the Emperor's crown the
sure inheritance Of the young Prince
Imperial; but defeat just as surely
ruins every reasonable hope and pros
peet Of the son succeeding the father
on the throne Of France.
But as all is not lost that is merely
in danger, it is possible that the for
tunes Of Napoleon may be somewhat
retrieved by success that shall restore
him to the waning favons Of the
French nation. The news, however,
does not render such q turn Of fortune
probable.
Much Of the news is apparently the
mere surmises Of newspaper CORES
pondents, and in nearly all its mate
rial points may be much changed by
later and fuller intelligence:
On Saturday evening last, in London
there were reports that the French gar
rison at Strasbourg, a fortified city Of
100000 inhabitants, situate three hun
dred miles east Of Paris, and on the
frontier between Prussia and France
had ~capitulated after a short lombard
ment Of the city, and it is now in the
hands Of the Germans. Passing west
the Prussians mex took possession Of a
fortified place named ~Phalsbourg, lying
about forty-fve miles from Strasbourg,
and the key to the passage way through
the Yosges mountains. The seat Of war
is now between the rivers Saar and No
seIle.
LONDON, August AS p. N.-Speoial
reports, by telegram from the seat Of
war, dated at Hagensu, on the 18th inst,
state that Marshal McMahon's army
evacuated Nancy, yesterday, on the ap-
proach Of the troops under command OF
the Crown Prince Of Prussia, the French
retreating across the Moselle river to the
fortress Of Toul.
Aher effecting this movement in re-
treat, the French destroyed the fine
bridge, consisting OF seven arch spans,
which was over the river Moselle at this
point.
The Prussian forces in the army Of the
Crown Prince occupy Nancy and Frou-
ard, at the junction Of the Paris and
strasbourg railroad with the railroad
from Metz.
The Prussians attacked Pont a Nous
son, driving out the French soldiers sta
toned there, Subsequently the Prus-
sian troops fell back on the main body
Of the German army.
The headquarters Of the united armies
Of Prince Frederick Charles and Gen.
Steiumetz is at Henry, in a direct line
from Ssarbruek, and within tWenty
miles Of Metz.
Large quantities OF army stores have
been captured by the Prussians in the
vicinity Of Metz.
Gen. Frosssrd's division Of the French
army lost the whole of its supplies.
A special telegram from Carlsruhe,
dated to-day, Sunday states that Stras-
bourg was bombarded with red-hot shot
and shell by the Prussisns, on Friday,
and the same operation was repeated on
Saturday.
During the period of the delivery OF
FIRE, on Saturday, the besieged force Of
the French asked for a parley, which
was had.
At its conclusion it was announced
that the French garrison in S~trasbOurg
had been afforded a space OF forty-eight
hours during which to decide II they
would surrender to the Prussians.
In regard TO the military situation in
France, the New York Herald OF Sun
day says: The reported appearance Of
Prussian cavalry at Luneville, Frouard
and Pont q Mousson means very little
more than the movements OF raiding
parties upon the line OF the railroad.
Luneville, before which cavalry is re-
ported to have appeared, is a town OIL
some 1900 inhabitants, lying on the
Paris and Strasbourg railroad, and on
the Yezoure river, near its junction
with the Meurthe. 1t is q great cavalry
and contains extensive barracks.
As a strategic point il is not Of import
ance. The town is some fifteen miles
ea~st-southeast Of Nancy. Frouard is q
small village on the Moselle, at the con-
huehce Of the Meurthe. Here the rail-
road to StrasbOurg from Paris branches of
to Metz. A few miles south Of Frouard
is the fortress Of Toul, which commands
the route to Paris. Pont q Mousson,
the last place where the Prussian cav
airy are said to have arrived, is q town
Of 5000 inhabitants, situated on the
Moselle river, fifteen miles north-north-
west Of Nancy, and fourteen miles south
Of Metz,
All Of these places are east Of the
Moselle and Meurthe rivers, so that we
may infer that the Prussian operations
are confined 10 the territory embraced
between the rivers named and the Ger
man frontier and a line running north
OF the railroad to Strasbourg. It can
also be inferred that the French have
temporarily abandoned Alsaee and Lor-
still holding the important for
tresses scattered over the country.
The Census OF 1870.
Partial returns from the census takers
In many Of the States are finding their
way into thenewspaPers. The work has
30 far progressed that In q month or two