The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-19
qInn4ftelLfaenle1.
THE WAR m FRANCE.
AdditioaaI Telegrans q wednesday
3fsi Might.

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cHAI,oNs-II, :, DIsOKDER AND DlE1lPA-
TIOE-A PooR PoarTIoN ron A HEAVT
Attack sod
sptaaIDRs Trtuaa
LONDON, August II,
Our special from ChAlonS writes Sun
dsy. Ten thousand WOpnded hfe beng
brought tnaS camp TbS tqln Hg4 elEl!
present i neene d fiOt06s dfloIdet and
Dissipation. SOldiem are hh1utng and
drinking; the Gales and Btreeb arc tIled
with prostitutes, and there b no restraint
Of or1er Or decencY among odleen q sol1
dieF8 HAhCt6er 61ttle e 18th via Be
81 Spsciai Wits hSoh Chalo6S Sun.
DAY, Tie tFaia,by which ] attsmpted %
10 70 Metz found The libs cut u PontG-
i0us6S, and rst1Ensd with the Four
tenth regiment, which WnS ordered %
lAi9 2 iRep6ft t6G disturbances at Paris
have unSettisd the GAT1O Mobile, halt Of
whom would break 1Way and return IN
case Of revolution The regular army =
sal tFl8t9 the RhpeFpr, bll NOBODY elsa.
T6a advance Of The prua8ianS beyond
Metz Is known, but = great force viii re-
main there, Icannot understand the mo-
don Of battle here, In the Circpm
Chalons d not q deleniibIs position against
superior forces, bsiRs simply ~ immepa
level plain, the camp y not en!renehed'
and there are no work In ooaEsc OE col-
structiOn, nor ofiiceu .pGrmapsptlY COM
mSndfnV, but whoever Oisth6 generals
passing through Happens 70 bePenioF in
Fank Is commander while BIZ stays, and
changes arc made almQlt daily aSn''
TuE PoNT.A.ltOUBqN AFFAIR
The same correspondent writes, 1LOn-
day: The Pout.a. MOuGs0n affair was %.
Fiotis. Six or seven trains were started
from ChalonS for Metz In rapid sgcceS'
sion, caITyipg bout seven thousand ~
dierS, comprising three Infantry rcgl.
Inents and some artillery. Near Ponta.
Mousson they found the rAfWay cut, and
.PuS3 an afttIlerY opened On the trains,
which moved back as rapidly - possible
but panic began, and, although only
two men were Eilled, many Jumped iron
the trains while moving rapidly. The
trains finally got away without much
loss. |
THE MOVEMENTS or THE PAST THREE
+. Dispatches received to-day d tic PruS-
sian Embassy In London eQlfup The
Pruaaian successes on Sunday already re
ported, but do not throw much light on
subsequent events. No kilograms received
in London up TO midHg htT w eduesdEy
explain the movements OF the past three
days. The French accounts are extreme
II yagpe, but Indicate that divided coup
sels end chan bg plans have ie9AsRntly
dFFaBGtl ind endangered the French
retreat. Our dispatches from ChAlOns,
already telegraphed you, provo that troops
were !puRlIOd forward from iChalonS To-
wards Metz up TO Saturday, when the
trains were stopped and fred upon q
Pont.a.MOUssDn. ION Sunday the Prus-
SLAMS found the French still In great force
under the wall Of Metz. Since Sunday
no considerable battle Is known To have
been fought anywhere, but the French re-
ports Of checks 10 the Prussians
west Of tho MOscllG, whether true
or ialse, coincide with Ba1ainc's
Terograde movement In the abb
sencg Of PrIisSian kilograms, there Is
nothing TO show what forces, either Of
PrussiSnS or French, remain near Netz ;
but there can be little doubt BaEAinG after
hesitating till 1t was almost too late, has
withdrawn the main body Of the French
army westward, and that tho Prussian
forces have harEnsscd bis retreat by unre-
hitting attacks on his TANKS and rear. In
such circumstances NO general or decided
engagement should bG l0hght, unless the
PrllsSians had moved rapidly enough to
cut of Tire French retreat They seem TO
have crussCd the Moselle both above and
below Metz, large force remaining at
the same time before Metz, and there y
no known basis for PalikAo's statement IN
the Cons Leglslatit that tho .Prussian a.
tempt to cut of BazainC failed, for there
Is NO evidence that 1t had been made In
such force as to compel BaZaine to choose
between abandoning Tho direct limo To
ChaIons and fighting q battle. Latest ac-
counts place htunHt 7EHHn, but the French
SI9,I,Sor " ~ ~ st S r. ma Pr,Sssisn
SOs.'VH ~ ,.r,a~ Stl m.rcS ifiebe
true, as the French give out, that Metz IS
held by mare garrison, ltimEy bo many
days before great battle can be forced
by Tho PHussians or accepted by the
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