The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-08

the victory Of one is the victory Of the other;
for the5 are the first, the most progressive and
the greatest Of Free Commonwealths.
DEFEAT o. HeHAn0H.
TIE Last French Army DssPesea o..
Mcmahon has been twice defeated in lee
than one month. After his first defeat and
melancholy retreat he found his way 10
Chalcns, and there took his few regulars and
attempted 10 form the n.x,leus Of an army.
lie received Of new recruits, or militia, a.
We should call them, or 81 Ganbe Mobile,
as they are called in France, between l50, OOO
and POO, 900 men. With this force he was
expected to hold Chalon. against the strong
force Of the Prus>ian Crown Prince, -cnd him
Keeling home, and thus gain a decisive vic
tory for the French. Nevertheless, the
Prince and King William advanced. We
heard Of them at ST. Dizicr AMI Bar le Duo,
and then on the Marine, at Vitry le Fran.
cOise, and soon after at Clalons. This p'sl
had been LEFT deserted by Mcmahon, and
Paris seemed within the gn,sp Of the Ger
mans. Their advance guards were heard OF
within forty miles Of the gay capital, or moi
much farther away than Lawrence Is from
I,eavcnworth.
In the meantime terrible battles we're
Tough, around Metz, and only 10 show
that Baz,inc WAS safely bottled up
BloL WIS she'd In torrents, lat tn.
great French Marshal was shut up
Then We heard great talk in the Corps Leg
isla,ii about 4 wonderful strategstic move
ment which Mcmahon was making, and
about whicl, nothing could be said. Nc
MaI,on WAS following up the railroad from
Elsrnav 10 Heims, to Auisny and Hethel
crossing the Aisne river, AMI guing 10 Me
licrs,, ou the Meu-e, an,l IN the Argonne
or Ar.lcnurs, mountains. Tina: was tn.
movement. and il was intended fur the relic,
"i Bazainc, After that, the Crown Primo,
could tc whipped at rsri, OF IN his WAY
home 10 Berlin.
But the Germans do MT fall into the tr.p<
They never avoid fight The Crown Primo.
followed McMahon to Mezieres and the border
Of Belgium. His fighting seems 10 hav,
taken place on the west VI the mountains and
the Meuss, between Rethel end Mezieres
On the other side were Prince Frederick
Charles and the large and fresh army Of III.
Crown Prince Of Saxony. Here the 6gh,
ragged from Sedan, Mc,,zon, Montme1y, Car
lyman, Beaumont and Ssensy. Steipmet,
remained, probably, at Metz. 4 defeat fol
France here Is defeat of all her armies in
the field, and a defeat all over.
The following is copied from, the n. Y
Times of Tuesday, the 3Oth ult, while tht
battle WAS going on, hut before the news wa:
received:
The Forest Of Arden which the rever.
les of the melancholy Jacques have made
classic ground, has become the theatre Of 9
more protentous drama than that which
Shakespeare located there. much depends, y
says the Journal OEeiel, upon the battl.
which may take place in that vicinity at any
moment" SO far as Paris is concerned
nearly everything seems to depend upon it.
For let Mcmahon suffer decisive defeat in hi,
p,eseas positi,a, ard The lat Formidable .-bs,ce.,
has been ,snosed, which might prevent tn,
Prussians from besieging Paris ut thei,
leisure. Let the great reserve army which
lately moved cut Of Chslons, become a.
thoroughly demcralized rs the troops which
Mcmahon commanded at Woerth. and con.
certed action with Bazaine beconles as much
out Of the question as any effective s,,ccv,
to Paris, or any formidable breach Of the cx.
tended Prlssian line.
1t is perfectly clear that a concentration al
troops from all three divisions Of the German
Army is taking place at corresponding points
Of the valleys Of the Meuse and Aisne, he
tween which from north 70 south runs the
richlv-wooded and mountainous tract OF
country known as the Artlennes. Evident
" the opinion Of the Prlssian Generals, that
Mcmahon should lie first dealt with, and
Paris taken aiterward, has prevailed over
that aScrihsl 10 the more imIetuous his.
marck. II is difficult to reconcile the state.
ment OF one despatch about the impending
hattie Icing probably west Of Rheims and
Epernav with the other indications that arc
given Of the movements on either side. The
present seat Of operations is at least thirty
miles northeast If the position ~ defined,
and is represented nv an irregular parallel.
gram abou, thirty-iive miles By fifteen, OF
which No,ziers and Rethel ON the
.tisne, and Stenay and MOuzon OH
the MelI>c represent the four
corners. Bv the southeastern angle, repre-
>ented hv Stenav, the Prnssians are enter
ing who have advanced by the northerlv
route from before Metz, while the advance
upon Rethel and NOuziers in the west il
made by the divisions that have been pushe,l
forward irun Nancy 10 ChalOns along the
central line toward the capital. The intcn-
ton Of this combined movement evidently il
first 10 isolate Mcmahon completely from
any communication either with Paris ON the
one side or Bazaine m the other, and then
j, seems not 1T all improbable that McMahon
will make 4 stand either behind the .Aisne,
between Nouzires and Retfel, with his right
resting ON the railway leading northwari IL
MeziereS, or may retire sill further north,
where he will have the fortre.xes Of Sedan
am! Neziere> Immediately in his rear.
Apart from Il great aud decisive hattie.
which may or may not happen, acvUrling 10
the disposition Of the French commander,
the Prsissian> will certainly endeavor 70 sct
l-r>t>sicn Of the portion Of the railway.
about eighty miles long. between Montmedv
AMI khein,s. which AS vet is MT cu1trolle,l
by them. This line 81 DESERVED forms two
sides ct triangle. Of which Me.iereS !. sit
ua,el AT the apex. \ line drawn from,
Rheims {" M"u,n,slv, 10 form the base.
would ts about sixty miles long, and would
PASS through Nuuzier~, BuLany, and Sienav,
all named in une connection or other with
the latest movements. Within the -tmCe s..
hc,undel the interest ui the campaign Is al
present concentrated.
THE kansas Pacific Railway consists of
the following divisions: Kaw Valley Divi,-
ion, Kansas CITY 10 Erock6eld 20 mile
Smoky Hill Division, Rrcokfeh to Kit Car
son, 80 miles: Denver extension, Kit Carson
to Denver, 30 miles: Denver Pacific, Denver
toCheyenne, lsc miles: Leavenwurth branch,
Lawrence To Ieavsnworth, IS miles. Total
length Of road, 7S5 miles.
The distance between ST. Louis and Denver
via North Missouri and Kansas Pacific lines