Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-31

| musketry were heard Sunday in that di- /
rection. and an engagement is believed to |
! have taken place near Buzsney.
3 Five hundred Prussians attacked the
railroad station at Chayeney, which was
guarded by fifty French soldiers. The |
| hght lasted one hour, during which time |
! seven were killed and five wounded. The |
Prussians took twenty-eight prisoners
and burnt the ststi' D. ~. e..t. -, -
A special correspondent writes from |
Mizieres ON Sunday: II Left hothel yes
| terday, and was one day on the road. On
my arrival here found no troops besides
| the garrison, but the Prince Imperial has
| arrived during the day With an escort OF
| RussianEguards. The Emperor slept al
Toulon night before last, and left yester-
day for Lechons, sending tie Prince here
| az the same time. This morning the
| Prince ard escort started at 1889 Tor
| secret destination, which am privately
informed is Sedan, this proving that the
| Prussians have not, as reported cut the
| railroad at Mizieres and Sedan. Ihs
Prince goes by the road inoeed. but ne
weuld not be sent forward unless the
neighborhood was clear OF the enemy. we
| start tomorrow for Montmedy via Sedan.
To-day there arrived several hundred
| artillery horses and some guns from VIM
cennes for the ramparts here. 1t Is GER
tain that McMahon does not mean TO nght
for some days. Tho national guards here
are IN uniforms forty years old, ana
wholly undriIled, but ready to fight. The
mobiles have no uniforms ct alls but look
soldierly. The persecution Of correspond
ents continues, all being expelled from
Rothel on whom the authorities could lay
their hsnds.
A spociaI correspondent writes from the
Crown Princes headquarters at Llgny,
August Gath This Is great day IN the
campaign of the third army. The King,
Won Moltke and Bismarck have arrived,
and the streets have been choked with
! RayeriRn troops from morning TILL late
this afternoon. The word Is forward to
Paris. Infantry, cavalry and artillery
| move ceaselessly forward. The troops
are In excellent condition"
This sans correspondent adds SEN
tence, showing that the Prussians knew
week since, Of the last French move
ment.
The Emperor is reported to have gone
TO Reims. Some think he will try to re-
, turn and march northward of the Ger
| mans TO rescue the troops az Metz.
A special correspondent writing from
, Paris, on Monday, says that more than
fftE thousand people have moved into
Pans from the suburbs alone, since Sat
urday night.
There are stlll forty thousand Germans
here. Of whom General Trochu's last
order reaches 80, 600. In the suburbs OF
: Lavette and Beinville alone. Provisions
for the siege arrive in enormous quana,,
ties Three hundred and fifty hundred
weight of flour and fifteen hundred
weight of rice have been stored in the
CITY, One hundred thousand oxen and
: half million sheep are in the Bois De
Boulogne. Sixty millions of rations OF
preserved meats, three months supply or
l salt, spices, sugar and coffee, and SIX
3 mOnths' supply of wine and spirits are
stored by private families for their own
= use. Groceries and other shops are sur
: rounded by purchasers, and their entrance
I Is regulated by the police. The govern
e ment asks the farmers to bring all their
supplies to Paris, promising them fair
. prices for the same.
, | PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE OF METZ.
NEW YORK, August 3O.-A correspon-
q dent of the London Standard, who writes
J from Verdun, ON Tuesday morning, thus
r describes tbs battle which took place at
!, Metz, on Sunday, August l4th, at one
= o'clock Din: The French army, one hun
; dred and eighty thousand strong, was en-
camped all around Metz since the day
! previously. The battle was considered
q Imminent. Several attempts had been
4 made to draw the enemy cut OF the woods.
? They occupied the Prussisn army OF
4 Prince Frederick Charles, or rather the
! corps now united in the held. General
! Steinmetz' corps hsd taken its position
4 on the road at Baulsy, at the point OF
a the intersection 70 DOEuoNs Ou LAo Aoe.-
e from Deilenair, and Borney, and up
II to the front of that place, was occu-
: pied by the Prussians, part of theI
n division being concealed by woods
Skirmishing had been going on all morn
ing, but it was probable no serious engage
ment would take place. At half past one
the French troops received orders TO re-
n treat from their position, and to go in the
d direction of Nerdun. 1t was said at two
O'Clock the advance guard division
4 were crossing the Moselle on pontoons
y and the luggage material and the proVis'
Il ions of the army were crossing at othel
t, bridges in the direction of Longueville
The equipages of the Emperor had al
% ready left, the Prince Napoleon first anc
3 half an hour after the Emperor himself
q We are leaving ON horseback in the samC
direction. At pm. the Third corps
"a DeCaen, the Fourth corps, PAdmirault
|, and the Gsrde Imperial, Bourbski, were
3 preparing also to leave their encamp'
n nents, when suddenly the Prussisns were
sr seen to prepare for battle, and sons
% others were preparing for an offensiv'
I. movement In front of the woods OF Briel
70 and in the direction Of Griscey acc
d Mercy.
le The French troops under command o
d Marshal BaZaine, were composed OF IN
Third and Fourth corps and Gusrde I'm
P parial; they were fronting Briey, Girls
cey and Mercy; the Gusrde 1mperis
N forming reserve, At quarter past fou
!. the attack commenced, and heavy tir
20 of artillery was heard in every direction
~ The soldiers of the Prussisn lswdweh
n heading the PrussiAn corps de arnse, tn
"a mitrsilleurs began theirAdeadly work o.
n each side. All around men were falling Ii
r every direction, columns whirling aroun
a and bullets whistling their deadly Worl
through the ranks. A battery of artillery
with a mitrailleuse, was making teaTfu
II hanr
frantic braves announcing its new e1
ploits. The fire was so well directed an
eT the precision so great that each fire wa
Id positively moving the Prussian ranks wh
We were fighting in desperate way, tAei
II artillery replying to the other, and de
stroyinS the French battallions right an
q. left. At7pm., the Prussians were max
an ing movement of retreat. A mitrai
OF le1se had been twice taken from tn
he French. although it is only one OF tn
p hundreds of incidents of the battle.
rs mention it as it led to an important n
es suit. For the past hour one of the creates
NJ efforts of the French has been to dislodg
the Prussians from the woods Of BrieI
100 their troops being protected by that natI
's- raj rampant The brave Colonel Of ii
Fourty-fourth infantry, Second division
ID In retaking the mitrailleuse, was II
cause of an immense body Of PrussiaT
an emerging suddenly from the woods, an
Ia | DreClpltatlQQ themselves IS an l0IuElabc
81 torrent on the French divisions. 1t WI
,ss only q pretext, for it was expected thi
- the Prussians would follow the same ta
- tics as at Forbach and Freichswtelle
1,a which consists in keeping out of slgl
=, | their masses-their best divisions, an
nd when the result Of the battle seems 10
he in favor of their opponent, to change d
- feat into victory by that powerful NOV
- | meut of Immense bodies of troops plungir
ne | suddenly on the enemy, but this tin
of Bazaine had prepared a match for theI
The Imperial Guard, commanded
Bourbad had been skepts1n reserve, al
La the artillery, from strong position, Q
DIS gan the offensive. The grenadters a
Of Vanced and from that moment till S:4
EN- you would have thought that you we
err In the middle of the eruption of Moul
Vesuyius. Fort Quenti, sweeping WI
m its powerful batteries the hank OF u
ray Advancing columns, regiments OF cavs
ian ry charging on the wings, and at quart
ro- to nins precisely, the Prussians cor
to menced retreeting, leaving from Z3,OOO
act "a 600 men hors dc combat. The FrenC
Of have lost close on to 10000 killed al
wn wounded. One hundred and forty tho
sand Prussisns took part in the hg
ary AGAINST 7O.O00 Frencbmen. The Guar
ted except its artillery and brigade of gre
ers adiers, did not fight. They were kept
reserve to the last. During the coma
nee the rear of the French army was retirn
en- en- route to Verdun, and at 9 O'Clock v
to followed by the imperial guard, retreatn
er- in the same direction. General De Ca
has been wounded in the leg. Gener
to De Castenay had his arm cut, and Marsh
re- Bazaine himself received a slight cont
IA sion on the head. hsard the sight of 8
Champs de Batulle was horrible. In &
morning, in retiring, they marched ov
1ch the dead bodies, who were in heaps
IN, In some spots.
ice In s1s,r1e 4azeioe,- of the 18th, Is q fun
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