The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-27
Review orthe sisuai!ss.
Tho following i. IL special t" the Cr"r
d.. Eids Inns:

Tho following ia special !" To" Courier
d., Ehs Inns:
PAIIs. August 2i.--A decided change
/. apparent ia our situation within the lat
fofty-cight hour. We look back on our
.elye, sf,er three weeks of disappointment,
aud Tomorrow, perhaps, We shall take the
offensive. Such n, least is the opinion
which prevail, at the War Department
aud throughout official circles.
This /. the intelligence which have OBJ
tanned AMER the defeat az FrOschwcil"r
the debr, e the corps engaged rctrca'oi
in pretty good order upon Savcruc aud
Nancy, whence they were transported &"
ChalOns by the StrasbOurg railway ~
rapidly NJ the disorganizcd service OF that
line would permit. On the other hand,
part of the troops cncampcd
In the ccntor and south Of Alsaeo, "a
well n. the large snrrisonof Bcli"nt, were
sent forward to Chalons by the Paris and
Muhlhnuscn railway. At the same time
the expcditionary force concentrated Al,
Chcrbourg IN order 10 opcrat. on tho
shore. of the Baltic and nearly forty
thousand troops OF the line We're also dis.
patched to Chalons, where they all arrived
In five DAYS. These forces, added 90 the
fifteen thousand regulars from Pgri, and
the frontier towns of Belgian, made up an
effective army Of one hundred thousand
men. Thirty-fvc thousand OF the Garde
Mobile were also added 10 them under the
able direction of General Trochu. These
forces lately entirely distinct, have been
slow TO consolidate into an army, homoge-
ucous and not unused To- war, and provided
with all necessary material for the cam
paign.
After competing the formation OF TIL,
army, Gen. Trochu went to Paris H. or
ganiLe and create another new army.
After having rallied with considerable
loss, the last detachment of the corps
beaten In the battle OF the 9th Of August,
General Mcmahon arrived al CMalons,
and has been placed nj the head of the
army raised by Trochu. His fret care
was Ia secure his communications with
Bazainc, who had been almost hemmed in
ut Metz by the Prussians. lie succeeded.
| nm assured, and his advanced posts cN-
tended ~ far Ms Mczicrcs aud Monimcdy
and covered the Ardenncs railroad and u
line parallel with the fronicr, which proves
that communications with Metz src
in fact, as also the arrival yesterday at
Scissors Of great number of Prussians,
made prisoners at Gravclottc. Another
convoy Is on its way. This fact proves
that this day, so fcrccly disputed, was not
without glory for us, since we have leisure
to mako and guard prisoners.
As for the plans Of Mcmahon nothing is
published. / know the Ministry is in.
flexible on this point. The Prince Royal
Of Prussia seems to realize the risks which
he is running, and will try
eventually, to go to the aid
of his confcdcratcs in the Champagne, for
il is affirmed here that he has rctraccd his
steps, and retrcated on st. Mihicl. 1t may
be true, however, according to another re-
not, that he continues his march on Paris
by the Valley Of the Aube. In any case
we are ready to receive him.
Another battle, which occurred ut Metz
on Sunday, ended in our favor, Some
thing decisive is preparing in that quarter.