Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-17

the dispatches are ineligible:
London, Aug. ia battle was fought,
yesterday, near Metz. Both parties claim
the victory.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS.
| Paris, Aug. 15.--Last evening, at
o'clock, by order of the Government, all
was suspended. This morning, at 9 o'clock,
these restrictions were again removed. Thb
| following important dispatch to the Emit
press EUGENE is just made public:
Longeville, Aug. IA, 10 P.M.-The army
commenced to cross to the left bank of the Mo
selle this moreing. Our advance guard had
no knowledge of the presence of any force of
| the enemy. When half of our army had
crossed over, the Prussians suddenly attack
ed in great force. After a fight of four
hours, they were repulsed with great loss to
them. NAPOLEON
An official dispatch states that the Corps
of Gen. L'Admiralt and De Caen were en-
gagged in the combat at Metz, yesterday.
Marshal Bazaiue was present The enemy
were repulsed after four hours fighting.
The troops are in fine spirits.
Berlin, Aug 15.-The Queen of Prussia
to-day received the following dispatch dated
in the vicinity of Metz, Sunday evening
A victorious combat occurred near Metz,
to-day, the troops of the First and Seventh
Corps participating. l hasten to the scene
of the conflict. WILLIAM.
ANOTHER BATTLE YESTERDAY.
London, Aug. Is, 2P.M.-A second pitched
battle is reported as having occurred near
Metz this morning in which the Prussians
were victorious. The Prussians have arrived
at Vigneul, few miles from Metz, and are
swarming up the Moselle. The French blew
up two bridges at Vigneul to check the rapid
advance of the Germans.
Thirty thousand troops of Marshal Nc
Mahon's corps, who were cut off from the
French army and believed to have fallen into
the hands OF the Prussisns, have arrived at
Strasbourg in safety. Twenty French citi-
zens of WOerth have been shot by the Prus-
slams in retaliation for the cruelties said to
have been inflicted on wounded German pris-
oners. The City of Mulhouse is still in the
hands of the French.
London, Aug 15.-Great events are ex-
pected at Kiel Immediately. To-day the Ger
man troops hold Point a-Mousson.
The Prussian general headquarters last
Sunday night, were at Henry, ON tho Metz
and Saarbrick Railroad.
London, Aug. l5.-A special despatch
was received here, to-day, from Forbach,
which says that the French, while retreat
ing to the west side of the Moselle, were at
tackled by the Prussians under Gen Stein
metz's command. The French were thrown
into great confusion, and, after gallant
stand, were routed by the Prussians. The
slaughter was great.
Paris, Aug. I5.-The Sous-Prefect tele-
graphs TO the Minister of the Interior from
Toul, Aug. IA, at Pm, as follows
Some Prussians were noticed near this
town about O'Clock this afternoon. A re-
connoissance was made by the gendGrmeS and
cavalry, who came upon 200 Uhlans. Shots
were exchanged; the gendarmes killed one
and wounded two of the enemy. The latter !
summoned the town to surrender, but re-
ceiyed defiant refusal and then retired. |
The attitude Of the populaee is excellent |
The members of the Mobile and National
Guards fastened to the ramparts.
Advices from the Rhine indicate that the |
enemy does not really intend to lay siege to |
For this purpose they blew /
up the bridges and railway TO Basic. 1t is |
thought that the surrounding forces of the
enemy are incOnsiderable in number it is /
only the alarm of the people which imagines |
the force TO be greater than it actually is |
The city is fully garrisoned and provisioned
for siege, and the supply of water is under
the control of the authorities, and cannot be
cut off.
A despatch from Epinal, dated at O'Clock /
this morning, states that the town of Bitsche |
mas not been captured, as nad been supposed, 7
but holds out against the Prussian troops /
who have been detached to besiege it.
The newspapers explain that Nancy was
given up to the Prussians because it was an
open city, and the French troops retired to /
Toul, which, being a fortified place, gave
them better chance to resist the Prussian |
advance.
Pfalsbourg, one of the frontier towns, still
holds out, Prussian reports to the contrary
Arrivals from Metz report |
that the Prussians place administrative Off
,ials in every French village which is cap
tured.
Letters from the seat of war notice that it /
is the practice of the Prussians in an engage
ment TO station sharpshooters on the right of
zach platoon, to pick off French officers.
The French admit that the Prussians pay the
country people for all supplies.
Paris, Aug. l6.-The Opinione Rationale
computes the force for the defense of Paris at
10000 men. Six hundred guns are mount
ID. NJ. Durny, recently the Minister of Pub
ic instruction, has volunteered as private
N the French army, and also Pore Hyacinthe
and his brother.
FIRE IN THE REAR.
The Journal Official reports the arrest, on
the highway, of an individual in whose house
were found a quantity of poignards, revolv-
BIS of large calibre, and ammunition. He
was followed the night before last to an
ISOLATED house in the neighborhood of the
notifications, where were found list of
names, number of red flags, different rally
ng signals, description of the troops oc-
,upying the forts surrounding the capital,
and the carte de Uisite of person in the
service of the Sovereign now at war with
France. On the afternoon of yesterday
about O'Clock a band of from sixty to
eighty men, all armed with revolvers and
of exactly the same model as those
previously seized, attacked the engine-hou