Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-09-13

The great object of the Prussians was
gained, since they were not driven
from the crest of the hill they fought |
to hold. Holdingi it thus against cav
airy, the Prussians persuaded them
selves that it was possible to estab-
lish artillery on the hill"
DETAILS OF MCMAHoN's SURRENDER.
PARIS, Sept. 4. An officer who at
tempted to reach the army of Mar
shall Mcmahon furnishes the following
details to the Journal of the surrend-
er of the Emperor:
In the second attack of our army
we understand that all the positions
of Marshal Mcmahon were turned
Bazeilles, Douzy, Bolan, Villers, Ger
nay, Givoune, La Chappelle, Fleigneux,
Saint Mango and Veignes to the
woods of Donchery. An eIlipsis of
fire around Sedan was found, kept up
by 100000 soldiers and 900 cannon.
At Sedan, with 100000 men before
him, and seriously wounded in the
shoulder and groin, with bombs burst
ing around him, the Marshal turned
over his command to General Wimp-
fen. As regards the Emperor, Nc
Mahon's corps covered him on the
field of battle, and the walls of Sedan
protected him for one hour longer
Floing was the headquarters of the
King of Prussia, the Prince Royal and
a host of German princes and stran-
gers.
These two points, Sedan and Flo
ing, are at a distance of three kilo-
metres one from the other. We went
through Serigny without hindrance,
but not without difficulty. At Fleig-
neux and Saint Mango, 500 metres
distant from Floing, the music Of the
PruSsiaG bands mingled with the hur-
rahS of the officers. Two shells shot
across the sky in the direction Of Sc
dan. The town will probably be
bombarded. A thick cloud OF smoke
followed by flames, rises above the
town, where there are only wounded
women and exhausted troops.
d. The Emperor hoisted the white flag
Of truce an hour before sending hi;
, sword to King William, a souvenir o
Jena. His implacable adversary made
; him send him his sword as Napoleon
the First sent his. in other days, tt
the King of Prussia, wishing to hav,
the man himself in the grasp Of h
double files of soldiers. King vii
= liam, in his turn, wished to have tn
= Emperor Napoleon in his possession
!. before ordering that Sedan should b
i, DESTROYED. One does not discus
> with sword, answered the King t,
those that brought him the sword c
Bonaparte. 1T should be broken
that is already done with the man.
would have Napoleon come at the il
. vitation of King William
: He was escorted by the white Gull
= assiers. Bismarck and Won Roo
= were present.
DETAILS OF THE GREAT BATTLE 0
n SEDAN.
h New YORK, Sept. ). The World
IS correspondent te.egraps from Namit
,. Belgium, the following sketch of tn
o later portion of the battle at Sedal
1t not heretofore published:
l. The French on the hills west {
e the city stood their ground fiercei
v till two in the afternoon, three timt
N repulsing with great loss their assal
St ants. They were tiercely pounde
q, back here also, and about go the
d fell back sullenly, firing steadil
IN though little too rapidly, upon tt
IS inner road to Sedan, closely tollowC
Il up hy the Germans, who were pres
to ING on to meet the columns emergir
n from nndQr the sombre smoke whit
b. enveloped the woods Of Givonn
* At BazeilIaS the battle wayered sti
of the ground there tavoring the trent
it, artillery, which kept up a murdero
C. and almost literally intermittent ii
I'd with extraordinary accuracy. | THU
to the German losses here were the hea
a lest of the day. and from what | N
10 self saw, | should put them down
from ten to twelve thousand in kill
ch and wounded at this point alone.
be Three attempts were here made
n using cavalry, the only attempts
nd think. that were made during the d.
be but the nature of the country ma
Cd them useless, and neither on t
Nv French side nor on the German W
an there any serious display Of his ar
n in which the German army is so mu
OF stronger and better equipped than
IN. rival. 1t was toward three o'clo(
* think, that the decisive moment can
90 The Germans, who had fought a
ST. won on the Givonne road, we
is. thrown in heavy columns by small
Of WAYS and country roads along
NV line of small water course up
od Daigny hamlet, where they gather
in around some of the iron factories
;cb the east of Bazeilles, pressed throu
In the woods and came out upon
in flank of the brow in oyerwhelmi
,ov strength, firing as they came On
Of that cool, deliberate. unexcited rel
cd larity which has such a striking eff
ro upon the morale of the enemy. Isl
an their dark lines emerging. the
mt glittering on the brass orname1
nd which mark them out so clearly WI
M in masses from the French, at a
NC distance, and heard the crackli
-ir. rattle of the volleys deepen and or
in nearer, rolling at last into sort
tho continuous SCATTERING noise, like
,ir. crashing of branches in the fore
a. The attack was decisive. The Frer
inc were driven in on the west and sol
"a as on the east and north. The grou
100 fought over was won and kept. eve
vae where. At each point the Germ
nd troops were handled with such SCI
in and GOODNESS, that always they ca
the in greatest force upon the weak
mr.. point. The day was never in dou
,ck Ny journey here, by Bouillon q
ont Givet, has been terrible. All is C
9TH fusion and alarm among the refuge
=
Tto deserters and broken companies
in. troops. The Belgians are greatly
ess cited. The empire is done with
emit half we hear tonight be true-t
all FRANCE Ia In revnlntinn. solid