Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-27
WAR NOTES.

The French sailors are being armed
with dirks for boarding purposes, and
with this object a number of old dou-
BILE edged bayonets are being cut down
for the supply of the navy.
The troops of the African army
which arrived in France comprised
1900 ZOuaves, 1900 Turcos, 5000 Chas-
seurs d'Afrique, and some Spahis-in
all from 10000 to 25,0OG bayonets and
sabers. A large proportion of these
were killed in the late engagements.
ElsinOre, or Helsingor, where the
French intend to organize, with the
permission of the Danish Government,
a supply service for the fleet, is an
important city on the Island of Zea-
land, in the Sound, at this point not
more than three miles wide, and lies
directly opposite the Swedish city of
HelsingbOrg.
General Abel Douay, who fell at the
battle of Weissenburg, was brother of
| General Felix Douay, commander OF
years of age. He was Colonel of the
| Voltigeurs of the Guard at the taking
of the MalakOf, and Brigadier Gener-
al at SolferinO. He was made Gen
eral of Division in 1866, and comman-
ded the Seventh territorial division of
BeSancOn.
The Prussian army has received an
u~npleasantly suggestive though prac-
tical order. Every man of the regi-
ment ordered for active service has to
wear round his neck, underneath his
clothes, a ticket with a number cor
responding to one standing against
| his name in the lists, in order that
| this might be ascertained in case OF
death, without delay; while the Off
GERS are furnished with diaries con-
taing their designations in French as
well as German.
The demands of the war on the
German population are thus stated
by a correspondent: zone requires to
be in Germany to have brought home
to one the full practical working of a
system that SO sharply, without dis
tinctiOn of persons, gathers in all
alike to compulsory service. The re-
suit is that at present in Prussia all
men between twenty and thirty-nine,
not disabled OF for special reasons
otherwise employed, are in the field.
1t is painfully impressive to see the
deserted aspect of German cities"
A person present gives one or two
touching details in reference to the
EmperOr's departure. Atthe moment
of getting into the train the Emperor
and the young Prince were calmly
bidding adieu to the Empress, whose
attitude and firmness did not belle
either her courage or high spirit. The
Emperor, holding his son by the
hand, was getting into the carriage,
when her Majesty, embracing the
Prince, said to him, "GoOd- bye,
Louisiana, above all, do your duty!"
eve will all do it." said the Empe-
rOr, with a firm voice. In another
instant the train started. AT this mo-
ment the Empress covered her face
with her hands, and endeavored in
vain to keep back the torrent of tears
which burst forth.
General Turr has stated in the
WeReT Tdg6ldH that Count Bismarck
had repeatedly recommended the EN-
perOr Napoleon before the battle of
SadOwa to annex Belgium and Lux
embOurg to France, but the latter de-
clined to adopt his suggestion. The
Berlin Official Gazette publishes a tel
egram sent by the Count to the For
eign Office, in which he says that, at
the wish of the Emperor Napoleon, he
had an interview with General Turr,
and from him received verbal-as well
as from other better accredited agents
written-cOmmunicatiOns, which are
ready for publication. Count Bis
marck, however, says he never gave
any verbal or written answer. Gen
eral Turr himself had been pointed
out to him by the Emperor as "un-
trustworthy, but in military respects
as usefur' as Others.
Who does not remember the busy
crowds in the narrow streets of Co
logne? Now they are dead and
nOiseless, with none but boys and old
men to share their space with women.
What | saw in Cologne | also saw in
other towns. Everywhere the thews
and sinews of the male population
are gone to the war, and everywhere
l found they did so with admirable
readiness. OF course such a whole
sale sUmmoning to arms strikes
heavily, not merely individual exist
ences, but also the country, through
the ~incalculable disturbance it creates
in industrial establishments. l have
one instance to hand which is well
calculated to emplify this public loss.
1t is known to every one what an
enormous foundry is that of NJ. Krupp,
at Essen, in Rhenish Prussia. Nearly
5000 Workmen are employed in it, and
l am informed, on uneXceptionable
authority, that of these no fewer than
1888 have had to join their colOrs, to
the indeScrible loss of the foundry, as
these men comprised the skilled and
absolutely indispensable artisans; and
yet there is no murmuring and no re-
pining among the PrusSian popula-
tons at what is being imposed on
them.
The Memorable DiplOmatique Of
Paris says: SIT is known that our
soldiers were at their soup when they
were surprised by the first attack of
the Prussians. Most of the Turcos
were at that moment bathing. The
surprise was so sudden and the call to
combat so pressing that some of them
had scarcely time to slip on their pam
OdiOOncY Willie many OIuoEo, SelLlug
their pieces, rushed quite naked into
action. An African Colonel, who
heard the fact related, said that he
had often e Kabyles in Algeria
fight in nude state. Under such cir
cumstances the Turcos fought like
lions. They precipitated themselves
with an INDISPENSABLE fury on the
Prussians, and took nine guns, but as
they were hauling them offthey were
crushed by ~grapeshOt. Both killed
and wounded were utterly hacked to
piees by the Prussians. 1t was owing
to hese horrible engines Of destrue-
ton and after the savage brutalities
that the enemy remained in posses
sion of the guns, which the intrepid
ty of our toe ardent companions in
arms had captured in their ranks.
Some companies of Turcos, and nota-
bly, that in which M. Albert Duruy,
a volunteer, had taken service, had,
after this heroic combat, only FIVE
men left. M. Duruy, son of the late
Minister, was one ofthose miraculous
ly preserved"
There is a man living in Calhoun
county, Mississippi, who is supposed
to be the strongest man in the State,
if not in the entire South. He is thir-
ty-five years of age and weighs two
hundred and twenty-five pounds. He
has been known to carry three bars