Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-08-24
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The Collapse Of the Bonapar's
Family.

Never IN ~ hte'o'J nf
nro,d nation been covered with 'sach NJ,
Initiation as the present war bias heaPeu
upon the BonaPartc dynastyand 'Ae people
v, who have put tber honor and their power
in its keeping.
Roo;no;no the war on a frivolous pre-
Govt The French Emperor hurried to the
frontier powerful army to take Prussia
bv surprise, and conquer her before she
could bring up her defenders. But this
force found there one more powerful; anu
what was more significant, it found that
it must fight, not with Prussia Alone but
with all of Germany. So foolishly had
the Emperor bungled in bringing on the'
war that he had united and consolidated
the German people, where he ought to-
have divided them, SO that considerable
norton of them would have been on his
side. or would at least have remained
neutral. ...-.
This political defeat of the French, with
which the war commenced, was but the
precursor of an unexampled series of mil
itary disasters which have marked every
stage of its progress.
The first serious operation was to thrust
one of the German armies between the
French corps under Mcmahon and the
main body of the Imperial forces. Thus
they separated MMahon from his supports
and broke his communications, while at
the same time another German army fell
upon him with overwhelming numbers and
literally crushed him, so that he has not
been of the least account since, and prob
ABLY never will be. The same day the
French centre under Frossard was broken
and driven back, and the main French
army was compelled to fall back upor
Metz, where. we were told, decisive
: battle would be fought and the tide Of
German success reversed.
But this calculation did not take into
account either the superior numbers O
the Germans, or the superior intellect by
=, which their operations are directed.
While the united Prussan armies un
der Won Steinmetz and Prince Frederick
Charles were moving against the mail
:, body of the French gathered around Metz
another Prussian army, said by the French
to be 140, 900 strong, under Prince Fred
erick William, the same that had disposed
, of Mcmahon, was Fastening down by way
of Nancy and Barbecue toward Chal
ons. This great hanking movement, more
!, formidable than any ever undertaken BY
Grant or Sherman, threatened to cut tn,
communications of the French at Metz
and retreat of the whole French army
upon Chalons was at once ordered.
1t is plain that the battles of Sunda.
: and Monday last while the French. column
v in obedience to this order, were marching
!. away from Metz on the road toward Chal
o. ons.
. The battle of Sunday consisted in al
q attack by Prussian force which surprised
d the French by suddenly appearing on tn
l. west bank of the Moselle, when all tn
Prussians were believed to be still on TIL
right bank. According to the Empero
Napoleon, this attack was made just
N one half Of the French army had 60
% across the river. He says it wa
repulsed after four hours fighting; bu
II does not deny that it prevented the rear
/, his army from crossing the river and fore
l. ed it back within the lines of Metz.
r. The battle of Monday evidently bega
T. with an effort of the troops thas crowde
,e back into Metz the preceding day to &c
ct out and cross the river SO as to join tn
ct main French army. This effort was fol
IS ed; and the French were again presse
back within their Notifications.
a. Thus the operation upon Mcmahon W;
" successfully repeated at Metz, and IL
French army is again divided in two ar
its parts prevented from again reunitin
" While these successive defeats utter
destroy the prestige of the French gene
D. ais and break down the spirit of soldie
and people, and while revolution is con
family threatened in every part of Fran
not occupied by the Prussians, the Go
w eminent makes frantic efforts to send 70
ward roinforcements. But the Prussia
give them no opportunity to organize Il
new levies so as to make them effectiy
Marching with extraordinary rapidit
they do not allow their antagonists ev
to breathe, or to turn around. aa
on The Prussian reinforcements, too, a
're on the spot, as if by magic, pouring do,
s. into lorraine like some mighty inroad
me their Gothic ancestors of old. Alread
me too, we hear of new German arm
're 100000 strong, which has crossed I