The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-06
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CAPTURE OF WISSEMBOURG BY
THE PRUSSIkNS.. .'S

Shl lVIik VI UlSShlIbS0llA y
THE PRUSSIANS.. S.'%
Reported Capture ofSaarl
louis by the French. i
PARIS, August 5,
1t iS officially reported here that thl
French forces have taken saarlOnis, ailel
great battle. =
BERLIN, August 8.
The following dispatch has been re
Ceived here from Niederotterbach, o small
village on the Lauter River, near Weissen
berg, dated at 0 o'clock Thursday evening
awe lave won a brilliant but bloody
victory. The left wing WAS the attacking
body, and consisted oI the Fifth and
Eleventh Corps, with the Second Baya,
rian. This carried by au assault under,
the eyes Of the Prince Royal, the fortress
Of WeiSsenberg and the heights be.
tween WelSsenberg and GesOburg.-
Douay's division al Marshal Mchah0n's
corps was splcndidly defeated, being
driven from It's camp. General DOuay
himself was killed. Five hundred prisO-
nen were taken, none Of them being
wounded. Many Turcos were among the
captured. The Prussian Gen. Kerchback
was slightly wounded. The Royal gcna.
diers and Fifteenth regiment Of the line
suffered heavy losses.gfTylEI
LONDON, Aug. 8,
The victory, of the PruSsian Crown
Prince in capturing Weissenberg and
Gclshier was brilliant but bloody. The
French were repulsed md dispersed, leav-
ing behind them their Gen. Douay Killed,
and 800 prisoners, md wounding many
lgres., The Prnssians captured one can.
non. The PruSsian commander Kerch.
bach was slightly wounded.
- LONDON, July 8.
The Prussian headquarters are at
TreveS A French corps Il said to have
moved last night on saarlouis where q
battle was expected The rumOr of the
capture oEthe town is unconfrmed. It's
said a cavalry sklrmish occurred near
Lauterburg yesterday in which 25 French
defeated 156 PrussiGns.
EElSKIRCn NEGp TREyEs, Aug.5.
+ The French on Tuesday shelleil Saar.
brucken station. The engines, cars, &C.,
were saved.
Details OF the Battle Of Saarbruck.
LONDON, August s.
a correSDonlpnt. indorsed hy tho TTtnss
as Trustworthy and reliable, gives the fol.
lowing interesting details Of the hattie OF
Sa1rbruck: The French made some
prisoners, but captured no cannon. They
lost forty killed and sixty wounded. The
French force In the battle was estimated
at 10000 men, and the Prussians at
only G000. Artillery won the fight: there
was but little infantry and no cavalry en-
gagged. It was the Goth PruSsian regiment
and not the 50th as before reported
which was engaged, In this battle. Three
companies of the 10th held their ground
against the French until the latters, force
had fully developed It's strength. Tho
small force Of Prussians then returned.
Rejoicing in Paris Over Saarbruck.
PARIS August 3.
At the camp at Chalong, last evening,
tho Garde Mobile, had a grand illumina.
tiOn In honor OF the capture Of Saarbruck.
There had been previously some slight in.
subordination among the garleFbnt favor.
able news ended TINT at once.
A French Reconnaissance.
PARIS, August 8.
Tho French General, Bcargine, made
u reconnaissance on the Sd between Saar.
bruckcn and Saarlouis to observe the
movements OF the PrussiAns. They were
not found In any force in that neighbor'
hood vE 5C...-
Prussia Taking the Offensive.
LONDON, August s.
The 7ImEs this morning says: The plau
ni the PruSSian COmmandCr.in.C Chief,
Gen. MOltkc, has been recently changed
from defensive 10 M offensive one. An
advance into FranCG is threatened. II
is possible that Prince Frederick Charles
will, push forward and attack Nancy.
LONDON, August 5.
The fight at Saarbrucken on Saturday
lasted six hours and on both sides coo
men were placed hOrS du combat.
Judging from French accounts the
miltrailIcusc have already decided the
war.
The story which recently originated in
France about II naval engagement of
Cuxhanec in which PruSsian war vessG
WIS sunk, Is false, there las been no col
lisiOn at sea between France and Prussiu
thus far The French say TINT the Prus
sian needle guns reCOil badly, and tlIa
the marksmcn are sOOn compelled to iirt
from the shoulder. The French also say
that the Prussian cavalry carry old horsl
pistols while the French have carbincs o.
long rnngc and admitting Of aim. Five
CORPS Of the PruSian army urc mainly
cnmposedOf Poles.
PAms, August &.
At one O'Clock yesterday afternoon tho
regiments Of General Douay's division
and brigade Of light cavalry were Rt
tackled nj WlSscmbourg by very consider
able force Of the enemy, which had been
masSCd in the wOOds skirting the l.AutGl
river. Our troops resisted for several
hours the attacks Of the enemy and then
retired to the summit Of PcQuarnicr, Nil
OmincncG which commands the line O
raiway to 3itSchC General DOuny was
killed, One piece Of artillery, thu horses
having been killed and the carriage bro
ken, lrIl inth the hands Of the PruSsAns
Marshal McMahOn Is concentrating the
InrCcs under his command nj WiScm'
hOurg,
FRANKFORT, August g.
The train hAs just arrived, bringing five
hundred French prisoners from WCisSCn
berg They will DO sent to Northern
Prussia. The total number Of prisoners
taken by tho PrlsslAns In the fight was
500, including lS officers.
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