The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-29
THE WAR.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.

HOW THE GERMAN ARMIES ARE DISPOSED
MACMAHoN's MARCH FROM RHEIMs-NEARER
STILL TO PARIs-BAzA1NE's CAPITULATIoN I'M
MINENT.
LONDON, Aug. 2S.-(Special to New York
Tribune. Our correspondent writes from
MaclIahons headquarters at Rithel, on Aug.
25:-We left Rheims yesterday at P. NJ,
had preceded us.
The town and surrounding country is one
great camp. MacMahon's army here is COM
posed of the 1st, 9th, 9TH and 18th Corps,
and the cavalry of Canrobert's 9th Corps The
Emperor and Prince Imperial are here. We
move on Friday to Mezeres.
Afteinoon-The troops have already
started, and by Friday morning the whole will
be gone. The movement is rapid in the
extreme, but the troops are fresh and in good
spirits
BERLIN, August 2S.-The disposition of the
different German armies is as follows: There
are eighteen corps d'armee, containing 10000
men each. First. Steinmetz has the 1st, 7th
and 9Th corps at Metz. Second. Prince Frede-
rick Charles has the ID, Sd, 9th and 10th corps
at Metz. Third. The Grown Prince has the
5th, 9th and 18th corps and two Bavarian
corps marching on Paris. Fourth. The
amy under the Crown Prince of Sax
ony contains the 4th and 18th corps
and the Saxon and Prussian guards.
Fifth. The army under General Werder COM
prises the Wurtemberg and Baden divisions,
and is engaged in the siege of Strasburg.
Sixth. The army under the Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg- Schwerin is on the Rhine. Sew
enth. The army under Generals Won Canstein
and Lowenfield is at Berlin. Three of these ar
mics are in reserve.
PARIS, August 2S.-Marshal McMahon's
main army is at Stenay.
The Emperor is at Rezonvie, and the Prince
Imperial as Rethel.
The Prussians push their reconnaissance as
far as Montmedy.
La Liberte of to-day says: GA general of
the army Of the Rhine arrived in Paris last
night and had an interview with the Empress,
and started Immediately on his return. We
may expect within a day or two a brilliant
| combat" La Libete adds '' that a person
who saw the Emperor on August 25, affirms
| that the armies of Bazaine and Mcmahon are
! near each other"
The Journal Of France Of to-day, says: eve
learn from a certain source that before order
| ing the army of the Prince Royal to march on
Paris the King held at Pont-a-Mousson a
council of war, composed of generals and
princes commanding the Prussian forces, and
the advice of all was to remain in the ter
| ritory which had been conquered, fortifying
the right bank of the Moselle. The King
alone determined to march on Paris. The
Prince Royal slept the night before last at the
prefecture in Chalons. In case of siege of
| Paris the government officials other than
ministers will go to Tours, Burgess and Lyons
to administer the provinces uninvaded by the
enemy''
The Gdul0is says: ''It is reported that the
Prussian administration of Alsace and Lor-
raine is exceedingly tyrannical and exacting."
The Constitutional says: ''The army of the
Prince Royal, reinforced by part of the army
of Frederick Charles, is marching on Paris
through the valleys of the Aube and Seine.
The Prussians must know how adventurous
such an attempt is, and must be aware of the
peril in which they are leading their main
army Mcmahon may cut off their communi-
cations, and place them between two fires
To avoid this danger the Prussans made great
efforts and three times attacked Bazaine with
overwhelming forces, which the French army
successfully resisted. The enemy then, de.
spairing of being able to conquer him, decided
to keep Bazaine checked and march on Paris
'sFrom Paris to Sierck, the nearest point on
the German frontier is more than 100 leagues,
and this line the Prussians must defend against
our armies and numberess sharpshooters and
Gardes Mobile, and to be able to subsist on
our territory 100000 invading Prussans must
extend their lines vastly, and must disperse
their forces, thing so fatal to us in the COM
mencement of the campaign" "Our revenge
near.'
The arrest ofvagrants and suspected parties
has been suspended by an order of the prefec
of police, who has no more places in which tC
keep them. The journals say that the person;
under arrest will soon be disposed of, and the
arrests continued, as the population are louG
in their exclamations against Germans anG
others now in the city, who, in case of siege
might be capable of acts of treachery.
The Figaro says; "Contrary to the line OF
conduct hitherto pursued and the charge is suf
ficient to show how often the military plans o
the French have been modified during the las
week by the authorities, the people are invited
to impede the enemy by all possible means
Bridges are to be blown up, railways cut
roads blocked, scouts killed and the PrussanE
harassed in the flank and rear. Should thi
means of resistance acquire an Importance
which can scarcely be counted on, the enemy
will not be here for fifteen days. Otherwise
which is more probable they may reach P ari
in a week. The latter opinion prevailed in thi
Corps Legislatif yesterday"
The Opinion Rationale says: ''The Ger
man journals and those of Belgium have as
serted that the troops of the landwehr are no
yet in the field, with the exception of the
artillery. Nothing can be more false than thi
statement. Every one acquainted with Tia
organization of the Prussian forces is awar
that the first call OF the landwehr, consistin;
of men from twenty-five to thirty-one years o
age, have formed the greater part of tn
Prussian forces. Not only did that portion o
men enter the field as soon as the mobilization