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| their guns and force4
PARE, Aug. 26-Le,ters from Rheims, aad one
7ecc!sed, ria Belgium, from the Ffuoch camp, re-
| port that bAzaue g2inell great adrxntsYr in the
battle Of The sd. capturing many guns AMI pEts-
oneFa- There reports, however, 2rr probably
repetuons Of previous ruuoTs which hare not
been Combined, and A-c only te1e2rap.led Il thu
abacoct Of 0n1csal Information.
FLAG OF FRANCE FIRED CroS.
| WAsH1AG1nS, Aug. q'.-The following Telegram
was received by baron 0cralI, Minister Of lae
North German Union:
"BEELlS, Aus. 9h-Thc luctien. mentioned in
the Telegram of the 221 las recurrcl twice since,
Captain Rochaw, sent hy General Ayenstofeu to
| Tou1, with nag OF truce, has been tecrlyed With
shot2. and siumpetef Acc ompangiag anu:he:
Gag of truce has been killed. Ytu will ioilze a
protest with tho United BtAtea Government
zFanHt these repeated violations of tateraa.,ona,
lA". and dec1aia that we shall be huassfar,a III
The i1upcsa1l'l!1ty Of sen,ung 11z Of truce to
nall"n whose 6olsttcrs have lost Ia Africa Ch,na.
anh Mexieo all recollection OF the uaaxes OF civil,
lied warfare.
{Signed> "yox Turvr
hEn11S, aug. I'd The following arc the p.yu,
ulars OF the recent violation OF the nay Of ,-,.a
On August IL, a farm house on the aelu wa. r,,.s
with French wounded. Our surgeons x.rs -.
busy they could not Immediately attend IN ,ha.s
| and Colonel yerdy with 49,
Of truce went to the cn.mv., ..s
10 request the French to secd =, .sae
TO the suhercrE. As hi. approached, waytnr 10
nHg, nc WAS nfed upon as befurc renorted ~,
his mission Of humanity defeated. Aoa
A similar case occurred a. Na-s,, v,.
be-tsgcd frctt on Dag which b.ou7l: = sn-.. We
TO aurTtndcr. 'as
There arc now 20. 900 French prisoners n, ",
In Germany n"
LAST wExKB EArTLEs.
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| In here to-day eEow that thc pfus.iln7 rrc.,...
sctious check and suffered enormou ,o..ss' M
tha battles Of Last week After tue f.s, ,,s.,,a ~
! the wounded OF both armies were broupl.t n
! There were over Il, 100 PrusstanA WIN ..ss.
tFrAte.l as well ~ our own wolnrft..1 vha h.s.,e
Of the 18th wxs the real SUCCESS for or 49,"
1ts result WIS To render It ImpG .iblc IN. ~, :,
King Hill'amh astuv to join thar OF the Crown
Prince. Only smail portion OF the Kings troons
went from Pont-a-Moussou 70 uaz-ic- Dnc ~ ,sts
part In The movement on Paris
4 letter frnm Berlin says: The Prraeh. In nj,
their actions. begin n IRE 30 soon tha. tlley
| gu at slaughter beIore the rruss.aa4 a,c w,thin
charging distance. 1t Ia admitted that th,. F,ann
nght hrarcly, but asserted that the positions ,hcT
leave would hase been retained uu1cr the same
| circumstances If occupied bE the Pr1lss,aps
| Tie kiDg o1 Prussia left the h1tsle- deil a. Ra-
] zontte at In the afternoon, A. hr n,a,s,
! Through Garze he WEE attended by SIoItke T,.-
cheu, Verify, Friace Frederick Charles. the pnre
ot AeckteubueG, and Count kuk1soG i.oun. p,s
| mark. who IVES cxrlcriug the neid of ha,tia IN
! hts carriage, with 0encEn1 Sheridan. w.a NJ, -,
Ike fcusd when 4. ktd for hy the King. aurf iii, m.
] cu1re tn until dusk. S'
TuK SITUATION At AND lnoCT METZ
LONDON, Aug. "a Tho New Yors Tribune cor.
respondent, writing from the hea4i1uar1cra or
King William. At Giastlolte, 90th, says: Fnerch
4&A.Ft hr Tim
after thc batt!c, Oh the road u Thlouytl1c. ann.
E0ses 10 be ehdeasos1ng to escape, but usc never.
shc!eas cut OH from MacMahon, We ar nj, M
short rutlonR, the FIRST PrCsstan a..nr hav-
ing now occupied the zane REGION Yor
/ s"mc ca!s, and :te country ati abou.
ka betnR eAten Cut: hut surnltes nrr
hourly expected. nu,I the Hell an. ch.,.rfnt
have inst returned frnta vtsr to the ou:p,,s:s ,f
tue Amy which afe uns&cr thc ;1lsIs ii F1rss N,
Quentin Ind Carrlc, cs. anu loeE down IN 1, vii
ley IN which Metz lies. 4 large Frcuch cxynn
may he t~+n hetwerH Mctz nlit .he hill ce1wrt.I
~ st Quentin. Yesterday aui to-day PrussIan
riunceEs arr throwing up rarthwolks for t,,.
fence against salltrs from Metz. hut I bn1erc
the whole rlateau Is within easy ranvr Vt the
great guns tu the fort, and thut bo.ubasd{uent
would fellow m attempt 10 establish ti,c lrussIan
army In that position.
The same correspondent WRITES on the 19tt that
Prince Fte,ltrtck Charles Is tetTeen pa., uf i'll
xalues party and Metz.
Two otl,cr correspondents hive also sslI H.
za!nes column was ierrcd. There is uu,.,uS to
sho~ positively whether they Hucree.csi Iu s.ttln,
back to Metz OF away from II, INT all this tcs,i
mony p0l0ts i0a pos.lh'. Junction OF n po;ttln Of
Tazaiues forces hy touz!era With MacM1hq1.
special Dt4,msch IN The t'lueaso l51,7o.
NEW foRk, Ang. es.-lt seems to be settled
now that Bazalhe ts virtually renaed ur In Metz.
wiih TWO PIussian armies outside wa.:hiGg him,
lie can only te rtl!eycal ty the defeat uf the
Grown Prince hy MacHahon-
Especial Ia tho New York MeralI.l
LosroS, Aug. .d.-A special correspondent at
BAf-le11uc rites TINT haZAInc Ia Eiirr,nlnitl In
Metz by I1uss.an troops. aui Ii expected to he
compelled 10 earitulhte, his troops bctc. short Of
p1ct1siota-
Especial to fhc New York Ttibuae.1
LoSpns, Aug. 2G-Thr lest lrfo7nltlon about
Iaxk Fines army, which all German ot11:.al te}c-
grsms now pruscs IL slut up in Metz. makes bis
strength about ,Vol. atacMAhon.s army cauno,
exceed 10, ,Gt| really good tEoVrk, the Remainder
betng raw leytes+ The pruss!an forcc lett at
Metz or within supporting distance, fB computed
at o0o afler eiuc,tEg 100 GO sent reinforce
the crown Prince.
All the regiments hcforc Metz have been ulleti
up from ordinary reserves.
lsgxctai ue.psfch to the New York sun1
An1os, Ane; =, rig nRrssE:s. Aug. sd-Tha
nitu,.d ut VI aIgut, near the iir1V.an t,ouut:sy.
Tne tr1lssnns arc 1t Loasu!0u-
,he prnsstans nttacIri fort St .Iuiica on tic a.
frrnt,ou Of the .4th. lle saw faxatne's army,
uftrr The txttia Of tue 18th lust, entering Metz ia
tEtghtinl stztc-
1uE BATTLE or roRBAcu.
NEW YorE, Aug. s6--Thc special correspond
eut Of the 7imts .4.Ine froiu Saarbzuck, August
s, gives the following account of tile battle Of
/ Fofhach:
| divided bJ narrow valley, HIt Atso behind an
cnt1e1chlnelt on tho l'aiu extending: from the
/ side Of tl,e second Of these hills up to wood.
| which marked the left Q! thc F1encn position,
the right &ntug equally marked hy vsoo<l on The
/ tan Of the aforementioned and muss lpac:25-
| lii. Of the two hlllS- Uu tile second hill
III The t.,dlc Of the position, thr French seem to
have suffered mort than on thu dssL lseaind q
f:asment Of hedge twenty yards III lclxtn twenty
u,ue Fteuchtnen were lying. Some had tc,l from
| kbtud their tntrcnc1ucnts: others rum bchlud
| rttl,, tnnruysed mounds o! Earth: pthf:s from
| behind few large stones, piled unc Atuse the
thc other, The use Ut the new arms, ID thtiE pre-
cIsion, has developed tn those who e1nnoy them
pase,ouaie love Of coves. In ttaS-Il light at
| cIoe,. QUARTERS, such as WIS possible tuouga In
The last cc,tury, troops who tttt stand up to re-
ceiye the fire Ut Tie enemy. "ouiu lave friy Little
| chauce indeed Ut rrtn7utnE IT,
| ..Tsc must Inaccessible OF The two htla,-1hc
] sptclc,bcyE, as tho Germans cal lt,-wtth its
catut. Qualifications the right, was assaulted
| ttrre times hefo1r It sis 1ake.I. Two regiments
ha,, exhausted themselves In attacking thu rps-
tio aud had rctircta. leaslrlg iIs llnrs OF dead
| ard wounded nu the sl@peS, Wien the
| F*ltirsh, the Mns: popular regiment in SaAr-
n:utkcn, a1s.l one OF the most justly esteemed
| aI,yaf.ccA uftrr u csose-lrs OF al1ttlcFy. AID
with heavy nl1skrtry tire falling upsn It in font
AID fruiu 1nuTe. rushed UP tbs heights aud ended
| IN scaling them. THIS exploit cost the Faritetn
To less than 16 officers sud t1D 1en. OF the seal.
ing OF the tcconh hill will say nn:htnE II IA not
Anewu eren whether 1t WAS sralel At al uutil
l after the French had hce1 generally beaten. 1t
| Was down lle!Dw on the plain extending from the
side Ut the second hill to the wool which closed
In The French position on the left that
lie decisive movement wAs made, wh,ch
ietEtnatctl the action In favor Of the rrusxia1A
On this pain, lying down behind their en,rcuch-
ment, the French had an inprrSnable position,
which the rTussIaus, after being engaged from
eoon altar 1o In tie morning uutn in tue after
noon. did not atteu1p: to kiorsu- bur frsh troops
| were coming up during the action. And General
Zast1ow, whosc corps da1mer, Or part OF II, WIS
| within reach OF the line OF railway which con-
nects Saashtucken with Trtyts, had bccn H.
formed by telegraph Ut the state Ut Affairs lsont
yalknnGeu, At distance Of eight OF
nine miles f1om SlarbEucken. The dis
resahle regiment. Of the Zarrow cotps,
among then tho Ftf,y-sccNk! aud Scyen,y-sey-
li.ls which here sur,aount d left 1ank, hurried
on II q run for two niles and half. and reacn-
lpR tho wood which closed in the French posi-
d fnfR u