The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-29
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
We get the following from the special tele-
grams to the Northern papers:
MOVEMENTS OF THE FRENCH ARMY.
LONDON. August "a.
The New York Tribune's special correspon-
dent writing from Rheims on Monday, says:
The Chalons camp Is 30 completely deserted
that not q straggler Is to be seen. We found
them again on the road to Rheims, which was
crowded with troops Of every form. AS We
approached the city we saw the French army
encamped parallel to the road from st. Meme
hould, and separated from 1t by the Moor vesle.
| They are camped on the right bank OF the
vesle, looking down the stream
/ viii not pretend to say what this uneX-
pected movement meant, but 1t looks as II
! part at least of Bazaine's forces had escaped
| from Metz and are expected to Join the Cha
| Ions army at or near Rheims. There Is
rumor that BaZaine is passing through Grand
pre and Vouzliers. What makes 1t look prob
able is the strong force Of light cavalry here. ere =
two brigades Of chasseurs and hussars. They
are probably The advance guard.
Since began this letter news has been re-
ceIyed at the prefecture that Bazaine, with
parts of his army Is In full retreat by Vouziers.
very hard pressed by the Prussians. He was
| obliged to abandon bis retreat by the Verdun
| road. which was completely in possession Of
the Prussians, and that is why all prisoners
and munitions were sent back from Verdun to
Rhelms. If any force has succeeded In reach
Ing Youziers, or is on the road thither, 1t must
have escaped from Metz on the northwest, or
| is, perhaps, that column which we believed
had got past GrarelotLe before the Prussians
seized the road on the 18th. But no word has
come direct from Bazaine for two days, and
hoIi 10 IN
nearest line of retreat was closed, and II ne
has been driven of into Ardennes there Is no
telling where the expected junction OF his
! forces with those Of Mcmahon can be
accomplished; and If they join, who Is to COM
mand, for neither will serve under the other.
Discomfort is spreading fast among the troops.
and even among the officers, who are discour-
AGED BIZ the failure OF Bazaine thus far to
mite with Mcmahon. This letter, although
written two DAYS ago, and arriving this morn
| ing by post, supplies later news OF the position
OF the French forces than has been allowed to
come by telegraph. 1t lends an air Of proba-
bllity to the extraordinary story that Bazalne
has made his escape with part Of his forces
from Metz-cutting through the extended
lines of the Prussians-a story OF which there
is as yet no word Of confirmation from the
Prusslan side.
French kilograms, both dated yesterday
morning and evening, and received in London
simultaneously this morning. place Mcmahon
first at Chalons and then at Rheims. The lat
ter Is true, as the above letter shows.
TIE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY.
have the highest authority for contradict
ing the statement of the French that the Prus-
slams had sought permission from France to
transport their wounded to and through Lux
embourg. The French insist on this, as II i'm
plies admission Of defeat. What happened
was this: The Prussian Government applied
to know whether they would consider the
transport of wounded men through Luxem-
bourg a violation Of neutrality. The English
Government asked the French authorities
whether they objected. The French replied
YES, because 1t opens the Pruasian railway to
the unrestricted transmission OF troops and sup
plies. Prussia reJoIns: ThTee-ftths of the.
wounded we want to send are French. If
you object; we must attend to our own own hrst;
nor are military trains capable OF being en-
ployed for wounded. Mr.. Gladstone favors the
Prnsslan view, but Mr.. Hammond, the under
secretary of the foreign office, opposed on
technical grounds, and II the French insist on
their view, nothing will be done, and the
French soldiers will have their own govern
ment to thank tor needlessly prolonging their
suffering.
REPORTED PEACE MEETINGS DIsCREDITED.r
The reported meeting Of foreign ambassa.
dors at Paris to consider possible terms OF
consider such meetings held in the enemS's
capital great discourtesy. Such an Initiative
would be considered as serious if taken In Lon
don or st. Petersburg; In Paris almost viola-
ton of neutrality, and Prussia neither believes
the statement ,ior would listen Tor moment
10 any proposal so originating.
THE FIRST NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.
A special correspondent sends the following
from Hamburg, on Monday: an account OF the
first naval engagement Of the war: On the
morning OF the 18th, the German dispatch
boat Grille started out OF the Bay of Rugen to
reconnoitre the position and strength Of the
French ships, whose arrival ID the neigh
borhood had been reported, though no.
body has as yet seen them. After
proceeding out to sea until within sight
of the Danish island Of Moen Grelle, she at
length discovered the tall masts OF the squad,
ron, consisting Of seven iron-clad frlgates and
a couple OF smaller vessels, and approached
boldly until within 5000 PAGES. The French
then opened fire and directed several broad
sides at the little. craft, at the same time CIV
ing chase. Every now and then lying TO TO
fire few shots at her pursuers from her TWO
rlhed twelve-pounders, In answer to the guns
of the whole fleet, she lured them to follow
her as far as the pOsthouse at Wilton, where
three gunboats, the Drake, Blitz and Sala-
mander, were lying, which. on hearing the
renort of the cannonading at sea, Immediate
ly got up steam and weighed anchor to stand
6y their consort The commodore OF the
little squadron, Captain Count Won Walderze,
made a signal to the commander OF each
glnboat to attack the enemy at his own dis
cretIon, which produced loud cheers, and
they all steamed out ready for action With
the superior force Of the enemy. After run.
ming fight OF three hours, the gunboats, ind
Ing that their guns were harmless against the
plated sides of the lron-clads, returned TO the
protection of their shore batteries towards eve
ming. Though the French pointed their guns
in o good direction, they either fired too high
OF too low. But it was difficult, In fresh
breeze, to take steady aim at the little gun
boat, lying low in the water and painted gray,
80 as 10 be almost invisible. Several shots
from the sunboats hit their mark, and shells
from the Salamander were seen to explode on
the deck of one Of the ships, and must have
done some damage to men at their guns. The
German hotila suffered no losses whatever.
though It might have been very different mad
auy Of the heavy twenty eight centimetre shells
fred from the French ships taken effect and
exploded on the deck OF the gunboats The
latter having filed up their stock OF ammuni-
ton and Goals at Stralsund, returned to their
station in the outer roads where they are in
outpost duty.
THE BoMBARDMENT OF PFALSBURG.
correspondent with the headquarters Of
the Crown Prince describes the bombardnent
of Pfalsburg on the l4th instant. Pfalsourg
has already detained number Of German
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