The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-29
FROM EUROPE.

hcotber Great BattleReportcd Defeat of
UacMaboD.
LONDON, Aug. 29-11 A. Mt is reported
here that great battle has taken place be-
tween MacMahon and the Grown Prince, in
which MacMahon was defeated.
Another Account.
ARLoN LUxEMBURG, Aug. 28-Evening
There has been fighting all day at the village
of Dun, between StenaY and Verdun. The
firing was steady from morning till night. No
particulars are yet received.
The Situation at Metz.
LONDON, Aug. 29.-There are ten thousand
peasants and fifteen thousand wounded SOL
diers shut up in Metz, and typhus fever is
raging.
Investment Of Thinnviile.
The Prussian landwehr is investing Thion-
Vile.
The Prussians hold all Southern Alsace.
The Advance on Paris.
A Berlin telegram to the London Times
saws the Prussians are advancing on Paris
two hundred and twenty thousand strong.
They have cut the railway at Cons-la- GRANVILLE.
The Bois de Boulogne is filled with cattlo,
to be used as food in case of siege.
Wills, the Scotch aeronaut, has been sum-
moned to the Prussian headquarters.
The Reported French Victory on the Mense.
LONDON, Aug. 29.-The reported French
victory on the Meuse, in which $4,000 Prus-
slams were slain, is false.
No Word from Bazaine.
French accounts say MacMshon is not
ready for battle. Not word can be got
from Bazaine, though his lines are still re-
ported open.
The Man of Iron and Biood.'
It was Bismarck who gave the order that
there should be no halt on the march to
Paris. The King acquiesced, though his Gene
rails favored looking after MacNahon first and
taking Paris afterwards.
The Parisians defy the Euemy
20 come ON, and assert that they will never
see the inside of the city except as prisoners.
French Trophies In Berlin.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 29.-Bazaine is certainly
rnder the walls of Metz There is great ex-
ultation at Berlin at the reception there of
the following trophies--Four mitrailleuses,
twenty four cannon, and one eagle.
Typhus Fever In Metz.
The Prussians report that tYphus fever is
raging dreadfully among the troops at Metz,
rendering long resistance impossible.
The French Prisoners.
BERLIN, Aug. 29.-Prisoners taken in the
late battles are now arriving here. They are
already SO numerous that the fortresses are
full to overfiowing. Camps are formed at
Wittenburg and elsewhere to receive them.
olivier at Florence.
FLORENCE, Aug. 29.-Emile Olivier and
family have arrived in this city.
France and England.
LONDON, Aug. pa French war steamer
is anchored here. Her officers have refused
to act on an official notice to leave.
Whereabouts of the Emperor and Mac MahOB.
The Emperor is now at Bestheueyille, about
twenty-five miles north of Chalons. Marshal
MacMahon is near Stenay. Uhlans occupy
Moptmedy.
steinmetz-A Report aud n Contradiction.
1t mas been reported that General Won
Steinmetz has been displaced, and because Of
the great losses incurred that his force has
been incorporated with that of the Grown
Prince. II now seems that the report was
false.
The PrusAian Advance Guard.
Prussians have appeared at Suippes, four.
teen miles north of Chalons. The Prussians
now in the valley of the Aube are concen
trating at Commercy.
SDecial 10 the Courier des EtGts-U
PARIS, Aug. 2s.
Mac NIahon's Communications
with Metz and Bazaine are assured.
French Successes
The reports OF French victory at Stenay
and Prussian repulse at Verdun are con
tirmed.
The Invading Wave.
The appearance of division OF the enem,
between Rheims and scissors would seem t.
indicate that the invading wave will therefore
come upon us by the valleys of Aisne ant
Ojse.
Paris Well Fortified.
It matters little by how many routes th'
enemy marches hither. The entire circum
ference of our fortifcatsons is in Formidable
state of defense. All the roads have beel
ObStIucted, saYe only railroads and canals
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