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yesterday, was within twenty miles Of Chalons and
destroying railways at will.


ys.,etdsy was w,his twenty miles of chalons and
destroying railways at will
on TO PARIS
Our sp.cisl corrsspopdea, writes from the head.
quArters OF the Second Prussisn Army Corps, Fri.
day, Aug ~;
Should the French not accept battle outside OF
Metz, Two 60fbs will bs ieft 10 mask the fortress
while the mslu body will continue .heir march for
thousand men sassseus cs 1.sss ss so % snd ~
msny more In reserve German. All talk OF
peace before the occupation Of Paris Is laughed at
HLcxAHos's conrs xzlrLY DESTROYED.
Our special correspondent. from the hcadqusr.
ters Of tho Grown Prince, on Friday, Aux II,
writes:
We are daily advancing from village TO VILLAGE.
The Asaisn symps'hies are altogether French, but
the Inhabitants are treated By the Germans kindly.
except whore the peasants commit hostilitiss. No
compulsory military service is enforced on them;
OF provisions ecmpelled Nothing H. exactod but
strict necess saries, and even thing u paid for.
French Government. not the French peonie. Mac.
Mahons Corps is almost DESTROYED no retnant has
sSsa S'a ss x. he rssss pis pushes steadily
rus cuArN or BATTLES.
Telegrams ffom Psis this morning give the fol
lowing tesuue Of events vince sunday last
On that dsy The French army earsged the Prus-
SLAMS before Metz. The latter snffsred hoavy
On honda, sspssUs pssse wss % e;.. with
$1,000 men. subeeqnenlly engsecmeptr occurred at
Longsvilie and .. other places, tho French coz
On TsesdaS shs Rmperor passed through NV vsrdSS dun
aud reached Rheims, where be now H.
MORE FRENCH srnAfxor.
ofnciai telexraphic dispatches received al the
French War Once In Parts from Marshal
Bsralne state that all day Tuesday no de.
| under Prince Frederick ChsrIes and Gen. Won
| steinmctz, between Done ourt and vionvie. The
enemy were repulsed, and the French troops passed
| the niEht on the position they had won. They
stopped several hours to procure resh supplies and
| ammunition. The French strategical movements
| have been successful Gen. Frosssrd Is reported
| dangerously wounded.
| BAzAISE's ANNOUNCEMENT or WEDNESDAYS rIour.
The French War once has received q second de-
spA,ch from Marshal Bazane, dated o'clock In the
| cvenine, declaring that the enemy were repulsed
along the whole line. One hundred and twenty
| thousanj troops were engaged In the battle.
MORE FRENCH WAR REPORTS fRon LONDON.
The French War once Is ir receipt OF later de-
spatches from Marshal Baxsine. He reports that on
| Tuesday morning Prince Frederick Charles vigor.
| ou-ly attacked our right. Gen. Frossard received
| the brunt Of the assault, and the Prupsan
| attack well sustained. The corps
eeheioned to the right aud len OF Resanvlle
| came no successively and joined Its wings 10
| these OF Frossard. The action lasted till night.
The enemy deployed a considerable lorce several
times, and returned to the attack, but were vigor-
| ously repui-eI. We ais, defeated the attempt OF
fresh ccrp- which was detached At the termna tion
| OF the day. and attempted to turn our ien We
everywhere maintained our position, and inflicted
considerable loss upon the enemy. Our losses are
| also serious.
| TBg IRISH cELsBR,rIso rug FRENCH RrTREAr.
The French victories have been ceieb,ated at seve.
raj points In ireland, where the Prussian accounts
and credit
| wHERE B,zAfSE WILL NETT nAcMAuoS.
| EteniH0-The junction OF the. armies OF Bazaine
| and MscMahoa IL momentaiiiy expected at Vitry-e.
| Frsncais, near Gibbons, ~here the French
| pected to make new stand. The commandant at
| Metz account Of the deficiency OF food, drives
| away the fugitives who throng into tho city
InE FRENCH FALsEHooDs ExPosTED.
| Tuesday. battle /. the crowniug proof Of the
| French fa!sehools and conceilments In the recent
t,legrams. Palikao declared in the Corps L6gsla.
| ~ that the Prussians mad been forced to sbandon
their attempt TO interrupt the French retreat, and
that Baziine was pursuing his road unmolcNted u
| Vsrdun and Chalons. While he speaking the
Prussians attacking tae French Glnk, and Al
nightiall one portion, at least, OF B-zaine's arm,
had been forced to abandon the rosd to Nerdun
and were again shut up In Metz.
1t IA more tisn ever plain that no considerable
| unrt OF the Fr, nch army has ever succeeded ir
| getting far on the road lrom Metz to Neriun. Ihei
| delay. TO whatever cause due, gave the Prussians
time 10 come up and they able on TUESDAY e
ati,c& wth vanguard strong enough to arrest th'
Frenen retreat and bring four French corps int,
action. When Bazsnc found he
Gould Sor SHAKE OFF rur rRrssTM
pursuit, be clearly resolved to crush tleir singl
corps before its supports could arrive. For hour
the Third Prussian corps, which, supported only b,
cavalry divisions, had just attacked, was compelle
to bear lie runt Of vigorous onslaught from tNic
| or thrice It's own NUMBER
| Toward tho close OF the day reinforced by H.
Ter tn aud parts OF the Eighth and Ninth Corps IN
PTu4-ian- resumed the offensive, AMI when nigh
fell the frcLch army was again divided, and It /
, doubtful whether either OF the main roads frou
Metz 10 Nerlun remain open to Bazaine. Thrc
French Corps heretofore unscathed, besic
Frcsssrds ard tie Imperial Guard. wer
brought into the action, which, III
French side, WAS a general engagement, Will
on the Pru,'ian side the larger part OF the ,w,
armies OF Steinmetz and Prince Frederick Charlie
VAS not on the field, and apparently not a singl
battalion OF the Crown Prince, who is believed u
be advancing steadily for chAlons.
rBE DArTLE or woERTH
Edmond About describes the scenes after tn
battle OF Woerth as follows:
| One sees solid regiments WHO proudly retreat
| while q few bad soldiers, disbanded, lost, demorsl
ized, md disarmed throw themselves desperatel!
iG,o each bN path.
arrived just in time to stop three wretched Tur
| cos. mounted on artillery horses, as they en-
| crng Old quarry with the hope OF making all or
| cut from the field. Our artillery must have beeI
roughly used. SO many catssons pass along tho
| without guns.
| But here come one or two regiments OF the line
| quite hrm, toerably complete In numbers, rife oI
| shoulder, and knupsack on back. Behind then
| Marshal hecMahon, calm, dignihed almost smiling
and frcsh as a rose. salute him ns he pAfses. III,
| rerponda without noticing me.
| One of his aids, n. d'Alxsc, names me. Ther
the old hero stops and tels quite simply the
story OF his defeat thus; ~ had only 5000 men
and found 10000 In front OF me, We nave eiveI
about 5000 men,"
But We shall have our revenge. Explain this tC
the public. But when are gon in that drec
tionf To SaVerne reply, "You will be captured
"The Prussisns will be there in two hours" say
the General " l have my wife and children there,
answer. God preserve yos. Do not fail to sal
that tho morale of the troops is excellent" Wi
| ahaka ham