The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-30
The Situation.

y The Situation. sN
For two or three days past the location
Of the French army OF MCMAHON has been
deyeiopcd by numerous telegramS They
nearly all concur in showing thatWhen
he-leN Rheims last Monday morning he
moved in a northeasterly direction, and
has been operating, doubtless aller u
junction with tho fragments OF BAz1ISEs
army which gpt away during thebattles
before Metz, in the vicinity Of the Ar
dcnnes and the line Of railroad, by a
ctrCuitous route near the Belgian bor-
der. from Paris to Metz. Several minor
collisions of French and Prussians have
beenTcpOrted on the east side Of the Ar
deunes on the Mouse, between, as it is pre-
sumed, troops under MCMAHON and Prusf
slams pushed forward from Metz. Nc
MAHoN's. movement has apparently been
to flank the Prusslans on the extreme
north and come in behind them on the
north Of Metz; and, therefore, while there
hqs been no newsto show it, wc must pre-.
sgme.a corresponding Prusslan force has
mQycl northwestwardly from Metz TO
| meet this movement. How large force
Ut is or who commands docs not appear /;
but considering that MCMAuoN's, army
is quite formidable, embracing as teportl
! ed four corps and the cavalry o: another,
VIC should, ,expeckthe Prusslan, army op.
posed to him TO bO quite thatlargc. A Ber-
lin dispatch, dated Sunday, showed three
armies having their base OF operations
near Metz: The first, under STEINMETz,
embracing three corps, 10000 men; the
second, under FREDERICK CHARLES, em.
bracing four corps, 100000 men; the
fourth, under tho Grown Prince of saxs,
ny.Exho isreported ;as haHilg dppcce j,
fuzzy attacked sTesatp Ioni tic s5tD, GEi.
bracing over two corps, probably 100000.
If this report be anything near correct,
here are abundant forces to take carc, q
BAzK1NE twhdn --latest reports giYd Bdt
GOOOO effective mem and oa-lhettS the
army under MCMAHON.
A London dispatch vaguely reports q
battle between the Grown PRINCE and
MCMAHON. This is clearly impossible Il
1t refers 10 FREDERIcK WILLIAM, off PEussr
sia, for the latest reports place him still
on the westward march to Paris, and not
more than two or three days distant. It
may mean the Saxon CRowN PRINCE, but
he would hardly bs permitted 10 COM
tnand in an engagement so important. =
Another London report says battle
began .at Mouzon Sunday cyenipg. .TbiEs
is Oh the Meuse between Sedan lid Mont
medy, just on McN[ [GhoS's line, and there
fore the report is not improbable
LATER
| Tie latest dispatch received this morl-
ing, dated Brussels, gives MCMAHON u
definite and ineligible position, and indt'
Gates concentration of Prussian forces
agaiuSthim. The movements describe
we l0not find altogether intelltgibld, ;bei
cause some Of the points named are not to
be found on the maps or in the gazettcers'
We do not understand, however, tlat any
Of the Troops forming the Crown Rrtnce1
army, moving westward on sParid5aa ,di'
vcried by this northward movement
against MCMAHON, whose position threat
ems that of the Prussians at Metz. Tho
troops dispatched from Metztos sc6:oRea PIE
withthc GrownP Princes overhhntagaih
Paris, pcrceiving MoNEAuoN's northward
movement towards Metz, have counter
marcheds to prevent its. completion, and
will doubtless e1corhter him s9qeS here
North of Verdun, II q collision haS not
already occurred. There isno improba'
, bility in the statement Of an engagement
Sunday evening and yesterday at the point
indicated, but it may be day or two
before all the Prussians concentrating
, there will bc on the ground or before q
decisive action will be fought. In Paris
all hope that MGBIAHoN'si movement
, wouldRlivert tho Crown Princes atmy
from its object is given up, and the au
thoritics tell the peoples siege is sinevita
bic. A Prussian reverse on the Mcust
would change tho face of things at once
but such. an event is not pfobGbIe.
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