Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-04
EVENING STAR.
TIE WAR.
LAST NIGHTS TELEGIAMs.

TIE-tfLS az The ENGAGEMENT.
T-EI-- August The French journals this
-.-r.r- U'.ish the following account of the
T'ilE- --u-; --Tr,ach troops passed the
.gfticf a. O'Clock They instantly encount-
s-,- Sc fTts>.ans, strongly posted on the
lss-i.j- s,Irruara'ng SaaTbTuckeu, which were
.--fei " = few H8ttaiiOUs. The c4pture of the
-vH instantly followed, the artillery connecting
H- Pm -i@'.- O" evacUate IL in great haste
.-a-sta. f-,>~ard. with one division defeated
-rcr dit I~iUs.S Gf tie enemy. The BUILDINGS in
SsrtTUC~fn caught fire from the French ar
~. ard h-ii the town was DESTROYED Mi
a lcu1f were u>ed Tor the first time and are
-ttCrtCd 60 have worked wonders.
N,PULION'S ACCOUNT OF THE Az
FAIR.
The Emperor. on his return 20 Metz after the
.s'tle. cent The following telegraPhic dispatch
70 tEc Empress. - Louis has received his ban
Ism a. ire lie was admirably cool and little
impressed. division - FrOssard'. command
ys'Iied the heights overlooking Saar. The.
irH~Sians made brief resistance. Louis and
were II front, where the bullets fell about us
Louis keeps bali he picked up. The soldiers
WrTt ~ hi> tran utility We lost an officer and
Net illuminated last night in honor of the
victory After the retreat sf the Prussians the
French did not occupy the place.
PHJsSIAN ACCOU MIS-.
EFRIIS. August ;, via InSDON.-The follow
~ Official despatch j. Published: " Yesterday
small detachment stationed ut SaaTbrucken WA
attacked by three French divisions. After n
sharp ACTON the position was abandoned, the
PrUssians falling back on their supports. The
los was tTlfiIng. Prisoners report thu arrival
q the French Emperor on the bank of the Ssar
NJ eleven o'CiOck in the morning.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE EN-
GAGEMENT.
MET. Aug. 3.-Yesterday, when the hei ghts
q SaarhTUCkcu were occupied battery of mi
t-silleus1 played upon the enemy's position in
the presCEce OF the Emperor and Prince lmpe-
rial. The Emperor ordered the OFFICER in charge
rot TO fire unless II was necessary, the Prus-
sans were hidden in the woods, bat afterwards
a detachment OF the enemy, seen near the rail
vAy, at : distance OF l 600 metres. was fired at
snd left hall their number on the field. A sec
0nd detac Enient met the same fate; after which
the enemy feared to appear. The prisoners
taken confess 20 the superiority of the French
guns
WHAT II SAID IN PARIS.
FAEI~. Aug $.-fhe Figaro claims that the
NICtCTy ~ Saarbrucken WAS one of great imp0T-
lance. The Emperor wished TO gam possession
OF Sa.II bTEcA eu because il commands the valley
II SaaT and the railway to freves. The latter
cannot how b. Of service 10 the enem!- AL ac-
counts cOiucId. ~ to the des.ructiyeaesS of the
hitTaiileu~c and the comparatively small loss OF
French troops.
THANKSGIVING IN PARIS.
FAEIS. August G.-The impress. with her
H.IC"~. went this morning to the Chapel of
NHtTe Dane dc VICTORIES TO offer PRAYERS OF
Thanksgiving for the safety and success OF the
Emperor
PROPOSED EXPULSION OF GERMANS.
The Pans. III Mondays edition, demands the
.->ue OF repri>als sgsinSt the hundred thousand
Germans now IN Paris, whom he denounces a.
spies. AMI proposes TO excite the people against
them and compel their immediate expulsion
CAUSE or DELAY IN ACTIVE OPERA
TONS.
LcNr"N. August 3--Advices from private
source attribute the DELAY in opening the cam
!'aiS1 a!trs The armies we're ready on both sides
iO renewal of NspOIeon's proposals for peace
which were finally refused to-day by Bismarck.
ENGLISH NECTRALITY.
LONDON. Aug 3.-ThiS mornings .Sf1p9qrd
r'frrTlng 10 the Alabama question, hopes that
70 the present war Englands neutrality will be
les Ambiguous
There l. q TumCr that disafection exists in
the Bavarlan army. many OF the men being
av6Tse - fighting for Prussia. Little credit Is
gwen 20 the report
\ late number OF the Vienna Post says that
the BAKE Of Baden asserts that King William
E.m that the Count V on Bismarck was eager to
cede the region about the river Sasr to France,
hut that The King ard his Council declined.
now THE AFFAIR AT SAARBRUCk Is
REGARDED IN HOLLAND.
LOSDO,-. Aug. a telegram from AmSter-
dam confirms the report of the French exploit
AZ 2aIbTuCk, but calls II q coup De theatre ON
Paris and not military success The Prus-
SLAMS regarded Saarbruck a. a position without
military value, and entrusted il to only two COM
paLiS>.