The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-27
RumOred Battle Near Nancy.
5000 French Whipped by 5000
PruSsianS.
RY CABLE.


ENGLAND.
LONDON. July 2l.-The following sketch
of the French campaign has been obtain
ed from reliable sources
The French army is concentrating with
in the quadrilateral formed by the towns
of Nancy, Thionvllle, S~trasbourg and
Mayenee.
South of Strasbourg, and on the same
meridian, is an entrenched camp at Bel
font, where a corps d'armee is taking up
its position to form the right of the French
ARMY. Another corps will be on the re
serve at Chalons Sur Maine. The entire
army will be composed of eight corps,
each of three or four divisions of infantry
and from six to eight regiments Of caval-
nv. Each division Will have three bate
ries of artillery and one company of en-
gineers, and will comprise from ten to
twelve thousand men.
The Army of Moselle will be comman-
ded by Marshal Bazaine, and composed of
the Second, Third and Fourth Corps, the
headquarters OF the respective corps being
at st. Arold, Metz and ThiOnville.
The Army of the Rhine, which Marshal
McMahon will command, will be composed
of the First, Fifth and Seventh Corps,
with headquarters respectively at Stras-
bourg, Bitche and Belfont.
The corps under General De Failly, pos
ted around Bhche, will unite two armies.
The Reserve Corps, in camp at Chalens,
under Marshal C~anrobert, will be cOmpos'
ed of troops of the line, reinforced from
reserves Of all kinds.
Three hundred HanOverians have volun-
teered for the French service.
Turkey offers France 100000 soldiers
for pay.
The French Government has been mott
fed that the kingdoms of Wurtemburg
and Bavaria Join Prussia.
The Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt
has voted a large war loan.
The Berlin correspondence says, thanks
to her organization, Prussia will IN a few
hours be equal to France at all points
The colleges and schools are closed, and
students are %thrOnging the recruiting
offices. The same is true Of South Ger
many.
The French feet has passed through
the Sound and entered the Baltic Sea.
The steamers of the Liverpool and Bal,
tic line lave ceased running.
The bark Berkshire ran into and sunk
on the east coast of England, an Ameri-
can vessel whose name could not be as
certained. All on board were lost.
PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, July 2l.-The Reichstag un
animously voted a loyal address in reply
to the Kings speech. On the reading 0
the address the members of the Reichsta.
and the spectators, including Ministe
Bancroft, Prince Leopold and other nobl
persons, arose and remained standing I'M,
covered until the reading was ended.
In the address the representatives de
clare that they do not hesitate to trus
their King with its conduct at the c
life of a struggle in which he shared whe
a youth-a struggle that is now likely t
terminate forever the attempts of Franc
to shatter the German nation, which o
on fields of battle, will obtain a unity
never enjoyed before. Europe is con
graduated that at last the Continent is
be delivered from Bonaparte lust of powe
and the evil ambition which ever directe
Napoleonic operations, and that a health
check will now be given to the vanity
the French nation.
PARIS, july 22-The Emperor Napc
leon was to have left tonight for the heaC
quarters of the army at Nancy, twenty
nine miles south Of Metz, but is at S
Cloud, and will not therefore, join the a
| my for some time.
MOVEMENTS OF FRENCH COMMANDERS
l Marshal Leboeuf left for Nancy c
Thursday.
General LAdmirault, commanding Il
Fourth Corps of the French army has a
! rived at Metz. General Frossard, con
! mandingIthe Second Corps. has arrived
: Saint Arold, Department of Moselle. Tw
I'll .,.v oCV,,g ora naha1ana1 a1CY
the frontier.
Operations will commence in conjun
= ton with the disembarking of the cor
r under General Corsln de Montaubo
Count of Palikao, in the Prussian ten
. tory.
Admiral Maniac is surveying the mort
ern coast. His headquarters are at Din
kirk.
e Admiral William commands the Mort
ern Iron-Clad Squadron of the Fren
Navy.
l. POSITION OF HI PRUssIAN FORCES.
Advices have been received here to t
effect that the Prussian troops have
. tired from their position between Luxer
bourg and Palatinate, and are now N.
sing between Coblentz and M~ayence.
in II sKIRMIsH AT FoHRBAcH.
The following details of the affair
X Fohrbach, which has been Variously rep,
IL ted as q battle and a skirmish, betwe
D. the Customs patrol, are published here
e, day. Two regiments Of French huZz.
~ and a body Of Urlauer German troo
commonly armed with lances, met on
frontier. The French Immediately ms
N preparations to receive an attack.
C. length one of the Urlauer came forwaI
n the French allowed him to approach,
garding him as 4 deserter or expecting
parley. On coming near, the Urlal
"a fired at the commander of the French.