The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-08-27
CROWN PRINCE MARCH
ING ON PARIS.
The Railway Lines Cut.
PRINCE IMPERIAL in BRITTANY.
MOVEMENTS OF NC MAHON.
The Closing Scenes Ap-
preaching.
Reported Expressly for the ARGUS


LONDON, Aug. q The Prince Imperial
has gone to Retz IN Brittany.
The Manchards or secret police are pro.
vided with the names of suspected parties.
On Thursday they arrested 1000 persons in
Paris whose antecedents are doubtful. The
authorities have conclusive evidence that 5
OF them are Prussisn spies.
VIENNA, Aug. 21.-Austria has declared
her concurrence IN the declaration OF neu
trslity proposed by England, and already
accepted by RUSSIA and Italy.
Count Chateck, Russian, the Hungarian
minister to Russia, returns TO St. Peters
burg. The object of his visit to Vienna
was to express TO Austria the strong desire
of Russia to improve her relations with
Austria. Austria reciprOcates the desire
and is anxious TO contribute to Its tulfllment
IN the question of formal alliance to or
alteration in the International policy of
Austria.
PARIS, Aug 26.-Midnight-The follow
ing news has been made public at the office
Of the minister of the interior
The Prussians are passing through Nancy
going towards ChaIons.
The siege of Toul has been abandoned,
owing to the vigorous resistance of Its gar
rison.
The Prussian scouts have cut the railway
at Sameanilly between Montmedy and Mis-
ereser The BODY was repused by Freu ch
shsrpshooters, and the railroad WIS again
repaired
The Prussians at St Mary are now falling
ing back upon Nun. several miles further
south
New YoRK. Aug. 26.-The Evening Post
has the following cable special from Lon
don
Thursday evening the Prussisn army
advance had reached a point midway be
tween Chalons and Epernsy, whose march
on Paris is to be conducted leisurely by the
Prussians, as no further opposition is sntici-
pated. The authority for saying that the
Notifications of Paris unless manned by at
least 800, 900 men 10 worthless, comes
from reliable source dispatched TO French
reports.
Lunulie is so filed with Prussisn wound
ed that 5000 are left unsheltered in the
street.
Count Bismarck's son is more seriously
wounded than at first reported, and has been
sent home to Mornerheim.
Bataile, the French general is rapidly
recovering from his wounds.
Paris telegram states that MacMahon
has decided to abandon the valley of the
Morne to the Prussian prince royal, and
only guard Ayessin By his extreme right.
he has carried his centre towards Ordines.
and bis left extends from Metz to the from
tier of Luxemburg, thus supporting himself
upon neutral territory. With the exception
| of 10000 gardes mobile, cautioned above
Rheims, whose military training is ver7 i'm
perfect. his forces no not exceed 1850
men, though he has numerous artillery.
| Bazaine has about 10000 men at Metz,
and the two armies united may bring back
fortune to our banners, but we arc not sure
Of their junction.
A Prussian scouting party has been seen
on the road to Eperney and Chamberlin. in
the direction of Montmiral.
The railway between Sessions and Rheims
has been cut.
| A portion of King Williams army at
Metz has Joined the crown princes army
near Bareldure.
! All accounts agree that the crown prince
is marching on Paris.
1t is rumored that a whole Prussian corps
were drowned near Metz.