, 1870-09-10
back" They a::eepted it, but they wers al

zilled Or captnrrc.
Numbers won the day. MAcslahoI'a army,
:h!tsy az thoussnd Enen opposed to GIG hun
3red md thirry, vas on the point OF being
surrounded. - % 1he M.sshA called tho Colonel
II make those columns draw back" "Yon ~
sending Us to death, MarthaI." II know It, |
Let US embrace, Colonel" And thu eight hun. |
dfed cnirastiets went. 6t1 hundred fell. ut |
was splendid and frightful," said an English |
writer Who Witnessed ibis charge; @ they came |
on without fear Of death, intrepid, immedi. !
ase15 IL front Of onr column, where their colo
mel 1e!L Ihe chasseurs vent before the
apd for aught I knew. many others |
may hare ecariaed thegseives to save the
relirs Of the army, eighteen thousand men
whom their noble commander led to Chalons
without eeasing to make front against the en-
ern5.: The evening Of this sinister engage
snent, he eimp'y wrote to Paris those words
which will remain history. II hsye fought |
AZ day. I have Lost the battle, We fight
while retreating," DC.
,sI7 remember sn1Gnst .h.t thirteen ye4rs ago, in
Kabyles. which ended mv african Vars. I
went one morning into the tent Of the Mar
e6ai, then General Was the historiog1apher
Of the campaign. and consequently WIS able
to 60 pretty much eye15whefe: While listen
ip1g ,1g 10 hIa the GeneIai examined his tent. On
feeling that he would some DIV have his chan
ter IN one Of the epopnia Of humanity? But
know that. beginning With that glorious de-
ieat at f1oeschwe!ler, his place Is designated
this day. Irizhmen OF America, 8ho win "a
are half his count1ymen, congratulate your
selves, for nothing will eYes rise as high in
history as heroiam.
Such has been, in few words, the first
phaes q the present VII, phase Of surprise
On cne side aud to Cha,ons on the other. 4
the enemy. rso6ting by it, hsd kept pushing
on WITH the lmpetuotity shown In the frat
ehost. it would have. pethaps, been up with
u, st least for time. France WAS literally
prostrated- Tho remnants Of its AIMS, except
scattered here and there, in hundred places.
An hundred thousand Pruss1aus, suddenly
reaching PARIS, after having . second time
crushed the weakened forces OF MacMAhon,
anu the few recruits that We had at Chalons,
could hare dictated peace to u.s.
NEW LEy1ES.
But the season Of surprise and conste1na-
taon lasted only few days. From end to
end Of France toso double cry Of ven9esuce
and fu1y- II had not been condemned 10
quiet BY aprain, too should have gone,
notrithssana;ns san ny M nearly liIty 5ca5s volan-
azme, which unfortunately wero not erea
ready. The half organized Garde Mobi1e
| organized. The army Of the Emperor, scat-
| tered On the frontier, concentrated before
| Metz.
Then, AID which was . matter of mora i'm
| portance. the Chamber of Deputies assem-
ministry, to replace it By General Montauhau,
Count de Palikao, the leader Of the
Chinese expedition Tho Emperor, morally
relieved Of the command which he
bad exercised without reason, simple
because be waa Emperor, let Dazaine. Thy
Mafaha1 OF Mexico, take tho supreme control
Of tho wa1. Paris fortified itaef rapidly, with
Trochu for Governor. A new army, which
now counts about one hundred and seventy
under The orders Of MsssIahoa. The am,
Of Bazaine, poorly provided with cannon, pro
| yiaione, and ammunition, was Abundautiy
supplied, as well ~ Metz, its centre OF opera
tons. A tbird army il now forming arount
Paris, and fourth is beginning to appear be
everywhere. The Gazdes Mobiles are con
| atAntly drilling and asning. The Nasiona
Guards are organizing at Paris and al othe
points. ard sre becoming armed. The Ma
tion1l Guard Of Paris is almost entirely ready
| In sho1t, Frame has arisen from itB surpris
for new struggle.
PRCsslAN LossEs-FunTHE1 MOVEMENTS.
As for the enemy, Prusgia, the three f}gh.
| Of WeissenburB, ForSach, and Eroeschweile1
are said to have cost it more than fort
thouaand men. Whether it's losses have check
ed iss impetuosity, or whether It also desi1e'
to reft At liz ease after this first effort, it h1
stopped. While one army. commanded by th
: Prince Of rrus.ia, followed Mac cMahou to Bar
i le~.luc, and there stopped, tho two other
thoso OF Prince Frederick Charles aud Stein
during the last fifteen aays-snd it is sti
going on-las been oIe OF the bittereat COZ
, / flicts which history ncntions-
It ia estimated that the plussiana have Il
) cumu1atea there over three hundred thousan
! 4 men, while Razaina 1laa from one hundred al
twenty to one hundred and thirty Thousand
) But he has Metz behind him. The two armit
a1e equally we'll provided, and supplied wit
: IL which they need for fighting. On the 14tl
b 18th, 10th. and 18th weIa encounters whic
. contest than this furious one, The King
/ Prussia Claims to hare the advantage in III
: them, but ! doubt it, since Bazair
Is still there, firm and steadfaa
i r. say that We have constantly b.
8 the adv yantege. and that the enemy has lol
}. over hundred thousand in killed and wouns
Q ed IN these four battles. 1t seems certai
= that there are numbers Of tho latter In Il
D T1ussian camp, for permission was 1sked |
ssnd them through Delgiun and Luxembous
. could lave been taken through tie Pru=sis
= Rhine provinces. It is also certain that aft
!, one Of these fghta. and twice, even, 1t is eai
9 the Prussians asked an armistice to burg the
l. Qeau, WHICH was granted thsnQ.
!; At this moment Mac3lahon has broken
4 his camp ct Chalons, md il massing hia force
J. first at Nhe1ms, and from thero re do n
r know where he will so. Az the Prussia
j. hare counfless epics among Us, who infoi
them. hour hy hour, Of all our marches, i
r c1esy IL kept regarding all military operatio,
. ani nothing is known Of them until many ds
Q after. .--.
i TIE WAR LOAN.
b Apart from war news, the only great orr
Il IN the loan OF eight hundred million fran
q which was moro than taken up in leRs th
+ ten days.
A OF the preceding battles. It's condition Of
ID Chamber, and Of public feeling. To-day
y have only time to send this statement, vii
It will serye as the frat chapter Of what b.
r to say. May it 10 better and more enterta
Is ing than what have Just written, but I {
b promise Jon this, that 1t wiu be as t1ue as q
e who calls himself half your countryman {
d | make it. EaI1E CAnREY