Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-01
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alton of Russia
LONDON, Aug. ST. There are daily
conferences at the foreign Office between
Under Secretary Human and the repre-
4 sentatives of Prussia and of Austria II
! is reported the North German Envoy. at
i st. Petersburg has been instructed to ask
of the Russian goeernnent- explanations
as to the movement of troops on the
4 Polish frontier.
/ Review of the Situation Before
/ Rheims and Paris.
| LONDON, Aug. 31.-The Standard, in
reviewing the situation this morning, says
the Prussians are strong around Rheims,
| while immense masses of them have
passed to the northward n y WEF
! 1t is impossible to say whether the re-
port that the King is moving on Paris
with heavy force is true or not. 1t is
equally doubtful as to the rumors that the
French Ministers of War and Interior
have removed from the capital. The
news is all uncertain and conflicting.
Mcmahon RetreatIng ON SOissons-
He is Reinforced 10000 Daily-The
Crown Prince 80 Hours Behind
Time.
LONDON, Aug. 31.-The Times says
Mcmahon is endeayorings TO retreat on
Scissors, having failed in the attempt to
relieve Bazaine and Metz. .5ldgvg r3E{
kilograms from Paris this morning. are
exultant and statements that the Crown
Prince is thirty-six hours behind the cal
culations of the Prussian staff and he will
not arrive at the right momentto effect a
junction with Frederick Charles.
Mcmahon is reinforced to the extent of
10, 900 men daily. r.. A--.-,
German Mass Meetings against In
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Seriously HI
Mcmahon Still Anxious to Raise
the Seige of Metz.
LONDON, August 31.-Special to the
York World-Great mass meeting have
been held in Germany to protest against
foreign Intervention in favor of peace,
and declaring that Germany alone has the
right of dictation. FNsE -H@
Troops have been leaving Paris for the
North all day. News from the armies
reaches us here slowly.
The Emperor is said 10 be seriously i'll
at Sedan.
Every effort is being made to reinforce
Mcmahon from Paris. Notwithstanding
some backward movements, it is believed
McMahon's army is very strong, and will
persevere in desperate attempt
to attack the Prussians before Metz
and enable the beleagured army of
Bazaine to break out.
The latest advices from Strasbourg re-
present the fortress as unlikely to hold
out more than three days.
A Great Battle Wednesday-The
Prussians Fail ON Mcmahon and
Drive Him on the Belgian From
tier. ..-.r5--.,.
BRlzAMY, Aug. 80, via London, Aug.
Prussians attacked McMahon's |
army to-day, near Beaumont, defeated it |
and drove it back upon the Belgian from
tier. The French camp fell into the
hands of the Prussians The pursuit of |
the French troops continued for several |
miles, and was interrupted by the number |
of cannon ana prisoners which were taken.
The extent of the battlefield was SO vast
that it is impossible 70 obtain further de- |
tails at this moment. fe. d.. wlE
Aim of the the Present Prussfan
-E. L-' Campaign. '@
LONDON, Aug. 3l.-The Prussians con-
ceiving McMahon's aim was to gain the |
frontier to effect junction with Bazaine,
advanced in three lines. The Crown |
Prince south of Nancy marched by the |
way Commercy, Bar lie Due, ST. Dizier
and Vitrey. The fourth army, under |
Prince Royal, of Saxony, keeping north
of Pont-a-Mousson, moved toward Cha
Ions, at the same time observing Metz,
while Steinmetz reinforced, proceeded |
through Verdun to Rheims His right |
sweeping the Belgian frontier in hopes of
meeting Mcmahon; thus the German adj
vance covered the whole country from
Belgium along the Meuse to the Auber,
it impossible for Mcmahon to
reach Metz.
PrfyatiOns of the Strasbourgers.
LONDON, Aug. 31.-The sufferings of !
the inhabitants of Strasburg are terrific. |
They are starving and compelled to live in |
cellars day and night to avoid the I'M
fire of the besiegers. Another
fruitless sortie was made by the garrison
On Monday. The Prussian sharpshooters
are within five hundred yards of the gla-
els. Many houses have been burned.
The arsenal at one time was on fire. The
was safely removed and the
fortress continues to resist.
The London Times Trying to Locate
McMahOn.
LONDON, Aug. 31.-Public meetings
ire being held all over Prussia to aid the
in the prosecution of the war
Ind discourage all attempts at negotiation.
The Times is trying to disentangle the
Jews from the seat of war. 1t says:
Mcmahon seeks to get back again towards
Paris. Saturday morning he was at Ste
lay Sunday, according to French re-
,Orts, he retired to Meier and Rethel, but
he Belgian accounts report him Tuesday
It Sedan, with the Prince Imperial, and
lourly expecting the Emperor, whose i'll
less prevented him from travelling rapidly.
The Germans say that the French were
o sure of victory at the opening of the
that they made no arrangements
o save their baggage in case of retreat,
nd hence they have been compelled to
bandon it in great quantities.
An Day Tuesday south
of Carignan.
LONDON, Aug. 31.-A dispatch from
'arignan says canonading was heard south
f that place all day yesterday and late
1to the night, but the result is unknown.
he Emperor has certainly left Carignan
Or Sedan.
re French Protestants Prussian
Sympathizers!
LONDON, Aug 31.-There is great local
excitement throughout the French de-
against alleged sympathizers 4
18th the Prussians, and notably against
'rotestants.
Sundays Fight Unimportant.
LONDON, Aug S1.-The Belgian Gov
rnment Edenies having assented to any
1reign troops crossing portion of her
oil.
The French say the battle between
Jun and Stenay Sunday was without
Importance. .-s-...
rench Prisoners Den0unce Napo- q
leon Complaints Against the
Prussian Use of the Red Cross and
Surgeon Badge.
LONDON, Aug. 31,-Count Bohlen has :
cen installed at Hogueum as Prussian
overnor of the Province of Alsace.
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