The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-10
War News.

Gen. Donay was killed in the engagement
near Weissenburg. The PruSsIanS captured
500 Frenchmen, including is officers. French
retired to the summit Of Pisconnier, where
Marshal McMahon is concentrating.
The French forces which resisted the at
tack numbered about 10 900. The Prussians
40 900 strong, were so severely crippled as
not to be able to follow the French when
they retired. Prussian loss in killed and
wounded, and prisoners, 10 500.
Great preparations are being made in Eng
land to put the coast dcfcnccS III acondi!ion-
to resist attack.
The PruSsian journals deny French vic
tory at Saar Louis.
England reported to send two frigatcs to
the Tiber for the Popc'S protection.
Eng land will make the invasion Of Belgium
casus bclli of war.
\ French war steamer captured the Prus>
sian ship Laura from Wilmington, n. c.
Prussia wants to know why Austria is
armine The South German army is armed
with old muSkctS. The war expenses OF
Prussia arc % 100000 francs per day.
London, Aug 3-lt is rumorcd that Eng
land and the Unitcd States arc urging ncgo-
tiations whereby Hamburg and Bremen will
be kept open ports during the war.
$500 are paid in Paris for substitutes, ,and
they arc scarce.
The scene on the departure Of King Wills
liam. who was accompanied by Count Bis
marck and General M01tkc, for the seat OF
war, WAS extraordinary. The king rode from
the palace 10 the railway in an open carriage
with the queen. Crowds CT the popu!acc,
oil soliierS, and Others, Surrounded and in>
pcdcl The passage of tic coach. Flags. flow
ers and inscriptions were everywhere su>-
pended. The court Including the ladies, min
@cd with the people arI participated in IFS
cn!n:ion The king address cd them ina calm
and iorciblc speech. Calling upon them for
toll ard sacrifice. The queen. weeping. part
cd from The king after '""eatcG embraces.
French Withdrawn Rome. ,lcsu!tS
desire the Pope 10 leave r Malta.
Berlin. August :i-GGiccrS in this city have
accrrt";! a heavy wager offered hy Thomas.
| Of Paris, that the French will be i'll Eeriin by
the 18Th Of August.
The Prussians have 100000 reserve from
lin.
papal committees in Franco, Holland and
Belgium arc raising recruits for the protec-
ton Of the Pope.
Madrid. Aug. 4-Mcctings for the aboli-
ton of Slavery in the colonies have been re-
sumed.
Paris, Aug. Duke dc Grammont has is
sucd another circular, rc.atlirminS that the
aggressive proposition originated in Berlin.
France made none, but on the contrary com
! mcnccI he: disarmament. Count Won Bis
mArck bases his proposals. on his anxiety
about the plans OF Russia, and gives details
which the Duke dc irammnnt temporarily
withholds. The Duke concludes that, owing
to the falschoodS Bismarck has already Ut
tered, through fear, he has lost all claim 10
be believed.
Fourteen Prussian soldiers captured at the
attack of Saarbruck are imprisoned, and
| will be cared for same as the French.
The heights taken by the French at Saar-
bruck form the key TO important railway ap-
proaches 10 Trevis.
Metz, August 2-Thc French troops passed
the frontier at II o'clock: they instantly Gu
cOuntcred the PruSsians, strongly posted on
the heights commanding Saarbruck, which
| were carried by few battalions. The cap
turc of the town instantly followed, the ar
tillery compelling the PrussianS TO evacuate
| in great haste, General Frossard with one
division. defeated three divisions Of the enc
nv. The NitrailIcurc worked wonders. One
half the town was accidentally destroyed by
fire from the artillery.
Napoleon sent the following dispatch to
the Empress:
Louis has received his baptism Of fire;
he was admirably cool and little impressed.
| A diviS ion of Frossard's command carried
the heights overlooking Saar. The PrussianS
| made brief resistance. Louis and were in
front, where the bullets fell about us. Louis
keeps a bali lie picked up. Soldiers wep: at
his tranquility. We lost an officer ami ten
men. NAPOLEON.
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