The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-06
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
PARTICULARS OF The BATTLE OF
WEIsSENBURG.
The French General. Douay, BILLED.
Eight Hundred Prisoners Captured,
Including Eighteen Officers.
Prince Frederick Charles 10 Attack
Nancy.
MlseellaneOu, Foreign News

dispatch has been received here from
Neideralterbach, small village on the
Lauter River, near Weissenburg,
dated 6 O'Clock Thursday evening:
I'VE have WOO a brilliant but
bloody victory. The left wing was
the attacking body, and consisted of
the 9th and 18th Prussian Corps with
the I'd Bavarian. This force car
ried by an assault, under the eyes of
the Prince Royal, the fortress of
WeissenbuTg, and the heights be-
tween Welssenberg Lauterbnrg.
Douay's Division. of Marshal McMa
hons Corps. was splendidly defeated
by being driven from its camp. Gen.
Douay, himself. was killed. Five
| hundred prisoners were taken; none
of them wounded. Many Turcos
were among the captured. The Prus
sian General Kerchback Is slightly
wounded. The Royal Grenadiers
and the 10Th regiment of the line
suffered heavy losses"
LONDON, Aug. 5.-The victory of
the PrussisD Grown Prince, in cap
turing .Weissenburg and Geislier,
was brilliant, but bloody. The French
were repulsed aud dispersed, leaving
behind their General. Douay, killed,
and five hundred prisoners, and
many wounded Tureos. The Prus
slams cap ured one cannon. The
Prussian commander kerchbseb was
slightly wounded.
LONDON, Aug. 5.-The Prussiau
headquarters are at Treves.
A French corps is said to have
/ moved last night on Saar Louis,
where battle was expected. The
rumor Of the capture OF the town is
uDconfrmed
It is said that a cavalry skirmish
occurred near Lauterburg yesterday,
10 which twenty-five French were de-
feated by one hundred and fifty
Prussians.
NEUNKIRCHEN, NEAR TREVEs, Aug.
5.-The French, on Tuesday, shelled
Saarbrucken Ststion. The engines,
cars, &c, were saved.
| LONDON, August 5.-A correspond
ent, endorsed by the Times as trust
worthy aud neutral, gives the follow
ing interesting details of the battle of
Saarbruckcn:
The French made some prisoners,
but captured no cannon. They lost
| Il
French force in battle was estimated
at 10000 men, and the Prussians at
only 5000. The artillery won the
fight. There was but little infantry
aud no cavalry engaged. 1t was the
Fifty-ninth Prusslan Regiment, and
not the Fiftieth, as before reported,
which was engaged in this battle.
Three companies Of the Fortieth held
their ground against the French until
the latter's force had fully developed
its strength. The small force of Prus-
slams then retired.
PARIS, August 5.-At the camp at
Chalons. last evening. the Gdrde No
bile had grand illumination In hon
or of the capture Of Saarbrucken.
There had been previously some
insubordination among the Gdrde,
but the favorable news ended it at
once.
General Biarnck reconnoitered, on
the third, between Saarbrucken and
Saar- Louis, to observe the movement
/ of the Prussians. They were not
found in any force in that neighbor-
, hood.
LONDON, August 5.-The Times of
this morning says; The plan of the
: Prussian Commander-in Chief, Won
Moltke, has been recently changed
5 from defensive to an offensive one.
An advance into France is threaten
Q ed. 1t is possible that Prince Fred
rick Charles vii, push forward aud at
tack Nancy"
The fight at SaarbruckeD, on Sat
r urday. lasted six hours, and on both
/ sides 600 men were placed hors du
a combat. judging from French &C.
counts, the Mittraileurs have already
t decided the war.
The story which recently originated
f In France. about naval engagement
off Cuxhaven, in which a Prussiau
D war vessel was sunk, is false. There
D has been no collision at sea between
t France and Prussia thus far.
The French say that the Prussiar
needle gun recoils badly, and that
the marksmen are soon compelled Il
: fire from the shoulder. The French
s also say that the Prussian cavalry
e carry old horse pistols, while thu
9 French have carbines of long range
and admitting of aim.
q The Third Corps of Prussians i
f mainly composed of Poles.
PARIS, August Sat one o'clocl
yesterday afternoon the regiment o
c Gen. Douay's Division and brigad
of light cavalry werc attacked a
:. Weissenburg by a very considerable
d force of the enemy, which had beel
u massed in the woods, skirting tn
Lauter River Our troops resistet
y for several nuurs, the attack of th
IL enemy, and then retired to a SUNNI
. to reconnoitre an eminence which
commands the line of railroad t.
Batche. Gen. Douay was killed, an,
one piece of artillery, the horses bein
"a killed and carriage broken, fell int
It the hands of the Prussians.
D. Marshal McMahon is concentratin
r the forces under his command a
p Weissenburg.
20 FRANKFoRT, August 5.-A trail
:; has just arrived, bringing fvo hun
i dred French prisoners from Weissen
- y burg. They will be sent to Norther
- Prussia.
81 81 The total lumber of prisoner
"a taken In De fight was eight hundred
~ including eighteen officers.
is LONDON. August 5.-The repo1
that Saar Louis was taken by I'll
French, proves unfounded. The r,
port came from Paris, and is contr,
IA dicted By later dispatch, which So,
ire there has been no fighting yet at th
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