Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-18


tanned in The STAR Of yesterday afternoon.
The following are the most important telegrams
received after We went to press:
ENGAGEMENT ON TUESDAY.
PARIs, Aug. 1.-THE following Official dis
psseh has just been made public:
gasement Yesterday, the 10th, near Gravelotte.
we gained the advantage but lost heavily.
tSote.-Gravelotte is . small village six miles
Mpselle.l
SKIRMIsHING AT sTRASBURG.
toNDoN, Aug IA dispatch from Carls-
ruee, the headquarters of the Baden army, dated
August IA; says the people and garrison OF
rampar's, clear glacis and barricade the en-
trance, but the besiegers have destroyed much
OFT their work. On the 18th three slight
troops set FIRE to railway train while 1t was
st4nding In the station, and one or their batter
les approached within three hundvsd PAGES Of
the fortress and fired ON the ramparts. The
Beden troops lost three killed and seventeen
wounded.
WAR ITEMS FROM LONDON.
toNDoN, August ia Prussian loan of
government has issued notification that all
peacefully disposed natives Of Germany desiring
to remain in France may do so on condition Of
taking out permits 0f residence. Three neph-
eYs Of Bernadotte, King Of Sweden, have
Joined the ranks of the French army. Count de
Chambord, Countess Kontalembert and other
9s1v ss%s Asyf snt their to the
hSs II that lie Beuf is Prussian, and the Gem
erAl is confined in the prison of Vincennes.
AN AVALANCH OF INVADERS.
LONDON, Aug. 16-The following recapitula-
MIN soldiers are now in France, carrying THE the
needle gun. Amer them come the reserves, the
entire male portion Of able-bodied Germans.
ARMY OF the saar, the army. Of the Rhine, and
the army Of the south. Frederick Charles COM
mAnds the army Of the Rhine as leader Of the
eetteI: On his rig right, advancing southeast Of
SsAr, under General Steinmetz; on his left Is
thk third, or sonthern army, led by Prince Fred
erick William, heir to the crown. Under the
latter are go 900 men, under Frederick Charles
25> 200 men, and under Steinmetx 20, 900; total
57f 600 men. Steinmetz has nearly 200 guns, the
C3own Prince eco, and Frederick Charles 66O;
has so battalions Of infantry, 40 squadrons Of
horse. 80 battalions Of artillery; Prince Charles
hsB 197 battalions Of infantry, So squadrons Of
horse, 40 batteries, and the Grown Prince 1872
bsftaliOns Of infantry, 164 squadrons or cavalry
anh ia batteries.
THE EXPELLED GERMANS.
BERLIN, Aug. 16.-The Federal Council has
voted to reimburse to each native Of Germany
home.
p1iiy News, writing from Luxemburg, saws that
the result OF Mondays battle was to force the
Germans back 70 tfre Moselle. According to the
tidn OF Metz Was stayed by the advance guard
offthe Grown Prince.
A correspondents from weissenburg says that
and the iern mans boast that they have . million
men on French soil.
THE BATTLE OF SUNDAY.
LONDON, Aug. 15.-A special correspondent
writing from Paris on Monday night says that
Sundays battle was only a semblance of sue
Gers OF mitigstion of disaster. The Germans
having cut OF the railroad communication with
Metz, Bazaine commenced to retreat across
Moselle, and proposed to follow the ordinary
high road towards Verdun. When half the
a my were across the Rhine he was surprised and
attacked by large force OF the enemy, who,
great loss. From appearances the Prussi ans
once more outgeneraled the French and got
ropnd in great force to 'he side Of the river BY
" hich Bazaine means to retire and checked his
retreat.
MINISTERIAL LABORs AND PREPARA-
4, All parties concur that every consideration
mnst give way to the necessities of the hour
The ministry work necessarily. The minister
ofwar has done wonders. Within few days he
has sent enormous reinfurcements to the front
and others are following rapidly. Mupitiops Of
asfast Il as tae trans can convey them. fSsieSy
en- masse proceeds with great rapidity. Corps
offreeshcoters are organized all over the coun-
try Thoe Of the SosSss are a.Sn beginning to tor.
ofiPsris are progressing rapidly.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
A correspondent writes details OF the appear
ance of the field after the battle and states that
! Zoo prisoners. The German loss was 1000.
NOTIFICATION OF LOCKADE.
PARIS, Aug. 1.-THE Journal Ofe:el pub
liIhes this morning the following notification OF
block sde of the coast Of the German and Prus-
sian States We, the undersigned, vice admi-
raj, commander-in-chief Of the naval forces Of
the Emperor of the French In the North sea,
considering the state Of war between France
German Confeder alton, In virtue Of the power
in us vested, declare that from and after the
Iah day OF August, 1910, the coast Of Prussia
and the North German Confederation, extend
ing from the islands Of Borkum to north OF the
Elder, with all its ports, harbors, riveryroads,
&c, in q state OF effective blockade by the naval
iotces placed in our command, and that friendly
or neutral vessels shall be allowed ten days in
which to finish loading and quit the blockaded
pdrts. Proceedings will be instituted against
al vessels which shall Try TO break through the
sSd blockade, according to the International
powers. Given on board the French Empe-
Iogis iron-clad Maepaime, stationed between
iif English island Of Heligoland and the Prus-
Admiral in chief + Fourichon.
RUNNING THE BLOCKADE.
LONDON, August 1.-THE steamer Sentinel,
belonging to the Tyne Steam Shipping Com
p8ny. mas hTflVeO tu0 yn0 Win general
cargo from Q German port. This IL the tenth
trip made by steamers Of that company since
war was declared. The Sentinel on Saturday
passed the French fleet blockadiAg the Elbe
without molestation. She, however, dipped the
Bfitmh ensign, to which the French heet re-
piled by hosting and dipping the French ensign.
The French blOckading oqnadron consists Of ten
large iron-clads, In Q row, southwest OF Heligo-
lahd, and one of them, paddle-Nheel steamer,
is cruising in the roadStead. The news Of their
approach was taken to Hamburg on Friday AZ
tefnoon by Norwegian vessel. Tho Hamburg
authorities at once ordered a lighter, loaded
with torped0es, which had been lying In readi-
ness, to 20 down the river to CaIbaven and
await orders. They al10 dispatched two fast
steamers (Caxhayen and Heligoland) TO the
mouth OF the Elbe TO reconnoitre.
The Sentinel met these vessels ON Saturday
mjrnipR, south OF the Heliaslaus, steering q
fast a. possible for Hamburg, With the news
that the French vessels were close on the island,
and that real blockade was effected. As the
Sentinel was passine the feet Q French cruiser
w1e overhauling . crew collier bound inward.
Gieat activity was apparent on the decks OF
the ron-clads, but it could not b discovered
W1ether the moving figures were soldiers or
|-Safors. At q meeting Of the Tyne Ship lnsu-
ratce Societies yesterday, . formal resolution
wSs adopted not 20 insure vessels bound 20 ports
uufleY htOck a0e. aUOPoarh which hag hem