, 1870-08-23

ne uuas ktaHA MN luAue " t6lCQ61tf&u
lu'l Sechwtllcs, from which the French retrea,ed
y NetuerbrOLn, &c, On Bitchc. The victory OF |
ioebeu, At Saathruck, opens the road to Metz, |
,ut BItehe, With strong citadel. still nterycacs
'etween his left and the army which ought to
complete his communication, viz, that OF Prince
Frederick tharies.''
The same correspondent says: "The PEnssitns,
Ike generous enemies, alm!t the gallansry which
:ould not restst them, and old soldiers say that
nothing In the hottest Of the fighting at konig-
sratz could ut all compare With the fighting At
Worth"
The defeated commander ut Worth, or Relch- |
shoiIen. as the French prefer TO name The battle,
has addressed the following report to the En-. /
leror. II was dated Saserrc, Sunday:
~ have tie honor TO report 10 your Majesty |
that on tho 9th Of August, after having been |
obliged to eYacuate the town Of WelssenburX,
the nEst corps, with the object Of covering the |
railway from Strasburg 10 Bttche, and the cnlef |
channels 0< communication between the eastern |
and western atles Of the vosges, occupied the fol
lowing positions: The FIRST division was placed |
With the right In front OF FrelschweleF,the est in
the direction Of hclchsho1eu, resting on the mound
which Govern that village I detached two CON-
pau1e6 10 Seunwl1lcE. and one IL Jagessthal The
third division occupied with It's ThIrtl Brigade q
centre for detached from Frctschwi1ler and ter
1ninattng In point towards QuesslorH. The Sec
ond Brigade reEtcd ts lett on FreiscAwtller, anlt
It's right On the village OF Elsashansen. The
Fourth Division formed q broken lint un the right
ofthe Thsrd Division. Its Thl1d Hrgade facing Gun
stadt, aud Its stconI with the village Of
Marstronn, which It WAS unable to occupy trunl
want Of sufficient force The Dumestil
Disislon Ut the Seventh Corps, which julaed
nit early on the mOrnlng Of the 9th
VAS placed IN the rear Of the Fourth Division In
reserve was the Second Division, placed behind
tic Second brigade OF the Thiri Division mud the
Fist Ertgadr Of the Fourth. Finally, further In
trat was the brigade OF light cavalry, under the
tEte7s Ut General De Septcn!t, au the division Ut
Cuisussless o. General tlc Hoaneniain-- The bs1-
Eutc Of Michel cavalEy, uutlcr the nttlers of Gen.
elal Ductlcsu, was placed trtlllIl the right wing
Gf the Fourth fl!sts,oa- Al ! o'clock IN the m0Tn-
ing the tnen,y 1ua1e his appearance In advance
Of the heights Ut Quera.l3If, aud commenced the
action by cannHnlIc, Goon fol-
lowed ~ lively fire Of ttraslieurs
again6t The First anil Third Divisions.
This a,tack was serious enough to u1isc the First
it's right wing, So IS to prevent the army froI
turning the gcncra' position.
IA little Iate1 and the enesny augumente.l COLI
E1cfabl the uu1n!,cr Ut his batteries auI opened
tre OF tho centre Of the position which We Uccu-
pictl Oh the right OF the taustach, much nlorr
serious and mufe threatening than The 1rst which
continued. This secnnu demonstration was, after
nll. only false attack, which was vigorously re-
pulsed. Toward noon the enclny commercial
lis attack OIL our right Clouds Of r1tcmen,
supported by considerable masses of infautry,
and protected by more than sixty pieces OF caa-
non, placed on the heights of Gunsta,tt, threw
lh.Mselyc Oh tue Fourtl Division and On tue Sec
a,i,l Brigade occupying the village ol Elsasausen.
III spite OF vigorous c.aISes, many times repeal
ed: In spite OF the 1xcIilEectcd IRE of the arrii-
1tly u,.,l several brilliant charges Of the culras-
siess, cur right was borne back After ulniy hours
OF an obstinate resistance. At o'clock ordered
tho retreat. 1t was covered by the FRS.
and Thir1s Divisions, who put bold
tAce on AFFAIR.", AMI permitted the other troops To
rettre without hcing too much rrcsseL Tue
retreat WIS effected to Sayernc by Se!tlerbronD,
1hen the Guyut lie luspaEs Division vi the Ft!th
Corps, which had Just arrived, tonk up position,
and dill not rrtire till after ntehttalL
II enclose to your Majesty the names Of officers
Killed. wounded, md missing. THE list Is incom-
rlcte, anA will scud 1t again when can yet Il IN
II complete htale. Accept, DC.
{StgntaD ''Marechael 3lAcMAnoS.r
Ftunt the Cincinnati Commercial, Aug. %
III. following despatch was received last even
ipE from II. 1Ialstcad, the scG1oF editor Of this
lArtr:
srEt1AL 7E1.EGaAa TO TIE COMMERCIAL
"LCAEABuCRG. Aug. s1.-t WAS present at the
hattie Of tiraye!utte CT Thursday. The knlg ui
Prussia, Count Blsnark, and General Sheridan
were on the field. II was the tat1,t aud great bat
tie fur tec Itat from Metz to paras. TIE Frcnrh
we're outuumbere,l autl bs:aien back to the walls
| Of Metz. The slaughter OF trota siles was horn
| b3e wnlkctt seven u,1lea over the deis strewr
| thick with .cal nlen nni horses. The tines ol
! .,attlc were marked With dead In heapA
| an. H."
ts5ecial Despatch 10 tue Srw York 7lnes,l
PARIS, !Aug- 24.-Tne pretended victory Of the
I1ussians at Neznuyllle. on the 18th, anIs little
cadence here, notwithstanding the despatch ol
King William. 1t Is believed that a Is going well
| With sl,r Firnch army. have from nnquestlon
] ably gotl authority the following Information
| The s.t!cs Of battles which concluded on Thurs
| s1ay, only resulted IN giving the rrussians com
| maui If The ruAsls tn verdun which ,llycrgt
at GsAyelntte. The communication hy the nortt
/ with TAonyilic sti1I remained Ofeu. Tn Frtla,
| afternoon and early On Saturday morning, tht
man body cf Dazainets command succeeded IT
| enecting Withdrawal! from METZ, hy the gate O
| ThsoI,llIt, .etwcen Furt st. Quentin and tht
Mur.iustes dc Metz The htEhwa, follows iilc lrf
hank of tie Musvle, an,i runs 'iue nOr;h I'LL with
In i've u.!les Of Thienyillc, where 1t strikes Of
1 in q nurshtrIy aud westerly direction to
ward longuyon aud Montuesy. on tho Begtal
frontier. THE great railroad following this lns
| ,puur,ttpr Th!ony{lle with the forst.sses Of s.
| dan and Ncsr1cs, from which Inter potn, |, pru
seeds due south TO Rheims. was still Intact. h
the latest ACCOUNTS, Bazalnc was reported a
epincnuEt, ncar Montmct,y, town on the Rive
CAirrs, ttibutaiyof the Meusc, twenty-nyc mile
northeast Of Chalous Tnc three place
form triangle. OF which Chalou
~ thu arc1. At ST. Menchoul
/ = great battle will probably lie fought, as It
thought MacMahon IL now on his way to joi
nsza,nc at this objective potns. The French RI
st,ion covers MI the railroa,l lines and secures
1rt,rat 10 rarts In case Of .lcfrat.
| 1mnortapt movements In anothrr direction at
| ~ ,e,,p-esa FIR strench tr,n,na ot which Far