The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-18

ing wax Is q ledIIuI 6COMBo. We eIe
doomed TO forced inaCtion. We have but
five or six hundred Zouaves, without
knapsacks, tents. clothes Or food, but we
have arms and do not complain. ~ We are
without officers and commissioned
and cannot be sent into action. It i
probable we WILDE sent to Strasburg To
reform. Our regimcntal chests from all
accounts have been taken" -" 9 ''4 20.
THE Fr0HTiND AT MRTz-KING WILLIAMS
fi DISPATCH TO TIE QUEEN. a.
gmru. NJ BERLIN, August 10.
THE following official news was made
public tO-day:rra Or iy..
~ .i..l BERLIN, August 1O-9:30 P.M.,l
The little fortress Of Henry capitulated
Yesterday after short bonlbardment to
The Second Bavarian army corps. A great
quantity Of prisoners and six guns were
captured. The following is dispatch
from King William to tho Queen; sr
HENRY, August 15-7;8Oi P.M.
Ihaye Just returned from the battlefield
near Metz. The advance Of the seventh
corps attacked tho enemy, who were In
stantly reinforced from the fortress. The
thirteenth division and part Of the fourth
sustained the advance. The conflict was
desperate, involving the entire line The
enemy was repulscd at all points, and pllr-
sued 10 the gldcis of the detached works
near tue fortress, which enabled the enc
my to give shelter to their wounded. Our
wounded were instantly cared for. BY
day break the troops returned to their
first bivouics. All fought with incredible
energy. have gone among them and
congratulated them with all my soul. !
have spoken 10 Gems. Steinmetz, Gastrow
NInnteuiEcl and Gocben."
The following official dispatch, dated
tho 18th, about four o'clock In the after
noon, is Just made public:
= "Our advance, finding themselves be-
fore Metz, and believing the enemy, who
wore encalnped under the walls, about 70
retreat, Gen. Galtzo's brigade was ordered
to attack tho rear guards Of Marshal Ba-
zaine's corps aud q violent combat ensued.
The Second Brigade then advanced under
Ostensacken, and Immediately the divis-
ions Of Generals KOmicke and Wrangel
participated, driving the enemy at oil
points. Meanwhile the French General
endeaYored to flank the
First corps, but was attacked by the re-
serves, which advanced with drums beat
ing under General Manteuffel. The enc
my was splendidly rcpulsed and driven
into the fortress. Many iwere captured.
Our troops. advanced to the Belle Croix
and Borney, within range. Of the forts
This morning the King made reconnols'
sance on the field of battle, visiting the
advance posts to insure the transportation
of the wounded, French and Prlsstans
alike, to point above Konke, on the
right Of tho Moselle. From this point
tho enemy was invisible in the clouds Of
dust. We infer, therefore, that the main
body had departed" w u,5 .
STRENGTH, COMMANDERS AND POSITION
OF THE PRUssIAN ARMY.
LONDON, August 10.
The following Is published here today
Six hundred thousand Germans are now
in France, carrying needle-guns. AfteI
them come the Reserves, the entire male
population of able. bodied Germans. This
mass is distributed in three portions-thC
army Of the Saar, the army Of the Rhine
and the army of the South. Frederick
Charles commands tho army ofthe Rhine
as leader of the centre; on his right, ad'
vanclng southeast Of Luxembourg, is the
first army, or that Of the Saar, under Gen
Steinmetz; on the Pritce's'left is the
third or Southern army, led by Prince
Frederick William, heir to the throne
Under the latter arc ESQ, 900 men; under
Frederick Charles, 10000, and under
Gen. Steinmet2 70, 1000 total, $40, 900 men.
Steinmetz hos nearly two hundred guns
the Crown Prince six hundred, and Fred.
crick Charles six hundred and sixty; TO.
tai, fifteen hundred guns In other words,
Stcinmctz has 80 battaliOns OF infantry,
4S sQuadrOns Of horse, md 32 battalions
OF artillery; Prince Charles 1877 battalions
Of infantry, So sQualrons Of horse and no
batteries and the Crown Prince has 1872
battalions OF infantry, 1914 squadrons Of
cavalry, and ia batteries.
THE RESULT OF MONDAYS BATTLE.
..aM LONDON, August 10,
Al The correspondent Of the Daily Macs
writing from Luxemburg, says the result
oil Mondays battle was to force the Ger
mans back 10 tho Moselle. j.
: CONFIRMATION OF PRussrAN VICTORY.
ISpecia! to the Herald. d. l'HH3W
n Irs LONDON, August 10.
According TO the most reliable adviCes,
tho evacuation Of Metz was stayed by the
advance guard of the Crown Prince. Re
ports from Verdun state that great bat
tie il going on, hut the silence OF the
French authorities confirms the rumOr re-
ceived here OF Prussian victory. Great
CONSERVATION was produced in Paris by
the declaration Of state Of siege In Al
geria. i': 81 .'i.r i S'iH79h
4 THE CONQUEST OF THE PRUssIANs.
The Consftutionnsl says u plan Of con.
quest by the Prussians cannot any longer
be matter Of doubt. The German En-
pire takes advantage Of the HOhcnzollern
dynasty TO inaugurate its policy Of spolia.
ton Of French territory. In the depart:
ment which the chances Of war have given
to the enemy, the King Of Prussia com
mands at present as territorial sovereign.
Tho Prussian Government, which pre-
tends 10 be 50 well informed about men
and things in Paris, does not seem to be
very strong in the towns Of Alsace, which
will know how to find means to rejoin the
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