The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-18
PROFIT AND LOSS.
German Captures and French HIjsfoItuaes-k
Terrible Resume.

The Stats Anzeiger publishes the following
account OF the captures of men and mdterieL
the war;
The reconnaissance aud out post fights which
formed the prelude of the war were of course
accompanied by only slight losses as at Gers
weller, Ludweiler, Sturzelbrunn, and the en-
counters in tbs neighborhood of Saarbruck and
Niederbronn. The ID of August, when the
town of Saarbruck was temporarily abandoned
on the Prussian side, cost the French officers
and 81 men. The engagement at Wissenbourg
threw 80 officers and 1000 men into the hands
OF the victor, and also mitrailleuses, Is four
FOUNDERS, eight-pounders, 81 munition wagons
T3 baggage wagons, and IA infantry cartridge
carts. In the battle of Woerth the French lost
5000 prisoners, with 100 officers, 2 eagles,
mitrailleuses, 35 cannons, AZ wagons, 200 horses,
the baggage and tents of two divisions, and two
railway trains of provisions. On the same day
they lost at Spicheren and on the following
days at Reichshofen and Saargemund 256 pri-
soners, guns, 40 poItoons, an encampment,
various magazines, 10000 woollen counter
panes, 10000 cwt. of rice coffee, sugar, rum,
wine, and biscuits; also boots, military caps,
CATERS, and tobacco rations of these last alone
100000. The strongholds which surrendered
to German troops in the first half of the month
of August brought us at Hageuau officers and
lob men, with so horses and great stores of
arms, ETC.; at Lichtenberg 3 officers, $50 men,
guns, 20O6 muskets, $4,000 cartridges, guupow-
der, ETC.; at Lutzelstein muskets and munitions,
with 90 guns at Marsal. The three battles be-
fore Metz, compared with the great sacrifices
which they cost on our side, had not such con-
siderable material success as the previous and
subsequent combats, for the enemy was always
able TO save his mdteriel under the shelter of the
strong fortress. NioDville, however, cost the
French SO officers and 200 men, Gravelotte 81
officers and 5000 men prisoners, and for their
total loss on all three days $500 men is by no
means too high a figure. On advancing further
the fortress of Nitry, with IL officers, $50 men,
and 16 cannon, fell into our hands. The fighting
at Nouart, Beaumont, and Sedan, before the
capitulation of the last named place, gave us
about 80 900 prisoners, as we'll as q large num-
ber of eagles and guns that at Beaumont caused
the enemy loss of 1000 prisoners, two eagles,
ii mitralleuses % cannon, and his encampmeut
that at Sedan before the capitulation a loss of
25 guns two eagles and 25, 600 men, The capitu-
lation of Sedan brought us the marshal, 80 gem
erals, 230 staff and 2095 other officers and 81 $50
men, besides IA, 600 wounded all the eagles OF
these regiments, 20 mitrailleuses, $50 field aud
$50 fortress guns, and 10000 horses. The re-
mainder of the army, about II, 500 men, with
1900 horses, cannons and gun carriages were
disarmed on Belgian territory.
The losses of the French 10 the beleaguered or
invested fortresses cannot yet be aseertained.
1t is only known that the garrison of Strasburg,
in a sortie ON the Sd of August, lost three can
non, and in another on the I'd of September one
officer and four men as prisoners. The trophies
and supplies which fell into our possession by
the capitulation of Laon have not yet been pub
lished, but include twenty-three cannon and
many muskets. Adding up these various sue
cesses, the losses of the enemy and the prizes
of the German armies in the present campaign,
not yet OF two months duration, exclusive OF
killed and wounded, are:-One marshal, 80 gene
rails, $3.50 officers, 104,7 $50 men, and IA ,O0C
wounded in Sedan; 10, $50 horses at least SO
eagles, 102 mitrailleuses $50 field and fortress
guns, over 400 standards, several pontoons
magazines, railway trains dress and equipment
articles, forage and provisions. To this enormous
total the prizes taken at Toul and Strasburg have
now to be added.