The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-19
TIE lIornlag'S News iron TTaaee.

TIE M0HnlnGyS N0WStF9m RIAAess
5Ths nbW5 yesterday B10nlng anertsi
thst The main Yfgnch army q DE RhIn
had effected retirement from Metz an
We, II / pdtnf Witiih u miles u Vednu
On ule Ns1,e Accepting thp y 3 art, VI
OUdId 1 OeoanE Sof eeEtalA e1gagemebt
IN The immediate neighbOrhood q Aetl
apparently of later date Than thb retreat
except .upon. The tfeoEy. that : portion g
the hald amy Raa been edfoif nd 6bilget
70 remain Under the guns q The fortress
held By q PFcneh gaErison. Tho dIasFen
and mon detailed news q iris ROIninl
St odce cOrGcsS hnd explalhi thStOE ~
terday, BAzAu1B did nj GGsct 4 retrpS
ffom Metz; bat ~ I!iIl apd him aghtipl
70 cut hs way out, ,throagh the assaults 9
The Pun ianl ia Aahk and rear.
The retreat oGthe main army ftom Net
toyTEdS PSrs (dr 4 thsPstiS journals dl
plQmStIcally ,Osy, The cOnCeatratIOn o.
ChAtohs; began Sunday, BY tho pan8Ag'
70 tho lels ba6kOltbe MOselle, 1twhs 70
late ! ~ Altholgh thO RfanCh oumman
larIRese unGEdf6 Of the fact . lhrg,
Rrulllaa force had already reached III
wei bank of tho Molelle IN tho peIghbor
hood and stacked The I6Ece DIST had eros
Cd. The next day, aud the next, sinilAl
attompp were made 70 'tOrce a paa8ag'
westward, The movement seems TO hsVC
been TIED art IN zone direction and nszt
another, and fighting has been done %
tWoor three 5Ides Of the cty-BAzAINII
dghtAs tS1btce a VSy Oitand the Pf.lS'
slam o keep him Of Msts. Two Of thca,
engagements arc referred to in our tsls
grams this morning That Of Tuesday
near Pontds. MOussonS, south Of the city
lasted all day and was very severe Iii
NOT clear which Blle suffered mOSt o thC
dlspatGliCs from Brencb And PFn1aia1
sources contradict each other. Thu
PrusSlan accounts admit heavy losses and
claim that the French wero driven back
upon Metz with q loOs Of 1000 prisoners
two standards and seven Tor Seventeenl
guns. A Paris dispatch says the Prus-
slams suffered heavy losses and that the
French retired toward VeEdun. This lat
ter statement Is confirmed by tho London
Times which says tho copCluSlOn of'Pues
days fighting LEFT The French 10 miles west
Of Metz, though the Tima' probably goI
is information from Paris
Another engagement Is reported as hay
ing occurred the following day at poin
fourteen miles northwest Of Metz. Thh
confirms the claim that tho French reach
ed that neighborhood the previous night,
and contradlcls tho PrusSIAn claim thai
they wcFO driven under tho gnnS Of Metz
The result Of this baltic iS not reported
definitely, though q telegram from neigh
boring town says a large body Of Prus
SLAMS werp driven back upon tho MosellC.
The dispatch Of BAEARSE, and the claim
Of The authorities (baSed on 1t no dOubtl
That BAzAINE had made good his retreat
on Chalons, indicate, In The absence Oj
contrary statements, that tho French army
did in Encouragement Of Wednesday fight
It's way out to an open road, and Is now
rapidly concentrating" on ChAlOnA
Accepting the news from French sources
We have tho main army under BAEANE it
full lldo Of successful retreat on ChalOnS
pursued Of course by the PruSsianS, whllC
Metz Is let like, straSburg, in state oI
virtual Investment NAroLEoS altel
Tuesdays serious fighting passed through
VCrdun, passed by ChAlons, and at las
accounts was at rheims. Why he Is Sc
far from the theatre OF operations at suCl
a critical juncturo Is curious and full o
suggestion.
We ars told the French win concen
trute at OhGlonS 100000 men. with l,OOt
guns, and that thePrussians will attack viii
100000 men and !, 400 guns. Statements
like these nom unofficial sources arc oI
little value. Tho 7ri1vnSs correspond
cnce a day or two ago indicated thai
Chalous was indetcnsibls and the army
gathered there In a fearful state d dcmOr
alizatlon, while 1t Is intimatcd from Para
that tho activity on the Notifications therC
is more to keCpthe dangerous classes en-
ploycd than from any expectation pf using
them. Itisbelioved that the people OF PaFb
will not permit an attack or siege Of tbA
city, The expectation there seems tobl
thatShe Il to bo defended Al ChalOns, ant
that there Is where the decisive engage
ment willbe fought. IrSo why Is Napo
leon at ThclmsE
But The tremendous events Of this 81
prcme crisis In the aftaln Of tho Empir,
crowd ono another In such rapid sue
cessiOn that speculatlOnS may DO upset b!
new events before those SpCculatlonS REt
in prlnE Soft d best 10 content ouFSelyc
with accomplished facts, 50 far as they cal
bc asCertained aud await the swim deVel
nnnRnt IF OthCrS