The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-03

their arms, under five hundred Yards
are steady and certain marksmen. Tht
artillery firing of the French to-day wa:
very good.
The same correspondent, writing or
Friday, says: Large French forces are
said to be getting Immediately behind
the hills, but deserters say they have
nothing to eat, and appearances confirm
their report. They are half starved
and woe begone. Some infantry entered
Prussian territory at three this morn
ing to dig up potatoes. They were
driven off without any potatoes and
with loss of two men. Potato dig
ging is attempted at intervals all along
the frontier.
The common belief now as to the
plan Of campaign is that the three
armies will move at points from Saar,
brucken southwest, the southermost to
advance on Strasbourg, the next on
Nancy, and the third to march on Metz,
cooperating with the second.
The French can hardly have been
acquainted with the weakness OF the
force at Saarbrucken during the last
few DAYS. We are not SO much at their
mercy now. Our patrols are active,
and penetrate to the extreme right and
lei Of the valley The badness of the
enemy sharpshooting encouraged them
to 90 within an unnecessarily short dis
tance of the French outpostS. The
latter began shooting, and our party
rode off as hard as they could, the
Frenchmen firing at them from behind
! This was the worst exhibition vet of
| French unsteadincss and want OF self
restraint. If the chasseurs could have
remained quiet minute or two longer
they might have destroyed or made
prisoners the whole party; and even
when they had nothing to do but take
good aim at the flying horsemen from
fifty yards and upwards, they did not
succeed in hitting their bodies. Three
shots were received in different parts Of
their equipments. Bodies OF infantry
are continually going out to recon
nOitre
The same correspondent writes on
Saturday: Our patrols in the night
suffered more severely than usual. One
was surprised by French concealed in
wood, who suddenly fired upon them
and wounded a Uhlaner and fusileer Of
the second battilion of the FortIeth
Regiment Two other men were
wounded in different patrols.
The French are making bridge over
the Saar between Grasbitcrsdorf and
IIucweiter near Saaregeumines. The
work done Yesterday on the top of the
hill turns out to be a protected battery.
Two cannon have appeared there.
Fighting is expected in the course OF
day or two.
LONDON, August 1.-The war news
this morning is meagre end unimport-
ant. The London journals appear to-
day without a word from the rival
armies on the Rhine.
Active recruiting for the marine ser
vice has been ordered at the English
dock yards.
The impression prevails here that
the arrival of the French fleet IN the
Baltic Sea alone prevented the Prussian
advance through France to Paris.
BRUSSELS August 2-Noon.-A cor
respondent of the Independent Beige,
writing from Metz, asserts that the first
great battle will be fought on Saturday
O. Sunday next, or Monday at the far
thest. He underscores the sentence fol-
lowing. viz: This is sure.
LONDON, August 2.-Advices from
Prussian sources mention the preva-
lence throughout Germany Of an un-
wavering assurance Of the ultimate VIC
tory of Prussia.
VIENNA, August 2.-Austria Is mo-
bilizing 10000 men to watch the Bohe-
| mian frontier
LONDON, August 2-Advices have
been received here by telegraph from
the Prussian headquarters, on the
Rhine. mp to } o'clock Yesterday after
noon. There had been no general en-
gagement up to that time. Scouting
parties and skirmishers from both
armies were continually making raids
into the enemys territory but it was
| believed this was more TO accustom the
troops to the sight and fire Of the enemy
than for any other purpose.
ROME, August 2-The French Chas-
seurs left Civite Neechie Yesterday.
Italy is concentrating troops on the
Roman frontier.
BERLIN, August 1.-The Dutch bank
of this city offers to receive and disburse
anv donations made in America for the
benefit Of wounded soldiers.
LONDON, August 2.-The presence OF
armies on the frontiers Of France and
the Rhenish Provinces OF Prussia has
given rise to various apprehensions OF a
famine there. The Opinion Rationale,
of Paris, saws in this connection, that
''in order to avoid impoverishing the
theatre of war, the Emperor draws his
supplies from a distance 10y the rail
| road.
COPENHAGEN, August 2.-There Is
entire harmony between Denmark and
Sweden in the matter of the France
and Prussian war.
LONDON, August 2.-The Times OF
this morning has long editoria! on
the prospect. The writer thinks the
delay in the military movements on
both sides is to be ascribcd to the de-
moralization OF the troops from having
been moved by rail The French were
also DELAYED on account of the hcsita-
ton of the South German States
and are now necessarily confined
to the narrow ground OF the Saar
valley. In fact the entire pre-
concerted plan OF the Emperor has
been altered 10y unforeseen circumstances
OF this sort and he has vet probably to
form new one.
The Times argues that the French
Chassepot, on account of the likelihood
l.of its fouling speedily, will be found to
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