The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12

forces OF Metz. Metz has been hnr.
riedly placed IN a state of defense,
every male person having been
pressed INTO the service. In the
event that Mcmahon is cut off from
Metz, there is no doubt that Gener,
al BufinIere will be compelled to
evacuato Metz and fall back toward
Paris. Napoleon yesterday estab-
Ilshed his headquarters at Chalons.
The whole Prussian reserve is rap
idly coming up with the advance.
A later dispatch says the Prussians
are moving in the direction Of Metz
by forced marches. A great battle
in front of Mo.z is considered pro-
bable to-day. LIE Temps announces
that Marshal Bazaine has been ap-
pointed Commander-in-Chief and
General Trocha Major General Of
the French army. General LIE
Boeuf retires. The news from tie
front has created the greatest ex-
cItement IN Paris, and the universal
cry is To arms, to arms!' The
population Is reported to be furious
over the recent defeats. Dispatches
received in that city state that the
French army is concentrating at
Metz, where a battle Is expected to
he fought before many hours. No
fighting was reported yesterday,
The department of the Voeges and
Moselle have been inundated. A
levy en- masse is expected. In the
battle of Saturday Marshal Nc
Mahon's Chief OF staff, General Col
son, was shot at his side. General
Raoult Is among tho missing. The
defenses of Paris are reported to be
nearly ready 10 resist the heaviest
assault. General Steinmetz, in a
dispatch to Berlin giving the
particulars of the contest between
Won Goeben and the French forces
under General Frossard, says: 1.-THE
fight was opened on u side by the
Fourteenth DIVISION, which was
subsequently reinforced by artillery
and cavalry. A fierce and bloody
struggle ragged along the line be-
tMeen Saarbrucke1 and Forbach,
lasting until night. The helghrs
of S~peicheren we're carried at the
point of the bayonet, and the enemy
thrown back on Forbach. Mean
while our Fifteenth Division had
advanced from Vreklingen, taken
Rossel and reached Forbach, when
the broken divisions of the French
army wore being driven from that
point. Here the baggage and camp
equipage of two divisions and many
prisoners were taken" A London
dispatch says the PrussIans claim
that they would have by last uight
SOO.O 900 men at the theater of war.
Dispatches of August 9Th.
There has been no fighting since
Sunday. A dispatch from Metz, dated
yesterday at $50 A. N, says: "The en-
envy is in q large measure c%Oncentra-
ting ir front Of Metz. Marshal Ba-
zaine has direction of the operations.
The Corps of General Frossard have re-
tired in good order on Metz. Ali was
quiet during the night. The Emperor
has just gone to the general headquar,
tiers of Marshal Bazaine." General
Changarnier arrived at Metz yesterday.
He is endeavoriag to obtain command.
Advices received in London from
France show that Bazaine, the Com
Chief, has 10000 men at
Metz, Mcmahon $4,000 at st. Averne,
and Canrobert 81 900 at Nancy. A
Paris dispatch says General Frossard's
corps has been united with that of Ba-
zaine, Aho has 10000 men. 1t is sta
ted that the French army at Metz will
march to the Eosges to defend the pas
sage. General Failley is in cOmmuni-
cation with McMahon. A Paris dis
patch reports that at the battle OF
FroschwIller 10000 Prussians attack
ed $4,000 men. A dispatch received
in Paris from Metz says General Fail.
ley's corps, which was not engaged in
the recent actions, is the rallying point
ofthe army, and that McMahon has ex'
ecuted the movements prescribed fol
him. A dispatch from Carlsruhe yes
terday states that Strasturg is sur.
rounded by 70,( 90 German troops, and
must surrender, as the garrison mum
bers only 7,000men, although this does
not include the National Guard of the
city, which would increase the garri.
son largely, if called out. An advance
of the Prussians from Saarlouis and
Treves has commenced. /. is suppos.
ed that Prince Frederick Charles is in
tack will be made on the French po-
sition at MetE. There is a rumor in
London that the Prussians are in Null
hansen, sixty miles southwest of Stras.
burg. The citizens in Paris are being
rapidly enrolled. Thirty.three thou
sand workmen, assisted by 10000 sail.
ors, are to work on the Notifications.
The Corps Legislaiif met yesterday.
There was a stockjobbing rumor in
New York yesterday that Napoleon
was dead. Dispatches from Metz yes
terday morning report the Emperor al
that place. The French were defeat
ed at Woerth on the morning of the
7th by the First Corps of the Prussian
army and the Bararian troops. The
heights of Geremend were carried, the
French being repulsed in disorder and
with heavy loss. The action was Sc
we're and sanguinary. A dispatch from
Hamburg states that after this battle
the French retired in the greatest dis
order. artillery en6eavorIng to make 8
stand at Niederbrun. The town was
taken by the Bavarians, and the French
retired en- route 10 Bitche. The cavalry
of Wurtenburg captured the enemy's
stores four pieces of artillery at Reich
stofer. On Monday morning the Ger,
mans occupied Hagenau evacuated by
the French. The German troops occu