New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-08-31
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
Continued from First Page.


Bccnor and Borny up the forest Of that
cealed by the woods Skrmishng had been going on all
the morning. but was tina that F no ssos &C.
ceiyed orders TO retreat from their position TO go IN
division were crossing the Mosee on pom
toon bridge thrown across few hours PREVIOUSLY ana
crossing the other bridges in the direction Tongue
VILE The equpages OF the Emperor had alreaay eit
Emperor himself were leaving Metz on hSrse6aek in the
Ss fourth Ct oo S'@sh mi ' ned ia m
rae, Bourbak were preparing also TO leave their en-
campments when suddenly the Prussians were seen 70
prepare for battle some of their regiments taking POSI-
lions as tirailleurs some Others preparing onensNe
o y n% Ms les Mo
was unmstakahe; was in 1t, in the very heart OF u:
for me impossible and leaves the advantage to
give you my ocular impressions; but am so Iauguea
S1 Tnd eTof se n s Of S Bala
composed Of the Third and Fourth Corps ana IA Sade
cey les Metz the Imperial Guard forming the reserve
the Fort de Quentin AT IT the attack co,o dt
ton, the soldiers the Prussian andwehr beading the
PruSsan corps darmee The mraesos Ifs srnns ir
men falling in every direction, columns whrng around
U.S. bullets wlstlng their deadly w9rh od i hno
caust, the cries OF the wounded te 81 o. oaor o
falling solder 6o Tae n % 1 nC il not the night
mare friend Of my infancy rs Close iy NE a" Vt v %
mander Of the votigeurs de Garde he reminds me Of
the danger am mourning without fc,so uu, i oars
sound like murmur Of the wind he hInseu ulsnPPeIs
in the smoke and continued to look and bo nearly eEr
tain that should not come Dack ~ zen !Ou y H.
A battery OF artillery with mitraileuse was nlahlng
fearful havoc in the Prussian ranks hearu IahtG
braves announcing its new exploits me nre Wa 50 VII
Snstvev moving the Prussan ranks, who were fighting
In desperate way their artillery replying 10 IN, me otner
O'clock D. M the Prussians were making movement Of
retreat mitraieuse had been twice taken rom the
French and although is only one of the hundreds OF
incidents of the battle mention it az lcdto an import
apt result For the last hour one OF the Creates efforts
of the French had had for object 70 usouSe ,D rre
slams from the woods of BOrny, their troops Deg pro-
ne tttE Infgntry second Division, In retakng the
mtraileuse was the of an immense BODY OF rus
slams emerging suddenly rom 9 ~UOus' niI 10 I Tph
tang themselves a. an lnfullaleI ~ IN om Wy ,
divisions Il only pretext Tor u was expected 1nt
bach and Froschwler, which consists Of keeping ont OF
sight their masses, their best VISIONS ana when the re-
TO change defeat victory by that powerful move
ment of immense bodies OF troops pluhging suddenly
had prcparcd match for them. The Impe
rial Guard, commanded by Bourbak, had been
kept in reserve; their artillery from strong position,
began the defensive the grenadefs adyahSeG ana IRON
that moment till quarter 10 you mght haHe t1usmt
wins Fort de Quentin sweeping with its powerful bat
teries the flank Of the advancing columns regiments OF
cavalry charging on the wines, AT quarter 10 pre-
cseIy the Prissans were rereatng leaving from 25CcO
TO hors de combat The French have lost close
Ole hundred aud forty thousand Prussians took part
in the fight against 7OoO ronchmen positively OWING
the Fort Quentin saughtering the enemy, ht guar
except its artillery and brigade OF grenaders u hot
fight They were kept In reserve 10 '1e aS, ng
the Tonte to VeIdn, and at O'Clock followed the I'M
peral Guard retrcatnS III the same dIeeuo inc uaJ
work over.
FRENCH ACCOUNT OF TIE BATTLE-NARROW
ESCAPE OF TIE EMPEROR FROM CAPTURE.
The correspondent of the Paris Figaro writes
On taking command Marshal Bazaine, seeing the eoun-
try nvad on three sides by the armies of Prince Fred
eriek Charles, Prince Frederick william, and Marshal
Stenmetz, contemplated uniting the scattered french
troops Metz in order to be able to confront the enemy
One pomt in this movement wasat Borny small village
at the junction of the Boulay, St. Avoid and FoGhach
roads. There the enemy advanced oS 9Trng
While therefore, Sunday, Aug H. the enemy haa de-
cided TO cross The MoseIle ana leave mea 9elI n
Gen. Ladmrault was preparing 10 turh SIez Oh .o
north, and thus separate himself H. rom 1T Who Vas We'll
posted at Nossevile Montoy and Coiney had the bold
nf T :, who had already left by the ra
vine of Valliere, returned ana Svahceu toWalu sho
lcTe to rgy by way OF Borny, being length OF nearly
six miles. The Prussians never resist Snoh az alchi
The cannOnade continued from 10 ocl9eK III ceased
then for an hour to allow the infantry ana nraeuses
TO do Their WORK. ana sando3ed Their positions
II was one of the most glorious feas OF me war Inc
enemy left 5000 GSad on GEM 1he I Picard Commander
OF one of the divisions Of tie Imperial Guard toiu me-
as the battlefield of BOrny. Rows Of men were lying
in the order they and He s tbG work or the
cases under the ueao, LUIS "aa va IN 49, tbat
French mitraileuses. Ii must be said, however, lha
the Prussan steel did us considerable ga iaoe
II was the Battle OF BOrIy that the Emperor spoke o.
In liz disnatr dated LOngcviIle the evening of The llth
This battle correspOnded with our passage OF the
Mosee which it enabled To do, since IL prey ehleu
three Prussan corps advancing together but II %
Cured ~ miles from where the dispatch would make
it bc supposed it took place. . c, 90
the battle and repaired TO Longeville small village on
the road toward Verdun and Nancy and stopped thcTe
with Col Henocuue. His staff enc9mpcd in the neigh
bering fields Being, usual, wen Informed Oh MS
~ he prus
peror During the night they were hid in the small
cluster of trees around the Fescay chateau and ON the
Orly and Mason Rouge farms before LongeVille On he
I5t tbe Prussans sent squadron of UhaDs across the
railroad bridge while they directed th SI IRE
of their guns on the village OF mouths
situated 70 the left Longeve and also on the road on
The right in order to cut of relief But our engineer
blew up the bridge, under fire. and the Uhians nndhs
their line of retreat off, ndered without striking
a blow. During this movement. Fort SAINT Qucnlln'
wh command that side sent some balls 10 tine frus
sian batteries which suppressed their fire. III was the
first act of the Garde Mobile, and IL was an auspcouS