The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-13
STRASBURG.
An Account of the Early Operations of the
German Forces.

German Forces.
The Staatsanzeger thus describes the operations Of
18th of August Strasburg has been invested by a
small body OF Prussan, Bavarian and Baden troops.
is, therefore, under the command Of the Drown
Prince; but 1t forms an Independently acting
OF Se BaSn pers Won Beye who haT
ing returned to Carsruhe ON account of
n1 as IS we4eT TSe 4aed ed
Duke himself takes an active part in the manage
ment of his troops, and has stationed himself at
Lampertsheim, where the headquarters are placed.
The garrison OF the fortress appears TO be from 600
to 700 men strong, to whom few bsttalions Of the
equipment is very good, but the besegers are pro-
vided with everything necessary for regular SIEGE
place are chiefly quartered in wide semicircle In
the surrounding villages. Those villages in the
neghborhood which are free from billetng have daily
to furnish fixed quantities OF provisions. The rail-
ways radlatng from the fortress to Brumath,
Nancy, Mntzig and Colmar are in our possession;
the line to Kehl is temporarily broken up, and the
roads TO Salz, Haguenau, Zabern, Barr-C Colmar and
Basle are held by US. All external intercourse is
thus cut with the stronghold OF Schlestadt seven
miles QGerman) distant. The first encounter be-
tween the garrison and the besegers occurred on
the 18th, when the Baden troops at three separate
points successvely attacked the defenses, with
the razing OF the glacs, the barricadlng of the
approaches with palisades, trenches, cheVauX-de-
rise and other f ,s garrison Is ae
Baden artillery succeeded in setting fire to
railway goods train, while neld battery placed
railway buildings, which the fire had lighted up.
The loss of the Baden troops on the 18th three
Killed and seventeen wounded. On the 10th the
commandant OF the fortress, Colonel du Chassat,
made sortie in the direction OF Ostwald, but was
repulsed with a loss OF men and three guns. On the
10Th the investment was drawn closer; on the
morning OF the 18th firing was begun on the right
Dank OF the Rhine, near Kehi, lasting nearly the
whole day, with but short intermissions and
it was vigorously returned. The encounters
which have as yet occurred show
that the besiegers aim especially at the northern
and southern sides OF this triangular fortress
Colonel du Chassat appears TO intend, according to
the latest reports to withdraw into the citadel At
least the blowing up OF the cannon foundry aud the
He would in that abandon the town. SO as to be
better able 60 stand siege in the citadel, which
is prOYisioned for three months The Impartial
Asdcie states that the beslegerS having had several
OF their batteries senced bv the fire OF the gar
nsOD, now content themselves with throwing
twenty or thirty shells into the place at night
Six persons have been killed by these pr0jeetiles,
the cellars Fifteen houses have been destroyed by
the bombardment. The cathedral has been injured.
The town IL said 10 swarm with Prnsgian spies, aud
an order has been issued that any person found on
the roofs OF the houses shall be Immediately shot,
Ii seems that the Prussians were informed by
inRs from the town OF the recent sorte, aud were
therefore the alert before the assaiants had
passed the gates OF the fortress. The commandant
had thre atened reprisals against Kehl In the
OF bOmbardment, and the Baden troops disregard
ing this, that town has been almost destroyed"
DRUssIAN BLUE-THE NEW NOTE PAPER
CARD ENGRAvER AND sT2TioNER,
6sl tuths No. 1893 CHESNUT Street