The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-15

| srHliluu abolished IN ell French territory.
occupied by German troops
He also announces that though the
| French government should persist in the
| Trciblr expulsion Of German. from Franco
no measure. of retaliation Will be adopted
! 10y him as il would be- unfair to punish
men belonging ia q country cursed with II
Boualartc,
british Reports.
LoSDuS, August l3.-Thr Investment
Of ~trua.burg vas not known in Paris
until Friday
\ Fronchmin, and an officer who left
! London few day, ago full Of patriotism
and hope tor his country. writes ~ fol-
! lows:
! have just met some persons from
Nancy who have reiterated before the Prus-
,iau-i who day before Yesterday were ~
Vi. few milo. from Nancy They will
move th'ner hy Frouart, and probably
join the other army behind Chalon. per.
hap. At Paris.
Why the French army remain, cuucc'-
trntei before Metz nobody understands
II j. believed that the Pru,s.un- are al
ready az, Nancy, and II appears that the
Pru.s.ans ale already 10 Nancy, AMI il up-
pear. that the empire d rolled up like %
scroll.
What Ar.ruo Hou,sIye said Ia iAc pa.
PCT. BE- true. For twenty years nobody
To- Frrc. hu. studied war. Everything
has been done superfri1,lv, willie the
Prus-i ian. are frat IN military science. aud
have now proved they are tr,t in war. j,
!. hard for me 20 Cou.,-, this, bat il j, true.
Notwithstanding ali thr.n great lcvics Of
soldier. the lessons az 1888 Will no. re-
appear;
The lussc. of tho French arc already in-
credible, OF regiments of 5000 men
-um,;imcs only "a huulFol remain. OitAc
Turc0. engaged at WG.srnbGrg bui
twenty-five are len.
Tho truth slowly leasiny out II shows
the position Of the French army 90 bee
wor., ana worse. Some dAys a.u q die.
patch, meant To- be- rcassuring was
piacurlci, stating that Gen. De Fouilly
had established commun icatioE with Me-
Mahon.
It now uplcars That 'ta.o oowuunica-
iion. were established IN the field Of the
last battle Of Woer,h. De Fouiily come up
with division Of infantry and "a brigade
Of cavalry and shared McAlahou defeat.
The official dispatch say, he covered his
retreat. Mcmahon got in Savcrue on
sunday, hg, had 10 clear out on that same
evening, ard SGveruc Is now occupied ~
the Pfu.sians.
NcMahons position &, in all probability
deplorab.e, driven rs lac j. into The barren
m6unta' ~ ut the No,gc., with the wreck
OF on army, without money, arms or pro-
visions.
isnot known in Pari. whore he 1, At
this moment. The Germans being in pos
80. & -. iYya ont ~ all gtfu.
muuicution. whether by rail or ly tc.c-
graph between Pari. and Strtasburg,
II /, known that large Pru,sisn army,
yhish must have taken Mulhauson, is on
1t, way 10 reinforce the crown prince q,
Sayoruo.
The Prassiau, hold all the avenues Of
communication between Metz and
Strnasburg
/. !. ,aid a tclcgFapLic bluudcr caused
Mcmahon, disaster. Gen. De Foui.ly
was directed 81 move on "Lcmbach, He
found "Rorbach' IN the Telegram n re-
cciycd
Advice. through Pru>sian channel, from
~. Avoid 10 tho 18th states that the Prus-
slams have taken ,cycuty-one thousand
prisoners,
The Saarhruck fight was more dcmorul-
ling 10 the French than has been sup
posed.
The Pru,sans found arms and equip
mcnt. on the road worth one million ilurina.
LoNpoN, August l3.-Sharp lighting
took place In front of Metz yesterday. y
considerable force of Prussians advanced
into the envirOns of the city asa rcconnoi-
tering party, to discover whether the re-
ports OF the town having been evacuated
By the French were true. They met u
sharp fire from the batteries and forced
to retire.
Reiulorecmcnts for the French, both in
men and stores, are constantly and rapidly
arriving. II would appear that the Prus-
sian has received Il decided check al this
point. and great battle can not now bc
DELAYED much longer.
/ LoNpoN, August l3.-Thc French en-
I boss,dor in this city has received word
/ from Paris that there was lighting to-day
before Metz, and that the attack was made
3 by the French. No report of fight Is re-
cciycd in this city from correspondence,
. Pmlzeburg, the key of the Nosses,
twenty-five miles from Straasbourg, has
surrendered 10 the Prussians. The crown
princes army had left Ptalzcburg in the
rear long before 1t surrendered.
The lobe is informed that the French
army holds the best possible position
on the Mosellc, and that their
front is ut right angles with their
line of communication with Paris.
Reports from Paris represent that 5000
reiniorcements are already moved to the
front,
General Changarnier is appointed COM
mandant of the fortress of Metz.
Tho corps nj Chnlons consisting of raw