The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-05
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
Sunday Nights Dispatches
Interesting Description of the Bat
tie of Std3n.
Full Details By The Gpecls1 COTre'
spOndeRt or the New
York Tribune.
PrOcIs matlOn by the Council
or Ministers.
PARIS STILL CONFIDENT.
New Amy Organizing on the
Banks Of ths Loire.
ENGLAND.
Tribune Cable.l

LONDON, Oeptem m Der 4 -Ine GruS-
sian right, under Prince Albert. OF Sax
ooy,is also rapidly marching to close on
the doomed French army, on the
right bank of the Meuse. whick they
had crossed at Remilly, on Tuesday,
the Both, In the direction Of La Cha
pelle, small village of 938 inhabit-
ants, on the road from Sedan to Bou-
illion, in Belgium, and lost the viii
lsge before crossing the frontier.
Anything more splendid than the
mems marching would be impossible
to imagine. l saw q man lame in
both feet, hobbling along in the
ranks of his kind comrades less foot
sore, carrying their needle guns.
Those who were actually incapable
of putting one foot before the other.
had pressed the peasants wagons and
every available conveyance into SER
vice, and were following in the rear.
so as to be ready for the great battle
which all felt sure would come off on
the morrow. The BavariRns, who it
is generally believed do not march as
we'll as they fight. were ia the centre,
between US, at Chemory and Sedan.
The following dispatch Is from the
special correspondent of the Tribune
at the headquarters of the King of
Prussia, eight miles from Sedans
Thursday night, just after their de-
faats on the Both and 31st: The French
retreated en- nldsse on Sedan and en-
camped around 1t. From what l
learned from French prisoners, OF
whom. as you may imag ne, there was
no lack in our quarters, 1t seems they
fully believed that the road TO Me-
zieres would always be open to them,
and therefore, In case of another de-
feat before Sedan, their retreat would
be easily accomplished.
''On the evening OF Wednesday from
5 to 8 O'Clock, / was at the Crow q
Princes headquarters at Chemory a
village, some thirteen miles from Sc
dan, to the southwest, on the main
road. At 5 80 We saw there was a
great movement among the troops en-
camped all around US. and We thought
at first that the KiOg was riding
through the 5ivouaes, but soon the
37th regiment came pouring through
the village, their band playing, Die
Yacht am RheiR," as they marched
along with swinging stride.
II saw at once by the mems faces
that something extraordinary was
going on. 1t was soon plain that the
troops were in the lightest possible
marching order. All of their koap-
sacks were left behind, and they were
carrying nothing but cloaks swung
around their shoulders, except that
one or two b0RUiUdnts had retained
their camp kettles; but, If their camp
kettles were left behind, their car
| touch cases were there, hanging
heavily in front Of the mems belts,
uDdetached as they ought to be.
soon / learned that the whole
! PrussIan corps, but those from Prince
Frederick Charles army and the Crown
Princes, were making a forced march
to the left, In the direction of Dou-
zey and Mezleres, In order to shut 10
4 McMahon's army in the west, and so
| drive them against the Belgian from
| tier. / learned from officers of the
/ Crown Princes staff that, at the same
time W lille we were watching regiment
after regiment pass through Ohemory
the Ssxons and Guards were $4,000
strong.
"At Z O'Clock Thursday morning
my servant came to wake me, sayine
that the Kings horses were harness
ing, and his Majesty would leave il
half an hour Tor the battle field, and
as the cannonade had already beer
heard near Sedan, jumped up and
seized crusts of bread, wine, cigars
&c., and crammed them into my hols
ter. taxing my breakfast on the way
Just as l got to my horses, Kinl
William drove out In an open carrI
sga with four horses for Chevange
about three and half miles south O
Sedan. Much against my will wa
compelled to allow the Kings staff Il
take precedence on the road to tn
scene of action. where arrived my
self soon after 8 o'clock. All th
, roads were blocked with artillery, Sc
and as ] rode to the crest of the bill
l saw below me most glorious pano
} rama.
"As General F0Tsythe, Of the Unite
States army, remarked to me later il
the day. it would have been wort
coming. merely to see 60. splendid
seen, without the battles msgnif
7 Gently stern array"
! In lovely valley below US fro
the knoll on which 1 stood with II
= King and staff, we could see. not on
= the whole valley of the Meuse. b.
. also beyond the great woods of Il
Bois de Loup and FranchevaI in
e Belgium, and as far as the billy fore
: of Numo on the other side of the fro
# tier. Right at our feet lay the lits
q town of Sedan, famous for its forti
; cations, and as the birth place