The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-26
THEEUROPEAN war
R5Jl MiS-- md ,.3 .lll;
A French Account OF the French
Situation.
The Reorganization Of
the Army.
The Grown Princes Movements
Another Fight, and French Sue
cess, at Metz Sunday,
NEW YoRK, August 25.

NEW 1ORk, August So
The Courier dss Etqts UniY Paris spe-
cial telegraphs:
"a decided change Is apparent in our
military within the last 48 hours. we
look buck on ourselves after three weeks
of disappointment and defeat, and to.
morrow perhaps VIC shall take the otten'
sive. Such at least Is the opinion which
prevails ut the War Department and
throughout official circles, This is tue
intelligence which l have obtained:
"After the defeat Of Froschwleler, The
debris of the corps engaged retreated In
pretty good order upon Saverne ana
Nancy, whence they were transported 10
Chalons by the Strasburg railroad as
RAPIDLY as the disoEganiZed service Of
that limo would permit. On the other
hand, q part Of the troops encamped IN
the centre and south of Alsacc, Us well as
the large garrison Of Before, were sent
forward to Chalons by the Paris q Null
haus Railway. AT the same time an
expeditionary force, was concentrated
at Chcrbourg, in order 10 operate
on the shores of the Baltic, and
nearly forty thousand troops Of the line
were also dispatched TO Chalons, where
they oil arrived in five days These for
ces, added TO $4,000 regulars from Paris,
and the frontier towns near Belgium,
made up an effective army Of one hundred
thousand 1nen.s TbttyIiyes thousand: OF
lie Carries Mobile pwor6' added ID them,
under the able direction OF Gen. TrOclu.
These forces lately entirely distinct, have
not been slow to consolidate into Nn army
homogeneous aud injured to war, and
provided with al the necessary materlAl
for the campaign.
! "A(ter completing the formation Of this
Iarmy,3 en-. 5Tfoiehu went TO Paris to or
ganize and create another new army
aGtGE having ilalietl, with considerable
loss the Inst attachments OF tue corps
beaten in The battle Of the 9th OF August,
'.McAIahoni has arrived at Chal0ns and
has been placed at the head Of, the army
1 raised byy sTf6chu. His first care was
to secure his communications with ,Ba'
zaine. who had been already hen1rhed. IN
at Metz by the Prussiaris. He succeeded,
| | am assured, and his advance posts, ,ex'
tend rs tar as NTezicrrs and Montmcdy
and cover tho Ardennes Railroad and
line parallel with the frontier, fact
which; proves that communications will
Metz are intact. q ~.
"There was an arrival yesterday a
Scissors Of Agreat number OF Prussians
made prisoners at Grayellotte, another
convoy being also on It's way. This fac
proves that this day, so fercely disputed
j was not without glory for US, since w
have leisure to take and guard prisoners
''As for the plans Of McMahon, nothing
is positively known. The Ministry is in
flexible on this point o'r, u.'a ~
"Thc Prince Royal Of Prussia seems t
rcnlizc the risks which he isrunning, ant
will try eventually to go to the aid OF hi
confederate in the campaign, for il i
affirmed here that lie lias retraced his step
and retrcatcd on St. Michael. 1t may D
true however, according to another re
port that he continucs7his march OH Paris
by the valley Of the Aube, In amy case W
) arc ready to receive him. I' q
"Another battle occurred at Metz o.
Sunday, which ended In ouriayor. Some
+ thing decislv6is ispreParipg inthats quarter