Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-09
EVENING STAR.
HE BATTLE AT SAARBRUCKFN.
PETALS of the AZ ir-EHect OF The
MitratsieuSe.

AsIecial correspondent of the New York IT,
bune Wl'h the fTench Tore, gives the fOl'Ow-
H. account o. the sfai- at SaarbTucken:
Uu the ID instant, at a.. m, more trOOpz
we're expected at the railway station. Marshal
LebOeUt hal Just psSSed toward Gen. Fro-Sard's
h5adguarters on the way u the heights O
Spieheren. "A French officer gave our cor
respondent place in his carriage. lie reached
tie advance posts as the men OF the Gith Req
uent of the line were busy buekling on their
ku9V>aCks.
They only knew that the order was forward
At ten O'Clock he yidetteS of CartDul's brigade
we're sent 20 the front, the infant steadily ad-
vanCing under cover of the wood, following the
road in parallel lines artillery and all d--cend-
ing the hill. on reaching the plan the infantry
rapidly depl0yed. skiTmishers were thrown well
out. and the battaliOns were masSed. In the
rear additional artillery was placed in position
On the heights. The * rmiSh line then traversed
the valley followed by the battaliOns and keep
ing the same distance. The heights on the
other side of valley, which overlook Saqrbruc-
Ken. were reached without serious opposition
The artillery now opened fire AZ once the
Pro- SIans batteries on the other side of the
river replying vigorously. The DIVISION of Gem
Batallle, ma ed upon the read from Forback 10
SaaTbrucEen. moved up. and the attack began
IN earnest AT u O'Clock the Emperor arI.Te =
and the cannOnade was brisk all along the line
"A Pru: ian battery at the entrance of a wood
near the village Of Arneysl, finding the French
ire too hot. Hmbered w and moved II ne rps-
while a bat alton of Pru$Sian infantry retiu- at
the came time In good order by way of the Sa.r.
On this battalion the first experiment
L
Tor the battalion was soon broken. and diSap-
peared in disorder behind the nearest cNver. At
two O'Clock the French again advanced, and
the ground Just held By the Prussians was oc-
cuIied without further resistance. Here aud
there were lyirg a few PrusSians de d and
many wounded. There was cannOpsdinr toward
SaarlouiS during the engagement, but 1t grad
Ualy grew weaker.
Another correspondent writes LON Metz, on
the evening OF the pa. that the French had six
killed and 40 wounded. The Prrr~ian To-, il
not known; Ii = reckOnCd %. In a train with
the correspondent from Saa-bruckel, there
came fourteen pr oners, and among them a son
OF the ex-tirand Chamberlain of the Duke of
Nassau. A staff officer. sent by the Emperor,
arrived from FOrbsch to question the prisoners
and with orders that they shan be kindly
treated.
At nine O'Clock st ong columns OF infantry,
with cavalry and artillery, leaving Spikren,
t'ok position between the village OF Arneval
the Hshlberg and the slope OF Saarbrucken.
This movement was sustained on the lea. in
front of FoTback by the first division of the
Second Corps, other divisions supporting the
right. TIE whole body numbering 2JCp 10 men.
The SNty-seyenth Regiment. forming the head
Of the column of the second div sion, opened fire
in skirmishing order on the enemy, who were
very well posted in the upper part of the valley.
When the French had deplOyed the struggle
WIS brief. WithiR twenty minutes the Prus-
sian infant was in 1ull retreat. The enemy 5
artillery. posted AT the edge Oi the wood in the
rear OF Saarbrucken, opened on the French
troops, who advanced under it fire and estab
llshed several batteries on the heights above the
Saar.
The Canhonade then stretched along the
entire live from Ludwig valid. a mile and half
20 the right of Saarbrucken, II the eA,iemity of
the forest of Arneval. In the II of the
village OF the same name, firing continued With
violence until half past twelve. The enemv's
FIRE gradually diminished and their forces tell
back. The French. advancing. I.Uked up two
dead and seven wounded men.
During the action the bridges over the Saar
were blown up. The Prussian Il -cCs numbered
e,0oO. There was sharp csnnonade heard
toward the village of GrOS SblittersdOrf, which
was occupied by the third diyisiOn.