The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-06
REPORTED cArTUNE OF sAARLOUIs BY
THE FRENCH.
THE PRussfANs on THE OFFENSIVE.

| THE PRCSSIANSO On The INTENSIVE.
REPORTS FROM LONDON.
The Prussian Plans - Miscellaneous
| News.
| LONDON, August 5.
The Times says the plan of General Moltke
and the Prussian commander-in-chiefi is chang.
ed from the defensive to the offensive. An
advance into France Is threatened. 1t is posi-
bic that Prince Frederick Charles will push
forward and attack Nancy.
The fight at Saarbricken, on Saturday last,
lasted six hours, and on both sides 600 men
were placed hors de combat Judging from
the French accounts, the war is already de-
cided BY the mitrailleur.
The rumor. originating in France, that there
had been naval engagement at Cnxhaven, In
which a Prussian war vessel was sunk, is
false. There has been no naval engagement
80 far.
The French say that the needle gun recoilf
80 badly that the marksmen are soon COM
peeled to fire from the shoulder. The French
also say that the Prussian cavalry carry old
horse pistols, while the French have long
range carbines.
The Prussian Fifth Corps (probably that en-,
gagged at WeissenburgJ is mainly composed ol
Poles.
Reported Capture Of saarlouis.
| P RIs August 4-Midnight.
1t is reported that Saarlouls was captured
\ after great battle.
IThe principal strength Of the Prussian
forces Is said to have been concentrated on the
we'll fortified line of defence extending In an ir.
regular semi-circle from Treves to Landau; the
strongly fortified City OF Saarlouis constituting
the centre, thus p rotecting the triangular
section OF country formed by the Rhine,
Moselle and Saar Rivers. By this means the
Rhine Provinces and Bavaria were expectea
to be closed against Fren ch Invasion, while
Baden and Wurtemburg are protected by the
mountain ranges in the former. which Napo-
leon is not thought likely to attempt to cross,
since the withdrawal Of any considerable por
ton OF his forces for so difficult and hazardous
flank movement would expose his frontiers
to invasion.]
| The Prussians Capture Weissenburg-A
Brilliant, but Bloody Victory.
BERLIN, August 5.
A dispatch dated near Weissenburg, six
o'clock. Thursday evening, says:
We have won brilliant but bloody victo-
nv. The left wing attacked. 1t consisted OF
the fifth and eleventh Prussian corps and the
second Bayarian. This force carried by as
sault, under the eyes Of the Prince Royal, the
fortress of Weissenburg and the heights be-
tween Weissenburg and Geisburg.
Douay;s division OF Marshal McMahon's corps
was splendidiy defeated, being driven from Its
camp.
General Douay himself was killed.
Five hundred prisoners were taken, none OF
whom are wounded. Many Turcos are among
the captured.
General Kirschack is slightly wounded. The
Royal Grenadiers and the Fifth Regiment OF
the Line suffered heavy loss.
LONDON, August S.
The Prussians captured one mot one hun
dred) cannon at Weissenburg. General Douay
was LEFT dead on the field.
[Weissenhurg or Wissemborrg is a French
fortified town in the department of the Haut
Rhln, on the Bavarian frontier, thlrty-four miles
N. N. E. of strasbourg. In addition to Its fortlf-
cations, strong works called ''The lines Of Wis
sembourg" extend from 1t along the river Lou
ter TO Louterburg, nine miles S. E.]
The Sanrbrucken Affair.
The Prussians saved their engines, cars, &C.,
from Saarbriicken.
The correspondent Of the London Times, for
whose trustworthiness and neutrality the
Times youches says the French at Saarbrucken
captured no cannon. The French Iost forty
forty killed and sixty wounded. Tie French
force engaged numbered 10000, tue Pfussians
6. 600. Artillery won the fight. There was
little infantry and no cavalry emplo 7ed.
The Capture of Saarlouis Unconfirmed.
PRussIAN HD'oRs At TREvEs, August S.
The rumorcd capture of Saarlouis ia uncoE-
f1rned.
Rejoicing at Chalons.
PARIS, August 5.
There was grandi mination by the Garoe
Mobile, at Chalons, over the capture of Saar-
bricken. There had previously been slight
sighs of INSTRUMENTATION, which the favorable
news from the front ended.
A Naval Battle near cu1haven-French
FrIsates and German Gunboats En-
paged-One of the Latter Sunk.
LONDON, August 2.
Important dispatches have been received
lrom the Hague announcing that desperate
naval battle has been fought of the German
coast, resulting in the loss Of German
cruiser. On Wednesday lasttwo French cruis.
ers overlook some Prussian gunboats in the
estuary of the Elbe, on the Nortll-German
! coast, a few miles distant from Cuxhavan sc sc
seaport village about ffty-eight miles north
west from Hamburg, on the west bank of the
Elbe.) The action was spirited, and resulted
in the destruction OF one OF the Prussian gun
boats, she being sunk by the shot The
enemy.
Reports from France.
| PARIS. August 4.
1t is thought that the religious element plays
! little or no part in the present war. The SEN
timent OF the Catholic population in neutral
countries is adverse to Prussia, and by some
fervid Catholics the advance OF the French
arms is regarded in the light Of 4 crusade.
The women Of France are sending immense
| ouantities of bel1nr and hospital furniti1re To