The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-08-26
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR,

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FRANC0PRUssIAN WAR
| With tho mid of our correspond
enco and from other sources, it Is pos
siblo to now give some connected ac-
count of tho maneuvering of the two
armies from Saarbrucllcn to Vcrdun.
AS originally formed, tho opposing
lines lay rs follows: General L'Admi-
rault, commanding tho Fourth Corps,
held tho French left at Thionvilic !;
next - him camo the Second Corps,
under General Frossard. at st: Avoid.
! forming, with tho Third Corps, under
Marshall Bazaino, at Metz, tho loft
centre; next the Fifth Corps, under
General do Fail!y, at Histchc, forming,
tho right centre; and then tho First
Corps, under tIar#l.al McMahon, at
1Iagenau, forming the French right.
Back Of the Third Corps, as tho Third
was back Of the Second, was the
Eighth Corps, under General Bour-
bakl. Opposed to tho French Inc,
tho Prussian right, Hndcr General
Stcinmctz, lay FROM Trior to Saar-
DrHcilcn; the centre, under Prince
Frederick Charles, bctwcAn Saar-
Cruckcn and Ealln; and the left, u,i-
der the 'Crowh Prince, iidm q point
opposite Worth to in front Of Wcis-
scnbury. With this formation the
French opened tic campaign by NOV
ing upon the left flank Of the Prus-
sian right. Gcncral Frossard leading
the assault. Pushing on from S..
Avoid, through Fcrbach, he assaulted
and took S"HrhIuchcIl Oh .!,c 81 inst.
"ith H::5 Succcss !ur The French. tie
Crown priucc advanced The pru.<::.l,
!nIt Oh tic me-; day, the ~, upon
NciS#c!hi:r.c, ai'!, ai;ui' II d> t:rm!i,cd
contest, carried ,nut point by storm
upon tAo .i:k. On thc 9Th Marsha!
Mcmal!"m advanced on Wu:s&cnbury
To "et;s;;o it, and simultaneous with
thS i.',!cm"nt on tho French right,
tic pr". I'm right, ".;lrr Genera!
*,":nlac:z, aIvGmcrt upon Gaartruck-
~ 10 r&.%:lc t:'at, the right oi' either
army moving upon Il victorious opi,o-
%!";;;' !"ii. :iti t!:r centre ui' both ~
!ni"> lying on i!>.r ar!:!S III L2th
vi!c"s:iii"rH t!iu .>i.uch were, lrUn "I
arco2ntS, heavily outnumi,crcl,
wori.c'i and driven lack. General
Froa>ard lost heavily AZ S;;arbruci;un,
but drew off in some toicTablc order
under cover OF his we'll served artil-
irry. At FroschwclIcr, or Worth,
Marshal McMahon claims to have
fought $4,000 against 10000, and
though defeated the French appear to
have crippled the prussians SO serious
ly that no effective immediate pur-
suit was possible. AS result of
these rcvcrscs at Saarbruckcn, Weis-
and Proschwclicr, or Worth,
the French left centre and right kav-
ing been disorganizcd, the right ccntre
and left were equally III danger Of be-
ing hanllcd, and a retreat and rcfor-
nation Of the whole centre and right
Of tho line became necessary. ADJ
vancing their whole army from Saar-
blucllcn to Suiz, the tPrussians occu-
pied Forbach, ST. Avoid, Luzclstein,
and Hagcnau, with Intermediate vii
lagos; or in u word, took possession
of the original Fronch ine,. tho
French falling back until q new line
was. formed from ThionvilIc to Nancy
Then General L'Admirault was order
cd in from Thionvillc, and the line
ordered in from TEionvillc, and the
line narrowed down to from Metz to
Nancy. At this timo Marshal Ba-
zaino was made the actual command
cr.in-chicf Of the entire French army,
and General Trochu appointed 10 tho
head Of tho administrative depart
mcnt, or to be major-gcncral OF the
army. Pushing on, the Prussians
brought up their army to confront
this ncw line Of the French. A cloud
of cavalry was ut once thrown out,
before y complete reconnaissance could
be obtained tho French army took up
the line of retreat for the Meuse.
This was on tho 18th, Saturday last,
and on asccrtaining tho movement
tho Prussians at once assaulted in
force. General Stcinmctz advanced
upon Bazainc's roar guard IS it was
covering tho transfer of tho main
army over tho Moselle, but was re-
pulsed. The Prussian centre, crossing
ut OF about Pont-a-M -Mouson, marched
TO tho right oblilue, or northeast
wardly, and struck the French left be-
tween Metz and Vcrdun,a tho Crown
Prince advancing meanwhile. from
Nancy, which he had taken in tho re-
treat Of Mac-Mahon toward Chalton,
upon Barbecue. A rcpulsc Of Prince
Frederick Charles, with . loss of
10000 men, is scmi-officially reported,
and there our present information
ends. ii IL be true that Prince Fred
cric!s Charles has. been ,~rcpulscd in
his effort to sever communication be-
tween Marshals Bazaine and McMa-
hon, then the entire Trench army is
well OH its1way to Chalons. at (which
point all Indications go TO show the
n.ain battle Of TIC war was intended
hy them .as soon as -the effort to-. carry
their arms aoross thcsRhinc was foil.
ed ty Sa"rbruckcn and Wcisscnburg
If victorious there, they will be. cna:
sled to all but ahnihilate the Prus.
slams, on whose retreat every fortress
now in their rcar-Nietz, sShasbourg
tscho-wi wiilpolr forth thousandsio
fresh troops TO swell tho pursuit. OF
ttho other hand, if tho French arc dc
teatcd. the result will be no worse 70,
them than if tAeI, fought lheir srea
battle Mt any other point nearer til,
}llhinc. These chances considered, i
is evident that, ,Bazajne. ,eeelss q battl,
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