Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-08-19
The Substance Of cn the War kilograms
zap to sunday Night.

The Substance Of nT the War TelegraEns
up to Sunday Night.
Tho French have turned their faces to-
ward Paris. Instead of invading Germany,
thoy have given way to the superior
strength and audacitY of the Prnssians, and
the latter ha7o become invaders of the ter
ritory of Franco, flushed with tho prestige
of several successive triumphs. We give
summary OF the operations at the seat OF
war on Friday and Saturday
The French forces under General Mac
Mahon opposing the Prussian left, under
the Grown Prince, in the vicinity of
Worth, and on tho line to Bitohe and
Metz. met with q disastrous defeat Cn Sat
Urday, lOelng four thousand prisoners,
thirty guns, two standards, and six mi
| trGiiicurs. General MacMahon was report
Ell wounded. Worth is about twelve miles
southwest from Weiseonburg, twenty five
miles north from Strasbourg, and sixty
miles cast from Metz It is on the cast
side of the Vosges mountains, and is dis
tant from Bitche, on which tho French re-
tired, abOdt eightoon miles.
| The Prussian right advanced on Saar
! br'1ckon, which they rcoccupicd after the
French abandoned and partially destroyed
| Is, engaged tho French troops under Gen
eral Fr0asard N q strong position west of
| tho town, ana after II very severe fight
drove them from tho field, the French GOV
| crin8 shoir retreat with artillery. The
losses in both engagements are officially
reported aa very heavy on both sides. The
| Emperor Napoleon, IL al official proclaim
atjon, acknowledges the defeat OF MucMa
hon and the retreat Of Eros3ard, adding
that 8 all can be Eo-estabii he'd"
In view Of the serious aspect OF affairs,
siyo battle, the French ChanEcra have
| been conyokcd ard Paris declared in .
stage Of siego
| Prior to tho reception Of tho dispatch
! from the Emperor there Was intoneo ex-
citornent AMI indignation in Paris on ac-
count Of the supposed false ruraors that
had been circulated il the city, and the
reticence OF the authorities. Tho crowd at
| tho Bourao broke loose and tore up the
ratings around tho enclosure, and behaved
with such fury that force had TO be brought
| to bear in tho restoration of order. Tho
| Council Of Ministers deemed il prudent to
issue IN address TO tho inhabitants of PaIi 7,
announcing tho arrest of tho "guilty ones, 1"
and making an appeal for order and union
OF sentiment, with the Ominons warming
that "disordcr il Iaris would be victory
| for Prussia" "
The details OF the battle of Weissenburg,
from French sources, represent the Prus-
sian loss at 10, 500 in killed, wounded and
prisoners, and then we have tho stereo-
| typed announcements about the French
troops "Gghting like lions" and certain
| ''prussian regiment cut to pieces" The
| French General DoUay killed was a com
mander Of infantry, and not General q.
| DOuay, general commanding the division.
| IhC prisoners taken by tho IFllssin1a are
| promised kind trontmcnt-2 sound piece
OF diplomacy, designed evidently to have
| a GepIOralizing influence upon tho French
troops in the field.
| The French have now nineteen war ves-
sells in the Baltic.
| Dispatches from Metz, dated yesterday
morning, announce that tho French forces
are rapidly concentrating, without obsta-
| Gle, around that place, whorc it IS conjec-
| turcd the next battle will be fought. From
| the general headquarters established at
Metz the significant warning hGs been sent
| back to Paris that Franco and the capital
| should consent TO great efforts of patriot
ism IN order that the army may hold its
position.
| There appears TO be serious state Of
| affairs II Paris, commencing apparently in
q display OF French Indignation against
certain German bankers whose clerks have
imprudently expressed unpalatablo opin-
| ions. Although this is the only ostonsiblo
cause Of disorder, there is some ground
| for suspicion that another sentiment hos
been awakened by the recent rovorses Of
the army.
The details OF .ho fighting from Fgcnoh
sources, though still vague, concede that
General MacMahon was Bignaliy de-
feated, and the nows Of his separation
from the main army caused the utmost
CONSERVATION III Paris when it was an-
nounced.
On tho left, it appears tho Prussians
showed their active goneralship by having
at hand heavy masses OF troops with which
to Overwhelm tho French.
The Emperor Napoleon has Eono to the
centre of tho Fronoh position.
Marshal MaoMahon's forces, which were
defeated and divided on Saturday, aro now
said to be promptly concentrating. The
battle, it would seem, Was fought near
Neidcrboun, some twenty odd miles north
northwest OF StrasDourG, and after the de-
feat he foil back 20 SaYcrne, and thus. on
the right, StrasbOurg is evidently meuaced.
\ corps Of Baden troops is also reported
10 have crossed tho Rhine above Basic,
rendering the danger of Strasbourg the
| moro Observation-Disclosures Sun.