, 1870-08-13
The Franco-rrussian Struggle.
Strength and Position Of the
Opposing Armies.
The Prussian> Advancing In Three
Grand Divisions.
The Bayarian Army Pass the
Vosges and Camp Near
Saar-Louis.
Railroad and Tclc.raphic Con-
nccl!on Destroyed Between
Paris nnd StrnsburS.


ncclson Destroyed Between
Paris nnd StrnsburS.
Great Decentralization in the French
Camp at Chalons
AT THE FRONT.
Speciai Dezpatch to TIE chicago THhurc.
SEM YoRK, Ang. 1a-I.aIesi adElccs show thls
to be the strength md situation Of the opposing
armies: Marshal isazalue has now subject to hla
ORDERS Close u1 to +00 No men already nrmcd, uni
turned and in camp ready tor service in alt re-
erec,s, and amply provided with magazines, de-
pu,x, and 50 On. The 1russtan army can hardly be
as strong as this. The forces on foot at the OUT
t,teak Of she war did not amount 10 four hundred
thousand and It is douprful If the bare four weeks
since the declaration Of hostllltes hare gren time
enough TO take the reserves ff0m tnelf
var4ous ayocatfohE, uniform, Rrm. and
equip them, put them tn their severn
HtganEZatt0na, provide the necessary sepots, kc.,
for thc SERVICE aud send them On to the front In
the Austrian war It tAskc1l the railroad facilities
Ut T1usaia TO the utmost to concentrate as cD men
IN three weeks on the frontiers OF Saxony and
$llesa. IIow unlikely. then, that In twenty Elk
days she has been able On the much longer line
1eAJinG TO Frame to c0nceLtrate more than about
that num.s.r In France. The French lines arc
now extending FROM Th!onyilIe and Metz over the
Fent-a-Mausson to Macy, almost In straight
tlnt ffpm north to Eoutt. 6reF distance Of only
ata,ut sesentynve mtlra, win the 1uver Moseue
In front, and Iatroaf behind II, putting ell
pu1nts Of the1f new position to the easiest and
most direct communication with each other.
Tlc cunEmuus strength ii this position la well
known. The Germans hare taken MP q srsn position
opposite Thionvillc and Metz, and arc forcing
their way as rapidly as they cat through the
Ep-s.-s Mountains trwarh i.unnestl1e and Nancy.
Tleir main arny, under the King AMI Prince
Frederick Charles is closely following mp their
Army corps tn the advance. and their reserves.
originally ut Cohlentx- Msy+nce. kreuzenach- and
Mannheim, ART marching into tht Rhine provinces.
Altogether the ne~a frnm 10th armies Is some
Whist meaR1c, and will probably continue 10 he 10
tor = few days longer. Tie story Ut The cIacua-
ubn OF Metz by the French forces Is regarded here
as absurd
LONDON. Au9. IA rHrate letter says Marshal
AacMahon's Treasure chest, containing .59o 400
francs In gold, Was carturcs hy the prnsslans.
.sTCr1GAKpr, Aug 1e.-In the hattie Of Worth
the FIrrt Snrrr If sh. Wur1rrnr,a.rss contingent
Inst Fix 0tcFTs aud twe"ts-tlree men Killed 4a7
: urle wounded. anil IFS missing. At Gefswclcr
The NnTtcmburR truops cAptnrr,i one mttratilcuse
zannon. one stan carriage uf the Fourth Division,
3,enn rfi#rnefr, md I'M htrsss.
1nSn1x, Aug 1a-rrsisstan accounts cay that
nn1hnT 1t koHiSEratz csill parallel the tlesttnc-
tim of life at North. The ZANE nccuunts say
that ii is believed that Napoleon was on the nell
with MnrMshnn.
LnNpoS, Aug. 1e.-Frnm the lest Information
that c1n bc gained, 1t appears that the garrison
Of St1asbnn1g consists tf nnly 0ne regiment Of
foot and a small fore of the National Guar.l.
The supplies III the place arc In proportion IN the
garrison Siege is thrrrrrr Impossible. anl the
capture Of tho place will psut'aY 1. easy mat
ter.
The First p1ussian Costs .rArmec Is at Phillips
lnrg.
MsrHahnn nAFrht-I 0ut Of st. Aserne, Sunday
night. on one ssie Of the town, just as the Prus-
s1rns we're marching in m the Other.
rAEl:, Aug. 12--The .jh"raal 0Meih publishes q
decree declaring the Department Of uaute Ga
to1Ine In a STATE at Eie0c-
Journals nf Metz publish Marshal MacMahon*a
Feiort to The Emperor. The report says the enc
my tn greatly superior huHstIcrs l,cgan the attack
at O'Clock Saturday morning. The first attack
having been reratsed, 8hont nom the enemy re-
nrcurl the constest, throwing forwn1sl numerous
KhaErshooicts pEusettets s'y stx guns In command-
M sn n sno TI3 e !s e ,hs1
waA effected tn good order. the
cnrmy's pursuit heing Wshnut vigoE+ ard by no
means Troublesome The Marshal Was able to
send only rartiat list of the killed and woundeul.
A despatch from Ar.z, August II, s:l5 p. NJ.
says II fns ra!netl al3 lay. The a'1nT IS concen-
tratetI around this place II Is le!ng rcyfctualel
and Eclnfnsccts- TIE rrtnnt 1T MacMAhon and
fAi1lr has heen accomplished in excellent orsirF.
Baxaine Is engaged in visiting md inspecting the
txpopS under Ills command