The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-08-10

mails Of these there seem to lie
scarcely any with the troops assem-
bled here they are probably to find
Them elsewhere. The tents are
pitched in the loosest order magma
bile, and although at Chalons 1 was
often struck by the rapid manner in
which tents we're raised, here the men
seem out of practice, and M party
were more than fifteen minutes in
raising a shelter. Their cooking was
conducted with Spartan simplicity =
A scratch not six inches deep was
made in the ground, on each side were
laid a few stones or bricks, the kettles
or cooking-pots placed over this and
the fuel put into the scratch. The
horses Tor the artillery were tethered
by the head. / do not wish to give
the number of their guns, but it can
do no harm to say that half of those
| saw were short rifed howitzers, such
as l had never before seen with
French troops. On the whole, [
should consider that a soldi r coming
from Aldershot would chiefly remark
what a number of things that
place considered necessary might be
dispensed with. Everything was
simple and practicable, but the cook
ing arrangements and the tent accom-
modations were much below those of
our service. The personal equipment
OF dress of the soldiers cannot be too
much commended he is now to be
seen always i'll his great coat which,
beng loose, keeps d stratum of air be
tween the man s body and his cloth
ing, and is cool in summer and warm
In winter as any garment l am &C
quainted with The KEPT is a com
Portable head dress, lighter than our
shake, and more of a protection than
our cap. The water bottle, metal GOV
cred with cloth, is much superior to
ours.
Paris. Aug. 6.-La Li5erte publish
es a private dispatch, e n at midnight
from Strasbourg, reporting that Mao
Mahon beat the Prussians yesterday
evening The after evacuated Weis-
senburg. Telegraph communication
with Weisseuhurghas been r~e-establish-
ed. TIE same journal adds: When
MacAahon moved yesterday towards
Weissenburg he was but two hours
march from that point, and his men
marched at quickstep. He has be-
tw cen sixty and seventy thousand men.
To-day there will be about 10000
men concentrated neal Weissenburg.
The loss of the Prussians In the re-
cent engagement reached $500 in
killo d ; wounded and prisoners. The
French forces defending the town
were but eight or ten thousand, while
the attacking force numbered fully
forty thousand. The enemy was so
severely crippled that they could not
follow the French when they retired.
London, Aug. 60 a. m.-Advices
from the 'eat of war, this morning,
concur in representing that the corps
under Marshal MacMahon is advanc-
ing. After a brush with the Prussians
last evening, they occupied and 10Y
hold a strong position on III, Bavarian
frontier. The entire French line OF
operations is kept in intimate COM
munication by the underground tele-
graph wires.
1hePrussian Governments pro,ibi
ton of the expectation of corn is con-
fined to direct shipments to France.
Paris, Aug. 6-Evenin Tile en-
thusiasm of the people here over favor
able reports from the frontier is indie
scribuble. Enormous crowds fill the
streets around the Bourse, so hat no
vehicles a pass, and shout and sing
patriotic songs. The cafes are filled
to overlooking. Placards are posted
at the Bourse giving the particulars OF
the last, two days fighting Official
reports are awaited with feverish
anxiety. No ie have yet appeared, and
as the government permits no other
news from the army to be telegraphed
abroad, the bullet n reports cannot be
used.