New-York tribune., 1870-08-22
DEMONSTRATIONS OF JOY FOR wEIsSEHBURG-
HOW THE PRUssIANs FOUGHT-rHE PRUs-
SIAN STRAND BATTERIES. |t
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DEMONSTRATIONS OF JOY FOR wEIsSENBURG--
HOW THE PRUssIANS F0UGHT-rHE PRUs-
SIAN STRAND BATTERIES
fPROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
BERLIN. Aug 5.-I returned yesterday even
ing from excursion TO the Baltic to witness an exer
ee of strand batteries and found the town here excited
by the news of the victorious encounter at Wessenburg
which had Just been received. The Kings telegram
which left Niederotterbach at O'Clock, was already
known to the select public present at the evening CON
cert at the Geological Gardens at little past S0cl0ck
and the music had to play the National Anthem Every
body however, conceves that the disodgment OF Gen.
Douays division is merely srategical prelude parallel
10 the French advance upon Saarbruck. The front
OF the two armies slowly begins TO turn until,
instead OF running from east to west, H VIII run
from southeast TO northwest. For the Germans
this has the advantage Of better protecting the weakest
part Of the frontier which, as Is weknown that south
OF Kehl At wessenburg as well as at Saarbruck, the
resistance that opposed is moro ascribable to mill
tary pride than 10 strateg gcal At Saarbruck
where the loss OF the Prssians 70 men dead and
wounded together 1t has done no harm Dut the deieat
OF the French Weissenburg is serious affair to them
To leave 500 prisoners he latest dispatch gives 300 prs
oners OF whom officers the latter not wounded not
wounded thelr encampment and gun In the hands OF
the enemy at an encounter with one division on each
side only is loss OF prestige and must shake the conf
denee OF their troops. kilograms from London have
arrived to-day They describe the losses on both sides
as considerable OF the Prussans, the two regiments
which most severely suffered, in attacking the
town behind the hill Ia bagonette, The Kings own
Grenaders and the 50th Fusers the one recruited
near Danzlg, the other In the enyirons OF LSueA VI
sess They are good troops, OF Gen. stenmetzs severe
trlnne but by far not OF the best Of the Prussan army
A bayonet attack OF Brandenburgers and Poneranan9
means quite a different thing. Regiments Oh tnc Io
armycorps lScrited in the former electorate smsnts
ana rsanr,ort 6ave cv5perated with the reginen's
named above in this action and have .ne' w ).
time, fought as Prussian soldiers A7 noe =,
stated about their losses 1t would appear as IL
care had been taken not to eApoSo .no" WV
,,ncb the first time The remainder were BaVerlah'
of the Second Bavaran Army Corps, that 10 iron
COMA and from the Paatinae ITSELF Or the prsohersa
considerable number Turcos and to-day all Berlin IS
camoring that the Turcos may be brought h once 10
Berlin The tavernkeepers want to have them, anu VIII
buy them from Government at so much per head, the
money TO go the soldier who caught the Turco They
want to employ them walters, who attract the GU
rious Many flags are displayed in the west end OF the
town.
The exercises with strand battery, which have wit
messed n the neghbOrhood OF Stetn, the exact place
must state has shown that the reserves OF the ar
tery less apt to forget good shooting tan the
reserves Of infantry There will be very exact firing
all along the German coast from Emden to Mcneil Tor
there no lack at all Of trained areriss East strand
battery contains at least very heayy cassteel gum
of Spandau manufacture from Krupp. The naval au-
thorities had had SOME about the iron-cad Ar
minus who had left for the North Sea just In the teebh
of the French squadron, whose arrival in the kattegat
was not 80 early expected But the Arminus, the day
before yesterday reached port to the general atonsh'
ment The French have not her. and she has not
seen the French She has passed them just while they
were at Frederckshaven This is striking Instance OF
the value Of the great number a Nrsos with which the
English feet accustomed to operate The French on
the ocean are blind"
The yacht Grille Cricket the swiftest and most ee-
CANT ship Of the Prssian navy Is out the Baltic with
orders to keep close to the French and to watch their
movements She Is in no danger Of being caught II no
accident happens her French corvette near Born
beln has attempted to chase her. but gave 1t up aiter
half an hour Asyet t has not been possiDs To guess
from the movements OF the French If they will merely
blockade or intend to attack An attask upon Kiel or
Dantzc il considered here hopeless The suspicion Is
still directed toward Assn and the northern paTts OF
There gossip here in town. and even the press-par-
tlcularay sarieal paSershave cautiously taken it
up which must not withhold from you. Count Bis |
marck before leaving has been interpelated from va
GUS sides by influential politicians and friends Of his IL
he did not think that, in of the being successful
the sbdicason Of Louis Napoleon ought to be insisted
upon all other things to which he Is said to have
replied "No, Germany" he explained can only fight !
for German objects and not tor French obects7 What
this could only be guessed And that 10 every
bodyscw business. I
Teerams from Hamburg and Dresden describe the /
streets led with people shouting with joy Dresden,
yesterday evening, illuminated. Nothing OF this
sort visible here, reported from other Prssian
towns. The good Hamburgers and Dresdeners are not
to victories which their victories The
thing is 10 them. 1t is reported that part OF the
prisoners win arrive here tomorrow the day after
tomorrow. They Will be treated we'll the Aus-
trians Of whom $1,000 passed Though Berlin The oay
thing people want is to have the Turoos here for ne
fun Of the KingI