Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-13
WAR MEASURES.


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snmina control Of their depsrtments ;mmaSi-
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o,, tho snh;sef Of snpnIes and Sna1trm,s anu
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p,D,s fkuSSA aus 70 SUa a,s StmfhISnD ,hs Gar ,,.
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serVice six xeetsaoo Tbis nroves tbet Pruus;o
eTnactad war hefo1e a. wos SaoIsraI and 80
nnf taIen br snror;s. os her ,o1arnmmt amt nas
ranoatadIy ossertad ~ ~ A"S
WorSmsn in the factories of Jvons tbreaten
the German emn,oyees with yioIencs and
tro,hia 10 nnnreharSsd VIM 0ene0' "nu
Paul de Gasssignac' editor of Le pov,. has en-
tered a regiment of Zouayes.
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MEiL.
rAkis, aug. ~ ne Journals 0i Metz pupllsn
. uen. IN ttot -, [elol. 10 tne Emperor. Inc
numbers, began the attack at 7 O'Clock on Sat
urday morning. The first attack having been
repuised, about noon the enemy reopened the
contest, throwing forward numbers of sharp-
shooters, protected bv six guns in commanding
nosition Masses OF infanfrv were then hronabs
up, and at O'Clock in the afternoon, Mcmahon
was forced to order a retreat, which was effected
in good order, the enemy's pursuit being with
out vigor and by no means troublesome. The
marshal was able to send only partial list Of
the killed and wounded
.s:15 p. m, says at has rained ali day; the
army is concentrated all around the place, and
iG ha mn aytr rf q Ind ov,d nSv,f0 The.
treat OF Marshal Mcmahon and Failly has been
accomplished in excellent order. Advices from
headquarters represent that the best under
standing exists between Marshal BaZaine and
other Generals.
IoSS OE TERRIToRv nv ppIIrnp
REVrS
of tbs onan,' 80 , ooIsesPondent
vi tne Lonuon Iimes wIlues tnat England has de-
SInea Gn 70 ION austria IN the league proposed by
w, ,ou Dues. !oI euaIanteeng pelngerents against
ioss VI teiItoIy. Ehgi9hu reason for declining
Is tnar tne league could NOT save the North Ger
man man Gonfederacy In case Prussia should be de-
iea'eu'
NO FEARS OF FAMINE.
PARIS, August IL Apprehension that fam
inc would be added to the horrors of war, in con-
sequence Of the late drought, has been dssipa-
ted. The Gdnlois has reports from eighty -one
GePartment, wnlch snow tnat the wheat crop Of
1917 Will exceed the yearly average 40 per cent
STRENGTH OF THE GERMAN FORCES
LONDON August I2-The German forces he
tween Rastadt and Cologne are said to number
in the aggregate T5o COO men. Sccordin1 at TO tne
Paris Steele, $50 600 German soldiers are now in
Lorraine
VESSEL BLOWN UP.
BERLIN, Aug. PA small vessel which per-
sisted in entering the Jahdein, on the Olden-
burg coast, in spite Of warnings Of danger, ran
against one of the torpedoes placed there to de-
fend the harbor and was blown up. The crew
were saved.
BAyARIAN FRoNT-TREATMENT OF
WOUNDED.
passed through Vosges and bivouacked last night
at Dameringen, near Saarlouis.
General Sheridan, of the American army, has
left Berlin for the Kings headquarters. Before
his departure for the seat of war, General She
Tldan, accompanied by an adjutant, visited Gen.
hokenfaidt, az the War Office, where he was re-
% Ii. hs n Gea aa,
many. -. ,. "
u;iI ne e. Eueen @ Vi rIussia M announces thst she
hnth uatoIps sUa ,,d t,.t VI e wouhoea OF
Identical. French prisoners, as they pass through
the railway stations, receive nothing but kind
refreshments, cigars, &C., and ladies enter the
cars, and going from man to man, offer them
paper and pencil and volunteer to write to their
friends for them.
EUGENE AND THE PRINCE.
LONDON, August 12.-The nieces of the En-
press have left Paris The Echo asserts, without
Prince Imperial are in lodgings At st. Johns
Wood. The Weekly Register has the same report,
Mnen, nowever,n gives with caution TO its
reus ceresat nos 10 place 100 mucn commence In ie
oo..0e'"ess'
NAPOLEON EQUAL TO THE SITUATION.
LONDON, August 12.-The Examiner this week
says-"NapOleon adopts the course most worthy
Of his name and Of the gravity of the situation.
Reused from indOlent indecisien by Q stunning
blow he attains to the greatness Of the situation
IL 'no T.pt,s1 S ~ pe p ~ nimsen,
reinrested hi,, III %itb T;na, nnar So is.eE
convent;onoit;es a tlfiss RTmei. c LayEg aslae
and erhnrts heT :, the ro.crs M ,or % ~ hHsnges'
hnf for h. nwn ~ '"e iese"o' "o' Aof nis saAe'
'1' ''' A'' TuE Uu p.rr,rS
yo tnE @ la 20 AiIELS.
LoEDoN, Apguss E--t Is said the Prussians
nasS ou1numpeleG T, a tnS fIencn IN every engage
onn ane trenca ciaim an IN tnat a. Weiseenburg
,o ovvo 1cn 1 sSnaiKeu oo'vvo rrussians, Win ~
us,Iv III iost to1a 1o ono. los'Hg Mlle tne
Enemy @ Us. VVV, ais0, Lnat McMAnon, et
cermams Ss, nnu tha oE Er 1vv is men sgaanst @o
1n0 o0o yooors Germons wera SnrIa5 Ill.,, .no, en
1'''o0o --.O-o Wv .Ae". WIZ nu.iou upon suon'
ANOTHER TREATY UNEARTHED.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-The Cologne Gazette prints
the outlines Of another treaty proposed by Count
Benedeth to Bismarck in 1866. 1t stpulates
that France shall take possession again Of the
territory acquired by Prussia in 1914, Prussia
supporting France in the recovery Of the left
bank Of the Rhine from Hesse to Bavaria, and
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