The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-18

81 shon,d succeed in crossing the hlifei
,umaNarcs in its course upwards aug aug sli''s
" senr,,c Southern and Northern Ger
amanv from one another. lsoiatec fius'
:. sia WINS calculated to have forces 10 t'ic
!. number Of $4,000 combatants, ana, as 4
3, rosr,t of first victory, the adhesion Oh
q Austria and Italy was expected. III az
i. cordouce with his plan, which the Empe-
i. ror communicated i'm Paris to Aiafsi'als
N.r NIabon and LchTnf alone, the hrst
" cnmcr,rn,ion Of the army with l'p,"oo
:. men should take place around Mc'|' WIN
i. roo ot, men Mt Ss,asbourg and with oo,ooo
{. Mon more in the camp Mt Chalons. III "a-
8. then intended to draw the army OF Metz
:. nearer OF to StrasbOurg and to cross tue
"Rhine at Manau with a strength OF 2'o'oo"
..mcn. After the South German states haa
thus been compelled into neutrality, inc
"Prussian army was to be sotight out ana
conquered
The army put in the field by the Germans
numbered $4,000 men, with reserve o!
90. 800. The campaign plan for this hummer
OF men, says Won MoLTkE, had been drawn
up t,ro gears before The ,rdr. As far back lis
that depots for troops had been dotted on
mans to lie used in case Of war WIFI
France and the main point OF operations
agreed upon that was, to find the prlncilf''
army of France and attack it. Lists were
drawn up of the number Of railway Trains
| to hc used for transporting troops, ana '''iie'
tables arranged for each. On the tehtli
dor after war was declared the first DC
tachmcnts OF German troops were TO arrive
| on the French frontier, on the thirteenth
day two army corps would be there, and on
the eighteenth day 100000 men, with all
their baggage, ammunition trains, and com
ms>ariat, would he there. Thus it will bt
seen that Germany entered into war VIII
her plans thoroughly naturcd. When hln2
WILLIAM received the declaration OF war al
| he had to do was to express approval o.
Count MolTKE's plan, and ut once Collh
| MoLTXE proceeded to put his plan into exc
cltion. Those who watched the war VIII
| attention will see how closely MoLTKE IN 49,.
| followed the scheme he had drawn up nearly
two years before. In the first onset OF the
forces France opposed 100000 men &c
$50 900 Germans, and after the flrS
reserve was called out had $4,000 men
| Won MoLTKE, speaking of the Frenci
| as soldiers, SAYS: "The French officer. and
"evcn the private soldier, serves his country,
"and serves it with devotion aud self'sacll'
" flee hut he does not hold on to the chang
q" ing form of the head of the state with that
constant sense Of duty which sacrifices all
its strength in unconditional recognition "i
"allthortv. The French officer, ~ well is
| I" the entire nation. is animated wllha hiSh,
| "and in many respects juStliiablc, se|l-con-
| :. scjolISncss, but also with 4 depreciation OF
| 'otbers. His whole education is calculated
| 'to inspire him with the conviction that
| "Erance stands before all other countries.
of the pupil Of St Cyr passes through the
"roldcu halls Of Versailles ne secs scarcely
"anvthng but battle pictures, and in I'LL the
| " French are yi"torS. In long rows the he
-. roes stand who have borne The orlilan!nc,
1.-THE lilies. the eagle, or the tri-coIor, but
"always the banner of France, into the chief
"c,ies of almost every country. Thus the
French history Of war is Il history Of un-
"brokcn triumph. IN epic. in which defeats
"are to be explained merely by subsidiary
circumstances, and as if they were unim
.'portanl. or by treason. To seek the truth
"would be unpatriotic."