Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-09-09
BY HERBERT TEMPLE
European Manager Of the lnterna-
tiona News Service.
(Fourth lnstallment.)

desperate straits. On August IA the
German .bombardment of Strassburg
was begun Strassburg is in the
fighting zone of the present war and
may at any time become the scene
OF battle. Since 1871 the town has
been an important German military
post, the kaiser maintaining more
than 10000 troops there in time of
peace.
On the same day that the lombard |
ment of Strassburg commenced, the
first German army, near Metz, made
a successful attack on the French
corps under Bazaine. thereby battling
the attempt of that commander to re-
treat to the line of the Marine
This developed into the sanguinary
series of battles at Colombey-Nouilly, /
Vionville and Rezonville, on August
IA, 16 and IS. finally won by the Ger
mans, but with tremendous losses. |
The engagement at Colombey-Nouilly, |
on August Ia, known as the battle OF
Courcelles or Pange, was won by the
Germans under Won Steinmet, but it
was a costly victory
The battle ragged all day along
long line. The Prussians lost 5000
man killed and wounded. while the
French losses amounted 10 $500. but
the superior numbers Of the Germans
forced the French to retreat.
This German victory prevented the
/ junction of Bazaines army with that
of Marshal MacMahon at Chalons.
The next day Bazaine was bitterly
censured by Napoleon for ordering
the retreat
4 On August l6 at Vionville occurred
the battle of Mars-la-Tour, the blood
est engagement OF the Franco-Prus-
sian war UP to that time. II was won
by the second German army under
Prince Frederick Charles, but at ter.
rible cost The tattered veterans of
Bazaines French army were the ag-
gressors, assaulting the German posi-
ton with logged determination. The
fighting began in the early morning
and lasted far into the night. being
marked by astonishing bravery on
both sides. BY the unexpected I'M
masking of a French mitrailleuse bat
terry, Prince Henry Of Reuss and many
other German mobiles were killed. Al
this. the victory was claimed by the
French. but the Germans fought on
and finally drove the enemy back OF
Gravelotte.
During the fighting there was Z
Balaclava charge by a German regi
ment of cavalry on French battery
by which it was decimated. but Il
this the German victory was Target.
due.
In this great battle Germany los
twice as many men as at Koenie
gratz, losing about 1900 in kille
and wounded. The French loss wa
estimated at about the same figure.
After a day of rest, during whic
both sides buried their dead and co
lected the wounded and Bazaine COZ
centrated his men at Rezonville fo
decisive conflict. there was fougf
on August IS the battle of Grave
lotte the most sanguinary engagemeI
of the war, perhaps one of the grea
est battles In history. Two hundr'
thousand Germans, commanded
King William himself, were oppose
= to 10000 Frenchmen. The Eighth
lasted twelve hours and the rest
Il was long in suspense, but finally Il
French right was outaanked, and Z
zaine's men were forced to retrei
in utter rout, to the protection
NJ Metz.
The French army was thus co
pletely defeated, cut off from co
munication with Paris and bottled
IN at Metz. In this battle the Germa
:" were said to have lost $4,000 and
French $4,000. Another estimate
the losses put the German killed q
wounded at 10000 and the French
10000.
Bazaine was now shut up in
Notifications of Metz, which town v
invested by the German army un
Prince Frederick Charles. Simu
neously the bombardment Of Strs
burg was renewed. A desper
French sortie from Strassburg was
pulsed and the Germans were dri
back from Phalsburg. MacMal
reached Chalons with 100000 =
and was there joined by Empe
Napoleon. About the same time p
STA laid claim to Alsace and Lorrt
and King William appointed milit
:, governors for those provinces.
loss Of Alsace and Lorraine was