Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-15

, Prussia's In favor of the Prus-
v;.4 sian forces that French
defeat seemed likely.
In The Star of August 8. 1870. the
situation up to date was thus ana
lysed
The stirring news Of the past
three days and the continuous and
important successes Of the Prussians
indicate that the European war. In
stead of being the long one antici-
pated by Napoleon. may in reality
prove nearly as short az the decisive
ten days campaign of Prussia
against Austria in 1855. The vic
torious Prussians followed up their
| capture of Weissenburg by an ad-
| vance on the right and left of their
line and fought on Saturday two bat
ties and won two victories. The left
of their army under the Crown Prince
Frederick William advanced from
Weissenburg into French territory
and met the division of Gen. Nc
Mahon near Hagenau. town in
frontier. A battle commenced At
! midday and continued until dark, the
French being routed and driven back
in the direction of Rtsche. French
town nearly thirty miles northeast OF
the pattlesIounQ Inc fruesiahs
captured 1000 prisoners, thirty guns.
two mitrailleurs and two standards.
A dispatch from the emperor
| Acknowledges this defeat and states
| that Mcmahon has been isolated by
! the victorious army from communi-
Napoleon ends his dispatch an
nouncing the French disaster with
the statement that he In person will
| assume command in the center. The
| division Of Mcmahon comprised the
choicest troops in the French army.
| in Algeria, and their commander had
a high renown as soldier, won by
his share in the victory at Magenta In
the Italian war. Both armies sui
fered great losses.
While the attack was being made
on Mcmahon at the right OF the
French army their left. under Gen.
Frossard. was defeated between Saar-
bruck and sierck by the right Of the
Prussian army. At this point also
ritory. first recapturing Sa4rbruck.
and then marching on and holding the
| French towns of Sierck and Thion-
willie, situate on the Moselle and dis
tant. respectively. two and twelve
miles from the border. These partcu-
lars are substantiated in dispatches
from King william and the emperor,
all going to show the importance ana
completeness of the German auccess.
There was the most intense excite
ment and CONSERVATION in Paris yes
terday upon publication Of the en-
peror's news Of disaster. A ,procla-
nation from the empress and, minis
try was issued last night. calling
upon the patriotism of the people to
| sustain the war. declaring the city in
CORDS ros'e lee ri on Thursday. The
emperor conveys the impression thst
he will hmm ately renew the con-
test and endeavor to regain his lost
| ground, but with his best troops
beaten. his connections eraansereo.
state Of almost open revolt, the
chances of making a successful STAND
are dubious indeed. 1t would not sur
prise US to hear at any moment tn1t
he has abandoned his army as his IL
ilustrious predecessor did after his re-
verses in Russia. and neither would 1t
be q matter for surprise II within the
| next few days he were fugitive from
France. Like q desperate player. nc
| staked his empire on the fortunes OF
the battlefelds in the insane contess
he provoked with Prussia, ana tne
disastrous defeats hes has experienced
can have but one result. the over
| throw Of his dynasty.
| X
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August 8, 1870, the first race Tor the
Americas cup ever sailed in these
waters took
Yacht Magic Wins place Of New
Americas Cup. four American
yachts were entered as contestants
against the British challenger Cam
bria. The defenders included the old
America, first winner OF the cup In
English waters. She had been SO
often replanked and rebuilt, however.
that little hope was entertained that
she would be as fast as in rS51. when
| she won from the pick OF the british
yachting feet and there was no sec
ond." The Star OF August 3: 1870. teiis
the story of the race. when was won
by the little Magic. one OF the small
| est of the fleet, with a tonnage OF
| only 92.2, as against the 227S OF the
challenger. Magic finished the course
| in hours and IS minutes, II minutes
| ahead of Idler, which sailed secoho;
and Is minutes ahead Q. Sy wv ,hird
| Mace. Cambria was the tenth yscne
| n cross the line, in 4 hours ana Nv
minutes, or ~ minutes behind Magic.
The Stars story says:
"As the starting gun was nrea .ne
1
and eighteen men. which had been
living close under Staten Island ehore
exnectine. as the captain said, q SIX
Knot breeze from the west, were su,
nrised by the wind coming direcei!
from the south. placing the veseel 10
leeward of the feet. The mainsni
was set up and the cable slipped.
whan the breeze sent her OH on a
mort tack instead of starboaro' tnus
turning her head in shore. Her tofe
eail and both jibs were sent up. pul
failed to nay her of to starooara LOT
nearly two minutes. That placed ne.
nearly a mile behind the Ieaonns
yacht. The jib boom OF tne Ta1aiiyta.
tvst in the track of the Cambria. ana
made another delay. Al las. ed
were ali fairly off on the starnoaIu
t.ck, making short boards until o9.
aide the Narrows. when All ran tn
Coney island point and then stre.e anic
away for the Southwes. sP WooI the
rnaana Stacked about half: AFTER
ua,nSine the lightship the Cambria
aost nm her foregaff-topsail. Amos.
| Isnroediately gust OF wind from
southwest struck her, anu rs hHi Is
tonmast was set very taut can
carried away JUST apoSe
still she kept on.
Though the French situation I'M
n-ov.d somewhat the developments
of the week gave
for no ground for be-
lieving that Ma
French Throne. poleon could ex-
tricate himself from disaster. The
Star of Aupuat II 1870, says: