Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22

laid in Washington not all Of the cir
cles at the inter-
Car Tracks and section of avenues
NJ, n, were laid out, par
ticularly that which
is now known as Thomas Circle. at
14th street and Massachusetts avenue.
The Star in its issue of August 10. 1870,
thus comments:
The rapid progress made in the
work of inclosirS and putting in
proper order the circle at the inter
section of Massachusetts and Yer
mont avenues and 18th and NJ streets
is gratifying in the highest degree.
! but considerable surprise is mani
Tested that SO far there should be no
/ indications of an intention on the
! part of the street railway company
! to lay their tracks on the outside of
the reservation. Is it possible that
the rails are to be allowed to run
straight through the ground as at
| present? Or will they be removed IN
good time to allow the completion OF
the work without delay? We pre-
sumo. however. that the latter is the
course to be adopted. The beauty or
the spot would be forever married UNI
der any other arrangement"
| During the week ending August 20
1870 the Franco Prussian war developed
in series of Prussian
Tho Erenoh successes that plainly
foreshadowed Napoleon's
i UeIeateu. complete and probably
early defeat. Day after day the col
umns of The Star of that period are
filled with dispatches telling Of success
sive Prussian advances, of a French
| force driven into Metz and isolated. and
of virtually an open road to the French
capital for the invading forces. In The
Star of August 20 the situation is thus
summarized:
with the browning victory OF the
| Prussian arms in YESTERDAY sr.
battle (west of Metz) the contest may
be said to be virtually ended. Inc
only hope the French had of making
| a successful stand in defense OF Paris
was in effecting junction between
Bazafne and MacMahon at Chalons.
That hope has been finally cut on o!
/ the result of yesterdays fighting The
two armies are hopelessly discovered.
for Bazaine's army may be said to be
now as nearly annihilated as was
| MacMahons. 1t has been alleged by
the French that though portion OF
Bazaine's army had been thrown back
on Metz the hulk had succeeded in
erecting a retreat on Chalons. but
combat Of the character of that or
Yesterday, in which 10000 were killed
must have been between large forces.
and it is evident that 1T was no rag
ment of BaZaine's army that was en-
gagged with the Prussians.
ITO give an intelligent idea OF the
fighting in the last six days it may be
stated that the
Bazaine Stopped distance between
in His Retreat. is about eighty
miles; that railroad with a single
track, of which Etain, Verdun and
St Menehould are the chief depots.
connects them, as also a provincial
highway following nearly the same
direction. On Sunday morning the
French retreat from Metz appears to
lhave commenced. By o'clock in the
afternoon the advanced guard was on
! its way and the emperor had just
taken his departure along with an
other division of what was fort
night ago inaugurated as the army
! of the Rhine. Judging that 1t was
, the intention OF the Prussians to
break the continuity of his line. Mar
shall Bazaine was at this time en-
gagged in transporting his troops to
| the left bank of the Moselle, by the
! bridge, at the fortress and at several
other points, when the 1st and 18th
Prussian Army Corps, commanded, re-
! spectively, by Gen. Monteuffel and
Gen. Yastrow, appeared in their rear
and commenced an attack with the
view of intercepting their retreat The
aid obtained from the guns of the
fortress evidently contributed t.
cover the retrograde movement OF thu
French and to increase the Prussian
| loss. After conflict of about four
hours the corps of Gen. Frossard re-
| treated toward the fortress, while the
/ left of the French army had occupied
| in force the opposite bank of the Mo-
selle and the advance guard had OBJ
viously been summoned to arrest the
march.
"a few miles after leaving Metz the
| main highway branches off into two
lines, both again con-
Nanoleon at verging at Verdun and
forming a sort of long,
ufaVelotte. irregular loop, whose
extreme breadth is about five miles
and it's length about twenty five
! miles In the westerly section of
! this loop formed by the two roads a
greater part of the fighting of the
! last few days seems to have taken
place First we find the emperor with
! 60 900 men on Monday at Gravelotte.
village near the bifurcation of the
two lines of highway. Against the