The New York Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1870, Page 3

THE WAR.) Fighting from Monday to Thursday. pevere Frenen and Prussian Accounts of the Battles. Plaims and Counter Claims of Victory. re ENGAGEMENTS BEFORE METZ Marshal Bazaine’s Account of the Action on Tuesday. French Reports of Heavy Prussian Losses. — Prussian Victory Over Four | Freneh Divisions. (Phe French Reverses “Fally Checked.” ‘Marshal Bazaine “Forced to Face HE GERMANS. s° FGUPERB COURAGE” OF Ti ‘Count Palikao’s Statement to Ex- cited Paris, iNaval Engagement io the Baltic. A Prussian Squadron Retires from ‘the French Iron-clads. Breland Jnbilant Over French Victories. FRENCH REPORTS. Whe Battles zear Metz—A Large Force En- “ qaged—Heavy Losses of the Prussians— Weak Operations of the Germans in Front of Strasbeurg—Goneral Frospard Wounded— Whe Garrison of Paris Busily Employed— Marshal Bazaine and the Telegraphs—Nava! Operations—Ciaim of a Victory Over Prince _. Frederick Charles—Flight of the Ex-Pre- mier—The Reverses Checked—Prussian fic- palse Along the Line. Panis, August 18--6 P. M. The different battles around Metz were fought by ‘the troops of the Third and Fourth corps. About forty thousand French troops were en- Baged. The Prussian loss was very great, and is com. puted at twenty thousand. ‘The French loss 18 comparatively smail, owing to te aid afforded by the cannon of the adjacent fort- yessea, ‘The investment of Strasbourg is so slack that French troops have entered and reinforced the garrison. Provisions have also been carried there without attempt at capture. A paymaster of the French army left there with a large amount of treasure without any hindrance whatever, it would seem that as the Prussians have no siege trains they have given up the idea of a regular siege of Strasbourg. Having attacked Phalsbourg unsuccessfally, the Prussians have retired six Kilometres to the valley of Dorsenheine to assure thelr communications. It is pretty certain that the Prince Royal of Prus- Bia Was wounded in one of the battles around Metz. An official despatch from Marshal Bazaine, just received, claims a great victory over Prince Frede- rick Charles and General Steinmetz, between Don- court and Vionville. ‘The French government represents that the pre- vious reverses of the army have been fully shocked and that the attempts of the euemy to interfere with the concentration of the corps at Chalons have g 0 Comp) tely pepaies. ‘i \ La =e Sieiotiowing résume of mforme- tion received from its private sources:— ‘The army under Marshal Bazaine, resting upon ‘one of the strongest places in the world, occupied near Metz @ position which enabled it to check the enemy and gain precious time, ‘The Prussians de- cided to turn Metz; but Bazaine knew their inten- tion and crossed the Moselle in several places at the same time, He was not surprised, as has been said, He knew that he must soon meet the enemy ‘and was prepared. By crossing the Moselle the French intended to fall back on Chalons, but the Prussians endeavored to cut the French tine. Four times they attacked and were repulsed with great joss. The army of Bazaine continued its march, and may be considered as certain to make @ junction with the troops of MacMahon and Trocho. This re- sult the Prussians have not been able to prevent, and it changes the situation vastly. Bazaine will then be at the hegd of larger Jorgeg an those op - boeed to him, and when he wishes May assume the offensive. This view of affairs is based on informa- tion from the scene of hostilities, dated Tuesday, the 16th, In the serious engagements which occurred Tues- aay, near Grayillotte, the French held their ground, but suffered heavy losses. A private despatch dated Thionviile, Monday, four P.M. says ‘The cannonading of the Prassians commenced ‘at three o'clock, and lasts yet. Many of the enemy have been placed hors de combat, it was rumored this Morning that a demonstra- Uon would be made around the fall of the Corps Legisiatif about two o'clock P, M. ‘The Gavlots says encouraging despatches have NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST i9 OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH AND BALTIC SEAS. Situations of Hamburg, Kiel and Stralsund---Their Connections with Serlin---Probable Points of Attack by the French Fleet. subscription started for that purpose is already very large. ‘The Chateau Chambord has been placed at the isposal of the authorities, py the Count de Cham- bord, as a military bospital. It contains 440 rooms, 300 of which are unfurnished, and all have chimneys and are admirably adapted for the uses to which their noble owner so patriotically devotes them. Mr. Washburne, the American Minister, finds him self overwhelmed with the consequences of assum- ing protection of Prassian subjects, L? Avenir says ali military authoritiés approve of the retreat to Metz. MM. About, the correspondent of the Soir, describes the entrance of tue Prussians into Saverne, He says they ao not maltrext ihe country people, but exact requisitions out of proportion to the popula- tion, farge sums of money and enormous quanti- Hes of bread, tobacco, wine, beef and forage are de- manded. At all places where the people resist the Prussians are very cruel, but otherwise they are dis- posed to be orderly, quiet and kind, Many peasants kill thetr prevent taking them. General Trochu has been appointed commander. in-chief of all the forces at Paris, and has issued a horses to the Prussians from proclamation counselling order and calmness, not only in the streets of the city, but a spirit of resigna- tion under the trials consequent upon the situation. He says that France must have the demeanor of a | great military nation, conducting its own destinies, | and the government will gain the confidence of tne people by showing the greatest confidence in them. | He appeals to all men and to all partes, saying that he belongs himself to no party, save to that of his country, and declares that all good citizens must by moral restraint keep down those who see in public misfortunes only un opportunity to satisfy their own | detestable designs. ‘The Senate was Légisiatif has adjourned to await turther news from the scene of hostilities, The Montleur de ta Flotte publishes a list of Ger- man vessels captured since the gommencement of the war, They are eleven in number. ‘The theatres are nearly aii closed. Prince Napoleon sent, js chilyren and valuables QPay against the earnest feMBfistiance of the Em. | press, A butletin just issued in Paris says the following in session to-day. The Corps news fs official: — General Frossard @tlevousiy wounded in one of the battles around Metz. ‘The officers of the Freuch feet now tn the Baltic have recelved orders to claim at each commercial port of Prussia an indemnity doubie the amount of each contribution exacted by the Prussians in those parts of France now under their control, ‘The entire garrison of Paris is busy day and nignt making cartriages, The Opinion Nationale nevertheless complains of Count de Pallkao’s sluggishness, By Saturday 1,090 guna will bé “mounted on the Fare fortigcations, gpe-fourth served by numerous bat théxperienced hanas, General Mellinet has been assigned fo the com- mand of the Garde Mobile, Marshal Bazajpe Yas again stopped all private telegraphing, as by that means news reaches Berlin by way of London, The Pays this morning says :—~ Two days ago the French vessels of war captured /an English vessel in the English channel, laden with articles contraband of war, destined for Prussia, When the captain was qnestioned how he dare do this, be replied that “he knew a revolution was about to occur in Paris, and as the Frencn feet would therefore probably be recalled, he thonght he could run the risk,’ The Pays comments upon this reply, and says that the same impression regarding a revolutionary out- break in Parts exists in Germany, and is one of the is reported to have been been received from Marshal Bazaine, but they must | schemes of Bismarck. be kept secret as yet to prevent any hints of the Marshal’s plans from reaching the enemy. ‘The Figaro (newspaper) proposes the presentation of a sword of honor to Marshal MacMahon, and the The Gaulois says Pierre Bonaparte has gone to Corsica. i The Paris journals comment bitterly upon the atutude of Austria, which is neutral im the present | Marsia Tour speak of a heavy engagement there avenge Sadowa. ‘The Moniteur Sotr says:— Jt was feared that certain important railway con- nections were cut by the enemy, which would thwart the present movements of the French army. ‘The general commanding at Chalons was sent, with a strong column, to prevent this movement of the Prussians and to assure our communications. That column arrived in time and accomplished its mission, The Temps to-day says M. Emile Ollivier, the ex-Prime Minister, and his wife have gone to Italy, His departure at such a Moment ts severely Commented upon, ‘The French authorities continae to send away Germans who are considered suspicious, The Journal of France says in this connection that “even in the boudoirs of the great ladies must | research be made for the enemies of the country.’ ‘The article creates a sensation. Ex-Minister Ollivier and wife have fled from Paris struggle, when with barely 100,000 troops she might | pulsed along the entire ine, He had 120,000 men 1870,—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘This message conveyed the highly unportant intel- igence that the Emperor Napoleon had made known his consent to treat a peace through Lord Lyour, the British Ambassador in Paris, His Majesty the King had a brief consultation with Bismarck, at the conclusion of which he repiled that if France wanted peace the Emperor must ask itafier having obtained an armistice in the fleld, as is usual between contending armies; or still abide by the arbitrament of war, which will soon decide GREIF SWALD! PEENE R. 4 REMAIN engaged, Parliamentary Preceedinge—Scenes Outside the Legislative Hall. Panis, August 18, 1870, The jast meeting of the Corps Législatit was in- teresting. A great crow of people had collected around the hall to hear the war news. ‘the National Guard was AU Its post Lo. pre but no soldiers were ve order, seen. At the commencement ot Palikao, the new Minister of War, spoke as fol lows: — the session Count de The Chamber will understand that I cannot give precise deiyi" 4 to tle number of troops engaged, the casualties, #c, 1 cannot even state the result of the engagements; but I may say that the enemy has made an ineffectual attempt to capture Pfalsburg, aud lost fifteen hundred men killed, ‘This repulse to Italy, They were hooted all the way. The Prince Napoleon has sent all his valuables to Italy. | ‘whe Prefect of the Rhine urges the destraction of | all the railways and bridges and the sending of all | able-bodied men to Chalons, Marshal Bazaine has declared that the enemy were repulsed along the whole line. The German oficial report of the last fight claims avictory on the ground that the French were pre- vented from continuing a retreat, | Marshal Bazaine’s Keport of the Fighting on Tuesdny—Other Despatches from the Front—The ‘Enemy Thrown Back on the Monelle.” Paris, August 18, 1870, An oficial despatch from Marstal Bazaine, dated four o'clock Wednesday afternoon, says: Yesterday late in the afternoon we gaye battle between Doncourt and Vionville. The enemy were driven back aud we bivouacked on the positions we had taken. 1 halted in my movement for several hours in order to bring up a | full supply of munitions. We had before us Prince | pt eee ae | The following despatch is not omcial, but is given’ | to the public by the Ministry: VERDUN, Wednesday. The battle still continues on the side of Mars la Tour, and seems to be golng in our favor. A num- ber of wounded French aud Prussian soldiers have been brought into Briey. A force of 1,200 (?) Prussians is encamped on the | plateau between Briey and St. Jean. ‘They send oni | couriers who have entered Briey, | Trustworthy parties who bave arrived here from | yesterday with a large portion of the Prussian army, which, they say, was charged with great vigor by our cavairy and the Garde Imperiale, and | was thrown back on the Moselle. | General Trochu has issued an address to the in- | habitants of Paris, appealing to their patriotism for support and good citizenship for the preservation of order. General Sarras takes the place of Major General Le Brun, who has resigned, | Emperor of Germany by the Pope, has offered his | Holiness an asylum in Germany, Algepja proposes to send 5,000 voiunteers to Frafice. m | Jt is rumored that Génerais Bastaille and Prossara | are badly wounded, Thionville still remains in our hands, A Prussian | column recently approached too near the town and was saluted with @ discharge of artillery, The enemy fell back with precipitation, and have since | kept at @ respectful distance. | Fresh arrests were made yesterday in the Quar- ter du Pantheon, It 1s supposed the parties taken into custody were implicated in the uffair of the | Boulevarde de la Villette, | Panis, August 18—Night, The following additional details of Tuesday's battle, near Doncourt and Thionville, have been | obtained from oficial sources:— Prince Frederick Charles attacked our right and was firmly met, The corps of General Argand, at Rezonville, hastened into the action, which ceased only with,night. The Prussians repeatedly attacked us and were as often repuised. Toward nignt a fresh corps sought to turn our position, but was beaten of. Our losses are serious. General Bat- taille is wounded, By eight o’clock in the evening the enemy was re- i has had a great effect both on the enemy and the People of that part of France. The moment the government has information of the great move- ments now taking place L will communicate it to the Chambers, fhe Minister then withdrew. | Deputy Jules Favre then took the floor, and re- | quested that the utmost severity be shown the rioters and assassins of Villette, M, Thiers suggested that In cas of a seige of Paris, the peasants be allowed to ent cd r property. also recommended that the Chambers now meet dally. the olty with their attle, and that the State reimburse them ie grains for the Minister Duvernois, in reply to M. Thiers, sald the | | countered severe fighting with the divisions of Gen- | | Bighth and the Ninth, commanded by Prince Fred- | erick Charles, The Journal des pébats prints an absurd story | h that the King of Prussia, aesiripg to be eonsecrated | ™ | killed and Generais Raush and | them the Imperial Guard, After fighting gallantiy | | cannon, | Geneva by mutilating the dead, fring on surgeons, government had intended to fully provision Paris, r a consultation, decided to | PRUSSIAN REPORTS. Severe Fighting East of Metz—The sinus Engaged With Four French Prune Divi- sions and the tmperial Guard—The French Driven In—Heavy Losses on Both Sidea— Bazaine’s Defeat on Tuesday—“Forced to Face About’—Thousauds of French Pri- soners and Twe Imperial Courage” Eugles Cap- tured— “Superb Fine and a Triumph. Bemuin, Thursday, August 18, 187%, ‘The following oficia! news has been made public here this morning: — Pont A Mousson, Wednesday Evening. General Alvensleben advanced yesterday with the Third corps toward the east side of Metz, On (he ling of the enemy's retreat toward Verdun he en- erals Decaen Ladmirault, the Impertal Guard, | General Alvensieben was sustained successively | by the Tenth army corps and by a detachment of the | Frossard, Canroper (and ‘The enemy was driven in upon Metz, in spite of this great supertority of forces, after a severe combat of twelve hours, The losses on both sides were very | » Prosstan Generals Doerjng and Widel were ruascher woanded, King Willlam to-day saluted the troops on the field of battle, which ts gloriously maintained, ‘The details of the conflict at Pont-a-Mousson have just been recetved, Marshal Bazaine, endeavoring to fall back from Metz to Verdun, was attacked at nine o'clock on Tueaday morning by the Fifth divi- sion and forced to face above, ‘The Prusalans were admirably firm, though they sustained the attack of four French corps, among for six hours the Prossian Fifth division was rein- forced from the Tenth corps. These reinforcements arrived opportunely, | The French found that a prolongation of the con- test would be impossible, and retired upon Metz with a loss of 2,000 prisoners, two eagles and seven | ‘The French utterly disregarded the Convention of ambulances, &0, General Manteuffel telegraphs to the government here relative to the batuie of the idtn, dating his despatch near Metz yesterday afternoon, thus:— The French in heavy masses issued from Metz, | by numerous bays and creeks. | from Berlin reports that another attempt has been | royal order, had arrived in Berlin, conveying the between the two Powers, Mistery of Events Since Sunday—Prussian Metz—French Retreat Verdun—Burial Trace Refased by Bazaine— Betore o | Lonses the Fight at Mars le TourmActive Defence of Parin=Hope of Peace by Intervention. LonpoN, August 18—7 P.M. | Telegre from Paris (his morning give the tol- lowing resus of events stace Sunday last: On that day (Sunday) the French army engaged the Prussians before Meiz, The latter suifered heavy | loeses, ‘The French retired on Verdun, On Monday | the Bmyperor was at Gravelotte, with 69,000 men Subsequentiy occurred engagements at Longueville and at other p , the Frenen constantly fighting and retreating, contesting every slep, | On Tuesday the Emperor passed through Verdun and reached Rheims, where he now is. | The Party Press says (he report that the ’russtans had demanded an armistice in order to bury thetr | dead is fully confirmed, and praises Marshal Bazaine GOLLNOWw for not according it. The peasants must bury the | dead and the army contione tts work of annihilating PA he vemy. ‘The Preneh forces are tnereasing con- Stantly and the Prussians decreasing. The hour of he complete victory of France is near, There i# | great activity ou the fortifications at Paris. Thous- ands of men are at work putting the defences in better condition, A telegram trom Briey, a town fourteen tiles | northwest of Metz, nas the following:— An obstinate strnggle occurred near Mars le Tour yesterday. It is supposed the engagement was gen- eral, Large numbers of wounded of bo'a armies are arriving at Briey, ‘Travellers report that a vast body of Prussians have been thrown back upon the Moselle by the Imperial Guard, The Prassian art)\- lery was entrenched between, Briey and St, Jean, Fhe London Timer says:— i 3 cus BERLIN All day Monday and 4 good part of Tuesday the Freneh were fighting their way to get a position against the chemy on the rear and flank. Progress: | Was consequently slow. Tuesday night they had RAN: 4 ORT | gotten no further than en, sixteen miles from \ j Metz, These are the only facts positively known, , The London Nerrs to-duy says, semt-oMecially, that English hopes of succeeding in intervention have been abandoned. ‘Yhere is unmense activity at the Paris defences, The laborers are absolutely swarming on the fortif- cations, It is Manted that this measure of strength- ening the works is due more Ww & Wish to keep & Positions by assault splendidly, 1 waiting to ove my helmet, A despatch from King William, dated at Pont-a Mousson, Angust 17, says:— dangerous class busy than to any actual fear. rhe papers have three hundred words of War despatches this morning less and not ‘so late as (he American papers have every day. ve In time of the recent revolution- ary outbreaks in Paris and in the South of France suggests to the pole evidence of a combined at- tempt to declare the republic. The testimony of the prisoners concerned in the affair of the Boulevard’ de la Villette on Monday last is withheld, A well Informed diplotmat says that Prussia will write without London some In the fight here yesterday, we took 2,000 priso- ners, seventeen guns and two eagles. Tue Provincial Correspondence says that m re- suming possession of the former German provinces of the Rhin Prussia her pluinde to means reimburse d subjects, expelled from France, The Naval Battle in the BalticmThe Prus- sian Squadron Ketires. BERLIN, August 18, 1870, Advices have just been received here of a naval exact no surrender of French soll, but will insist on the exclusion of the Bonaparte famtly from the throne of France. Gther terms of peace not recon- cilable with the French amour propre, inciuding, doubtless, a partial relinbursement of the cost of the war, may be added. The political restoration of the’ Mouse of Orleans [8 currently discussed as probabie. The French Ambassador at engagement off the coast of the Island of Kugen, in the Baltio. One division Of ine Prussian feet, consisting of an aviso and the gunboats Drache, Blitz and Sala- jock Brussels has refused Praneais Hugo, on of Victor Hugo, a passport to P; mander, yesterday afternoon the he feet at four 0} en- countered Fren consisting of four armored frigates, a brvette and an aviso. The London Ties eloquently calls for alaffor the ch and German wonnded, saya future results will depend on the development of the reserves of the hosulle Powers, and declares that a transfer of Alsace to Proxsia would lolate the sacred princtpia ve Prussians soon withdrew without loss, Pr The French fleet is now off Dornbusch. (The Island of Rugen is situated in the Baltic Sea and forms a part of the Prussian province of Pome- It is very irregular in shape and 1s indented It lies north of Ber. iin in the same degree of longitude and east of Kiel. ‘The island 18 separated from the main land by the narrow strait of Gellen, on the northwest shore of which, directly opposite the west coast of Rugen, is the fortified city of Stralsund.) rania. of national sovereignty and conftet with a perina~ neut restoration of peace. A better tone generally prevails in the Liverpoot market. At Ant ‘p confidence {3 restored and business has resumed its ordinary course. German. dealers, dealing in petroleum, and others connected with Amertean trade, are especially conflaeut and look forward to a favorable result of the war. Frederick, Duke of Schleswig, has issuea a mant- festo imploring al) Germans to sustain Prussia. . The French continue to report that the last Prus- sian loan Is lure. ‘The jafest telegrits from the Content to Lon don, dated at night to-day, report the junction of the armies of Bazaine and MacMahon 1s momentar ly expected at Vitry-le-Francais, near Ohflons, where the French are expected to make a new stand. The ‘The Prussian government allows only one cor spondent of the Berlin press at the front, aud Her Kreissler, of the Birsen-Halle, has been selected for the place, P.O. Army, has arrived at Pont General Sheridan, the of the United States King’s headquarters at n received asa royal -Mousson, and has | ommandant at Metz, on account of the de- ficiency of food, drives away the fugitives who throng into the city. guest, ENGLISH REPORTS. Indiscreet Prusstans have been mobbed ut Bor. deaux. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE HERALD. Severe Battle Betwe: « Metz and Verdun— | The firemen have veen enlisted as soldiers, and throng the streets of Paris, the Gaulois Says, to the number of 100,000, Large Numbers Killed and Wounded=—Two French Generals Wounded—Apother French ptured. ‘They wear thelr brass helmets, Town € anda yarmed, LonDON, August 18—-Noon. relyed here (rom the Continent, and dated at Verdun, that a great and the French and Prussians commenced, aod is now in progress, at War telegrams r Peace Propositions. Lonpon, August 18, 1870, Prince Murat bas not yet returned to the French my, but continues to pasa between the Duke de Gramont and Mr. Gladstone, having already crossed the Channel several times, There ig No doube that he is tae hearer of nego- Uallons which look to peace. report a flercely contested batue between Mars-atour, a small place situated on the road be- tween Metz and Verdun and distant about one-third the way when travelling from the first named place to the latter, A large number of soldiers have b en killed and wounded on both sides, bul the particulars of the THE OPPOSING FLEETS. engagement have not yet come to hana, - we Generals Brossard and Bataille. itches report @ brief action in the Baltic between (the Prussian and French War ships, and it is probable that there wilt be av early movement by the French fleet upon the forts defending Hambarg, or Kiel, or Straisund. is situated im the French comunanal department of | Great uncertainty exists as to what place will be the Moselle. attacked, A French feet was off Cuxhaven at the mouth of the Eibe on Saturday, and It ts known that there is a large number of iron-ciads in the Baltic. Without stopping to inquire what unfor- tunate towa Will first be called upon to endure a bombardment, {t will be interesting to note what ia of the French The cable desp army, have been wounded, A large force of Prussian troops haye envered iuto and taken possession of the town of Briey, which aa) Queen Victorin’s Mission for PeucomA Royal Messenger from Briiaia in Berlin—Com- ‘munication to King William—Napoleon Wil- ling to Treat—Prussin Keeps Him to the | tne naval strength of the contending nations, To Rule of Actaal War, begin with, it may as well be said that the Lonpon, August 18—1 P. M, French is overwhelmingly more powerfu! than the, Prussian, and this we say in spite of the labored effort of the Lomfon Spectasor and some other pro-Prusstan newspapers, On the first of January last the French tronclad feet numbered sixty-three vessels, of which number A special telegram which has just come to band made by the Queen aad Cabinet of England for the negotiation and arrangement of & peace between France and Prussia, thirty-seven were sea going, ready for action, twenty- one were for harbor defence, and five sea-going on A Queen's messenger, specially commissioned by | the stocks in process of construction. Of these five “| three are the largest tron-clad frigates in the world, Two of them exceed 8,000 tons each, and the remain- ing one {8 very nearly as large. Of the iron-clads at present {n commission the most formidable are the Rochambeau (formerly the Danderberg), Ocean, Sa- voile, Survelliante, Gauloise, Flandre, Invineible and Taureau. In addition there are the Gloire, Magenta, proposals of the British Cabinet to the Prussian gov- ernment, King William and Premieg Count Bismarck were telegraphed to Immediately after the arrival of the English oMctal in Berlin, and, after a bloody engagement of three hours, the First corps routed the enemy's right. Our troops fought with superb courage, carrying the enemy's Solferino, Guyenne, Jeanne d’Arc, Thetis, La Cou- The telegram reached his Majesty at the head quarters of the Prussian army. CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE,