The New York Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1870, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, UNDAY, SEPILEMBER 4, 1870. —TRIPLE _SHEET. SCENE OF THE OVERTHROW OF THE FRENCH. PA AANA OID DOOD HN Situation of Sedan, Where the Army and Napoleon Surrendered-=-Distance of the Gavia Army from Paris---The Possible March on Re French Gapital. “Unie | FONTAIN BLEAU Oe” THE WAR. Highly Important News | from the Battle Fields. Capitulation of MacMahon’s Army and Surrender of Napoleon. Bravery of the French, Artillery Fire Bayonet Charges and Victory of the Pruss‘ans. Terrible Botts Carnage on REJOICINGS - Magnificent Scone of cnet and Religious Devotion. IN BERLIN. Patriotism Queen Augusta Thanking Her Bubjects. "PEACE BUT WITH PEACE GUARANTEES, ‘Reported Capitulation of Marshal Bazaine at Metz. SURRENDER GF NAPOLLON AND WIS ARTY. LECRAM 10 THE MEW YORK HERALD. King William's patch Anuouncing the Surrender. Benin, Sept. 3, 1870 ‘he following is the telegram received by the Queen of Prussta froin. the King:— SEDAN, Sept. 2 The capitulation of the whole army was conciuded By Wimptten, whe © commanded instéad of MacMahon, -who ts wounded. The Emperor surrendered nimself to me, as he ‘had no command. He lett everything to the Regency at Parl, 1 shall appoint his residence, after an interview with him, at a re mdezvous to be fixed immediately. Under Gou’s guidance what eve nts nave befailen | WILLIAM | DETAILS Frenc A (ene MAUB corn cuce ue vs ? OF THs TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK RERALD. A Terrible StrnggleGreat Slaughter—Mac- Mahen Wounded—Defeat of the French Their Retreat—Operations of Yesterdny— ‘napoleon andthe French Army, LONDON, Sept. 3—Evening. Sorrender A special telegram for the New York Herap, dated at Sedan, and transmitted by way of Bouillon, in Belgium, at midnight on the 2d instant, bas just been received here. In his telegraphic report the Heravp writer says that the die of battle has been cast so far as the fate of Marsha! MacMahon’s splendid French army and the and executive fortunes of the Ronaparies and the Bonaparte French empire are rned. It is, he says, “all over with France wcording to the existing situation both In the fleld personal and the Cabinet to Paris; and then goes on to say:— i have already telegraphed to you briefly the facts iter the batiles which took place between the hand Prnssian armies during the days and | evenings of last Tuesday and Wednesday, each day's being of & most terrific character in ttscif, al results remained undecided, altnough the balance of fortuwe was at the close of each day somewhat in favor of the Prussians. ursday lust, in the morning at daybreak, snowed the French forees as having been heavily reinforced during (he bight(orinthe hours of the temporar; < PY y | cessation of the combat) and that they were then occupying a strong and elevated position near to Bazer Prench line was seen to extend from Bazetiles down to end along the course of the railroad to a pomt near to B Maury line of road to another and extreme point on the Mouzou railroad AL the nour of five o'clock In the morning the | prnasians recommenced the baitie, making a simul- attack on the French front neous and powertul | and teft flank. ‘Vhis assault was confined fora time to a play ot artiliery on the part of the two armies, both the Prassian aud French guuners keeplag up an inees- sant fire, ‘The French were, as was very soon evident, weaker in their force of guns than the Germans, and their fire was, consequently, netther so wara nor so effectiv At noon the P was that of thelr enemy. » a fierce infantry at- tack near Louzy with the object of breaking the French centre. After the delivery of some most tremendous blows and (he apparent finish of some of the most severe fighting of the war between (he two armies, the Prussian assallants fell back from the point which they had struck in the centre, A pause seemed to take place in the Prussian army, like as if for a breathing time or to rally and renew thetr deterinination. At ihe the afte of one o'¢lock In on the hour oF THURSDAY. | zy, aud om thence away along the | | French, tl ing in victorious, joyous groups around Sedan. the <a arian az os VITRVIGF Ray oe oy RCIS iv. . artillery fire was less an!mated and | cessant on either side, This temporary Intl indi- | cated, however, merely the prelude of still flercer assauit—a really dreadful action. two o'clock a simultaneous and g was commenced aiong the whole their infantry charging right up on the F rench guns. ‘The hour of three o'clock m the afternoon came on. ‘The battle was still raging. ‘The French soldiers, who had previously and from the fret moment stood firm at all stanaing the almost crushing severity of the Prus- sian attacks, wavered for aimoment their position and almost immediately thereafter broke in apparent confusion. ‘The battle soon became ayout on the part of Na- — poleon’s soldiers. cd, gered as tt were, and finally They recoil Marshal MacMahon was reported to nave been seriously wounded during the attack which has been just last desertbed, ‘yhe roads and highways and s| now presented a most terrible and sic ‘The Freneb troops left everything behind them, | flying in every direction and in the wildest con- fusion, and throwing down their arms at every step. Vhe Prussian forces pressed for and in order, with the fall determin: if the retreat, or flight, of the Belgium, Durtog these several acilous, a charge particularly, the Prussian 8¢ bayonet with the most terrible effec Night closed down on their pursuit of the fying | The En pol reporter adds), remained at his headquarters, which had been fixed near to Sedan, all tt of the fighting and unto the close of the battle. At the hour of half-past four o'clos noon a message Was despatch the fleld, advising him of thetr actual and advising him to fy to Belgium, ‘this (Saturday) morning the Prass pared to attack Sedan, any position to offer At twelve o'clock noon to-day & | officers, headed by General Wimapi arters. were met by the Prussian advanced ducted to headquarters. Bere tnese French of sers in & surrendered their army Majesty King William. ‘The French officers bore also and and ine King’s hand an autograph letter fr the Emperor Napoleon JIL. of Franc poieon expressed his desire to su personally to the King, he not havin mand or authority. ~ Js LAOWOIS 2) MONK aC, RETHEL ey VOUZIERSG retreated. urrounding fields e dark hours finding the Prussians gather- , (as the I[PKALD telegraphic ed to his Majesty from really too ill in health for the journey. hearing a fag of truce to the After marcning for a short Re o~ @KLER ah SA i; , ARLON 4 ous gov © . REIMBACH f tr CHATELE’s i AUOUN' 4IN OHAGBANGE ~. S—-2RVERDUN xg METZ x MARSLATOURG \ FORBACH STAVOLO . RERNY FAULQUEM pENZE was ace an St 3 Hud, wv EURVILLE VILLION 9 JOIN VILLE \BACCARAT NEUFCHATEAU \ q King Wiltiam received the rsandthetr | message gractonsly and with mueh suavity of man- not quite so in- | Freneb office | by the ner. | in the Prussian capital, ov A formal itulation of the Freeh armies took | from Sedav, during the enti place at once, At the hour of rand movement Prussian line, ‘e day. patriotic sides, ‘The articles of this solemn act were concluded and ratified at half-past one o'clock in the afternoon. A most momentous event was thus consummated, warded under guard of @ strong cs¢ ‘ort to the ¢ z single moment. points, notwita- | of Magdeburg, Prussia, but his exact destimation Is, it is alles arch. | The war news was made @, ull kept secret by the Prussian mon or wwe all along: arge numbers of French soldiers have already | the morning, and the entire p poured out into the streets 5 escaped from the scene of disaster to Belgium. ADBITIONAL PARTIOUL They asked to see the Quee! Her Majesty Queen Augusia balcony of the building fell bi stag TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. | When the Battle Commenced-—Position of the ProssianaThe Bayarinn Troops the Fires to Enter the Fortifications of Sedan-Napo- leon Capitulates=MacMahon’s Army Pris- oners—Strength of the Prassian and French Armies. pliment on each occasion. The Queen was dressed in wrapper. ok ung epee the first oc as she heard and received cheers of the vast multitude, LONDON, Sept. 3, 1870. A special correspondent of the HERALD telegraphs from the King’s headquarter Vendres, near Se- | on their kne dan, on Friday, as follows:— eyes, held up th ‘The tattle of Sedan began at six Wclock in the | for tie now ap morning, September 1. Two Prussian corps were | in position on the west of Sedan, having got there by | The ced marches to cut off the French retreat es, South of Sedan was the First Bay: Ndiers used the | Tan corps, and east, across the Meuse, the Second | Bavarian corps. The Saxous were on the north- | east with the Guards, I was with the King through- out the day on the hill above St. Meuse, command. tng a splendid view of the v of the Meuse and the fleld. After a tremendous battle, the Pras- stans having completely surrounded Sedan, and whe | Ravarians having entered the fortifications of Sedan, ror capitulated at a quarter past five P. M. | ter to the King of Prussia said As Teannot die at the h ward resolutely ation of eutting | French towards schools we and in the last | ter of the city. The ! clambering up the s Great and crowning the flowers and tiny flags. uc of ton the French, zens who went along, mar bands of mu ‘The rejoicing telegram ‘The gener effect that the f had not written, prough the time neb people will ne 1 of my army Tay my | wart vnce and arrange ap! sword at the feet of your M without Bonaparte. Napoleon Jett Sedan for the Prussian headquar Ali tue financial t ; ters ut Vendrea, share in the national € At seven o'clock in the ember 2. of great buoyancy on the Bourse. Mahon’s whole army, comprising 109,090 prison ‘The people of in will ily capitulated without conditions, and are even Uv * in the afier- loss of the fy morning of S M e but the Emperor | | The Prnasians bad 249,000 men Inte | Kreach on the most genero laa troops pI serve; the French 120,000, friendship, but always on a basis g| ing really now in | ct security from unpre i aggre teported Losses of Roth Arm | LONvox, Sep yariy of French | Reliable accounts coniirm the Prussian suc MacMation was out-manonvered in his attempt to relieve Bazaine, Twenty thousand Prussians and 10,000 Frenet » killed ana wounded in the bat- listance they | ties of the valley of tue Meuse. futare, Prien OF TAL part of Franés in the ‘EWS n, set out from German head. guard and con &OVLWS GF TRUIOIPA Fi BURL. Overthrown, Loxpon, Sept. London is wild with delight over the Prussian formal manner TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Berlin Laformed of the Clove of the War— ciny Seenes After the News of Triemph- Liverybody Visits the Queen—Her Majesy Appears ia Tears of Joy—A General Ovae tion—Devotion—Generous Towards France Peace and Security—Edect on the Bourse. Loxpon, Sept. 3—Byening. ng DOW any Come | A gpyecial telegram, written by the New YorK HERALD corr expondent ia Berlin carly iu the after. } in every directions triumph. excited multitudes, other as if the fortress oO his detivered to the | om his Majesty | manifesied, co, in which Na- | rrender himself @GLADHACA FREUDENBUAG KOLNs, jet Dae = ~ WILTENGEN ro fe PRALSBCURCS, * DIE a plain She was weeping with joy at the good ne 2, and she became sll more afected the aimost deafening head with ehing with abated when money There TELEGRAM TO THE NEW VOR HERALO. Rejoteings tn Loudon—Opiniens ot the Press— y No Means Certain—The Empire | Oa ~ Prac CHENBUR Wich SAARUNION @@ HAGE SAV ERN susp noon to-day and forwarded here for transmissio cable wires to New York, reports that there were the most gladdening rejoicings taking place the glorious war news Everybody was excited, all in ‘good humor, and congratulations were exchanged” on all ‘There were sulvos of artillery, flags, small banners, and the prepa- the city at | music, toasts, speeches, fire rock Iv is said that the Emperor Napoleon will be for- | rations for a general tlumination of jo | Bight, and ali appeared to be crowded into one ‘The scene, he says, really bamed any attempt at | either a connected or lengthy deseription, known to the public im | Berlin shortly after the hour of eight o'clock tn | pulation of | afteywards. ‘The peopie rushed off to the palace groands, os, and morning Hundreds and hundreds of women dropped down | and, with tears streaming from their y hands in thanks to Almighty Goa ent approach of the hour of ter mination of a terrible and bloody war. losed ail over Berlin, sous of school children came out from e ones were King Frederick the wreaths of | Proces- y quar. to be There was ap imprompta procession of the citt- vanners aid the HERALD lief entertained fa Berlin 1s to the apandon their with Prussia reles here a feeling weome peace, ay willing to treat one with the terms of popular | anteelng per- | on the LOVBON, 3, 1870. a \ ” oe 7 Mie. a gw Zuaiten olga peut ny ernest a mn | .| Fra ppeared on the front | every few ming gracefully acknowledged the grand national com- | 3 @PLETTEN Bers | WINTERBERGO) 1] a | Om | C) DILLENBURG { is ORS, WE OLA a 4 i SARMSTADT } { \ worms i gion Ret AUTER SaNST i 7) WA Or— PIRMASENZ 2, > Oo x m Da z cone f rig 4 ( 7S OFFENBUORS. FREUDENSTA The Patt Malt Gazette says the news will be, re tas final If the Emperor hopes by a hastily patched up peace to find the means to transfer the throne to his son, it ts the last and greatest delusion of a life of delusions, He may dnd it easier to begin than to end a war. Peace is by Mo means yet cer- tain. There 1s no government to make peace. Im pertatiem 13 dead, Ap Orleacs government or a re- public can hardly begin by a surrender. France has | forthe first time to act; ber eyes are for the first tine opened. | The Evening Standora | ror's Wate | thrown, , The SCinderd doprecates exultation and expresses heartfelt sympathy with the falien sovereign. ‘The Beko says:—“The Emperor's last act does what is possible to redeem ts iault. ‘The author of | the war surrenders himself to the conqueror, admit- | ting his own defeat, which may heip to avert that of “Sedan te the Empe- second empire is now 0 joo; the REPORTED CSP.TULATION OF BAZAITE AL iT TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. “Lo: 3-3 P.M. hour from tne seat of sived here for the New capitulation Lonpox , Sept. Telegrams of a still jate: war, which have been re York HERALD, embrace a report of the | of Marshal Bazaine at Mets. This act took place, 1! 1s said, soon after the Mar- shal had had receipt of the news of the personal surrender of the Emperor Napoleon and of ¢ dev of the army of Marshal MacMahon, in & Oyht at four MacMahon was badly wot sk in the afternoon. HOW “ACMARGN WAS INTERCEPTED. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, nergy of the German Army—MacMabon Avxtousiy Looked tor at Metz—Sweeping tho Belgian Prontior—Mac Mahen’s Whereabouts Discovered, und How, Bent Sept. 3, 1870. \ September 2, gives the A ietter from Metz, a following information:— Since «e engagement at Gravelottc twelve days have passe! without giviag the French an oppor- tunity to leave the saddle, The army, in such case, is necessarily denne and unable to oppose the Germans or prevent thelr securing chosen positions. The beleagured army, with its numerous wounded, the garrison of the city and suburban ¢ os Muse aggregate two nundred thousand souls. Fevers are therefore a necessary consequence, and are accom. panied wiih waul and sudering. Bazaiue have | couuted on the arrival of MacMahon to relieve this misery, ‘That hope has been destroyed by the Prus- | stan movements. ‘The first thought of the Prussians was that Mac- Mahon was hastening to the defence of Paris; but | it was feared he mighi, by bugging the Belgian | sroptier, march secretly back to Meta, where Ba- ‘The streets for two hours were filled with | zaine was cooped up, and attack the Prassians in Rnglishmen congratulate cach | the rear with the co-operation of Bazalne, ad been an English victory. sympathies with Prussia were never so strongly The news of the surrender was pub- lished here by the Datty News in an extra about half-past ten o'clock this morning. Other papers soon followed. Placards were posted every where in | yy the streets, and thousands “f despatches were sent Hence the advance o1 the Prussiaus im three great columns, sweeping the extended line ot the Belgian frontier from along the Meuse to the Aube, effectually shut- ting out MacMahon from Metz. The belief on the | part of the Prussians (hat MacManon had gone from selms northward towards the Belgian border CONTINUED ON i SEVENTH PAGS