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Show LATER WAR NEWS,! Another Battle Momentarily Expected. j i The Pride of France Wounded Wound-ed and her Prestige Dimmed, I Napoleon's Bad Generalship. French Soldiers Clamor fori a Leader. i i . i Bank cf France Suspended.: i i FOii EIG "V. By Cable. Antwerp. Aug. 12. lu a.iu. Advices Ad-vices from the seat of war state that a great battle is momentar ily expected. Berlin. Aug. 12. midnight A party of French wounded is ju,t being forwarded for-warded to Spar.den to day; 2,265 French officers and soldiers taken in Saturday's battle have armed here. From the inlbimaion tl.a: can be gained it apj ear- that t'.e gairison of Strasbourg consists f only une regiment regi-ment -of foot and a small force of the national guard. The supplies in the place are'm proportion to the garrison. The capture of the place would probably prob-ably be an easy matter fir the first Prus.-ian corps at PiriliipsLurg. Paris, Aug. 12. The Journal Official Offi-cial publishes a decree declaring tire department of Haute Garroue in a state of seige. London, Aug. 12 The Duke de Cliartres a-kel permission to take service in tbe French ar my and claims the privilege as a Frenchman who has learned something of the ar t of war in America and Italy. The Telegraph is authorised to contradict con-tradict forma ly the leport that the Prince Imperial is irr London. McMahon marched out of Sanerine on Sunday night on one side of the town just as the Prussians were marching march-ing in on the other. It is reported that Piinc : Douvergne will declare the ortfolio of foreign ' affairs in the new French cabinet because be-cause of ill health. Brussels Aug. 12. Last night there was an enthusiastic deiuuii tra-tion tra-tion before the palace and British legation. lega-tion. The lima this mo.ning says the ni He of France is wounded and her prestig dimmed. Who broaglit this on her must suffer for it.. Victorious or discrowned is Napoleou's alternative' on the next battle field. Prussian accounts say nothing at Keoingslaer could equal the destruction of life at Worth. From some accounts it is believed that Napoleon was on the field with McMahon. Ru-sell writes to tho Times that the French headquar ters were wholly ignorant igno-rant of the details ot the battle of Worth, but were impressed with the belief that it was decisive and important impor-tant in its results. Thiers is reported to have said that the empire was ended and a republic inevitable. Paris, Aug". 12. A letter from Charles Desmonie, dated Nancy, denounces de-nounces the Emneror's bad generalship general-ship and says McMahon, gallantly struggling, was beaten f or lack of sup-, port, thoue)ithere were multitudes of armed Frenchmen at hand eager to have him pa-s I lie Rhine. The H'l-drers H'l-drers are compelled to cat sour fruit and raw vegetables. 1 ius.-i,i to-day j was at Alsace, to-morrow she will have Lorraine. The people are desperate. The soldiers believe themselves betrayed be-trayed and clamor for a leader. London, Aug. 12. Experiments at Poebeurynes with lniiriiller.rs are said '.o have been splendidly successful. The press gives glo-ving accounts of th-3 ranee and a. curacy of the weapon. The Barrk of Fiance suspended specie spe-cie payment to-day. |