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Show murwmwi mi l ! iiwy mi inn n it y LATER WAR NEWS, Terrific Fighting ! McMahon's Eiforts to Rescue Lletz a Failure. TREMENDOUS BATTLE AT SEDAN. McMUON DISPITIXG EVEKY IXCH OF GR0rD HITIl DESPERATE VALOR. Metz to be Bombarded. Dysentery and Typus Fever Depopulating Metz and Saarbruck. FOREK.2V. London, 1. The bullion in the bank of England has increased 043,000 during the week. Athens, 20. Italian advocates are excluded from taking pai t in the trial of the Marathon brigands England exacts ln,ti()0 indemnity fur Mrs. Lloyd. Yancnes, Sept. 1, tin erlin. McMahon's ell'oris to rescue Metz have entirely failed in consequence of the deleat he sustained on Tuesday when he lest liO guns. The I'rench losses were iiuu.ene as compared with the Prussians. Tbe uhlars and dis-mouuted dis-mouuted hus.-ars took near Sedan two strong positions in spite ol the determined deter-mined resistance of the French. Jxmdon, Sept. 1. The Prussian-, report that Lieut. Yon Schiiupll, who was sent yesterday under flag to summon sum-mon the .surrender of Ycrdun, was tired upon and his trumpeter killed. Since McMahon left Kheiuis he his marched to Uethel, Yanziere, Uati-zancy, Uati-zancy, through the Meiise valley and Argonne mountains to Stenay, and thence to Montuivdy. A writer in the Jrijnru says: Da-zaiue Da-zaiue in one of his battles around Metz entrapped the Prussians, sonic I'o.OOD strong, in the Jouinont quarries, quar-ries, who were led by spies and disguised dis-guised as (ica-ants. His cavalry then tell on their rear who were surprised and unable to wheel. The Prussians were cut down terribly. Pazaiue, however, is greatly mortified that this should have been reported at Paris as a victory. Cable special to the lli rald : Paris, Sept. 1, evening. A newspaper states that on tbe U'ith l'az.iine gained a sub-s'antial sub-s'antial victory or Prince Frederick Charles; and that on the .'loth the Pru-cians obtained the advantage over Faiiley's corps, but yesterday McMahon McMa-hon gained important victories. Iru.-cls, Sept. I. The lio'irian newspaper to day, publish the folljw-ing folljw-ing telegrai : Pavilion, Aug. "l. Fighting commenced at nine this umni-in;. umni-in;. at liazillc-. The French are said to have captured .'(0 guns. No positive news of result received. I Paris, Sept. I. In the Seeate today, to-day, the minister of foreign allai.'s announced an-nounced lie bad sent dispatches to foreign Courts, denouncing the conduct ol' the Piii-siius in fir'.ng on ambu-laiiees ambu-laiiees and threatening to renounce (he convention ol Geneva if the practice prac-tice continues, and declaring thai if Pru-sia. pcr-isls in her refusal to coMsider all soldiers -jf Franco as belonging to ihe regular army, and to treat them as such, France will retaliate retali-ate on members of the hindwchr and landstrum. In the Corps Lcgislatif )ul(!S Favre presented a pelition signed by li.OO't Parisians protesting against the savage conduct of the besiegers of Strasbourg, und demanding that immediate im-mediate relief be sent. The New York II orld'i cable special spe-cial reports another tremendous battle to day before Sedan. McMahon, with inferior forces, in disputing every inch of the ground with desperate valor. Palikao said to-day that McMahon husj not tullcrc.d nearly as much uh the Germans, Ger-mans, and the fighting continued several sev-eral days in the same region. Parisians Paris-ians believe McMahon is able to hold the Germans at bay till tho army of Lynns, 150,000 strong, can ho brought into action. Tho garrison of Strasbourg Stras-bourg made a successful sortie ou Tuesday night. London, 1. The correspondent of the Trilmnc, with tho fir-l Prussian army writes yesterday : Tho second army sent tho Crown Prince, two and a half corps ten days ago. Thrsr have been returned, as tho plan has been changed from starving out Mel to bombardment. lleuvy artillery has been mounted ngainst forts Si. Qucn-liu Qucn-liu and l'lappenville. Ijseut-ry and typhus fever prevail in Metz. A while flag was sent out on the ;!(lh lor wu ter, siiife.oiH and medicines. The water in the Moselle is unwholesome. Tlio s.'lllie eoi res poinlenl telrj'.iip'.i,-In telrj'.iip'.i,-In day 1 1 imii 1-u.irlouis : There i' ii" enemy I Ids mlo nf the Meii -e. '.'. M '' 1 landwelil' were here yeslenl.'is , Pjs cillery is depopulating Saai lii lick. A heavy i-ortin was made enslVMiril I'lolu Mr 111 yesterday and repulsed. II-m'v eiiniioniidini; lit Mel. lie.ini lln morning. |