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Show By Telerraph. Prussian Preparations London, Aug. 1. Cable spcc:als to the Herald say the preparations for war in Prussia are being carried on with ereat activity. Trenches are opened two leagues from Cologne. An entrenched camp is es tablished in the triangle firmed by Cologne, Coblentz and Treves. May-ence May-ence is in a state of seige and occupied by 25.000 soldiers. Trenches are opened in front of the city, and persons unable to provide themselves with six weeks provisions have notice to depart. A large force is encamped on the heights of tSt, Hubert, overlooking the valley of the lake, which will protect the important im-portant group of coal mines in that place, and command the junction of the railroad from Bingenbruck to Loudon. Lou-don. Large rafts are descending tbe Rhine with provisions aud military munitions between Mayence and Cob-lentz; Cob-lentz; and a formidable amount of war materia! and an immense body of troops have been collected. In consequence of new instructions from the war office there will be an entire change of tactics. Henceforth there will be no open campaign cam-paign tactics, but they will be similar to those hitherto employed in siege, namely: in advance under the cover of entrenchments. The Rhine provinces prov-inces are being covered with improved im-proved works. The country between Coblentz and Mayence is entrenched and cut up in this liishion. These new lines of defense require a new mode of attack; hence the delay of the French advance. A Prussian corps is stationed as a curtain to the Black Forest. The principal forces are concentrated con-centrated in the triangular section of the country formed by the rivers Rhine, Moselle and Saar. The last two rivers form the line of defense. The left of the army rests on the Rhine, near Loudon, and the right stretches out to the Moselle near Treves. A reward of five hundred dollars is offered for the capture of n representing the English delensTK in a deplorable state, and the English cavalry ca-valry and artillery inadequate to compete com-pete with any formidable enemy. Vienna, 2. Austiia is mobilizing fifty thousand men to watch Bohe.iia." Brussels, 1. A correspondent of the Jnd-pcndfr.ee B'A'jc, writing from Meti, averts that the first great battle will be fought on Saturday or Sunday night or Monday at the firthest. lie underscores in a sentence the following wotds: "this is sure." London, 2. Adviees from Prut-inn sOJiei s mention the presence throughout through-out Germany of an unwavering as-u-rance of ultimate victory. Advice-have Advice-have b-en received here by tel. -graph fro: n the Prussia he idquurters on the Rhine, up to thre o'clock yesterday afternoon. There had b-en no eenenl engaceuient up to that hour. here had been scouting, and skirmL-her.- from both armies were crjtinua:i tuaairg raids into the enemy's territory but it w.i U lieved this wis more to On revocable term" For V. P. R. R. or r. C. U. K. Paper. I jonrn .. vot 6. |