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Show LATEST NEWS' BY TELEGRAPH LAST NIGHT. 50,000 Men on both Sides Killed and Wounded last Tuesday and Wednesday. The Prussian Loss put at 100.000 Men since they Entered France. The French Army Totally Routed and Thrown hack on Metz. Bazaine saidto he Continuing His Retreat Succes- fnlhr J. U I I J Narrow Escape of Napoleon from Capture. 40,000 Men Killed and Wounded on Thursday. The Prussian Victory Complete. Com-plete. The French Loss Terrible. McMahon Retreating on Paris. The Prussians said to have Lost 90,000 Men in the Last Two Days' Fighting. FOREIGN. By Cable. New York, August 19. The World's special from London says the losses on hnfh sides in the. hattlp.s fif Tnpsflav and Wednesday, were 50,000 killed and wounded. The Prussians, it is estimated, have lost 100.UUO men since they entered France. Bazaine and Mc-Mahon's Mc-Mahon's forces are stated at about 400,000. The people regard Trochu as the actual dictator, and he is talked of as the prospective consul of the Republic. The Crown Prince's army is said to be moving back to support Stein Metz and Frederick Charles. There is no report of English negotiations nego-tiations for an armistice. The Chamberlain of the King of Wurtemburg, a bittor enemy of the Prussian policy, is in London and with the Austrian minister, and had an interview in-terview with Earl G ranville. New York, 20, 7.30 a.m. The following fol-lowing is just received : Berlin, Aug. 20. The Queen has received the following fol-lowing dispatch from King William, near Ivesouville, near Metz. Aug. 18th, 9 p.m.: The French army was attacked to-day west of Metz. Its position was very strong. My command, after a combat of nine hours' duration totally routed the French forces, interrupted their communications with Paris and have thrown them back upon Metz. London, 20. A rumor is current here of the sudden death of the Emperor Empe-ror Napoleon. It is asserted confidently by some, but is accepted with distrust. Apoplexy is named as the cause of his death. New York, 20. A special correspondent corres-pondent writes from the headquarters of the Crown Prince that with each advance the Prussians bring forward their field-post and military telegraph, and a more perfect organization it is difficult to imagine. Trains of provisions provi-sions creep like great serpents over the couutry. Active detachments of telegraph men push on while the field post oflice brings letters to the different divisions. From side to side,for many a miie, the whole country is on the move. New York, Aug. 20. A ditpatch to the French paper here, from Pari', 19, evening, says : The army at Chalons, Chal-ons, organized by Trochu, numbers 2.r)i'i,00o men, one-third regular troops, the remainder reserves of the garde ;i .u k. m.f,,ii,- rir;:i..,i and disciplined. Trovhu is now organizing organ-izing an army for the defense of Paris. The uk is difficult when one remembers remem-bers theie have been collected during the last three day 6u,WJ of the rational ra-tional guards and firemen of the suburbs, sub-urbs, knowir.j very l.ttie about the handling of arms. Meanwhile the corps is being formed, experience i-working i-working its leon. and cverybdiy i! at his post. If the enemy eotiivs he-will he-will meet a warm revertion before he j ecu- to Pari';. Between the S-in an 1 j Marne. under the walls of the capital itself, there is being formed sn en-1 trenched camp, already occupied ly one divi.-ion of regular tr;ps. Par.s reminds one of n.e cay a:t:-r ti.e insurrection in-surrection of .Tune, ls-ii. The national na-tional guar! and the troops cn r.ute-for r.ute-for the front, are encamped :r, the streets, on the place, and in the r lie garden-. The :.i:e rf l'.in- is - a tirely in the hands of her military. ! Little is said of the Emperor. The I Prince Imperial is reported at llheims. j Bazaine continues his retreat successfully, suc-cessfully, inflicting enormous losses i upon the enemy. t News of the movements and position I of McMahon is not pennined to be made public. London, Aug.20. The Dublin Irishman Irish-man say; if ever the sun of victory should shine again on the drooping standard of the Emperor Napoleon, after this storm of war, he will be bound by every sacred tie to pay England Eng-land for her bitter abuse and malignity and in whieh he is her debtor now. Paris. Aug. 20, noon. There is nothing noth-ing yet from the front. There are rumors ru-mors of an engagement between Can-robert Can-robert and Prince Frederick Charles; also that the Prince Royal has penetrated pene-trated as far as Yetry le Francais, 19 miles southeast of Chalons, and had an engagement with the forces under McMahon. Mc-Mahon. Advices from Chalons are encouraging. encoura-ging. They show the presence there of a large and well appointed force, which, combining with that of Bazaine, must effect much. Bazaine, whose retreat the Prussians say they have stopped, is, on the contrary, in a position to enable en-able him to support the French either at Metz or at V erdun according to cir- and movements profoundly secret. Gaulois publishes a letter from Luneville, relating to the extortionate requisitions on the French by the army of the Prince RoyaL Demands beyond the power of inhabitants to meet are harshly insisisted apon,and many needless need-less acts are perpetrated, such as the people will take deadly revenge for should the Prussians be forced to retreat re-treat The forests of Bologne and Yincen-nes Yincen-nes will only be cut down in case of the loss of a battle in Champagne, which renders a march on Paris possible by the enemy. Palikao has decided on this in a council of ministers to-day. The Paris journals notice a significant signifi-cant that whereas Berlin was illuminated illumin-ated for what the King called the victories vic-tories of the 14th and 10th, the bourse at Berlin fell two francs. Prince Napoleon arrived here yesterday. yester-day. Fifteen hundred horses of the Paris Omnibus Co. have been seized and are now employed on the fortifications of the city. London, Aug. 20. Photographers are attached to all the Prussian divisions. divis-ions. As an instance of Prussian discipline, dis-cipline, it is stated that a Prussian regiment recently captured some Tur-cos, Tur-cos, when almost instantly the whole group was photographed and copies were handed to the soldiers, to identify the prisoners in case of escape. Paris, Aug. 20. Le Presse to-day has the following relative to the move- Since the Emperor left Metz on the 14th, he and his suite have traversed all the villages where combats have taken place since the battles around Metz began. He was at Longueville on the 15th. In the latter neighborhood neighbor-hood the Prussians were hidden at various va-rious points, and the Emperor barely escaped. London, 20. The following is the oSicial dispatch of Kiog William, dated Thursday evening: "We have defeated the French under Bazaine, after a battle lasting ten hours. There were 40,000 killed and wounded. The garrison is taken prisoners. I commanded. com-manded. The defeat of the French is complete." Signed William. London, later. All private dispatches dis-patches to the bankers agree precisely in the same terms regarding the victory, vic-tory, as the Prussians' despatches from King William. The French army was west of Metz. Tneir position was very strong. The bombardment of Strasbourg from a point near Kehl was begun on Friday morning and continued till noon, when it was suspended for two hours. The return fire of the garrison was almost harmless. London, Aug. 2o. Universal indignation indig-nation is manifested by the outrages perpetrated by the Turcos. It is said negotiations have been entered into by the powers for a stipulation against the-employment the-employment of such miscreants. The Rtvifjc thinks the Prussians are unwise in insisting on the dethronement dethrone-ment of the French Emperor. This is the surest way, the Ke-ieto thinks, of re-toring his popularity. The Spaiator, judging from the news received from Germany, regards the cass of France hopeless. Marshal Bazaine is surrounded and Canrobcrt is too weak tu risk battle. Paris i-indefensible i-indefensible and the empire, as distinguished dis-tinguished from Franr-e, is virtually dead. Brus-l Aul'. 20. A Purl-i k-(ter to the Indrpend- iter Jir'ft says Mac- Mabon is retreating on Pari-, and will avoid an encasement unlrv Le' can form a junction with Bazaine. 'I he .-I.- .i coune.i oi ur at i an-, a a uen hs.e liic.iBUre. have ordered the partial d-ttruction d-ttruction of the lloi-e de P.iu!i'gri-:. London. Aug. 20. There i- great joy at Hamburg. Berlin an 1 Fr.-.nl. '' rt over the recent Prussian vie'ory. Ininati'ins and proeesionr ar- the features fea-tures of the oc'.-A-i'in. At Frankfurt the American c- .l-l! wa- tr.tt.usst.ic-ul.y tr.tt.usst.ic-ul.y cheered. Far':.--. A :g. 2' '.-The h.Ulh-v.f of CI, a! m. f have revived order to ft the:- gram aa'ay withtn tw-rity-fiir hour. Part of the l'rj--lan trmy j have re-entered Natiey and Lane-i a I ma or for the city. A l'rj--'.rn invasion cf Lux-n.bov.'g j is convd'-rel icjmim tit ir: -rc-n late y given f'.r ;i!t-ls:enee. ly I'rrM says : TrA-tworthy kd-t'.is kd-t'.is state the l'ru.-..-lan ios- . z.- tot be-t-n l"s. than - in the !:. of has yet been received from the front. The public is very anxious. Great crowds of people sxcround the o2k-e of the minister of war. London, Ang. 20. Advices from private sources state that Oiiivier is still in Paris. He is keeping out of sight. Our informant dined with him on Thursday. Paris, Acg. 20. The Faris c-Seial journals publish no war news this morning. morn-ing. It was rumored last night that a battle was imminent between theCrown Prince and MeMahon. j |