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Show THE WAR. Four Attacks by the Prussians Prus-sians 011 Bazaine, and Four Repulses. General Trochu to the Parisians. Par-isians. The Prussians will Demand the Exclusion of the Bonaparte Bo-naparte Family from the Throne. French Losses on Tuesday. Sheridan Received as a Royal Guest at the Prussian Headquarters. An English Regency, with the Prince of Wales at the Head, Talked of. The Prussian March through Alsace. FOI1E1G3Y. By Cable. Berlin, Au'. IS. Provincial correspondence corres-pondence savs. in resuming lrOSses.Mon of its former German provinces of the Rhine, Prussia means to reimburse her plundered subjects expelled from France. London, Auir. is. The coincidence in the time of the recent revolutionary outbreaks in Paris and the south of France snejrests to the police evidence of a combined attempt to declare a republic. The testimony of the prisoners prison-ers concerned in the affair of the boulevard Yillette, on Monday, is withheld. with-held. In the serious engagements which occurred on Tuesday near Gravcllotte, the French held their ground but suffered suf-fered heavy loss. Taris, Aug. S. La Patrir gives the following resume of information received re-ceived from private sources : The army under Marshal Bazaine, resting upon one of the strongest places in the world, occupied near Metz a position which enabled it to check the enemy and gain precious ume. The Prussians decided to turn Metz, but Bazaine knew their intention, and crossed the Moselle in several places at the same time, lie was not surprised, as had been said. He knew he must sooner or later meet the enemy and was prepared. By crossing the Moselle the French intended inten-ded to fall hack on Chalons; but the Prussians endeavored to cut the French line. Four times they attacked and were repulsed with great loss. The army of Bazaine continued its march, and may be considered as certain to make the junction with the corps of McMahon and Trochu. This result, the Prussians have been unable to prevent, and it changes the situation vastly. Bazaine will then be at the head of larger forces than those opp-'sed to him : and when he wishes may assume the defensive. This view of affairs is based on information from the scene of hostilities. A dispatch dated Thionvil'e, Monday, 4 p.m., says the cannnnadin of Prussians Prus-sians commencrd at 3 o'clock and la-is yet. Many of the enemy have been placed hors Jr. combat. Paris, IS, noon. It was rumored this morning that a Jcui'n-tr.ition would be made around the bah of the Corps Lvt:i'a!if about 2 p.m. The (j'(7(o'. says (.nooiirac.nj d'-patches d'-patches ire received from Haz-nne. but they must be k'-pt sterv a-yet. t.. prevent pre-vent any kind of the M:tha"s ; .ar.j-reaching .ar.j-reaching the t i.eti.y. 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I At all the places where the people resist, re-sist, the Prussians are very cruel : but otherwise they are disposed to be quiet and kind. Many peasants kill their horses to prevent the Prussians taking them. Paris, IS, evening. Gen. Trochu is appointed commander-in-chief of all the forces at Paris, and has issued a proclamation counselling order not only in the streets, but under the trials conequent upon the situation. lie says France must have the demeanor of a great nation conducting its own destiny, and the government will gain confidence in them. He appeals to all men and all parties. He belongs himself him-self to no party, save that of his country, coun-try, and declares that all good citizens must help to keep down those who see in the public misfortunes only an opportunity op-portunity to satisfy their detestable designs. de-signs. The Senate is in session to-day. The Corps has adjourned to await further fur-ther news from the scene of war. The Afoniteur Je la Flotte publishes a list of German vessels captured, eleven in number. The theatres are nearly all closed. Prince 2s"apoleon has sent his children chil-dren and valuables away, against the remonstrance of the Empress. London, Aug. 18. A well-informed diplomat says Prussia will exact no surrender of French soil, but will insist on the exclusion of the Bonaparte family from the throne. Other terms of peace, not reconcilable with the French people, including doubtless a partial reimbursements of the cost of war, may be added. The political restoration re-storation of the house of Orleans is currently discussed as probable. The French ambassador at Brussels, has refused Francois Hugo, son of Victor Hugo, a passport to Paris. Berlin, Aug. IS. A dispatch from King William, dated Pont a' Mousson, Aug. 17th, says: In the fight yesterday yester-day we took 2,000 prisoners, IT guns and two eagles. Berlin, Aug. IS. The Puke of Schleswig has issued a manifesto imploring im-ploring all Germans to sustain the Prussian government. He allows only one correspondent of the Berlin pre.-s at the front. Herr Ties-mer, of the Berlin At, is selected for the place. The London Tiims calls for aid lor the French and German wounded. It says the future results will depend on the development of the reserves of the hostile powers, and declares the transfer trans-fer of Alsace to Prusia would violate the sacred principle of national sovereignty, sover-eignty, and conflict with the permanent perman-ent restoration of peaee. Berlin," Aug. S. Gen. Sheridan has arrived at the King's headquarters at Pont a' Mousson, and is received us a royal guest. London, Aug. IS. Carrigan, the anti-repeal candidate for Parliament, leads the Dublin poll by three hundred votes, and is undoubtedly elected. The French victories are celebrated at several points in Ireland, where the Prussian accounts don't find credit. There is deep disp easure at the retreat re-treat of the Queen to Balmoral at this crisis, and persons urge a regency with the Prince of Wales at the bead. Cable special to the Tribune : London, Lon-don, IS. Our special enrre.-por.di'nt writes from Chalons on Monday: This is the Emperor's birth-day. but there were no fetes. Alarms of war were sounded this evening at U-n o'clock, and the artillery wa put ;n motion and went forward to Belzme, but there found the railway cut ;.nd fi 11 back. No communication now exi.-ts 1 etween Chalons and either Metz or Verdun. We do not know where the French main body is, but the Pru-.-ian guard is nearer Chalnns than Bazaine is, and there is no force here capable of resisting resist-ing an attack. Tims far nothinrr but cavalry is beard of, and that, ye-terday, was within twenty miles of Chalons. A special correspondent writes from the hcdquti rters of the second Piiis--ian army c rps. on Fri day. 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