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Show ' FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. McBIahou to his Army. Interesting Statement of the Prussian Movements. Spaniards in Cuba Reported 1 Defeated Twenty-two Times in July. The following is rm order of the day. iiiued by Marshal McMahon : ''Soldier.? ''Sol-dier.? : In the battle of the tith of August, fortune betrayed your courage, but you yielded your position only after a heroic resistance which lasted not less than nine hours. 1'ou were 35,000 against 130,0m), and were overwhelmed over-whelmed by the force of numbers. Under these conditions defeat is glorious, glori-ous, and history will say that in the ' ! battle of Froschweiler the French diowed the greatest valor. You have suffered great losses, but those of the enemy are much greater. Although you have not been successful, you see a cause in your misfortune which makes the Emperor satisfied with you, and the entire country recognizes that you have worthily sustained the honor of the flag. Let us show that though subjected to the severest tests, the first corps, forgetting these, closes up its ranks; and, God aiding us, seize a great and brilliant revenge. i rrLi Pretse gives the following ex-; ex-; tion of the movements of the I ians after the battle of Forbach: t e sixth inst. , the army of Prince es advanced and established its ars at St. Avoid. After the bat-:' bat-:' Weissenburg, the army of the e Eoyal went by way of Saverne mcy. . While this army, having position in its front, advanced on ato as far as Barleduc, Frederick les made a bold curve to turn the t :'CL?h troops and thus cut communi-cations communi-cations between McMahon and Bazaine. To avoid this, Bazaine left Metz going ' towards Verdun and Chalons. Beforo . reaching Longevilie the corps of Gen erals Ladnauralt and Deeair encountered encoun-tered the army of Frederick Charles ; and thus began the battle on Sunday, which, according to appearances, was followed by the great battle now going on. The Cuban Insurrection. Key We;t, Aug. 16. General Ryan has arrived here from Cuba via Nassau, Nas-sau, lie says he has an important commission, and hopes to go to Cuba again in thirty-five days. The war continues with unabated fury, and the Spaniards wc-ra defeated twenty-two times during July. He attacked 450 Spanish soldiers with fifty men, and killed 80 and wounded 123. The Cubans Cu-bans are confident of independence and a speedy end of the struggle. |
