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Show LATER WAR NEWS. Poi'.tloa of the Geraiai; Troops. French Furious at Lnck ol Orjaiiization. The Prussian Peuatiatiui France. Proceedings of the Corps Legislatil'. Prussians Invest strasburg FOREIGN. By Cable. London, 13. The German forces be j tween Rodstadt and Cologne are sale j to aggregate 750 00 men. Accordiri; to the i'uris Steele 250.000 Germai I soldiers are now in Lorame. j Berlin, 12. A smad vessel wliiol i persisted in entering iho Juhle iu spiti j of the warning of danger, ran against : torpedo and was biowu up. Tlie ciev -were saved. Before his departure for the aeene fd war, General .lieridan, accoinpuuie ry an adjutant, visited General Hukan :eldt at lho war office, whure lie wa received with that courtoous attemio wall which he has consianiiy ljuvi. aoiiored since lie arrived in Germ iny. London Aug. 12. A special corie-poiident corie-poiident from Paiis, on Thursday, vvrites: Scraps of news coneerniug tli reoent defeats are permr.tted to bi printvd. At lleichuifor the s ldk-is iad no cartridges let' ; they had beei without any f r an hour aed ha I ma t repeated Layonet charges when tin Frus i ins m iw d theia uuwi i i mas ses. Amuiuni. on was on iis way bui the wjgo.is bro gin,' it weie atupped a the station n-jar tlu-ba; tie held by the exp'osion of bond s fruin th Pru-sians Cue Piussiun spies had sigiia.led tin cue train to their fiieiMs. The PiUisiuu armies are penetrating Fiance in three great divisions by the way of Forbach or Melz, by Weissen bourg and by Mullhou.se. They evidently evi-dently intend crossing the Vosges and making for Nancy. The first thing the I'lussiaus did was to cut the telegraph dnes and destroy the railway between Strasbourg and St. Averne. St. A-veme A-veme is the key of the Vosges, and if the Prussians are really there, as there seems to be no doubt about, the eastern gateway of France is thrown wide onen. Saarbruck is, of course, abandoned. The French soldiers and officers are furious at the lack of organization. On the sixth instant no coffee w.is distributed distrib-uted until six at night, and the soldiers tought lasting. After the battle the:e was no distribution of food, and for four days the soldiers lived upon potatoes pota-toes githercd from ihe neighboring fields. The Tribute's special says communication commu-nication with S.rasoourg is interrupted. interrupt-ed. The Prussians are massed around the city. Tne Emperor is at Metz. Paris is tranquil, that is, no important disturbances have occurred, though turbulent groups are continually forming. form-ing. The Corps Legislatif is still surrounded sur-rounded by troops, including four thousand thou-sand regular cuirassiers and marines, supported by th Paris guards and na-tiona: na-tiona: vuard. No one i allowed to pass without a permit, and members with difficulty make their way in. Seveial have been stopi e 1. It is diffi cuit to understand wiyihere is such precaution, unless it is intejded to prevent popular invasion of the cham-oer cham-oer as iutludaysof the convention. Nevertheless crowds gather duly, and the tioops charge them. False alarms out nually arise. The irritation ag.iint the Emperor and the o!J admini-tru-t:on increases daily. Never was there such a break down of departments, and niinisteis are i:i uitT c mfu-ion. The new cabinet has everyih-ng to reorganize. re-organize. Complete official informat'on about the recent losses is slid withheld, an I Paris is exasperated at t'le bail f'.ddi of the government, which had promised to give ail the new-, while the Muni-trur Muni-trur admits a io.-s ol 15,000 out of 18,-Ut) 18,-Ut) nil n engaged. London. Ail;;. 12. The investment of Stra.-bouig by the Geimuu tiuops is confirmed. I he presence of Napoleon at the bafie of Warth i- p- tUely entilii tried. It is said the P u-siims largely outnumbered out-numbered the French in every engagement. engage-ment. The French ciaim that at Weissetd.ourg SO.OM men clucked llsO.000 Prussians with 120 tuns lor tour hours, the former losing 4 000 men while the emuiy lo.-t 10. 000 They aiso as-ert McMahon at Fioseh- i lie had only 40 001 u acaiu-t 90.'X) German--, vt the I'reti -h only yielded win n VO more Germans were hurled npon tlum. The Crown P.-itivV jromi- - t re-lejv-e -ill n-nvspaper r.irri-!'-nli ni- takill pli-oo. i- '-"i it .- yr-'A. Loii'iv'O. 1" Advieis j.H(l Sr. Ave, i I r.o to sttc tii-it t'.-Ireii t'.-Ireii 'ii ,v : !r,.; M. --c.a. ai.d ?tili .- v ii.j. 'lii-.' Pra Ian cavalry h.ti r. .vi.ei i'-.-a-a M as-.n about half wrvv 1-lv.. i, ?i, -7 i.;. '. Nancy c-n the Mair. P.,n--f::v Pi ; -iiQ sr-oy l.as mve-r-'i u'-" The i'lU-si ! a dv.-ir, .-: !,:-. 1 capfire-j .-. Tist jrnoiir.t of fores nbind..r.t-i |