| Show the journal officiate ciale says generals frossard and were wounded in the recent engagements count pa libao confirms the report that a detachment of prussian cavalry is surrounded in the forest of marne and that escape is impossible prince frederick charles recently barely escaped capture by the division of vinay near Ithel rheims Rb elms eims mB be he passed over the road by which that division was marching half a mile in advance in a carriage BRUSSELS 1 the violations of belgian territory by one or other of the hostile armies in france is imminent and reinforcements have been dispatched to the count of flanders at Philips Philip ville aville copenhagen I 1 queen olga of greece was safely delivered of a daughter here today to day LONDON L 1 on wednesday the Gran dDuke of meck Meek lenberg Schwer ein was at Vong Von giers lers with his army and the crown prince of saxony has passed through volny near st Mene hould with a hundred thousand men the army under gen ivon jvon falkenstein is already at Bonz onville on the railroad between eor For forbach bachand and thionville A french army reported a hundred thousand strong is hourly expect expected edat at Ep ernay and the prussians are withdrawing from the neighborhood of rheims the french are repairing the railroads destroyed by the enemy A large meeting was held at liverpool last night to urge the government to provide for the defense of the port A war fund of 1600 1500 has so far been raised at bristol the thai is prevailing in the south of england the times says the retirement of the empress to tours would give france four lour governments with a capital at sanay paris metz and tours social disorganization extends everywhere the protestants are considered sources of trouble and are objects of popular wrath father Suffield chief of the dominican order in england it is reported has tib fib resigned signed because of his objections to the dogma of infallibility HAVANA I 1 the shore end of tho tha west india cable has been successfully landed at santiago PARIs parrs in the senate today to day the minister of foreign affairs announced that he had sent dispatches to foreign courts denouncing the conduct of the prussians in firing on ambulances and threatening to renounce the convention of geneva if the practice continues and declaring that if prussia persists in her refusal to consider all soldiers of france as belonging to the regular army and to treat them as such france will retaliate on the members of and land strums in the corps legisla atif jules juies favre presented a petition signed by 2000 parisians Pari protesting against the savage conduct of the besiegers of strasbourg and demand demanding ing that immediate relief be sent the american branch of the paris ambulance trains is recognized as singularly well appointed and effective 1 via berlin BEELIN mcmahons McMahon mema hons Ps effort to rescue metz has entirely failed in consequence of the defeat he sustained on tuesday when he lost 20 guns the brench french losses were immense as compared with the prussian the ullars anta antt dismounted hussary hussars Hus sars took near sedan two strong positions in spite pite of the determined resistance of the french the north german gazette professes tobe to be assured from the best english opinion is re reconciled conel led to the line even odthe of the moselle as the future boundary between germany and france with a thousand million francs indemnity for the expenses e of war and says these we jhb shall have god wl willing 1 n TORONTO 2 intelligence from red bed river eiver announces that the forces under colonel woolsey reached fort garry carry on the of august riel biel was unaware of its approach his followers fled at once it is stated that resistance was contemplated by riel biel but was opposed by ils hib his followers the union jack was hoisted on the fort and a royal salute baluto fired in honor of the event so NO arrests were made by Wool wooi sevIs orders and warrants have been applied aspired for by private parties against members of the late provisional government great credit is given to ool col woolsey for the safe conduct of his force without mishap in 38 days from town to fort garry donald smith who accompanied compan compa nied led the force has assumed possession of the hudson bay com banys property athens atren ATHENS ATHEN 9 29 italian advocates are excluded from taking p part art in the trial of the Mar marathon athoA brigands brigande bri gands england exa exacts chiten ten thousand pounds indemnity for lor 1 mrs lloyd lloid asks of the inhabitants of paris quarters for of the garde mobile who have been called from the country to defend the capital gratuity ous offers are expected from the proprietors of large establishments impartial correspondence from paris represents that terrorism hau haa become eaid epidemic mic in the rural districts of france men of known democratic ideas are persecuted as sympathizers with t tie tle e enemy the prussians as they advance require the people eople to I 1 give up ar armb arms m 9 audgo and to kez ken keep the doors rs of their hous houses es unfastened ene the windows ardd arid the shutters open the germans well of the roads over which they march for the perfect condition in which they find them the minister of war yesterday in the corps Legis latif said he was sure the chamber would act rightly in leaving him freedom of action what had been done in so short a time was an earnest of what would be done in the future la zibette liberte says the war minister dx expresses every confidence in the working men he knows their valor and daes not hesitate to arm them for the defence of the capitol the inhabitants of several villages who had been ordered into the city nave have received counter orders lyons has been preparing for defence by order of the minister of war who supposes that the prussians knowing that Paris is now so strong may attempt lyons nothing will be left undone where the slightest danger is threatened to make all ail secure BERLIN I 1 louis of hesse has received the order of the iron irod cross for his gallantry in the recent battle around metz PARIS 1 ly midnight the ministry has just given the following news to the public in the absence of official reports from froll the generals commanding in the northeast northe ait from a multitude of telegrams received from various belgian towns under date of aug 31 from 8 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon are extract extracted bd the following which bears the character of probability on the uit a series of engagements occurred between mcmahons hons army and the enemy near the city of Messi ires lasting from 8 ol 01 in the morning till 8 p m our troops were attacked by the binns binus from the woods on the heights of stenay a position we had but recently evacuated and which the enemy immediately occupied the attack which was vigorous at first forced our army to a retrograde movement but we boon soon at 2 p m took the offensive and again retained it till 7 in the evening when darkness put an end to operations after night fall we sed the meuse mouse in order to form again near bouchery Dou chery a few miles east of the engagements of this first days fighting have cost coat us sensible losses although we have inflicted heavy damage on the prussians the infantry of marne particularly distinguished itself and performed prodigies of valor the prussians ruined the town of mon bior in that neighborhood and killed most of the inhabitants on the next day dayi the the prussians again took the offensive at 7 oclo ocio C k a am m on the left bank of the meuse between the towns of damsig and bouchery Dou chery our forces retreated slowly until marshal mcmahon had drawn the prussians into the angle formed by byi the ramparts of sedan and the heights on the left side bide of the river here the prussians experienced perien perlen ced very serious losses and were compelled on account of the murderous fire to retreat they effected this about noon withdrawing toward VIII villeman emen tray after several unsuccessful attempts they at last succeeded in placing themselves on the opposite side of tile the meuse mouse on the morning of the alst mcmahon crossed the meuse mouse at monsor this furnishes a direct contradiction of the dispatch of king william to the Quene Aug alst which announced that had repulsed the troops under the command of mcmahon beyond the meuse everything seems to indicate that the engagement will be renewed today to day the journal officiate ciale this morning admits mcmahons Mahona Mc hons defeat of tuesday but claims that he achieved partial success on wednesday ulrich the commandant at stra T bourg announces that he will continue to hold out against the enemy even if the city is bombarded night andray and day since yesterday forenoon bazaine has fought the first pru prussian aslan corps the battle ending in the batters lat favor all the cul cui culverts cu iverts lverts and fortifications are ruined and the whole defenses can be blown up at a moments notice positive news has been received here that communication between bazaine and mcmahon has been opened reopened re BERLIN 2 the following from the king to queen augusta is just made public SEDAN 1 13 3 pm A battle has raged since half past eight this morning our forces have advanced victoriously the ath ath and muth lith corps and the bavarians Bava rians were engaged the enemy was almost entirely driven into the city BERLIN 3 the following highly I 1 important dispatch has just been ma made ae e public here before sedan frap france friday sept 2 1320 1220 20 20 p m from th the e king to the queen A capitula capitulate capitulation ti on whereby the whole army at sedan are prisoners dfwar has just been con concluded e I 1 d with general wimpfen comm commanding instead of or marshai marshal mcmahon who is wounded the emperor surrendered himself to me and as he has no coin eoin mand he left everything to the regent begent at paris his residence I 1 shall appoint after an interview with him at a aln rendezvous to be fixed imme immediately diatel y BERLIN 2 one pm official neus ness news is still behind but it is known that a series of battles occurred on the h and in which both sides suffered heavy losses on wednesday the blans assumed the offensive but were drawn by mcmahon under the guns of sedan when they suffered terribly before they succeeded in passing pissing the meuse mense mcmahon moved to mouson on the morning of wednesday As the success on wednesday covered so wide a region the particular sTare eare confused ah and ana il MUNICH 2 there is intense delight among all classes of people at the prowess exhibited by the bavarian c orphin corp sin the battles near beaumont ela fla flags s are flying from public buil bull buildings dinis a and lly ily elsewhere I 1 alfid arid the citizens are parading para aing the streets with bands of music banners and transparencies the government authorities were enthusiastically cheered yesterday there was wag a reunion of the liberal deputies in the chambers chamberg chamb erse eraE to respond to the convocation of notables ili lii in session at berlin was duly notify notified id and congratulatory telegrams were weve si sent to king william on the field of battle as delfas well weil as to the berlin meeting the kin king in reply I 1 expressed joy jy and thanks for the confidence of the bava rians and assured the deputies that this combat of giants would result to the honor of bavaria anid arid germany the cattle plague is prevalent nt in some parts of prussia I 1 |
