The latest rumours from the seat of war are that
the Emperor is expected at Nancy on Sunday ; that no conflict on a great scale can be expected before the end of next week ; that "first blood" has been drawn by a troop of Prussian Wilma, who have defeated a troop of French chasseurs near Saarbriick ; that the French fleet has entered the Baltic and has defeated the Prussians; and that General Montauban is to command a French corps to land some- where on the Elbe. Of these rumours probably not one is accurate, and the majority are demonstrably false. The only facts which can be relied on are that both Governments are mak- ing every exertion to mass troops on the narrow frontier between France and Prussia Proper, that both expect a battle there within the next ten days, and that both expect to be able to assume the initiative.
