Manchester, 3 August 1870 

Dear Moor, 

Enclosed are W/2 86721, Manchester, 20 June 1869—£20; W/2 
77454, Manchester, 23 January 1869-—-£20, for Brighton, and 
S/11 13062, Liverpool, 17 May 1869—£5 Moore’s subscription to 
the International. You will receive mine early in September, I am 
RATHER SHORT OF CASH and must wait for dividends. Since I have to 
make some payments, I shall have to sell shares. What do you 
think: should I wait a while or do it right away? I can still sell 
without loss. 

I am very pleased to see that the French have advanced and 
occupied Saarbrücken (garrisoned by | battalion, 4 squadrons and 
perhaps some artillery). Firstly, for moral reasons. Secondly, 
because it means that the Germans will take up a defensive 
position in the first battle and a defensive position is enormously 
strengthened by the breech-loader. Since, on my reckoning, the 
Germans must have moved up into strategic positions yesterday 
evening, I assume that the battle, for which the introductory 
skirmishes are doubtless taking place today, will be fought 
tomorrow along the line Ottweiler-Neunkirchen-Homburg. The 
army of Frederick Charles and the Crown Prince will keep the 
front busy while Steinmetz will fall on the (left) French flank. Or 
vice versa. 

That Greenwood did not publish the article? until yesterday 
evening, when a mass of confirmation was already available, was 
very stupid.“ He also made a number of absurd lexical changes 
which reveal his ignorance of military terminology. However, it 
has already had an effect. Today, The Times published a leader 
which was copied straight out of my Articles II & III. So I am writing 
to Greenwood about it.” 

You would have received the money yesterday but your letter 
only came with the second post and I did not receive it until 
around 4 o'clock. 

a Frederick William - > F. Engels, Notes on the War.— III. - © See this volume, p. 22. 

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