The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-03 00:00:00

TEE WOUNDS MADE HT THE NEEDLIEGEN.

I (Paris irrespondent rf Times) have been naturally curious
to discover the comparative destruetiveness of the ehaesepot
and the needle-gun, from the satire of the wound. mtlicted
by each. to Paris, it b impotieltde to do so, for the simple
reason that there is not a sir We wonoded Prueran In the
town. The flinch acconnt for that in a manner very satis-
factory to themselves. "IM r' they asy, "the Chastepot is•
terrible weapon ; It either kills outright or wound, in such a
frightful way that it Is impossible for Its victitns to he trans-
ported to such a distance as this " A very ti: fflrent interpre-
tation Is put upon it by others. Ai for the mount, inflicted
by the needle-gnu I am told by competent judges who have
ate many of them that they ere not—s ompartd with those In.
ft tcted by the Eofield, tor inetance—.at all seriona. At the point
of erdrs nce rf the bullet the wound Is like a puncture which
Might be made by a knife, and at Its point of exit there is
nothir g like the tearing :yid gashinz effect praluced by an
Euffeld bullet. TIM is annotated to be caused by come differ-
ence ae to the rotation of the two projectiles Inc I am not
C,mpetent to give option on the Nubject.2Aa smatter of
fact the wouods of the needle gun heal very rap!d y Many
cf the men now in hospi, at are almost lit for work again, as
fart. their wounds are n ncerned, but of these many euffer
in addition fr, m rheumatic lover and bronchial affectiono,
contracted from neglect atcl exposure on the Held after they
were disabled.

THE FIRST FRENCH EAGLE IN BERLIN.

reaterday forenom I (Drely Telegraph C.irrespondent)
Made one of. party who writ to inspect the new eanatorimn
which ha. been prepared fir the reception of itch and
wounded soldiers', amt which owss its foundation to three
oeverat f uncle—those, namely, of the lnate, of the War
Ministry, and the "ROMs it ilhelni Venni." 'this mu the
last aiid indeed tho only, opportunity of In citing the
establishment Ist Ps complain stairs before the ',mission of
patients, who will begin to enter no possession of the place
to day. Qmen Magnets had paid a visit to the ground on
Sunday; bid operations were at that time very far front pre-
senting the satisfactory appearance which they wore towards
the close of yesterday. Just before the official, semi-official,
and non-official visitors hail started 011 their agreeable
Journey, a commotion In the Linden railed their notice
to one of those popular seel.ell *bitch have been not
nnfrequent since the opening if the c impaign The occa-
sion WWI the ceremonious entry of the fint French eagle
captured by the German troops. Two officers, one of whom
more many decorations—his oninpanim belt g a iltUtillant. of
the 6.h SPinian Infantry Realm. on, t y whom the trophy was
taken—eat In an open carriage, holding between them am
object of curious and joyful regard the eagle Itself, a
remarkahly tine specimen of cuving and &tiding, was perched
on the top of spite ten feet, Id& h ; and beneath the Imperial
bled waved the French tricolour. This h scoured standard,
which was not relinquished without a severe struggle, was
won from the 36th French Infantry Regiment. As the
carriage, ',receded by two of the mounted vale°, passed
limier the Brandenburg Gate, on its way from the Potsdam
Railway Station, the guard turned out and presented arms.
The eagle was taken first to the house of the Commandant of
Perlin, and afterwards to the Schloss, where It was presented
to the Queeo.

THE TREACHERY AND CRUELTY OF THE TURCO&
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A young G.rman soldier who PM called ripen to join his
regiment four days before the day hied for his marriage, and
who took p iit In the terrible battle of Wcerth has written •
in ter to Manchester wtibb contains the following :—" The
battle was won, and our regiment got orders to pursue the
enemy. A regiment of 1 urcos Came in sight, hut before
being able to take them pri•onera they pot down their wee-
pore, cryinr, 'Pardon, pardon' We rode nearer and nearer,
and were jut about to surround them, myself in the first
line, when they all took their inns and gave fire. One ball
• ut of three killed a rider lad too ahots, one in my right
shoulder, and the Other In the left leg. The murdering
scene that follow ed is riot to be e escrilwd. leo pardon pat
given any more ; we rode down awl killed with our swords
h, ever we could reach. Two hundred Tore is cut of 1500
Pr re killed in half an hour's time, and the ground
wair covered with deed and el)ing triers. In fact, these bleak-
guards do not deter. pardon. With my Own eyes I have

" The first question that is ever asked when any regiment is
Met is '' Who's dead r The possibility of there not being at
least half a dozen never enters their heads. The Queen
Augu.ta Regiment of the ttutrol, which, It msy be real-
leered. passed through K te•n, and sang the Voter
land Chorus' so beentifuly, have lost exactly half their
number, and more than that proportion of officers. The
It des of the Gu.rd have only one officer left, the rest being
either killed or wounded In many regiments it is nearly
as bad. In previous wars the average of officers killed out-
right was about I, or or eve at the ou' it, de. N•iw Ills more
than doubled. And yet It is fr rn t o taut of dress, for the
Prussien infantry fficer Is certainly not distinguishable at
fifty yards distant. No; it is simply that the tmces em-
ployed are larger, and that the chas-epnt is a weapon that
carries to a mmt extraordinary distance. The French lire
the (intuit they can see their enemy, and cont,nn9 to fire
advancing, and though their shooting ashen taken ludividnally
Is had, ea Ina-se it. effect is certainly tremendous."—lorre-
spondent of The Time,