The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-30 00:00:00

BAKHARITIEi OF THE TURCO&

The folh.wing is an eztract from a private letter
written bye lady engagediu attendance on the sick and
woun •ed at Homburg:—" August 8, IB7o.—You will
read many particulars in the papers, although it is
doubtful if they will publish the atrocities committed
by the Tureos—savages by nature. they stab and kill
the wounded on the I'eld• In the last eogagement they
scalped several sounded Garusane, ft iyed their faees
alive, and stabbed th m with penknivea. Three Ger.
man efficers foulid in this state by their comrades
untied to be shot instantly to be relieved front their
sufferings; their wish was complied with as there was
no.chano,. of life. Of three Hanoverian soldiers *aught
by the Tura*, they eat off the hands, noses, and ears.
ATKA' er Turco, who had both legs shot off, crawled
with difficulty to a wounded Prussian, and bit him in
the neck ; enother Turoo,shot an officer (from behind)
dead through the neck. !levers' Toreos were brought
bore amoug the wounded, and placed in the highest
rooms of the lasaret (into which the barracks have
been turned), but one being so very ill was
thought incapable of mischief, and was placed
with some of the Prussians. Today, how.
ever, be seised an opportunity to stab to death
the wounded German lying near him with &large pen.
knife he had kept concealed by the lining of his trousers.
For the sake of justice, end to calm the general excite-
ment, he is sentenced to be shot .to-morrow morning.
A Turco officer, who speaks several languagea, appeared
more civilheyd, and ',veined ..ffezted by the kind atten.
thin of mend, Gemmel ladies, and until now had
behaved well, hut to-day lie bit Mr. Dietz very severely
in the arm when be went to dress his ennuis. They
have placed him in a room with barred windows and
Pam bin food through a grating. A young lieutenant of
the 82nd Regiment, whom we know, being found
wounded on the field by acme Tureo,,, was •-everal times
hoisted on tlieir Dayonets, and littrally played pitob
and toss with till he diet."
A DUKE'S EXPERIENCE OF WAR,
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A letter from Prince Ernest of sase-Coriourg ad-
dressed to his wife from the battle-field of Woerth bas
appeared in the papers. lie de-critwa the victorious
advance of the o.ntre :—" As the vest barrels 'arose we
prems#4 forward in line up the hostile hoLlits, after
watching for hours UP grenade. falling round no. But
what a prospect lay before us I It is beyond the power
of description. A bright still summer evening, and
around us burning villages and farmyards : between
1 he ins of dead and dying the jubilant shouts of our
victoriona army. Flags waved, all the army baud.
peeled forth the national hymn. Every one embraced
and kis.ed his neighbour for Joy; the bend of many a
brave comrade was {ousel in death, yet I beard no
weepirg amid the frightful havoc. Our way lay
through thousands of French prisoners, captured
°mien, round which lay piles of wounded and dying.
livery eye wu filled with tears. It was the mevit
moving, fearful outlook and impress one can experience
in a lifetime. Slowly dropped the canopy of night
over the sad picture and veiled the naked reality. How
shall I paint the joy or how the sorrow u I reached our
decimated regiin-nt, which had won au honourable
portion of the bloody laurels?
The relief of the wounded is altogether naught, every-
thing is deficient, even water. Of my own feelings I
can only any my mind is sorely 'Flak n. In thier days
two such battles with all the immense harassing-13
hours on horsebLk, without a drop of wine or water,
and without a morsel of bread, which our reserve
horses were not permitted to take into the fight. There
was nothing allow, d but what oue had in one's pockets.
Late I'4 night I tasted my first spoonful of soup.
Sleep one cannot have in the narrow nests in which we
are quartered. The noises are too great. To-morrow
we advance. All I fear is that this day's fearful doings
will be followed by many more. May God aeon
them!"