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into their ranks, and, before the sun had risen, the
advanced guards were pushing briskly over Saxon

ground.

The pioneers who were engage I oa the railways
fled before the foremost troops got near them, for-
tunate to avoid being taken. What Saxon troops
there were on the lines of the advance also retreated
quickly towards Dresden.
Bittendeld, from the north, reached Riesa about
9 o'clock, and occupied that town iu force. Below
the town two pontoon bridges were quickly thrown
across the Elbe, part of the troops crossed to the
right bank and pushed onto Grosenhain, while an-
other portion were directed up the left bank of the
river towards Meissen. Hardly had Bittenfeld's
troops established themselves in Riess, when a de-
tachment Of the Field Railway Corps arrived from
Berlin, who immediately commenced the restora-
tion of the lines which had been torn up on the rail-
way, while poineers were set to repair the burnt
portion of the bridge.
In the meantime the columns of the main army
were advancing in Lusatia, Lobau was occupied be-
fore midday, and Bautzen in the afternoon. But
Prince Frederic Charles proceeded cautiously, for
he knew that the passes from Gabel and Reichen-
berg led against his left, and that he must guard'
against an Austrian attack from that direction.
To cover his communications with Gorlitz and to
shield his left flank, he pushed a s:rong detachment
along the Zittau road to a point little beyond Ostritz.
On Saturday he did little except to establish himself
in his position. On Sunday a detachment was
pushed out to the right to feel Bittenfeld's left, and
the Prince pushed troops to Biscofswerda on the
Dresden road, while the advanced guard of Herwarth
occupied Meissen. Yesterday a simultaneous ad-
vance was made on the capital, the advancing
columns met with no opposition, and last night the
Prussian colours floated over Dresden.
The telegraph tells us that the Austrians intend
to postpone the commencement of active operations
until a Federal contingent of 50,000 men can be
put in the field to assist in the operations against
Saxony. To-day Austrian movements have been
reported in the direction of Reichenberg, but all
reports from the outposts must at present be re-
ceived with considerable caution.
From Hanover we hear that General Manteuffel
has passed Luneburg and is pressing southwards,
and that the town of llanover was last night occu-
pied, after a twelve hours' march, by General von
Falkenstein. This general commands the Prussian
corps which I mentioned in a previous letter as
being in process of concentration at Minden.
The Prussian General von Beyer, with the corps
which was concentrated at Wetzlar, has occupied
Giessen, Marbourg, and Casshl, and has thus cut
off the direct railway communication between Ilan-
over and Frankfort-on-the-Maine. The Hanoverian
army, which was at Gottingen, is making an at-
tempt to get to' Fulda, whither the troops of Elec-
toral llesse have moved to join it, but the railway
from Gottingen to Fulda runs through Cassel; and it
does not appear improbable that, cut off from the
south by von Beyer, and pressed in rear by Falken-
stein and Manteufel, the llanoverians may be
obliged to lay down their arms or cut their way
through with the sword. Bavarian, Wiirtemberg
and Darmstadt troops are collecting round Frank-
fort. A Bastrian corps d'arink is said to have been
yesterday pushed forward to Fulda to aid the retreat
of the Hanoverians. To understand the difficulties
of this retreat it must be noticed that two lines of
railway lead from Giittingon into the valley of the
Maine ; the one by Cassel, Marbourg, and Giessen,
to Frankfort, is already in possession of the Prus-
sians at these three stations, the other, by Cassel,
Bebra, Fulda, and Hallam, is occupied by the Prus-
sians at Cassel. Whether the Hanoverians can reach
Bebra and Fulda without being attacked in flank
during their-march from Gottingen to Bebra, seems
to depend solely upon the number of men Beyer
can afford to detach from Camel. The Bavarians
seem to anticipate the probability that the armies
of the enemies of Prussia will have to retire across
the Maine, and to take up the line of that river
against invasion from the north, for the massive rail-
way bridge over that river at Lichtenfels is mined,
and, it is said, ready to be fired. This bridge carries
the railway leading from Cassel by Bebra, Eisen-
bach, and Coburg to Bamberg across the Maine.
In Silesia strong Austrian patrols have pushed up
to the outposts of the Crown Prince, but no demon-
iatration of an attack against his position has been
made. Probably they were only sent out to obtain
as much information as they could of the numbers
and positions of the army of Silesia, or of the Second
Army, as it is now officially termed, the army here
under the Prince Frederic Charles being the First
Army.