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THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.

(From the Special Correspondent of the Times)
PETRONEL, July 27.

I am sitting here writing in the open street in
this obscure little place, of which few members of the
" Travellers'" have ever heard in their lives, and
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the
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in the Marchfeld, and I have just passed through
the whole corps d'armee of Hartung, marching to
take up ground a little distance to the left of
Haimburg, where the enemy may be expected to
attempt a passage. To account for what is going on
I may as well go back to the day before yesterday,
when I was in Presburg waiting for the coming of
this important day and hour. Count Thun, who
commanded there, had occupied the heights, or
wooded mountains, to the right of the town with a
considerable force of the Second Army Corps after
the 'action of last Sunday, July 23 ; but it was pretty
evident that the Austrians did not intend to renew
the combat at this side of the river, and I must also
say that a personal inspection of the scene of the
action, as well as the accounts of those who took
past in it, force me to qualify the opinion I expressed
before I had these advantages—that the Austrians
would have remained masters of Presburg had not
the news of the five days' truce put an end to the
combat. The brigade of Mondel did, indeed, oppose
the enemy with great courage and with splendid
obstinacy. The Mensdorff Hussars charged through
and through a much larger force of the Prussian
horse, but the Prussian infantry had, nevertheless,
actually got round on the right flank of the Aus-
trians, and were close over the town, and as they
were in great force, and had ample reserves, there
is no doubt they would have occupied the place,
having compelled the Austrians to surrender their
whole corps before the day was over. Just as I
write these lines (at 12.30 o'clock) my colleague
comes from the south side of the river near Pres-
burg with the news that " an armistice for four
weeks" has been agreed upon ; and I may now go
with campaign—flanking
back to Vienna, as Presburg is evacuated, and the
bridge of boats floated away. The Prussians, fol-
lowing
thethe tactics they have developed so largely
all
stas Grant did through
nedflapialkign ing—
jube-
fore Richmond—starting the night before and early
in the 'nor • Lee n a
the last
am
morning from Bisternitz, struck off from the
high road to Blumenau before they were perceived
by the Austrian vedettes, and, creeping off to their
left, ascended the hills over Blumenau, while their
artillery posted on the slopes swept the plain on the
er e
discovered,
proper left of Blumenau on which the Austrian
artillery
and guns were posted as soon as the enemy
w i and
vscovered, thus obtained a commanding
fire, the severity of
will leave might be estimated
inspection of the holes and the furrows in the fields.
To my colleague I taskofg byivin an
inspection
detailed account of the action ; but as this was the
only battle-field the fortune of war has permitted
me to go over since
I came out here, I had a singu-
lar satisfaction in ridingc, over
it yesterday. It is
always interesting
to go over the scene of a com-
bat, if one knows how the opposing forces were
placed, when the attention is distracted by the
moans of the wounded and the horrible aspect of
the slain ; and now all is as calm at Blumenau as in
the Long Valley itself when a field-day is over. On
our right is the hamlet which gives its name to the
action, with its church nestled in the trees at the
foot of the hill, and nearly opposite is the hamlet of
Haltenbrunn, into which Prussian shells carried
iron and fire
• On eachofthe
stands a Lancer by
his horse, and lower down are
small pickets of the 9th Jager battalion. Beyond
hem a couple of miles is Bisternitz, in which the
Prussian advanced guard is lying. The peasants
have cleared
away all the relics of the fight,
and have sanded the dark stains on the light soil
which show where blood was spilt, and which caused
us to remember that only a few days ago the place
where these rustic Hungarians in long boots and
flapped hats are now turning corn sheaves there raged
an angry battle. The whole plan of the Prussian
attack could be divined from a survey of the ground,
and from one point of the position they gained be-
fore the fight had terminated the enemy must have
looked down on Presburg. Now, as we were riding
all over the place en the last day of the truce, it
seemed very strange that there should be such a
small force at Blumenau and its vicinity. Stranger
still, and absolutely vexatious, was it to observe that
not the smallest attempt had been made to throw
up an earthwork, to loophole a house, to construct a
fieldwork—in fact, to do anything g whatever to turn
the natural advantages of the place to account. A
feeble little trench was indeed visible in the plain,
about 3ft. high and 100 ft. long, but it was probably
the common, cemetery of those who fell in the action.
As we returned, marvelling what manner of men the
Austrians might be, we saw that even the weak de-
tachments in the rear of the advanced post at Blu-
menau had been removed. Nearer the town there
were no troops at all, and at the railway station
there was a heavy train taking in stores and men,
which could only be meant to go towards Pesth on
the eastward, as the Prussians hold the rail beyond
Blumenau. In Presburg itself, however, all was
explained. The streets were filled with soldiers, as
they have been for the last two days, and convoys
of carts struggled slowly towards the bridge and to
the banks of the Danube, but as the whole of Bene-
dek's army had crossed over already it was evident
that these men and stores belonged to the Second
Corps and to the garrison of the capital of Hungary.
The Grunen Baum was still in military occupation ;
every room but our own was in the possession of
officers, and the loud tones of the Feldzeugmeister
himself, ringing through the partition wall, an-
nounced that the late chief of the great Nord Armee
had not left the city. The open-air restaurant,
screened from the boulevard by azaleas and shrubs
and glass partitions, was packed with white-tunicked
Hungarians, linesmen, cuirassiers, and dragoons, by
green-coated Staff, and officers in all the charming
variety of uniform of the Austrian
cavalry, but

they were all calling for their bills and paying them,
or packing up their scanty baggage. A crowd of the
citizens stood outside, silent and observant. _I had
ordered my horse for an early hour in the morning,
intending to ride along the lines as far as I might be
permitted to go, when my colleague's Chief of the
Staff came in to announce that on Friday, before
the truce expired, Presburg would be evacuated. The
Government establishments had been broken up.
The post-office had alreadygone. All the materiel and
supplies which could be removed were over the river,
or about to be put on board steamers and carriages.
Graf von Benedek would leave at 6 o'clock, and his
Staff would precede him to a place on the road to
Vienna, where a farewell breakfast would be held,
at which the Feldzeugmeister would take leave of
the companions of his trials, his dangers, and his mis-
fortunes. But still Presburg would no doubt be held
till 12 o'clock or later, because the truce did not ex-
pire till noon on Friday, and it would take the Prus7
sian cavalry one hour to discover that it had been
abandoned and to gallop into the place surrendered
so easily; and so my companion arranged a plan for
another excursion to Blumenau, and I adhered to
my original intention, contracting the dimensions of
my excursion to allow of my getting out of Presburg
before the PruSsians got into it.
How little in war or in anything else can we guess
the doings of the morrow! All our plans were ar-
ranged before midnight —the neiterschiener was to be
packed and sent over the bridge at an early hour to
wait at the other side, and we resolved to see the
Prussians march in, if possible, and begin their
operations for crossing, if so minded, from con-
venient points, in the full expectation of an action
taking place before the day was over. Soon after 5
o'clock in the morning, however, after a short night
not much favoured by sleep, inasmuch as clanking
of spurs and swords in the passages, the shouts of
one friend to another, loud commands to orderlies,
rumbling of carts outside, neighing of horses, and
the like, never ceased to vex the darkness, we were
aroused by urgent instances to arise at once. N of
a moment was to be given to excursions or morning
rides. The bridge of boats was to be taken off at
9 o'clock and floated down the river with all the
steamers, and every one who wanted to avoid the
Prussians had to leave Presburg before that time,
as no boats would be allowed to remain on the left
bank. It was to be feared that there would be a
great rush for the bridge as soon as the truth leaked
out, for there arc nearly 50,000 inhabitants in the
old city of Presburg, and the Hungarians are not so
very fond of the Prussians as to greet their arriva
if it can be helped. So breakfast was gobbled up, the
bill piad, and, as there could be no harm in such cor-
respondence with the enemy, I left my card in an
envelope for your Military Correspondent at the
Prussian Ilead-quarters, reproaching him for his
constant intrusion on my quarters, and recommend-
ing to his mercy and protection the matron of the
Grunen Baum, mounted, and rode off with my col-
league for the bridge, close at hand. Either the
newsof the removal of the bridge was not known,or
our surmises were wrong, for not more than 300 or
400 people were gathered round the toll-house gate,
and but few vehicles, and those mostly belonging
to the army, were crossing over ; but the bands of
many regiments had been playing the infantry
through the streets, and our old friends the Uhlans,
and the dragoons of Blumenau, had already filed
past the end of the street. Count Thun was at
the bridge on foot, with his Staff, superintending
the exodus—a pleasant, portly, soldierly-looking
man, of middle age and genial eye ; and many
steamers were drawn up by the bank above and
below for Government use. • The crowd was per-
fectly passive and quiet.
The last of the troops were nearly over, and I
believe only a few patrols were left to cover the
front and prevent spies and deserters going over till
the last moment ; but up to this instant I have not
the faintest conception of the reasons which induced
the Austrians to remove the bridge three full hours
before the truce expired. At the other side of the
river there is a groove of fir trees, through which
the elevated chausse runs towards Vienna ;
and opposite the bridge tollhouse on the right
bank there is a " kavolas" and restaurant, which
formed a nucleus for hungry officers before they
started off with their regiments. The wood was
dense with troops, and under the trees, screened
from the enemy, were two batteries of artillery ;
but the chaussee was completely dominated by the
Konigsberg, and the Prussians would no doubt at
once treat all the neighbourhood to shell and shrap-
nel if they caught a glimpse of any Austrians within
range as soon as they got their guns up. So all
the troops were moving away towards Bruck and
Haimburg. My colleague agreed to stay for
the removal of the bridge, and I leave him to
tell you what happened after I left him, and
it was further arranged that I should ride on to
Petronel, where the neiterschiener and the servants
were also to halt and wait till he came up, after
seeing all he could of the occupation of Pres-
burg. From the chaussee, a little distance above
the city, there is a wide plain visible on the left, ex-
tending towards Bruck, and over this the whole of
the Second Army Corps and the corps of Benedek's
army were marching in parallel lines southwards
and westwards. The day was windy, and it was
hot, although it was only 8 a.m. The dust rose in
long, white, wall-like seams all over the plains, and
the chaussee itself glittered like a river of molten
metal in the light reflected from thousands of hel-
mets, lances, and burnished steel, for the cavalry
and artillery mainly took the high rode. I rode
part of the way with the Uhians, but the dust was
stifling and clogged every sense, and so I got to
windward of the columns, and walked my horse in
front of the column which nearly closed the line of
march. There were at least 60,000 men in motion
over the plains on the left, and clouds of dust rising
among the trees far away indicated the routes of the
columns through the hills. Passing through the
Tillage of Wolfsthal the chaussee winds under the
bluffs to Haimburg, about six miles from Presburg,
but before entering the town I met the advanced
guard of an immense body of troops marching in an
opposite direction, and coming from Vienna. They
wore green leaves in their shakos and caps, and
marched splendidly, and there was a fresh, confident
air about the men which was an index of good
fighting capacity. As I was wondering who they
were—and remember that if you want to get on
and know anything in Austria you will use your
eyes and not your tongue—l saw the number of a
regiment on an ammunition waggon, which was
that of a regiment I knew to be in Hartung's corps'
d'armee, and I then understood that this was part
of the Army of Italy coming up to try their strength
that day with the Prussians. This regiment was
but the beginning of a great current of infantry
and artillery that streamed under the old gates of
Haimburg, still studded with the stone shot fired
at them by the Turks, and which never ceased
till I halted at Petronel, about 11.30 a.m., and it
was no easy work to get through the columns,
even on horseback, though it afforded a good op-
portunity of judging of the men. They had made a
forced march. They were marching with closed-up
ranks, and their splendid bands were
and fast music, but in great-coats and knapsacks
the men stepped out at a killing pace, as if on
not have
parade, and I question if they would
verygwiavye-ntlaratplaying lively
and as I
afternoon. good account
p e
Petronel
noefi
Haimburg, close to the river Danube,
and dis-
positionshalted there the march of the corps ceased,
road, but no parapets or batteries were ye
anyis 4
milesiene
beyondint h e their
would have to rely on
pared, and the men
It was anxious
them-
selves and their position alone.
clock was approach-
ing were made to defend the stream antdprthe_e
work now, for the hand of the
that masses of Prussians were
river. The " Heidenthor"
Marchegg towards the
at Petronel, as well as I could read the name on
12, the truce was nearly oevomeringanddoNwvne heardfrona

the washed-out signpost, is not a tempting-looking
hostelry, and as the neiterschiener came up I dis-
mounted and sat at the door and wrote, waiting for
the critical moment. Not one of the officers who
thronged the inn, going to the kitchen and bringing
in their dinner propriis manibus, had any idea but
of war. With one of them, Rittmeister (or cap-
tain) Robert Anderson, of the 2d or Schwart-
zenberg Lancers, I was talking for some time, and
as he is an Englishman or Scotchman his evidence
may be taken by the most bigoted pro-Prussian
where pure Austrian testimony, from national pre-
judice, might be suspected. His regiment was en-
gaged in covering the retreat of the Austrians at
Koniggratz, under fire till 9 o'clock in the evening.
The Prussian horse never attempted to molest
them, and not only then, but on other occasions,
carefully avoided any attempt to meet the Austrian
cavalry. His regiment was cut off from the
other side of the Elbe by the removal of the
bridge, and had to make their way to Pardubitz,
which they reached at 11 a.m. next day, and no
Prussian showed his face in their direction. Justas
we were discussing these matters a carriage drove up
from Vienna, out of which stepped a gentleman who
said that a " four weeks' armistice" had been con-
cluded, but no one credited the intelligence. In a
few minutes afterwards, however, my colleague rode
in from Presburg with full confirmation of the tid-
ings. After the bridge had been removed, and half
an hour before the renewal of hostilities, the autho-
rities along the Austrian line were made acquainted
with the conclusion of arrangements for an armistice
for four weeks. _ _

VIENNA, Saturday, July 27.

I left Petronel at 20 minutes before two o'clock,
and, after a hot and dusty ride, reached Vienna at
six &clock last night, and have now just time to
send off this letter to save to-day's post.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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GOODWOOD RACES, WEDNESDAY.

If the entries and fields for the Stakes and Cup are to be
taken as criterion of the fortunes of Goodwood, then ought
those fortunes to be considered on the wane. Time was
when there have been 20 starters for tho Stakes, and all the
best blood in training met in the Cup. This year the mode-
rate lot entered for the first-named race have been gradually
dropping off one by one, each week witnessing a " scratch-
ing," and horses uo soonerbacked than they retired from the
betting. The Special, from the Woodgate stable, had been
pretty firm, only a temporary cloud a week since oversha-
dowing him, which the peculiar tactics of the money mar-
ket sufficiently accounted for. With Black Prince (who
came a very warm favourite at Tattersall's on Saturday
last), and the Midia colt, he has remained at the head of
affairs, nothing else, if we except La Fortune, being at all
fancied. The unexpected success of Auguste, a horse who
has never shown the least form, and whose running in the
Two Thousand and the Grand Prix was below mediocrity,
in defeating Laugh= and the Toxopholite colt in the Grat-
wicke so easily, made La Fortune still more inquired after,
while the Special's position was somewhat shaken.
The Findon Stakes was the only other event at all of
public interest, as its result would most probably either
establish or settle Marksman's Derby pretensions. It did
the latter most effectually, as Mr. Merry's colt unmistak-
ably cut it when ho had the race at his mercy, and Fripon-
nier won cleverly.
A larger field than was expected came to the post for the
Stakes, ten runners being telegraphed, of which number
some half-dozen might as well have been in their stables,
as their inability to get two miles and a half was patent.
However, they helped to swell the "procession," which
was conducted with all the usual formalities, and a good
start effected, Jollity and Forester making the running at
good pace, with the Midia colt heading the others. The
issue was a surprise. Lord Portsmouth's horse was the first
beaten before he had gone a mile and a half, and was next
followed by Black Prince. La Fortune succumbed at the
distance, and The Special essayed to catch Rama, an out-
sider at 20 to 1, but was defeated easily by three lengths.

The weather was in perfect contrast to that on the first
day, the attendance very large, including the Prince and
Princess of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Duke
of Cambridge ; and the Ladies' Lawn resumed its usual
brilliant appearance.
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