The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-25 00:00:00

THE PRUSSIAN REVIEWS.

A letter from Cologne, datta &pt. 21, says
cannot resist sending you a few lines to tell you of
the extraordinary kindness and civility which have
been shown to the English officers attending the
manoeuvres. It is really impossible to give you an
adequate notion of the kindness shown us, and of
the hospitality with which we are treated—every-
thing, too, done in such a simple, unpretending
manner, as if, indeed, it were all a matter of course,
and there were nothing unusual or remarkable
about it. The number of foreign officers attending
these man ceuvres is about 100. Almost all nations
find their representatives, indeed the Kingdom of
Italy is the only country of importance conspicuous
by its absence. Shall I add the Federal portion of
the disunited States ? But if the North is absent,
the South is represented by two gentlemen from
Virginia, who are here to learn the art of War,
which I guess they intend shortly putting in practice
against the Nor therns. Yesterday a strange looking
person appeared in a black sheepskin busby, and
dark cloth dressing-gown, a Circassian, aide-de-
camp to General Bariatinski. Misfortune cannot
indeed make stranger bedfellows than do these
Prussian manoeuvres ; for the Austrian General
Baumgarten finds himself in daily contact with the
French General Forey, his recent opponent at Mon-
teoello, and the other night I saw Prince Windi-
schratz, an Austrian officer in full uniform, drive
off in a fiacre between two French Generals, looking
very much as if he were a prisoner of war being
walked off between his captors. Well, all these
foreign officers (we are 18 English) are lodged,
feasted, and carried about in special trains and
all manner of carriages, as well as moun-
ted on the King's and regimental horses,
besides having two officers, Count Blumenthal and
Baron Berner specially appointed to look after
them, Most of these officers have been sent
by their respective Governments, some, like my-
self, have come on their own hook ; all, how-
ever, are received with the same kindness and
hospitality. The best rooms in an hotel have
been retained for Lord Clyde, General Eyre,
and suite, and it is an understood thing that they
are to consider themselves the King's guests during
their stay, and never to put their hands into their
pockets—the same applies to all accredited foreign
officers. A special train every morning takes us
part of the way to the manoeuvres, the remainder
of the journey being performed in carriages of every
possible shape and description, which we find in
waiting, which have been collected from all parts,
some having come 60 or 80 miles. Of these car-
riages there must be at least 100. At the point
where we leave the road we find our horses, which
are allotted to us somewhat promiscuously and
without that regard to any congruity between their
furniture and the uniforms of their riders which
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picking out the best horses in the different cavalry
regiments and putting their worst riders on them
as a preparatory test. The manoeuvres have been
very interesting, but I do not pretend to give you
any account of them. The first I saw
of the troops was the parade of the Bth Armee
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