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hi. va;st. having bullet wound upon his side, an
ugIv cash along his cheek, and deep bsyonst
,brrst freceived from behind) in his snouider'
Mos, of those who were walking wore serious
Iook conversing but little with one anotner,
.boucb thew walked two and two,-and few OF
them carried upon their faces any considerable
expression Of pain.
IN donkevs or in carts,-and few were carried
nnon mattresses on mems shoulders. But THESE
we're mostly officers and nearly all saw oarrieu
in that way were so badly wounded tnat .nen ~
covorv Is scarcely possible. One had both MS ieg,
crushed bv a cannon ball. Another had recei,ou
a ball in his thigh, and was evidently suue,'ns
the most intense agony. Many OF those whcse
wounds we're In their legs were seated IN chairs
SWING across a donkey-one being upon each siue'
Several who were thus carried, and were support
ed nv soldiers walking by their side, were appar-
emily unconscious and seemed to be dying. linen
would come carts large and small carrying ,hree'
FIVE. and some Of them ten or hiteen eaoh'
steady stream Of these CHASTITY victims 10 ne pA'
tie of the day poured through the town. stooo
IN the crowd bv the side of them as the SAD pro
cession nsssed along and watched it at this polnt
for over an hour. 1t was rot interrupted Tor mo-
ment-except now and then bv q. crowd OF prs
ouers-and it continued thus from ABOUT ~ IN inc
mornin when it began to flow, until leit inc
street long after dark. Every church, every
been taken for the service of the wounded. Ihose
whose injuries are slight, after having them dress
ed. PASS at once into the ranks and mlngie WIN
their comrades I looked into the church as L
passed by. All the seats, ratings &c, had oeeh
removed; mattresses of hay had been spread upon
the floor and were completely hlled WIN "ounu
ed men. in every stage Of suffering and OF peril
living side by sde. The surgeons were dressing
their wounds: Sisters of Charity and other wom-
on vere giving them wine and otherwise minister
ing 10 their comfort but morning, L am sure,
will dawn upon large proportion Of them re-
lieved forever from their pain. IL anything can
he more horrible than a soldiers life 1t certainly
is soldiers death.
When wo drove into town, we were warned by
n French gentleman who had arrived a little be-
fore us that unless we placed our carriage IN the
stable or grounds of private citizen, IL "oaiu
certainly be seized for the services OF the wounded
! as his had been. As it was all we could IeIy Oh
for bedroom, as well means OF lecomotloh, We
were unwilling thus to lose it. On going TO
| nrivate house therefore TO make such an arrange
| ment we found it had been taken for a hospital
! and AMONG its inmates was a viUand re,-s woman
Of perhaus so dressed in the style Of our Bloom
ers who had received ball in her hand while FOL
| lowing her occu patton and carrying water ano
| vino 10 the soldiers during the action. Two sur
| ge0ns from the Emperors family were dressing
| her wound-and though pale from loss OF blooe
she was conversing cheerfuly and even gaily with
| them
Six or eight times while I stood upon the street
watching the wounded there came along squads
Of prisoners taken at various stages OF the action
Sometimes there would be only three or four
then twenty, fifty or a hundred, and in one compa
nv over 400. They walked closely together six Of
eight deep,-the officers being generally in th'
middle,-and were guarded by single file o.
troops walking on each side. As general thing
| they were not bal looking men. Very many o.
them were very young not over I6 certainly
and only now and then voud you see particular
" brutal and stupid countenanse. There was
nothing like anger or shame on their faces they
seemed generally wholly Indifferent to thell
position. but looked about with good deal
Of curiosity, upon the crowd which sur
rounded them. They were generally silent, tho
now and then they would talk and laugh with escf
other as they passed along. The officers were
with scarcely an exception, handsome, manly and
intelligent fellows. All we're without arms. The
uniform of the men was q very coarse brown stut
made Of fax, very plain, and with scarce any
ATTEMPT at ornament. Towards night, carts began
to come in laden with wounded Austrians, hun
dreds Of whom passed along while l stood there
and were taken directly 20 the hospitals, where
they received precisely the same treatment as the
French Most Of them seemed very badly hurt
Among the number, both Of the wounded and the
prisoners, were many Hun arians