The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-30
LIFE IN THE AUSTRIAN CAMP AND AC.
COUNT OF THE BATTLE OF MONTEREIL.O
BY A BREMEN GENTLEMAN, A vOLUN

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CANToSMEsr or PlEskk, AIneSoIA May rs. lsss.
fatigue. can write YOU with pen ana ink more detailed
letter thar my former ones You VII already
newspapers Of the battle Of the 10th nst some
horrible eH must have been reported for have heard
hss teen fad that enormous cousribu-
lions and uDcer the houses o the nhADsnss Of the
country These are miserable oalumDie spread out BY
chsscteres Italians and Freoch, and which Inc
slightest founcason. II rs natural thai the army In the
enemy country must there look for s support bot all
sheraton aud forbesrance, and receiyss are gwen
for everything thus obtained The fofbearsrce
goes so far that mos. o. The soldiers bvoase,
Inflicted for telling mulberry tree aud the fields
spared as much az Icasibe. An army which fought
braveIy the 10th capable Of commit
ting Iiagc. Inc French army has scknow lodged our
veor; 1t will pcvcr have a bad opinion Of
AT the nsbt OF The zc,h inst We we're engaged from I've
10 eight O'Clock p n. One dvision fought trail
leurp: the division TO which belong arst remained
behind dam. Afterwards advanced through
grrss Of the enemy; the Chasseurs de vocennes ~ho
were pressing forward we're brought 70 sop by ZONE
well directed sncts We continued " Hgbt distance Of
from three hundred 10 four hundred PAGES the baIe
wlsted and clustered around tue drops ram Ia
O heavy sfower. On right size often sAs columns
with red psntaloons advance t,~aros our guns which
then by general volley repulsed the sssass,s ssynz
whole ranks of them and forced them retreat The
hi.c Feidiaser battalion fought tho braves Attacked
a troop superior number, and a0er right wilA tne
bayonet threw the enemy back by which, however they
could rot gain any greater advantages. rhey their
OHClf kllltu. anu uNe oilCco wounded
privstes the loss Of this battalion 100. An Austrian
assistant surgeon and ambulance patrol remained on
the battle ed 10 drew the wounded Ntrr bad
drawn, during The night towards morning they arrived
al the place where this JAEGER battalion had fought here
the surgeon fell in with French officer who had charge
T. nsys the w. Ssad and sS The slam
never replace" for every dcaa jaeger there
three four French killed am sorry 70 nay tina,
bt the merit Of The enemy. not known me resi.
rnent standing next 70 ours-hAa OF Earon CuloxfougA
point Of the hsyoret but they always ward via
fresh endorsements. Az last towards half pssi eight
O'Clock, AT order Was given " withdraw and shs
fight We went slowly backwards through TIE acia,
facing the cremy n every fiv I&rse IN rcrz, NE
balls incessanily grazing the bgn and striking into
s s s a ew ps i ss d me s 4 o.
The enemy old not follow N. inc further back
the more wounded we met Among all I poticea ne
did hea. cry of pain. Nearly AL wcns pask ac4s 90
led by anoiber often they leant ASSISTANCE a.
eass oae das en- nag 2, sss = ssssI ssas
ali assen ted IN order. aso ssw the wounded sep IN
End collec, around the flowing Gag which b&1 tha asy
received The bef,hm of ire, which WAS 70
be Teen by several holes, and BY Tho BLOOD
aoherirg 70 its ftan, for 10 bearer hal falsn
At about an tours march from The battle felf b
vousckcd and rested for t~o hours ton cocuccf
match he whole night wiihou, being uolcs<d by the
enemy Until ve reached Baccsrxxs The oitcci q tht
Of tie snsmv snd ~. on,ae. a. ,sS 1870 s o.
happened, always r the nrt ngh, tae rArquly ana
orcsr are somewhat lost and stop the N
tie moment wants, the roors forget themselves Ia
their valor; TIE novelty of the thing concot
~ Grt and that ID the Of the heavy hes o
rides; our loss Wal nearly 800 men. The Ices q the
enemy nrst be larger than ours for he had Anosl ~
guns 10 oppose ours, and Runpers fred very wsa
The cnerys iDiactry great Deal superior ~ M 10
numbers, ard they continually reinforced by rad
roads from the garrisoDs Alexandria and TorsonA
IDer cavalry was badly dealt with, for hasssrs and
buiars no Only cut them " pieces bet they dared
attack on care Of the Bcss infantry, which fred
ever go we'll that all the horses returned sheui Their
ildef corporal Of the husaars being asked hoe hs
was SO gallant 70 cut so bravcly into tbs many
hoeti'e riders, answered, Who win attack they have
no resolution, (bdsdma,) they Mt on thsir hossss
(drcbn monkeys" On that battle day our troops ali
the ncredibe; they mnrchci fully twenty four hours
without rest sustained fight In the best order
and all THAT without the least 70 cat " drink Since
yesterday am for the fret time since many days. under
roof and have even 70 day. enjoyed The luxury 10 sleep
10 bed, which did not happen 70 me for month We
lave had, and tt have, amozt necessarily rainy wean
err and to lie during In the open field doris not exactly
belong - the pleasant things; for although we built US
mostly barracks, they only project against the and
10y Against sle jain kortunateIy, my chaef has tent
wnsn DC always friendly shared with me- also always
diyae Oar meals tosetbe lying the ground every one
uS snmc hnd FORK ~ wen ~ he the service
In two plates and atumhkf and the cooking apparatus In
= roi q Ia PSPgnan. Since ucDth have eaten
anything warm except rice soup "a beef tho 40
OLD hen which was sbc ~ buy village For oil thai
licel myself ~ vel AID ~ lively ~ ii any time before