Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-05
Great Battles.

p - II NAV be interesting 10 our readers in these
An. of hairs past and to come, to refer TO some OF
ths great battles ch have taken place In the European
..r This NAV be no, only interesting in ITSELF but it
nav correct an erroneous anu perhaps unAVorAoe inn
exc, Which may be exercised in tie future, by the I'm
prss ion that the slaughter at the recent great o1e d
Manassas was very large and serious Considering ihat
ton our own part At least the forces were eompessS eS
Ousvsly Of raw volunteers. this battle was rare eie'
play Of vllor and the number Of killed aud wounded
sas quite considerable. But between regular troops,
familiar with great battles and scenes Of slaughter, the
injury experienced by the Southern army in killed,
sounded and prisoners not great We have thought
that IL might be productive of harm encourage TIE
moresson that for great battle troops at Manassas
had suffered very heavily The fact T. army could
have well sustained eve Zines the loss without being d.
fe.tsd or regarding itself being very badly cut up
n regiment Is taught 10 believe that the loss Of hun
Srsd or hundred and fifty the feeling that l.
mas sEtaied 10 terrible inaieon il may feel antho
led If this Is exceeded TO think of retreat We think
4 will lays EOoi influence to fsmilariss our officer
and men With the punishment which brave troops are
really capable of standing sad which the regular armies
OF Europe do stand in most important engagements
AT the battle Of Blenhein, fought in 1901, between
Of H.rlsSroush and the French and BaVaEans, under
Marshal rAarGS and the eectOF Of B4yaria the latter
lost q 900 in killed and sounded and Is 900 prs6SeE
At the battle OF Malplaqust in 1909, where Mari
borough and Eugene yictOriOus, out Of 100 U0J
they los. Is 600.
Al Prague where Frederick OF Prussia bea; the Aus
trns he lost himself 10 OoO in killed, GU! Of 10000
a. LsuJhen The Aussraas out of so 600 men, hardy
preserved more than 2OOOO-as many As 10000 berg
t4kea prisoners
4A.-ss~-E-- r-a.ah Lai ZOO tho Allie,
4u5 80 The Ga---A- -1vuv r'7v-y ru-r u rr1r
a,,s. .s-,'U, many OF whom we're droWned) besides
prisoners At jena each party had about 100000 men
The French lost killed and wounded ~ 600 the Pras.
slams 1000 in killed and wounded, and 1000 prison.
Al Eylau Napoleon lost 10 O6O, and the Russians
$4,000 At Fsdaad the Russians lost IS 600 in killed,
wounded, drowned aud prisoners. At Eshng, where
Napoleon WAS defeated BY the Arehduke Charles the
French lost 600 killed. is 900 wounded, 900 Prison
ere Marshal LAnnes with three generals and one hun
drsd and tWenty-sght officers we're among the killed
Thirteen generals and seven hundred officers wound
ed The Austrian los by no means so great. At
BorOdno the 7h of September 1912 the French and
IssAns struggled all dAy-ths former with l97 900
aid $50 guns The latter with us 600 and $40 guns
Napoleon carried the day, but lost about 1900 mer,
the Russians left about the number the fed
We come to Lsipsic. NAPOleOO's army numbered
s75,0OO The allied mouarChs had $50 900. The battle
continued two days The slhes paid for their victory
With the loss Of $4,000 men The French killed reached
"a .OOO-their entire loss $4,000
At Waterloo the loss Of the allies exclusive of the
PrussAns) IL 900 out Of 10000. The French Lest
10000.
At I0ksrman the Russians bad $1,000 killed and
wounded out Of So 600. The allies lost about OO0
Al Magenta, the French hSd 5000 msO-;hs Aus
trAns 10 900. The former had 500 killed and wound
sd-,he latter Is 900 and 1000 prisoners.
At sofsrino, the allies numbered $4,000, Of which
Jhsy lost 1000 The AustriAns had 10000, and lost
Il 600 killed and wounded 1000 prisoners, and so can