The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-13

TO the right Of the troops attacked, than
directly toward them. Fro.
COR. Gin. Gazette.
! The CHANCES IN WARFARn.-The Lon
don Saturday Review, in notice Of new
Mr.. Herbert, gives some curious illustra-
tons of the progress In the art of war, and
it's effect upon the European Struggle. Mr..
Herbert, il seems, gives an account Of Dyb-
Dol, the loss Of which was 30 fatal to the
Danes on main land.
or the character Of the position ut Dyb-
Dol, Mr.. Herbert, writing on the spot, be-
fore the place had been taken, gives most
gloomy account, and one which subsequent
events have but too fully justified. The
one fatal error which ran through the
whole plan Of defense was, that It was
some inexpiicable reason the Danish war
Office chose to take no notice whatever Of
the gigantic strides which since that time
had been made by the science Of destruc.
ton. . se 49, .r
The engineer who designed it thought
only Of smooth-bore guns. and never
dreamed Of artillery thet could b plied
with q deadly aim for . distance OF mile
and three quarters. The result was, in the
first place, that MI his works were too weak
to bear the impact Of modern projectiles.-
Before the end Of the short siege, every
single blockhOuse had become untenable,
and In fact was in ruins. But . still more
unfortunate result Of the antiquated calcu.
lations upon which the works were PLAN
ned was, that the points which In reality
were weakest were left almost entirely un-
| protected Al the base Of the southern
part Of the Dybbol peninsula lies the Ven-
ming Bund, IN arm Of the go; and under
an older system Of artillery this creek
would have been sufficient defence
any serious attempt ct shelling.
But mile and Q half ON lies the Broager
peninsula. Upon this the Prussians erect
cd their batteries, and 1fing across the see
at the unprotected Dybbol works they bad
the Danes ut their mercy. There was moth
ing to reply to them except two 12-pounder
guns of the dates respectively OF 1855 and
1867, and which had been rifed at Copen-
hagen and these wereamong the most far
shooting implements Of which the Danes
could boast. The result was that the whole
Danish position was easily enflladed by
the Bfoager batteries, while the Danes were
unable on their side to make any effective
reply.
ted there with much less vigor than It il
here. Our men under Gen. Grant would
think it boys play II they were Get 1t work
on the same easy terms - the Prussian sol-
diers, and would think very i'll Of their
general. III i-+
Fortunately or unfortunately for them
the Psussians, being deliberate in all their
proceedings, only fred by daylight, and q
consequently, having sat still to be shot at
all day, employed themselves at night In
repairing the damags thatShad been done.
But, necessarily, there we're numbers
wounded to no purpose in this one-sided
over-exhausted, and depressed by days
and nights Of passive, unexciting danger
/ was at last worn out.
PLEASING INCIDENTAL few days since
the President was presented with . beau
tiful Shepherd Check Plaid, sent 70 him
WiI1is%s 1D a e oid lady 81 81. SIS Il Wss
manufactured Ut Tellecoutrie, near Stir
! ling, place justly celebrated for its beau
tiful tartans and checks. The appended
correspondence shows that in the land of
"brown heath and shaggy wood" our
cause is watched with no ordinary interest:
! ED1NBUR0, July 6, 1854.
| MY LORD PRESIDENT AS one deeply
interested in your present struggle. / trust
the Lord will bless all your endeavors for
the peace Of your country and the freedom
Of the slaves. As this letter Is written by
an old lady of 81, she hopes You will over
look al its imperfections and, with good
wishes for you and your family,
III ~ ANNE WILLIAMSON. x
! The following 10 the Presidents reply:
I EXECUTIVE MANSION,
TO- WASHINGTON, July %, 1864,
| Mrs. ANNE Madam -
The plaid you sent me is just now placed
in my hands. thank you for that pretty
and useful present, but still more for those
good wishes to myself and our country
| which prompted You to present II.
| Your ob't servant, Isat 4. LINCOLN.
PEACE.-The happieAt anGury Of peace