Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-07-26
II LAND HERALD.
FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1866
,ruc wnr In Europe.

,uT,. rrnssiaps, In their lighting with
the Austrans have met with constant
success terminating so far as intell'
renee is received, in the great victory al
sadowa. This brilliant success oil the
prussians is ascribed in great measure
IN their use of n breech loading rihe'
called the "nerdle-guu,' Ia the raph mr.
inc of which the Austrians had noth-
ing to oppose but the common muzzle
,oo6ar The Prussisa rifle Is said 10 be
urch inferior 10 the rifles used IN this
country during our great rebellion, but
is vastly superior TO the Anticipated gun
stIu used by Austria, The London
Times speaking Of the battles in Bohe-
n,is in the latter part Of last month,
says
ain these sanguinary conflicts the |
Austrian troops fought ohStinately and |
well but they were fairly beaten, and |
tbev were beaten, according To all the
accounts that have reached us, by the
more rapid fire of the PrusSian infantry
From first to last it is the needle-gun
that has apparently carried the day, ana
tbe needle GUMS simply breech'loading
rifle of very Indifferent quality. In
nrinciple. as well as in construction, u
Is not to be compared with several
hreach-loadng rifles manufactured by
English makers; but imperfect as 1t Is,
IL has proved quite good enough to Sc.
cure victory for the PIussians in almost
every encounter.
A foreign letter, speaking Of matters
connected with the war, says:
"These Prussian guns are well known
in America: that is as well known as
ANYTHING can be which is kept so pro,
found a secret. The explosive material
which is used in manufacturing the car
fridge is a compound Of ingredients
known to one mantle inventor; and
60 determined is the government that
the secret shall not escape, that that
man is guarded night and day by a
SQUAD of twelve soldiers every letter
which he writes is inspected. and he Is
not allowed TO communicate orally with
anv person except in the presence of his
guard. The same man has applied his
invention to q different purpose thar
that of q cartridge, indammable at thu
touch of needle He makes a kind o
|. shell, not much larger than a bullet
which explodes after it enters the bod.
of man. tearing the limbs to piece
with resistless force. These two secret
are supposed to make the Prussian arm
invincible."
THE BATTLE OF sADowA.
The following details OF the great bal
tie of Sadowa, fought July Sd, are fror
the London Times of the 9Th:
The decisive blow has been strucl
and the fortune of war 5has ono
more declared in favor of Prussia. TIL
bold conception and consummate eX
cution of their farsighted plan of can
paign. and the results of long serit
of bloody encounters, had, at the clio:
of last week, enabled the Prussian Gel
erals to mass their forces on the plain
Bohemia, and to press close upon the
enemy, who, after disputing the grouI
inch by inch along every avenue Of tn
mountain, grit kingdom had fallen ba'
fooled at az points, painting and bleeding
tty,ai,,g to bag on his last Cantage ground
the El5e, between his two strongholds
Josephstadt and Koniggratz.
A pause of three days seems to ha
been allowed to the combatants on DO
sides. Finally, on Tuesday, the fiji
Prussian army, under Prince CharI
advancing from Gitschin, on the 70
that by Chiom and Horzitz leads to
dowa. and the second army under
Il Grown Prince, crossing the EIbe to nj
them. drew up all their combined fore
under the immediate command OF tn
king-an array, 1t is said of no less tn
Il yNFNt MT
Konnigratz between the right bank
the Elbe and the left Of the Bistrltz
minor tributary stream which RI
parallel to the main river from Hort
TO its confluence with it. Marshal i
edek, aware that the decisive nom
had arrived issued forth from kon
graft with apparently only hve at
corps, but choosing, as was natural "
man who stood on his own ground
most advantageous position. The
tle-feld is described as being near L
zitz, near Sadowa, near KoDiggratz
the lighting ragged probably from
end to the other Of this vast tract
country. The battle lasted II hour
For six hours the Austrians deien
strong position they had chosen
hind the BistritZ, but 1t was takel
storm toward O'CLOCK; ana oy u u
81 in the evening the defeat of the Au'
H# ans was complete The earliest I
I8 sian bulletins of the same evening,
|A and IL o'clock, claimed victory,
spoke Of their army as close IN pun
IN of their routed enemies.
By later accounts, dated yester
we are told that three flags and "a
were taken by three of the victor
regiments, and no less than 10000
I'll trian prisoners had already been bro
in. The trophies by which other {
hi signalized their victory, and the
| number of their prisoners had not
been ascertained bat the 18th Pru
III Huzars are said to have broken
~ Austrian squares. By their own az
Is sion the Prussians purchased thei
IL umph at a very heavy price all
III corps were brought into action, al
III suffered severely. Nothing, how
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