The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-16

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The following despatch has been received In Berlin
from his Royal Hghness tho Crown Prince
4 RErxERx, June u, 1865
hayc most respectfully TO report TO your Majesty as
| follows upon the events OF to-day
On Inc AFTERNOON OF the zosn GenerM Won steinmet5
Won L6wcnfcdt towards Nachod After short engage
mont the latter got possession OF the psss which was
abandoned by the Ausrans with Of eighteen killed
The vanguard threw out skmshers In the direction Of
Skaitz
Al past nine this morning the vanguard sharp
attacked by two brgadcs Of tho Sixth Austrian CORPS
well provided with artillery and followed by aihird brig
al the same time appeared upon the neld BY tho efforts
Of tho vanguard which withdrew slowly skirnisbing time
was gained for Che main body Of the corps o. emerge from
the pass and reach the heights mm edatey Ia front Al
this moment In good time from Braunau AS the
troops arrived they were Immediately thrown forward 10
hold the heights the Rirchbach division to the
right and the L5wenfeldt division the left The entire
artillery, ninety guns brought up into the line or
last brigade Of the sixth corps and s artillery
The advance OF tho enemy was soon checked, and ~
corTS strengthened by infantry giment
and rcscrve-had taken up ts position NO were enabled
cnergctcay assume the offensive The hostile Prince
Johns cuirasser brigade was defeated py Wfiliant
General wnucK aftcr mort desperate hand hand
combat. Each rcgimsnt captured hostile standard
General Won Wnuck Colonel Won Treskow and Lieutenant
Colonel wiehmann, the commanders OF both regi-
ments received honorable wounds
The Infantry, whose fire had been OF admirable effect
attacked various points with the bayonet and took
possess.on the advanced woodland and surrounding
70 s. s ,o ,ne nss 2. 'ns f"ra
wards ihrce r. " all the cneuy's troops were In
tM follow "a M by the hrc of artillery One dciach
ncn oi the Isl THAN succeeded In capturing two guns
three others abandoned 10 che basty retreat The
cavalry, supported by Of che infantry engaged IN
temporary pursuit. whe the brigade Of the fih corps
tat came up towards evening undertook the vanguard
returned 10 Nachod about elk o'clock. after had sccn
almost I'LL Die troops that had been engaged upon the
hcld, aud lad thanked them In your Maesty's came
Tue hate Of today Is honor 10 General Won Stein
ms ~ and the fifh army corps cannot sunictcnty
praise Tue extraordinary oooncss OF the young troops.
Az arins have ed most glooufly In the discharge OF
their duty The needle gun effected considerable slaugh
ter and caused the failure Of all the encmys attacks
which were undertaken with great irfrcpediy.
The artillery displayed rare powers of
dnrance ~ face Of the hostile Gre. ut first greatly
superior and the cavalry showed itself more than
match iof the much Wanted Austrian horse Upon the
Austrian side Tvs tnty eight batlaons wcrc under nrc
from ali Of which prisoners have fallen into our hands
The Fnn corp, The other hand had only wenty-iso
baalions 10 oppose 20 this force and of these tho
troops scpt In reserve only came under the
hre OF grcnadcs. The brian, success Of the
day has been purchased with comparatively slight loss
Prom all have seen estimate az from 500 10 800
men, among whom are very considerable number Of
our brace officers In addition 10 those already men.
toned among the superior grader have 10 report Major
Won Nstxrner. OF the Eighth dragons killed; Msjof
General Won 0llech and Colonel Won vsltLor ccmnan
der Of the Forty sixth regiment wounded. The eaemys
loss rs on the other hand very large Over 900 pfs
IN hsnde Ms drnd Icy IN many places in
heaps that estimate bis total loAe NJ nycT 600 mon
The trophic. taken the shove mentioned Ave
guns, one flag spd two standards hhsl not fail 10 for