Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-20
THE AUsTRIANs CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THE
pRUSSIANS.
From The Monitcur du soir, July q

From the MOuileNf gu son. July 81
There is general expectation that very
shortly we shall receive grave intelligence
from the theatre of war IN Bohemia, and
the public impotence is strongly excited by
the serious events which are on the eve Of
presenting themselves. The AuStridns an
their concentration upon h0niggrdtz 'oere closely
foll0inod by the P7lssiaBS. The evacuation Of
Gitschin was marked by a sanguinary con-
llict, and the losses Of men resulting from
the series of actions which have served as
prelude to the great battle that is imminent,
already amount to a considerable aggregate.
The Austro-Saxon corps, which, after the
actions at Munchengratz, retired upon GIFTS
chin 20 Join the centre and right wing of
Benedek's army, has doliuYed he trhOle north
,rca Of Bohe1aid 10 tke PyssidI,s, and has left
Prague uncorerod. Rs erpecto3 that this capt
tal irW Be occupied by detachment from tbe
drmv Of Prince Frederick Charles. Although
this movement, should il take place, may be
a means Of weakening the Prussians by re-
moving a portion of their forces TO a dis
lance from the actual centre Of operations
vet the occupation Of Prague would still be
a not unimpOrtant result, as It would COM
pletely sever the communication between
the Austrian and the Bavarian armies. The
prussians at Prague would be masters, not
only of the line Of railway which runs by
Bodenhaeh to Dresden, but also Of that which
proceeds by Pisen and Ratisbon TO Munich.
We have had already to notice how careful
| the prussians have been TO obtain the con-
| troll of the railways, and at this moment it il
/ the possession of the important portion Of
/ the railway from Josephs,adt 20 Pardubitz
/ which is the immediate object of the princi-
/ pal struggle now at hand.
The Austrians are strongly massed on
/ both sides Of this piece of railway, showing
] front in all directions within the range OF
| JosephStadt, and support themselves by
/ Koniggratz. The envIrons Of these two
] strong places have been inundated, and Il Is
] also stated that gunboats have been placed
| upon the waters which defend the ap-
] proaches On their side the two Prussian
/ armies, energetically pursuing their con-
! verging march upon JosephstandL are
! driving back upon that place the OUTLYING
Austrian detachments. The events which
are to cnsue depend upon the degree OF re-
sistance which the latter, forced back upon
such important dclences, will be able 70 offer.
/ The contest now expected will be between
four armies, forming total Of 100000 men.
| There Is only the improbable alternative Of
8 retreat by the Aus,rians before the battle,
| which would postpone the struggle by re-
| moving its scene 10 a more southern district.
In the latter hypothesis, as in that OF a
| Prissian victory, the latter, being enabled
90 push on 20 Pardubitz and 30 effect juno
ton on the line from Pardubitz to Prague,
would occupy a very advantageous position.
| Not only would almost the, entire OF
Bohemia remain in their hands, but pos
scssing the heads Of the lines leading to
Vienna and Munich, D,cy wouid meldoc bOth
eqpiflls al tLs sane timc. On the contrary, If
BENEnEK be vigorous he ought TO be able
20 maintain his position at Josephstandt and
Koniggratz. but also 90 expel the enemy
from Bohemia.
In the actual situation Of Affairs the Ba-
varian army, upon which BENEDEK may
have relied 10 effect diversion IN his favor,
il completely isolated from Bohemia, and in
no position 10 exercise, In seasonable time,
any influence upon the pending operations;
lie own attention is occupied by the presence
Of the Priissian treops, which have advanced
towards Piaucn and Hot, on the frontier Of
Saxonv and Bavaria. No information Of
any Importance has been received concern.
ing the operations OF Prince HoHESzoILERN
IN The Duchy Of Nassau, nor Of the proceed
ings Of Prince AIExANDER Of Hesse, WhS