New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-23
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courage and perseverance for they ost men every yard
their advance and some places almost paved the way w
wU1Sde rsp I q the enemys Ss.ters on
lagos made tremendous havoc among the houses
quickly and with fearful effect aaobg defenders q the
a%ns hs@lets the Austrian guns s'o ysS Ipos ron
their fire by the houses and trees between ,o,,,
an hour then the Austrian infantry who had been there
driven out BY rush Of the Pussians retired put on
way up the slope into line with their batteries DC wo0e
above sadowa strongly held and ha. between saaow
and Be8Sek teemns with rhsnen stood 70 bar Is A.
vision not to be easily stopped and he sent his nsn
at the wood and bis ay on a snt nas s
could not make any impression for the defenders were con
sasd and SSase 80 and p Sss Sssed u with
The Austrians would not retire but waved cr I.e
ferest conbas which the The 9Th Prussss
regiment went in nearly 1900 strong Win ~ ia ~
800 400 standings all the rest were ksu
wounded The other regiments Of me dsVh hs "a vas
carried The Austrian line driven 10 on eoa saIn
but its commander formed new line oil battle mug
up the hill round LISA, still holding the WOOD when n'
Then the Prussan artillery was the Bsrs and
began to fire upon the Austrian position AZ the sams
time the smoke Of General erwarihs advance wss
IT, village about seven miles lower down she B'I sas
eaylrg and was diving them toward position at Lss
himself following in ges direction that spPeac
seemed determined hold his position and heavy masses
infantry cavalry could be seen On the upper part Oh mo
The Prussiau infantry which had taken the villages Of 81
dowa and Dob a was now seat agan 1e and
pa road They advanced aanst but did not at MAKE
eses 6e e e nee did not s aud whole bat
terry placed the far end Of the wood fired through the trees
saan fought on at last uroke dow the at the
trance and then dashed in The ghng continued rom ss
lost position wood but ia this ose fighting their Doy
the Eirtth Dysion but when the offenders drew back
ule and their artillery played nto the trees he
sui red eau and about half way up In TIC wool TIC hs'
TIE RESULT DOUBTFUL.
At this tine the Austrian ncy we're msSing speLod
practice and about O'Clock the whole battle line Of the
Prussaas could gain ground aud was Obliged 70 ngs
as II u %Sa 10 o. S Sp gd roSnd the Eeede gun had
Then prince Frederick Charles the Eth and Sixth
Divisions forward They laid helmets and KNAPP.
sacks on ground and adva to tie rseI The King
was TO Bstz and the troops eheered him loudly
bridge disappeared the wool and the increased
noise nukey told they had begun to fght but the Aus
rins gunners sent sayo after sayo among he ana
DID not push the battle forward more than lew hundred
yards for they fell back themselves and they could rot reach
the enemy Not only did the OF the shell fly about
them scattering death and awful enhes among tner ranks
but the portions OF the rss torn by the artillery hre new
thcky about huge ragged spntrs that caused even more
frightiul wounds.
If his muskety and artillery which had hitherto been push
ing orword steadily stood SIN fr Time Franskls men,
pieces coul be sent for ward f. a;taek the Sadova
wood for they would have exS;ed items Ives b. TAKEN
in front Of Lpa. All the at ~ engaged except eight
batteries aud these had TO be retained IN case Of reverse for
pne ting firing the wood and OF tie lrussan
artillery slope seemed drawing back toward
Bstrii The First Army certainly checked It's advance.
Then The PIuss eoauacs begin to look anzousy
the et for tie coming OF tae Crown Pi1ee sons ApstsA
guns near Lpl we're seen TO n ne BE- directed against tie
were signs Of Prusan columns advancing asanss .-R
Generals bean. @aG qasl s sI Tm e g so thai
would be available either for the pursuit OF tee
S a l 9s sc
brought the So nat Af the SST gum. the
rsnt ' had sf Been Hg against lis troops F
Army Ok heart again. The sadowa wood carried and
| the battery bcyond.it was stormed by the Jasers
THE AUsrRIANs GIVE WAY.
across the slope against Lpl artillery had seneed the
guns and lerwarth was again pressing Forward
Princes Infantry was engaged 1t Lpa aud their vosy. q
mgskery rapidly advancing to hat tho Ausrans were
artillery imbered up and gaoedl up the slope coming int
nSsGn S ssay The na emerging from woods
and pressed at the double Prince Frederick Charles
put himself head OF bis regiment and dashed
the sadowa bridge aud up the road followed by oil bic light
On gaining Of the Lps slopes the retreang bat
ground which lies between LPa and the q strese
artillery halted the summi OF the Lpa hill and tired shells
rapidly which burst with terrible precision the heads Of
the fasves The cavalry forward in pursuit bat the
Prince after leading short way had to go TO s9pernend
pos, strcl1 ridge and firing heavily against The
rn rSs one e
these though etreatng fast were not routed ard 10 many
the artillery the shells burst repeatedly
the squsdrors and killed and horses But the Aus
the Prussian batteries and then the pursuit
renewed.
THE WOUNDED.
some Of the retreatng Austrans made for the fortress
Eo others ,S or Ts ana Troops we're sen. pH
ground shrieked with fear whea they saw the eays gsoe
care that they should be avoided and at one time checked
pursuit order TO move his sqnadrons around aud not
ihroarh patch Of standing corn where several wounded
Austrians had taken refuge These. when they the
and erred pteouy waving white handkercbie sign ol
truce but they had no cause to fear Large numbers o.
prisoners were takeD Tor the continued the
Elbe and until o'clock that ali firing had esased
As tho Princes returned the baaons obsered them n,
their victory but they left the pursuit Of their
immense field the dead too laid thick bat
in the that hs. not been full If
Auans and Prusans lie side by side but the Kranken
morrow morning Conspicuous in the hospitals vorlins
diligently their voluntary lbo the knights Of St. jobs
THIS Order Knghthood renewed lately for the suecos
the weak and suffering has sent here large hospital estab
From voluntary contributions OF the Knights hospitals
maintained In the dearest towns and 10 the fed all
hospital by the Order trans
port accompany the army hospital provided and
by their aid many wounded carefully attended who GOULD
The bste Of sadows has been great for the Pru
army the troops fought with the determined
age they stood for hours under terrible 6e for there
supposed have been nearly 800 In action Of which
$50 Prussian The immediate Of the victory was
the Princes attack the Austrian len flank Which
turned the position the in front had great effect
the ISSUE unless had been steadily maintained the
II Is the opinion Of the Prussian Generals that the Austrian
sklfu and that their artillery excel
STRENGTH OF THE TWO ARMIES.
The number troops engaged on the prSssian siae
about ESQ CO., The Ausans supposed TO have bad almost