, 1866-08-25

\ un.s uuu Aettetaat tue army was masseu |
I It's artillery In front, In order to keep tho
nemy At a safe distance, II he should enlea-
or to disturb the passage The Prussians
bstained from front demonstration, but
ssayed 70 approach the bridges IN the rear
he brilliant attack Of the Bavarian
aya1ry which resulted in the
4dins down and dispersal Of the Prussian
.orse, was directed. It was participated In
lot only by the heavy cavalry (three rcei-
nents Of culrassicrs), but also by regiment
i fChevnnx-eteEers and one Of Glans. The
3aCarian horse had been painting for m ol,-
,oItunity to wipe out tic disgrace It had
listened !, npon itself By its pantc-stricken
light from the field Of Hanfeld IN the early
UT of the campaign-a disgrace so deep
hat the regiments engaged In that shameful
.t1air became the objects Of bitter scorn and
lerasion in and out Of The army, and that
'eyeral officers preferred suicide to the NOR
iacation Of bearing. singularly. enough, they
!or weeks at the close Of the campaign.
lttacE, and broke out in cheers as
lle cavalry rode back with their
reputation redeemed. I found that both
The officers md the men of oil arms were par
ticularly proud Of this achievement Of the |
cavalry, and loved to talk about it. Many !
eve.witnesses have aFsurcd me that the white |
cloaks Of the culrassfcrs we're soaked with
blood when they returned from the attack, |
and the blades Of their eabycs broken at the |
h f9 sas ex q odke def aEanss
returning from the slaughter-house," an OIL |
Ger remarked to me. The story Of q conn., |
mandant Of 4 squadron, the Baron de Wash |
ineton, "a descendant Of the same English
stock from Which Ii descended the greatest
and best citizen Of the American Rcpubllc),
WHO had an encounter at close quarters with
a Prussian officer Of Uussars, and fairly be-
headed lis antagonist by tremendous cut
Of his sabre, has been repeatedly told to me.
The retreat Of the Seventh Corps across
the Main was made without any further
molestation By the Prussians. who were esi.
IDENTIFY too much exhausted from their hard
fighting mud marching for any determined
et.orts. Before, niyhtfal1 tho last man aud
horse were safely brought over and the pom
yo1, BRIDGES removed. The new line Of the
yeii=i,1s;.,'. me fvc miles TO the north-
west Of Il; m, to Ocltsenlurt, some tif-
teen miles 10 .ae southeast. The line WAS
stretched 80 far up the river in order to pre-
vent tue Prussians from carrying out their
evident Intentions to turn the right Of the
reads to Ansbaeh, BY which they alone could
retreat to the southern part ofthc Kingdom.
1t will be remembered that from the very
outbreak Of the war there have been serious
differences, arising from questions Of relative
rank between Prince Charles md Prince Al
cxanler- Much of the divided notion Of
tl!cir respective commands, TO which the dis
ustrous results Of the campaign may nearly
all be traced, was duc to This natural rcluc-
tarcc TO be suhortlinated one to the Other
Much precious time and opportunity to act
wns lost before It was settled by the inter-
cr.in.Chlcf Of the Federal forces. But the
obedience Of 7rlnec Alexander to the Dara--
rian Field-AIarshal never became Il willing
and hearty one. Certain 1t Is, that the Hes
sian, who has proved the 1narplot, the Nc
Clelan Of the Fedcrals. ought to be tried
tatcd disregard Of orders III abandoning lis
position OH tho left bank Of the Main. But
Qrincely hlooa is as yet not spilled in this
wise in Germany. -...----
TREsCuEnr OF THE nAnESEsE.
The only explanation Of Prince Alcxaudcr's
conduct have heard SO far Is, that lse was
tclcerap pl,ed to by some RI the Soyercisns Of
the various epntinEcnts composing his corps,
TO avoid shedding any more blood, In view Of
the impending conclusion Of an arn,lstice
with tic frussians; But hc certainly bad no
! right to act upon their Instructions in prefer
ence to those or Prince Charles, who still
represented the supreme authority OF tie
Dict. Tint efforts were making by some Of
the Soyerci.ns at the very time the utmost
harmony Of action could alone insure any
thing like success a.ainst tho FrNssians, 10
separate their coNtiHgents from the Federal
army, In order 10 appeasc the growing wrath
OF Prussia at the earliest possible moment,
and eayc themselves from the fate Of m ex-
pt1lsion franl their territories and prnspcc-
live annexation that Lad already betalscn
several Of their number: To abandon their
allies trcacheroussy in the hour Of extremity,
required no ordinary degree Of perfAy, but
the Grand Duke of Baden, it seems, Possessed
enough Of this negative quality to do 1t. lie
sent an order to the Gcner1l commanding the
division ofthe Eighth Corps representing the
him to withdraw from the Federal army on
tic aSttl, aud Prince Alexander, not having
decision enough, or not being disposed to pre-.
| vent the movement. the scandalous proceed
| ing WAS consumnatcd carly on the follow
| ing morning before Prince Charles could take
troops, numbering some ,ooo men, marched
| away from their position on the LEFT wing to
I the tnnc Of national music, In the direction
Of their homes. need not say that the bit
ter curses Of every honorable soldier in the
Federal ranks followed them. I'LL through
upon with suspicion by his allies: Whilt
committing no open act of aisloyalty
! to them, he manifested from tht
beginning certain irresolutcness ant
lnkcwarmuess that made him NJ
object Of general distrnst. Perhaps It VA va!
i;na ~ pr,,s.;a ~ ~. l., .ra, ,rrn;,,:t ~,
&iaticr will, rcl,,ctancc. Ruf heinz once en-
carc,1 IN il an tI,c Fclcrnl silr, = sense q
honor and duty should have kept him from
this shameful desertlon Of his allies. It /
Inc i,onf,;1rr,tcs Austr;n md R.rsr;n f,r
n5s1,cd lin n nrncc,1rnt nf f,iti,1cssncs
towar., fhc otllcr mc1nhers Of the Runil Tia
made common cause with them against Prus
Sin. Austria paid not the least regard to tn
tions f;'r m S-+nfs;;cc aud H,vario fnijnrc
inr ovemnio rrhn em,ifnr notont,+a ~ hc;n,
thus ohI,Ectj to stiff for Themselves. III
Grand Duke Of Baden lad some cxcusc 4,
n's te awar 1te o tnr s pg' r
or.,,.rs in tie Iacr az liz enemy. couid no. h
;,st,f.d ~ S~ ~"e'0 =
! 71,r .pv,sr1cr.
1mn,ctl;a,c,v aftcr thc rrtreat of tl,o R,re
rian troo,,s Is tilc ri:l,t bank Of tic MAR
rrnssi.n c.nn1nantfcr r.,n. .lsifef General ia
Mantcnt1.1 5nr m orm;stIrc. 1inon IL
TrnssioMs co1nm.mc,nr 10 throw snfitl an
| ho1,ow abot sntt, WurTbuTE from their r;aa
batteries in front Of Fort NorierI.rt. MI
Field Marshal Ind already made a rfopos
lion To- ihc latter 10 treat tIc Jcfsncc}ess cit
! as an omen 1lacc. But lie REPLIED that i
Eonll consent 10 this only if thc city vi
c;ycn IN fo him. nnd tjtat othcrWiso +
S%nnl,l tr,of Il M Hostile n'ace' Prinr
f, Charles nov ecuf to General Won Nanfcuif
! fhc tc1cnrn,n fTom tho Einr of Bavaria. /,
for,nin~ b,ns of ti,c conciusSon Of an nrmi
lice At Sico1sb,,r1r with tie King Of prnss,
ti1ron,.,t Rsron Won dor pGoriten' With d fru
al ofiGr If trucc. But the Pr,ssIan cor
. ma,,lcr declared, IN rcply, that, having r
cciys,1 M ;mf;,r,noiIon Whatever from h
foycrn,nent concefninr The alleged nrmi
. lice, he iii not authorized 10 arfee to II
rrom,sc.l @ truce. 4 lew hours later,i.owcyer.l i
Welded tn thr rcorrscutatious OF Licutcnal
t,hrf Of StofT. wbn WAS sent IN = a..cond mi
sion In Tho rrussIan hcniounrters. and a
srnfca in N trmcc nendinr innuiries
, | nrreed to make nj NikulshurE conccrninr Ii
at,nlstIcr ,,M,n condition that The DayaTia
. surrendered Wrrzhurg with The except,
ar Forf Stor;crl,Irp ani tl,c nortion Of tl,e ci