, 1866-07-19
THE WAR In EUliUEE,
further Details Of tho Groat
Fighting.
Newspaper and 0nlcial Accounts...
Denodek'8 and tho Grown
Prfncc's Despstches...The
prussian Needle Gun.

/ OEAC0CA8 ANV ku2 OTOWN
Princes Dcspatchcs--.T
Prussian Needle Gun.
The Rattle Mt r"doiS nrtdro-Graphtc
Aecnnnt or Tho slaughter On the FiryG
Day.
| iFtom the A'l1fasJ Correspondent Of The London
| 1ames.I
HEADQUARTERS or FIRST PRrsstA1 Army.
ecHLoss or sicnRow. June 17.-The railway
Aud hIGhtoad which lead down the valley of
| 1ser from Turpau to Munchencratz run for
| Distance OF about five miles from the form er
1o~9 on the north sldo Of the river. hpt On
| reaching tho village Of Podou cross to tho
eon1h bank by two bridges, which are about
tSo tt, a9ndfed yards distant from each other.
taat 81 tue railway being on the right, and that
oy which the road crosses on the le{l O, q
person looking toward Munchencratz. The
railway bridge IL constructed of Iron that
Which carries the road across the stream IL
aoue a',e o. ~ooo, and Hes m level with the
cn0se"n5 which Is raised On m cmbankmett
about ten tcet aboTc the nat meadoHs living
along side II: The 1str is nj PojolI near upou
llO yards fde, and runs With deep but list
stream between steep banks, With QUIZ riso
ab"nt tour ttet above tle level Of the water,
~ tle side Of the rosd aud on the hauka Of
thc strcam grow laFge willow trees, planted
At equal distances from each other aud about
ISo ynrus apart. Three roads lead from tue
| plateau Of slchrow to the l,i.l road thai rms
down the valley Of the lser. That on tht east
country road which leaves the plateau ne If
the sehloss Of slchrow and Joins tho Highway
near the village Of SEferxIu, almost ct an
equal distance between Turnau and podoll !:
| 70 the centre the chaussec from Liebenau
| strikes into the high road halfway between
! swserz!n and Turnau, and the road from
Geotscho"ltz on the west joins II close to
! =, Yesterday evening Prince Frederick Charlie,
Threw lla IT. poatoon bridge over the river .
little below The bruken bridge or Tutpau. and
| occupied the toWn With q small farce without
opposition. Horne's division marched at the
same lime " the country road on the east.
occupied the village Of 8xiezztn, and pushed
tts advance Euard toward Podoil. The troops
directed On this po1nt conAisted Of two com
Rantes Of the Fourth lager battalion, the
! second and iusilees battallons Of the Thirty
! Inst regiment, and one battalion of the Sev-
| entJ .hfst- The JaccEs, who were leading. rot
to Within thrce-quarters Of mile OF Iodo1l
bridge before they came into collision With
Austrian oufposts, hut here they found the
enemy. enemy and sharp action ensued, fo1 the
md mcant to hold the place and cover the
passage Of the river.
OPENING r1RE.
! 1t Was about o'clock, md the dusk OF
evening vas rapidly closing in. when the Ja-
! gers frst tclt their etcmy. On the right hand
side of the road, about hatf a mile before The
| bridge, atands the first house of he village.
IL Is lafge squire farmhouse, with windows
Without glass. bnt with heavy grattoss. The
Austrinns had occupied H. ID force, and their
advancing pruss:ans. formed line across the
road beside II. rs soon As the Jagers came
"iihin sight the garrison Of the far1u house
! mud the formed.np pickets opened bitter fire
| upon them. From the grated windows and
from The line OF soldiers IN the road there
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the Prussian sitlemen, but these went quickly
to work, aud bnd fired about three Times BE-
| fore The AustriaDst armed only with muzzle-
loading rifles, were able to reply. Then the
noise OF mu- kerry rose high, occasionally
swelling into heavy roar, but sometimes
| Tue separate reports But this did not
Last. Major won Hagen, commanding the
second battalion of the Thlrty-6rst, Which
was following the Jaeers on the first sound OF
the triug, Ind put his troops into double
anick tlme, and wns soon up 10 reinforce the
| lashes OF the rifles, the reports OF the shots,
| and lhe shouts Of the cumhatants werc al
most the only Indications Of the positions Of
| the troops; yet 1t could oe seen that the
rapid afinc Of the need le-gnn was telling On
the Austrian line in the road, and the adyan-
clng cheers OF the Pruss1ans Showed that
they were cainlne ground. Then while the
1 exchange of shots WIS still proceeding randi
II between the window gratfngs of the farm
house, and the Prussian firing parties who
had extended into corn1e1d On The right Of
the highway. there Was sudden pause In
the firing on the road. tor the Jagcrs, sup
ported by the Thirty-frst had made . dash,
and were bearing tho Austrlaus back beyond
the farn house 10 where the cottages of tho
village closed on each side Of the road, and
hcNn down willow trees as barlIcadc across
the way.
TERRIBLE FIGHTING.
Then the 1umult Of the fight increased.
Darkness had completely closed in and the
cd up 10 the baf7icade, the Ausisians stoutiy
stood their ground behind It. and, three
PAGES distant, aasaflants and defenders poured
thcif ftc Into each others breasts. Little
could be tecn, though the flashes OF the dis
masses but even II the pauses Of the firing
the voices Of the officers were heard cncouE.
aging their men, nnd liulr:stflcd shrieks or
gurgling cries told that the bullets were trsl.-
Russians, Hring much more quickly, aud
In the narrow street. where neither side
the intez,ofity Of nnnhcns, succeeded Ia
tearing away the barrlcade, md slowly
pTcsstd their adrersarics back along the I'll.
lnge street. Yet tho Austrlans fought brave
ty, and their plans for the defence Of tic
houses had been akllfally though hastily
out fire, mud sent bullets iato the thick ranks
OF The advancing Prnss1ans, whiie on each
balcony behind wooden tarricadc, Jascrs
c1nuchcd to take their deadly aim; but In
the street the soldiers hnddlcd tocethcr and
cncunbcred With clumsy ratnrods, were un-
able to load with ease, and couid return no
| adequate flze to that Of the Russians, while
these. tf.m The advantage Of better arm,
poured their q9lck volleys into al almost de-
! iencetess crowd.
F1aur1so N TIE STREETS.
AZ the battle In the street vas pushed Inch
| by inch toward the Iser, the AuelHlns 10
| every bouse which the foremost ranks Of the
Ptussians passed, were cut or from their re-
/ crs, for the houses of the village do not join
on 10 each other, but Gre detached by spaces
! Of few yards. and there Is no communtca-
tfon from, one house TO the other except BY The
open street. The whole ot the Pfussian force
VS. now np, and, extending between the
| passed by, cut Oh the escape Of their earri-
tops, and exchanged shots With the de-
lenders.
| HORRIBLE A1pSIouT SCENE,
| With ehtic;4s and shouts, amid the crash
ing OF broken windows. the heavy sounds Of
falling beams. and the perpetual rattle oi the
tlrcarms, the battle wns heavily pressed
down 10 the narrow street, and about 11::3o
the moon came up clear and full to show the
Austrian rearmost ranks turning vlciously to
bur tho Frusslans from the bridge. The
moonlight, reelected In The stream, told the
assailants that they were neaz the object Of
their labor, and showed the Austrlans that
now or never the enemy must be turned back.
Both sides thew out ekitmishcrs along the
river bank, aud the moon gave them light 10
direct their aim AcfosS the stream, while on
the first pink of the bridge the Austrfans
turned 10 bag, and the frusslans pansing
some short PAGES from them, the contestants
g1xcd at each other tors few moments. Then
| krx- = HThf han he Il Ia.
charges were more frequent, and in the mar
rover way the bullets told with more severe
effect. Herr ron DEyealskt, leading the fusi-
lccr battalion OF the ThtHy-0est, lieutenant
down with two bullets In bis forehead, and a
captain at his side WIS shot In both legs
many men fell, and the gray horse Of Prus-
sian field d-ot1cer, With ball In his heart, fell
heavily sgainst the wall, kicking amid the
ranks; but he Was soon quoted forever, and
wounds as could be inflicted By an iron. .shod
ho.t, even Ia the agontes OF death. The Aus.
TRIMS stood Ea!lsntly, and made ~ 1ttcMpt
to set fire to the bridge; Int the difference OF
their armament again told upon them here
and It il faid that, CALLED BY their hard for
tune. they charged With the bayouet, but
that the Prussians also took kindly to tht
steel, aud this charge caused no change in tht
fortune Of the fght; certain It Is that the de-
, lenders were ultimately Obliged to rc,i1s
across the bridge
RErRkIT or THE ACsrRIA1s.
While this combat vas proceeding a1owl.
along the street, another tcht WAS catried OF
! upon the rniixay almost With an equal pro
grcss, and with IN almost similar result 4
party OF the Austrians tcll back from th'
point xhe1e shots were drst exchanged, ami
where tho railway crosses the road, along th
line. They were pushed BY some Prussia,
detachments, but neither sste wAs here Il
strong force, and the principal fighting va
1 hN hssth herYn frfN fhe AHf41
run slowed Mx Ad1antaEc over the old
iashfoncd Eeapans Of the Aust1iane. 70