, 1866-07-26
THE WAR IN BOHEMIA.


Further Details OF The Rattle Of sn,
dosra.
|lfrem the Spccis1 Correspondent Of the London
Times with the Austrian arny.]
\ uouESAAurII, July I, 1865.
Between 11:30 and T.
o'clock the Austrians were to all intcnts sue.
cesstul on the centre and on its TANKS, al.
though the fury Of the cannonade nnd tho In
cessant "a tile Of mNsketry ail along the front,
from the front Of Nechnnitz to the plateau
between kluu, attested the severity Of the
struggle and the obstinate resistance Of the
Prusstnns. .Probbis, another pretty vlllnec,
was now In flames three Villages burning ut
once. farm houses adding their continsents to
the fire and smoke, caIssons blowing up,
covered with gray and blue spccks, each a
1he cavalry moved onwards. This time
one division, in three bodies, crowned
the ridge, and formed near The
front Inc under the church, on the left Of
klum, in tho centre and LEFT Of the position,
and there they waited once more. But now
on the right the action awoke again, and, to
our surprise, very heavy fire of mnskctry,
comparatively close at hand, came from the
direction Of Smirlintz; the Austr1ans on the
crest Of the ridge moved uneasilY, while many
more straEglers than one cared to see pressed
down toward the railroad. Whatever the
cause Of the agitation, the prussIans on the
| centre aud lett pressed their attack with re-
ncwcd vlgor, and the contest which eusued
was Of exceeding 1lcrcencss; but still the enc
my did not pTeyati-the Austrians not only
held their ground, but repu1sed tho enemy,
| advanced agninst them, took their ground,
and made prisoners. From the Left Of Klum
70 the Prague road, and beyond II, al1 was
fire and smoke.
| TERRIBLE ARTILLERY FIRE.
The tumult OF voices was dreadful, ind
| such as Is never to be heard save in some
such awful agony Of battle. The AustrianA
| again advanced little near the big tree. and
| TWO batteries of reserve artillery could be
attack. But The Pr1lsslaa ressrves e. Tere @ once nee
! more called upon, and from 1880 till nearly
| o'clock there was IN artillery ire from centre
to left for SIX miles or more, which could not
we'll have been exceeded In any action ii
which history maIes mention. That ammu.
milton was becoming needed in the ADVANCED
positions was e1ldent from the motion OF the
Trains Of supply mud reserve, aud We watched
| the cavalry With Intense Interest, us II seemed
10 be the time for them to make an imp1es.
| sIon. 1he russians were wavering. At ono
some OF their ground on tho right, near the
hlr trae- Tho Austrian A-tillasr began to nail
oack over the brow Of the hill. and asaln Bat.
talions Of infantry came In sight
fhe the eens,. sssd sy ssay no eo2asy toward.
pcared In that direction, but they were GER
ta'nly forcing the Austrians back on the right.
II might have been expected that the re-
serves TO the right would hare been sent up
TO Lod the top of The slope, but could not
see that 1t was 80. Many stIagglers now ap-
pearcd on the railway, the aelds were spotted
with thcm, md now and then o she'll burst
Ing In or over the Infantry marching along
!he slope, or the reserves, struck them, Or
leit M little Piie Of dead or struggling men in
the volas which the opening column displayed.
confess the advance Of tue Prussians in this
direction appeared 10 me ine1pllcabIe aud
very serious tor, although the left and cen
tTe ot the Austrians might be victorious, this
Increment threatened, by forcing back their
at least, was the situation Us viewed from the
tower; but 1t Is strange how different field
OF action appears from different points of
view, as any one may find out by riding from
place to place on 1eld-day. However, a
y Genernl who saw what was visible to those |
turned his attention to I'LL the zap In bis iine
at tho centre, md to drive back the Prus.
SLAMS Who were doubling up his right.
: HORRIBLE SCENE. l
WINE Inc centre advanced slowly, hut !
surely, space seemed to be left between the |
ground they had occupied mud the LEFT OF |
inc Auslf1ans, who were continually retiring |
there The houses burning lercely In Klnn /
emitted volumes OF smoke, which we're swept |
AWAY away toward The right. Another village,
named i;ras HAIL. ~ 1ns III. . g! tsagae loaat
cuuld catch the nsme " WAC ~. - = W. 7n,s! ~
More tilmhr]s blew ~, n asot 4oM M,,an,1a az nas. -
that there we're now SIX or seven villages and |
hamless on fire from left to right. The battle !
aspect, and tlc fafnt rays of snnshine wh5ch |
elot nj interval. fhnnci ia i;1s;nn n'nmaa
only eaye the scene rreater farrnr Haas
without riders carecrcd among the wounded,
who we're crawling all over the plain, dis.
the rear, md men came crnwiinT aionT IN
such plumbers that they nnneared ~ iiLe a
broad fringe m fhc ei{res Fl fhe hott1a
But where thew most swarmed was
over tic plain near @ the ~ BIZ BIZ tree rec
The rolling of musketrv in fhe hnifiorrs ho.
youd smothereti .ha rnjse - nf tbc cnnnon nUnoMs A.
last the reserves behind were nressed forward
with enerTy. Thcr srf;isfv 1niirago1,n1 ~. ~n4
opened from sixteen rups into the dense hiEa,
columns which were driyinr tie Anstr;ans
before them, and checked their sdrancn. Til
tho Prussian artillery, gettjue uuon The snail
ridge and lrinr Inwh 50 6z TOO IN get ~ q sIiaht
cntlade, begun to knock over hofsss III I aad men.
The Austrjnns' f,nwever hara aS e,sawhasa u.u'
stuck to their pIeces adlralir ~ an " Ess
not mi the Plassian infantry. cettin1 ma
lank, that they Imbered IN icarin1 N mnro @
than one black heap to mark lie n6sitinn
they had occunfed. Mcanwh;1e the Anstr;ana
on the left pursued their onward career. The
Saxon reserves pushed nm the hilfs in fhe ri. |
rection Of EeclauItz. and rreat hoiy of csv.
ally sweeping rouud between the I'm md
centre dashed in Eaye-lIke eoiumns fhronrh
the smoke toward the Prussians ann men.
aced their artillery. apainst which some tf,riv
or forty Ausfrfan niecea n ,;ne Trera ;3t-ac,ina
q steady and ranif5 fire. Prnss,sn n-isnne1s
beean to arrive af inisrv,1s 1,et1rea, ia ra.,
yoys nf Tonndcd .yinSin1 tba;rwnv oiae tnH ~
prarne road. Most IF tEaso hefnny,ad eiI46 * ~
SIKH md Tbfrtv.f,st reeiments - n ;ndne i
from The npmhars ~, +hsi. eInx,, ~ tuuse
and amf,nnr tharn xras ~, ot1saa. - aE,
sfntnrc win reI scho. ~ ~, ~
Whn ho,c la c.nt;r;tn ,r,th anu 1i
ani walked ainae iits W." rnnn.rn- No.. '""3 J'o'o'
cR1T1cAI. s1TT STrnS ~, TTS p,oe,.xa.
At this time The Anstr,nn ~ ort;i,a5r ..a,a
making s1,]cndid nroctice an,i .hnntj o,,Toa1s
lie whole battle ffna ~ fhn ~ PrnseI.ns cnmid
min no more ,,ronnd and Wos ohii%s'i :. fi"ht
lard to retain tGe nasi1;on + oM IN wau ~ a.
ouc tine il seemed as # II wnni5 hn inst ~
runs had hcen 1iSsmountea hv tha ~ Anst,,;an tv
tlrc, and in The Wootieil sTonnd the nec;Iie nnn
hai no fair field. nni1 tbe infantrv a ~ Ios
yery eoual. AeA' We.
Then Prince Frederick Charles sent the
Filth and sixth Divisions forward. They laid
down tbcir helmcts md lnansoc1-s IN tho |
ground. and advanced to the river. The KIM
Tos now near IN Ristr1y and ths 9roocs chaare
I'd him loudly ps they marched into the % hat.