, 1866-08-07
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the left, and the 4th and 5th divisions at
the villages of Bristau and P%sauch-on the
right, while General Won Bitterfeld, with
the 9Th and part Of the 9TH Corps dArm6e,
was sent to the town Of Neubidshaw, On
the extreme right, ten miles from Milo
WITT"
The military correspondent with the
PrusSian army says:-
"The first shot was fired about half
past 7 O'Clock. The Prussian horse artil-
terry, close down to the river, replied to
the Austrian guns, but neither side fired
heavily, and for half an hour the cannon-
ade consisted Of but little more than sin
gle shots. At a quarter before s o'clock
the King of Prussia arrived on the field,
and very soon after the horse artillery
were reinforced by other field batteries,
and the Prussian gunners began firing
their shells quickly into the Austrian
position. But as soon as the Prussian
fire actively commenced Austrian guns
seemed 10 appear, as if by magic, in eve
ny point Of the position !; from every road,
from every village, from the orchard of
Mokrowens, on the Prussian right, TO the
orchard Of Benatek, on their left, came
flashes of fire and whizzing rifle shells,
which, bursting with a sharp crack, sent
their splinters rafting among the guns,
gunners carriages, and horses, often kill
ling "a man or horse, sometimes diSmount-
ing a gun, but always ploughing up the
earth and scattering the mud In the mems
faces. But the AuStrianS did not confine
themselves to firing on the artillery
alone, for they threw their shells up the
slope opposite to them towards Dub, and
one she'll came slap into o squadron of
UhlanS, who were close beside The King
buryiug itself with a heavy thud in the
ground, it blew up columns of mud some
9nff in the air, God hurotinS a moment
after, reduced the squadron by four files.
AS soon as the cannonade in front became
serious, the guns of the 9TH division be-
gan 10 lombard the village of Benatek,
on the Austrian right. The Austrians
returned shot for shot, and neither side
either gained or lost ground, In the
centre, too, the battle was very even; the
Ptussians pushed battery after battery
into the action, and kept up a tremen-
dous fire on the Austrian guns, but these
returned 1t, and sometimes with interest,
for the Austrian artillery officers knew
their ground, and every she'll fell true
many officers and men fell, and many
horses were killed or wounded. More
Kranken-tragers were sent down to the
batteries, and always returned carrying
on stretchers men whose wounds had
been hastily bound up under fire, but who
seemed to be too much stunned to suffer
much from pain. Gradually the Prussian
cannonade appeared to get stronger, and
the Austrian batteries between Dohelnilz
and Dohalicha retired higher up the hill,
but the guns at Mokrowens still stood
fast, and the Prussians had not vet cross
ed the Bistritz but many runs were
now turned on Mokrowens, and at 10
o'clock the battery there was also oblig-
ed to retire a little. While this cannon
ade had been going on, some Of the IN
fantry had been moved down towards
the river, where they took shelter from
the fire under q convenient undulation of
ground. The 9Th division came down
on the left-hand side of the .causeway,
and, under cover Of the rising in the
ground, formed its columns for the attack
on the village of Sadowa while the 3rd
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