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corps, under Field Marshal Lieutenant Count
Festetics {whuWns wounded early In the day),
and the Second army corps. under Field Mar
shal Lieutenant Archduke Ernest, were plnced
from lett to night on the second alope OF the
second range or ridge.
His second line and his reserves consisted
Of the Eighth corps d ar7nee, under Field Mar
ehal Lieutenant the Archduke Leopold the
First army corps was under cavalry General
Count Clam -Gal'ns. md the sixth army
corps under Field Marshal Lieutenant Ram
ming. 1900
he had at bis disposal grand army Of cav
airy. 1t was composed Of the First light cav-
airy division, under General Major Edel-
shelm :; the Second light cavalry division, uu-
der Count TaxIs; the First heavy cavalry di-
vision, under the Prince Of Ho1stctn !; the
Second heavy cavalry division, under Gene
raj Major Fa1tseck, aud the Third heavy cav
airy division, under General Major Count
Condenhoyc. Bis artillery conAsted Of about
$40 guns. The horse, under Feldzeugneister
Benedek'e orders, seemed to me the very
saw, as 1t certainly was In point Of numbers
the larEest displayed on one battle field 10 re-
! cent dnys. cannot thluk the Austrian Com
I maDder. Chief had much less than 60, 900
eabres under his command yesterday.
The centre In front Of Klum and Of Lfpa
was strongly held by the Third and Fourth
corps somewhat thrown back, with the First
| corps Ia reserve, and the Sixth corps were in
reserve on the right, toward Smiralitz. The
Sa1ons also held considerable portion Of
their force in reserve, In addition to the
Eighth corps. on the left. It was not posi-
BILE for any one but the General himself to
! describe the exact situation and position OF
the whole OF his host at the outset OF the
battle, nor could the very best glass COM
mand the whole field, though its e1tremttles
were not more than fur miles from my
actual point Of observation. Once the en-
eagement had fairly begun, and the troops
| had begun to change their positions, even
General Benedek himself could not tell where
they were, and lis staff we're, Of course, still
wind which prevailed the artillery and mus
ketry hrc clung In the valleys and undula-
tious, and mfnglmg with the ;fogs and rain
clouds at times quite obscured the field. The
Anssrians have m excellent system Of field
telegraphs but It could not be adapted to
the c1igencfes Of the battle, and, Ike most
human appliances and inventions, It was
found wanting at the critical moment. eau
only describe what saw, and Is that was
necessarily not all, there may be many mis-.
takes and errors In the account which better
Information will rectify, The general forma-
ticn OF the Austrian line was IN having
masses Of columns checkerwise, fanked bY
powerful divisions Of artillery, and his cay-
airy was kept In the low grounds near the
Prague road and behind Klum, In rear of bis
centre, where 1t was disposed 10 act against
the enemy as soon Us he showed symptoms
The Ausirians seemed, for the moat part, to
be posted on high ground. The only disad-
vantage to which they were exposed, so tar
as could sec, was that the Prnssiana were
covered on their proper ielt by good deal
ol wood. The course Of tue roads ran rather |
In their favor. Here and there the Prnsslans
may have got some bit Of good fortune In
knoll, q hillock, ur village, but on the whole,
L. my Judgment, such as 1t Is, they had to as
they were for attack It the % tine ees1SS Wben euaq
reached the tower the hrtng VIVA mt very
heavy, ind It Was principally carried on ~
the three Austrian batteries posted In front
Of the solitary tree have mentioned towards
GERS in the tower, aud they we're Of opinion
that the Prassians had only been making q
demonstration to try our right, and finding 1t
too strong wonld probably retire.
REcEIvlSG THE SHOCK.
1t looked as If the Prussinns had attacked
the position almost simultaneously from LETT
to right, for no sooner Ind the action deve1-
opcd itself on the centre than it rolled back
from Nechanlsz, on the left, and before halc- !
past nine the whole range of hills and vail
leys and slopes fur nine miles aud more ws
as If the earth Ind been turned into sng
wreaths, agitated in q wintsy gale. Befe
len O'Clock thicker and darker cloud 5se
,,;:rnn the trees and the village On the rnt,
my God, 1mtlovitz Is in flames ~ excsmed
.ne guardian Of the tower. The ottics Sma
sannI. oahsr sounds Of varied Import. o5s,51y,
VII VII, indeed, blazed up fariousiy fsr time,
nIa AmstI ln about q Quarter Of an hoE more tae
sIooe annd Satte5ies which had ed and 1e 1e
ITO 1rom the brow and then oth, batteries came
9p near the big tree. and could sec men {
tGottinS; the slope Of tie hI{ coming towards t
1ne railway, amid thostNno co1td M never !
move n1e1 O., 9f their own aecoJ again. These in
Pulls Of smoke 'i bIg in the mir, or rising :
from the ground. ahScd where the Prussla2 fl
Ore Was plying fhr Austrians on the right; e
Put 3 their guns splied vigorously, and al d
paeed the sna1 a,tran a1,iiery '1i1 oehsVed most @
:allaut]y. ~ was difficult to ascertain why II
he Austpan corps on the right were 30 un- p
eeady, nd Why 20 many men were leaving d
he INNS Of regiments still inviaible but Il
'lped nvay everything and left it all like a Il
lean slate, from behind which theer Issued a t,
billing lra Of cannon as close nB the yolIeys | b
Jtu de jote. When the shower passed | tt
way the cannonado on the right near the | VI
.ees had senstbly diminished, and the Austri- e
la seemed to have the advantage all along te
&c front, Judging BY the advance Of their a
ms and infantry, except near the LEFT centre bl
I'd right Of their line. A
sADOWA IN FLAMES. Il
On the extreme left anothcf black cloud | bJ
W rose up, licked by flames al ths Base. Il
Cot in Himml ~ exclaimed the guardian b,
the tower, "sadowa burns now l'' Aud 90 o.
was The pleasant little village, snug II
'urch. hospitable mill-nll wero burning. pe
was with surer dlvination, Of the coming SC
'e than We had that thes:ooor people had I'D
q in tears, or remained Ia hopeless sorrow ca
thtir homes. The heat of this great battle tr
fned up whatever 1t touched and sont forth | ",
H.. .""H m.sA 1Sst.yyea as Il nu"eu on all SO
ntIe and far away toward tho second ridge, ba
light Was raging with extraordinary fury nj
~ ten O'Clock till halcpast ten, and that "
u ao9r seemed m ngs. But still the Aus Kt
ans advanced One gray mass OF men fol- th
re- Towards sadowa and Nechanitz on en-
lett they were also Enining ground, and dill
orc eleven o'clock their columns had gone ms
Of sight into the valley or undulatfons, NE
y me russians could be seen by their fire po
The second range OF hills. Al
FINAL SCENES ON TIE FIELD. kn
lounI FeAtet1es, commander Of the Fourth 1ui
, FL, had oeen wounded early in the action, yol
~ ~ second In command, upon whom de- /
&C, nn.lous to lose nothing for want Of | bet
fgy, or thinking that the moment had ar Pr
- for telling stroke, advanced bis men: leg
the Second corps. both to the left behind, oui
.s dat 70 support him. Nov, therc seems the
was intended to be delivered acniust PIT
icy, and this had been Strengthened BY all
addition OF the Eighth corps as support i fro]
NC sa1ons. The prussian left must then in /
= m Deeq compafatiFely weak, and the Gen had
IS, #, indeed, no mistake has ocourred in self
information given me this morning from bee
ost trustworthy source. However that con
be, klum, village on the height to thc Au.