, 1866-07-24
Gen. Benedek's Report Of the Battle Of
Sud0Wa.

Never bas there been campaign like this.
Ten days have witnessed tla whole fighting,
aud yet within that mere week aud hall,
events which fill volumes Of the older sort Of
historical records have been concentrated. It
has been impossible during the Inst three
weeks for me, writing just before the close
of the mail, to prevent the telegraph which
intcrcepts the steamer at Queenstown, from
mixing dispatches which really made my let
ters seem old and out OF date. Events
have come czushing in with such tspidity
that editorials In the London papers have
read like nonsense when Interpreted by the
latest dispatches printed in the came sheet.
To say that we hare ali been taken by surprise
is hut a slow way Of expressing it. We have
been taken by series Of them, and every day
for the past fortnight has brought at least
one important and startling item III both the
morning and the evening journals. Not that
the English have manifested Qny enthusiastic
Interest in Ibis war; the tidings have been cold
ly received compared with the manner Ia which
our American cities used to hail the result
oI each engagement. And then the English
nave been strangely indifferent to the fate of
the two northern combatants. Prussia had
base pretext and lying prctences for war, but
she had glorious cause In the background
German unity and Austria, while evidently
honest and sincere In all her declarations,
outraged, bu1lied and goaded into action ty
her Irritating and powerful northern neishbor,
has been the apo1osist for, and defender Of, an
order Of things which pcrpetuated German
weakness and division, instead OF strength
and union 1t has been painful to see AUS
trims proud spirit so humbled, for hers was
noble and rightly legotten pride; and it has
been painful to sec Prussia insolence crowned
with tie abundant laurels which IT wears to-
day !; and YET, despite Bismsrk and his wick
edness, his arrogance, and his unlemocratic
spirit, 1t must be affirmed that the new order
OF things which Is beginning, Is full OF promise
Prlssia IS admitted By all to have won her un-
broken series of victories mainly through the
this on which abe relied, and 1t has proved
more than match for the boasted Austrian
cavalry. II Is possible that = weapon which
can be tired four tunes in aminute, might in the
hands Of over excliable and slightly dIsei-
plEned soldiers, have led 10 different results
from what 1t has done, In the hands OF the
slower Germans, whose army tactics and
movements have alt the precision Of a ma
chine, but here the suadnadel gun has made
every prlssian equal to at 1enst three Aus
srians, and 50 given 4 weight to the northern
power which wns irresistible. The energy
which Prussia has displayed has been potent
auxiliary to the valuable fire arm which she
think that the two Princes who head the
army have any superfuous bruins, yet they
have youth on thsir side, and this eletnent fn
the case has been great intensiller Of real
strength. The Austrian army, on the other
nanu. nas oIcn .an ~
~ GUT, hAa tuo,uusa3 soatGa ~ tne ~
iris, The selcconstitutedd defender aud prescrver
OF the minor States, had but one course to pur-
sue-nameIy, to boldly issue from her strong
1s noios ama a uE11 tao ~ .aIse he :" snI, r.
Dnkes ~ ann n.o9 un hsf s'n iap ~
mn oaJA a,sattoaeos m ~ - ~ az ,hon,b he-
Guy. ,ri.stn., ~ +tfs 80 wos COLI nrasaEtn+inn
ou5 ,r;a,1 II l., tIe h;c,est da,iss and =. .
as 9.sn1t ~ tpr paaa bas Tn a'~ a-o,1
e1a ~ ~ +h,s Iar Mas ~ Ta m, II H. n1ber
doW5@nol to stang & n an attitncs o. t, simple
se sscE 81 an hp}d1x nna she snf sn
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r.t ~ ho.., 1,aa,' ~ Jooss;r.
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Would be % Of 1ittie tile service to the readers Of
+ha TnrnHsr shnrid racc m n,nta A.. iea5 !
irae arau,e ~ ~ 1ro,t- thpso ,r;1I raor,, -ou
W .etsarsn,, ~ nna vii H. > nortc,;ir into,,oi.
~ - 1toi, ai,s,e hne hoan d.,,a oitham1h
Ger,baiai ~ ' tss ~ ~ nrnsh es;t% thc aps.
tr;ans ~ url;oh W e. IL berd - s,r with Md
tha aGvartane -. n IN ~ Westen ~ d;crmnnr fhe
Ra-oets,, o' oEmv and diT;aion ~ n: iprns.
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~ ~ aSs.m,ooa o m ~ 4bs I.tia- and siii fnr.
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nas eehtetea, ~ coatSe. ~ 1ha; 1"i.s auS
Iny " NE x.o"u Nv luz, n r. W,to5 - y
snccesss tmroa .us pass a.nosI =, am94 anS ~, q,
eus ~, ;a ~ ets1,as ri,ia st,i iii Ia r.a,
army under rf1nee sseaflek Cnaaies COMING ili
1aH.nt ~ hattin =. TnnchaT1,af1 The M mn
~ ar1ojes tas' ti,en c eficcted 5nnct,on csn.
turing the The important position 81
EmIcSi, which hacnme tha heaannar,ers
~ ne co,,,manIere ~. Amstrisns fei1 hs Il,
s+.a1ar 111a;t;aT l., tho Tniiar nf1he iTn4,.,
TI.e S+s ~ !nd Ioh+ shn -, ~ ;-ra.tant Io-,ras1o.
- o Tsssn,stsa 4, az aea Eo,,"[rr"t. T1,cra is
sa;,nep pr,m,,n do,rn ~ ra'jsv nd entar
in.l ~ nni, rsJ f.a-, ~ -, y Viann. -
1a,r ~ psssh;t- nniS tan ,nies frar1 ~
to~H sea 1aIuuu,z, AZ oHy " ~. anss .,ou
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~. ~ au ;. stehna h as a. ~ auUro ano
& ~ - ~. ta;, Luz nhnsaI snS th.3,
e,rnmeest 1'os,,,nn ~ ~ NJ e M;thont desncrntt
s,eet ~ a5rr hrnd.o5 o5I 1horsnrd trnnTs we1f
nod ~ 'o Nv 1ha pr,,.a;.na were T., thc e,i
e.,tireir .nccas.f.i ~ Tha enems h-id mt ~
49, ~ ~. oHa.,oon rhsn their etrong.si
n"sition @ la VA Was ontaseIed. o. ID ] and thew ~ were sud
ffcn1v mt to f,irht. Nor Eas i an nrderf,
ugns i " Tas 1ccn,ar ront t1cntv m thons
.na nr;soners ~ ~ Ter. = iaher s..r .n3 morr th.n
Hru I,a - ~ tbn fa1,nms ifon1e cannon If III,
a1.a,r,ons " Sar.rai IF ne chief nen If In
E.a....a 1r-.rs ,aft daad n, 1he hsft1e sHcl1
Empe the,n meas ti,1 three s archdntas. r was IN
aucu6 1a - - +ha .nost li;sns davs IN nj
1G1u, nn' h,s,nrt. ~ NJ NNo'" 0i."4s' -
NJ dn1,1t the putsfan loss IVES yery rreat
- ~ auut. .t;,nt. sat hax vi rs he.,1 mnde1e Th
out n9 esuMa.e na .aid 5' ~ 't h.rs snnght viii
auslsans sa aaa sn,rer % nb.tinac1 ret witi,out en-
GoeEea ano su4sn n;s.a %!tS Ia Ne Whic1
Lnaslasm No.. enn uaS !. ~. - E;1d1e som
~ e1,sf co,1,msndcra nm to he sonTt
m.rtya,ed y, ruS % for a1ioEinr tho enemy to out
t1anE them under the shelter Of q shower, bu
II ~ g. 1rretr;evah,e' Prussia Is for The Instan
Isssi a'ises ri,h y eol9 scoqn Anstriaa proposal
~. a., w. a-,nistsc. and Nannleon's otfsr d
1nsa;at;ns ~ hefwe,n the ennaictIne powers
ita1y shows shirt almost savage. Ir1itaie
! viii, her rreat defeat at Custozza, she is
! nr rek 4ba nropNSA1 Of Austria 10 give u
! W.rat;a .1d ns1sts m rnfnr m iii III
ornaI F,,nn;re 1 !. I,smcmheredt Thfs Is bu
Ino nasmral' hnf Il IS deeply to be regretted
She has nained ali she SOUGHT. and now sh
,son1d hs tha rniner To settle her atJuits /
reacs mu4 ds.hsna her srmys and endeayor t
bbE;nr' prr.sia to a sense II what marnanfnit
raa1!;res 0fN'
IIn. tha ,s++er shova m aisnositfon TINS IA
- pHS aixe1t ~ rom % her caTecr Of conouest, IN
n.si,r Moe, -on,,i.ce al, rnvsnr ahoIt the sacr
nesnn pGt pet tha ,,nr ,hss occesinnrd and IL
nees "ne t;et ,ha G E,ne nrrss m mi Austria 11a
a4 ,oana ~ .na1 an,r sreat6efs hnf hecn stripped
hcr uelman PiosirsS P So1anoG'on .3snandcnrtee
Ga1e s,Apas ,sa ~ ~ that the prnsfianx wnni
ha1 not htea14t4 wv. soe = 1. n..,