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| ,Herwarth. too. seemed checked upon the right
The smoke of his musketry and artillery, which
lhad hitherto been pushing forward steadily stood
still for time. ,Eransky's men cut to- pieces
could not be sent forward to attack the Sadowa
wood, for Ihey would have exposed themselves to
be taken in the rear by the artillery on the right
of the Austrian line fJrried in front ofLisse All
the eartiiley was Engaged except eight batteries,
and these had to be retained in case of reverse,
for ut one time the firing in the Sadowa wood,
and of the Prussian artillery on the stope seemed
almost as &c drawing back. toward BistritZ. The
First army was certainly checked in its dsance
if not actually being pushed back.
hoTHefi tfe Peusshf z eStnfnaa ders 6egar to look
anxioaslE fothe left for tlIeo coming Jdf ti Crow
Prince HSomes Austrian guns tnearg Lipa owere
seen to be firing toward the ,PFussan LEFT, and it
was hoped they might be directed against the adj
vanced guard of the Second army; but ut three
O'Clock there were nosigns Rfussan se6itnsius
advancing against Lipa. nThes generals abeeame
manifesty uneasy, and they drew the infantry
out of the battle; cavalry was also formed up, so
that it would beavalabie eithersfof tile pursuit
of the Austrians; or foKretarding: thdir9 pursuit,
and Gen. Won Rheiz himself went offlto Jlobk for
the Second army. But he soon returned, and
brought the Intelligence that the Crown Prince
was forming his attack on Eipa, and. that the
bgsns on the Austrian right had "been firing a.
gainst his troops. y asl..is ~ sgaty GYblc (
, Then the first army took heart again.. The
Sadowa wood was carried and the battery be-
yond it was stormed by the Jagars. AT half
past three the Crown Princes columns were seen
moving across the slope against Llpa, ier TINS So ar
warth was again pressing forward against the
Austrian left. In quarter ofan hour the Grown
Princes infantry3was engaged at Lipa and their
quick vplleys of mnsketry, rapidly advancing
told that the Austrians were in full retreat The
First army pushed forward at once, the artillery
linbered up and galloped to the Slope, coming
into action on every opportunity to send its shells
against the retreating ,batalions; the infantry
emerging IfOQQ the WOOuS, lOTuleu anu ITluce
Frederick Charles put himself at the his regi-
ment and dashed over The 'Sadowa bridge and
,up the road, followed by Ibis light cavalry
.r The Prussian artillery halted on the summit
of Lima hill and fred shells rapidly which burst
with terrible precision over the heads of the flu
gitfves. The cavalry Hew forward in parsuit,
but the Prince after leading ehort way, had to
90 to superintcnd the general movement, for the
Austrian batteries had taken post in the Stresel-
I;tz r;don and were f1,in, heavily AGAINST The
the pursuing Prussians. Then the cavalry got
out ofhand. and by small detachments rushed on
the Austrian battaiions; but these though retreat
ing fast: were not routed and In many instances
beat eff the cava who also suffered much from
the Austrian artillery for the shells burst repeat
edly among the souadrons and killed many men
and horses. But the Austrian guns were driven
off their ridge by the heavier fire of the more
numerous Prussian batteries, and tho pursuit was
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