Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-27
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Fyqn the ht99dSHH Tipes' Military SQT'.poSAent;l
! o,oq 80 aHoRITz, wednesday, July, a.,
/ The battle Of SadownaG. Or Of Kong graft,
ds IT is called in the Pflissiaii army, has
beeAeveneaI more decistye hictOty than the)
victorious Generals themselyesIknew 1T to.
be LAST eyanlHggoElg ghteens th9ASfand aus uni-i,
ID, and fh0te tiie arriving l1I6igdhg ffAvei
bee1i taken,i11 sets ofc0lDrsy aud threeicaV4l
dry Vstandardsgs Thsitgtal lossof the lApsr,
but I think that It mtg BE fairly stated as
10000 men in killed, wounded and PRISON.
erstaGhTee Austrian Prime and three
Generals have been wounded, and two Cen;
erals Windischg gratZ and TfcftenstefhM "
have been taken y dIhe Plassiati loss 1Bn0t
1etlknowh, bntit cannote.be smveb nbelaYi
6,000in killed and wounded. i,s adj W. a,.,sf,
Afurther Inspection OF the field Of bat
Il this morning shows how formidable d
POSITION the eqRastrianS held, Anduaisb how
fearfuiiyo theyohmust, lbaye suffered.goAn
round the village Of Iipa,. where they took
up their position after being driven from
the Villageg0hi the banks ofithe Blstfitz,
were intr6nchmsntsaand made batteries,
the guns from which searched ont yeysTgi
inch of ground over which their, assailants
could advance. The village itself was sur
rounded by barricades formed of eutIdown'
trees, the houses We're l0opholed, and guns
badabeen 9Jlace1iso as 10 sweep every Vp-
ptoach. 1t seems peLfeetlyb astonishing
how such position could have been ear
Tied. 1t had evidently been prepared some
days ago, for all the intrenchments We're
regularly dug andihad not been thrown up
in haste. Hundreds OF guns must have
fired against ,, the, advancing -Prussians,
which were not exposed, but were PLACED
in batteries and so Shielded from the fire Of
the attacking arnv, and werealso defended
BY lines obinfantTy, themselves screened
by earthworks.r ,'.* 1-r* ~ - -. 80
The field Of battle this 0norning shows
the severity of the fight. The wounded
have all been removed, butfeW fgthe dead
have been buried, for the number OF wound
ed was so great that every man who could
be spared from duty was required to look
after them. AN night long Che 9"Krankensl
trager' have been at work, aud have been
assisted by a large number of soldiers,T7
Every village near the field of battle has all
It's standing houses converted into hospi-
tails, andall the surgeons in the army have
been busy all night lOng.g InOthe woods
and ia the broken ground the bodies of
Austrians and Prussians are tolerab1y equal
in number, generally lying in groups Of
four OrifiVe of either nation together, ,markS
Ing thespot where shell has burst butin
the open grounds and down the reverse side
of the Lpa slope the .Austrlahs lie terribly
thick, and hardly a Prussian Uniform Is to
beyseen! Wherever the 9Austrians fought
unprotected by eOvers andb wherever the
Prussian rihemen, armed with needle guns,
could see their enemies, the proportion Of
the dead becomes Immediately apparent
The corn is.ts0dden down all over the 'fieId
as fiat as II IL were straw laid onaa Stable
| floor, and necgroundois ploughedJ Gap, aid
dug into holes with shells so 1thiekly that
it is hardly possible to ride In a straight di-
rection for twenty yards. ~
On the top of the NEipa ridge, and near
| the village, stand large number of the
captured guns, with all their wagons and
| carriages, beside them, and on the, slope
| away from Sadowa the rest are placed un-
| der the ehatgelof the corps Of Che GtlSfd,
which, init thecrown Princs's attae /, ,Sstonn-
ed the, batteries iEyeryWheEe9 about the
| field fatigue parties are, digging large
trehehes, Id Which Che Austrian and Prtis2
sian dead are being laid side by side, clothed
/ i'm their uniforms Mo- other ltombstOueis
put TO mark each grave thaRa plain wooden
cross, on which Is written the number. OF
| each regiment that lies below The officers
are eIpla6ed In single GRAVES near ibesidli0he
lmeHp But here and. therena fewlarelseen
silently carrying some eomrade 70 more
retired spot. On one part of the field a
IPrdssian fGefiefal With hlgstaff was bury
\ ing his snWwho had faHenIin theIattack ON
| the, Austrian right, Close, by, theoMife of, q
private soldier who had found her .hus-
bands body on the field, had it buried by
some soldiers, had hung some oak Branches
Onsthelittle wooden cross attheiheady and
Iwasn sitting on the frsshly5turned earth
sobbing her heart out with his shattered
helmet in her lap, She had followed HIS
/ llregim9nt in order. to be near him from the
lbsginhhg Of the campa IN, ttr0ugK al 'the
/ long marches the army has made.
sThe less severely O wounded have BEEN
moved to- oHoritz, from which, on therapg
proach ofthe Prussians the inhabitants had
nearly all fed. The vacated houses have
been converted into hospitals, andat nearly
ererynwindow and Oevery doOrt men are
| hanging Rhout) listlesst, with heads or
arms bound up, with ahalf stupetied look,
as il theyihad not yet reeoveredl itromj the
| stunning effects OF the blow which had dis
abled them. Many ARE Austrians, and are
prisoners of war; but the greatest liberty
seems tOibe accordedto them for they arc
allowedftO wauder about the streets and to
mix freelywithi the FSrtissian sDldierssi I,
Long columns Of unwoundedtpKis
have 1alsoo BEEN blmarched d coftinhally
| through the town on their way 10 the rear.
| Thg lAusuiaDsl6 olcdRjentRd and unhappy,
but maTch stolidly nd1silently along but
the oprisonerss frofnIthe Italian regiments
laagh and talk cheerilE and on themtheir
impFisonmeht sitslightly. .s9i19llag obi vqu
Here and thereah AustriAitof officer pris-
| oneron parole; strolls mOodiiy about, Stop
ping every now and then to return the
courteous salutatieRs-of the Prussian Off
GERS who pass hy,y To ease theAnxiety of
| ltheir friends. at home, they write letters to
lannounee that they are not killed, but tax
| en9 ahd these are Sent with &flag Of Bfdee
tmthe Austrian liiiess 4 The ggtRatest .cour-
tesy and kindness are shown by the Prus-
siaIr officers to their unfortunate prisoners,
and every attempt is made to make them
feel their position as little as possible. Sew
eral Austrian officers Wounded AnOrtally
on ,thedield, requested oRrusstan officers to
send their last message to theiFaAmilies;
requests which 1t is needless to say, We're
readil Y complied with. ssa1anoD f5i roil
Field Marshal Gablenz, has come, herelto7
day from the Austrian headquarters, t0iask
for an 'armistiee as a preliminary tor peace,
the result lo6 his mission Ilhaye notsyst
heard. but 1t seems eXtTe emely simpr0ha
that Prussia could grantan armisticeat this
momentoyhen the Austrian army islstill
i'm the field and any pause IA the operations
of the Campaign would be used Co collect
ltroops from the italian frontier, and from
der to oppose the Prusslan armies. Nor
Ioo, ,,aooa ha JIlih llsN IIr,o with