Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-19
BATTLE OF MACLEOD.


[Berlin, June 80, Correspondence London Times.
On the 57th of June one army corps of
the Crown Prince-ths Fifth, or Posen
Corps, commanded by Gen. Won Stein
metz, fell in withthe Austrians at Nachod,
on the Silesian frontier, twenty-five miles
west of Glatz. Like some others which
followed in its wake, this corps had en-
tered Bohemia both by way of Braunau
| and Reinerz, with orders to move on to
the fortress of J~osephstadt by the famous
pass of Nachod. The losses in this first
encounter were not uncomfortable on
either side, and it seems that both succeed
ed in taking some guns. At the close of
the day the Prussians, as we'll as the Aus
trians, maintainedtheir previous positions,
a portion only of the latter retiring to
Josephstadt, being replaced by fresh
troops. On the day following General
Steinmetz ordered a second attack For
tunately, he had been reinforced in the
night by q division of the First or East
Prussian Corps, being this time confronted
by the Austrian corps Of the full compile
ment of co. 900 men. The battle; lasted
several hours, terminating withthe retreat
of the Austrians and the occupation by
the Prussisns of Skalitz, the next station
on the road to Josophstadt. About 5000
Austrians were taken prisoners, and near
ly as many lay dead or wounded on the
battlefield. On each side some ninety
guns had been at work. The Austrian
cavalry was repeatedly routed by the
Prussian Lancers, losing all their stan
dards, and eventually abandoning the
field to the victor. As to the Prussian in
fsntry, it relied as usual upon the rapidity
of its fire, the three ranks d~ischareing at
once, the first kneeling down; the Aus
trians, on the other hand, with the impa-
tient temper of ~Sclavonian races, and wish
ing TO make up for the inferiority of their
gun, had resourc to bayonet charges,
bat long before they could attain the Prus-
SION ranks their number, under the UoHeYs
from tie needle gun, G a so tEinnea as 10
cause the remnant to turn about and fall to
the rear. With true Austrian p~ersever-
ance they came On again and again. The
toas terribly identical IN each In
one instance only did they succeed ia cross
arms Nth the inaccessible eneng. One
Prussian regiment agreed to cease firing /
to give the Austrians a chance of measur-
their strength in cold steel. 1t was
one of those cool and habitualy taciturn
regiments from the far North, who dur
the last few weeks had been awonder |
and an ever recurring grievance to the
loquacious race inhabiting the plessant
and fertile valleys of Silesia Felix. Ut
5ering savage yells, the Sclavonians rush.
ID forward. The Germans presented their
Dayonets, and in a moment when the first
ihock had been encountered, cast away
heir muskets, drew their swords, and
man to man in the good old fash
on. To indulge their battering inclination,
he Prussian soldiery formerly used to re-
Terse their muskets, and belabor their foe
With the butt end, a process far too ener-
,etic to employ with so delicate an in
trument as the needle gun, which would
all to pieces on the second blow. So
remains but to draw the sword,
nd although it is said to be a little too
hort and a great deal too light to suit the
aste of the men, still, as it is the nearest
pproach to a club within their reach in
his civilized age, they prefer it in an
mergency to Brown Bess. In the pres
Mt combat its efficiency in their hands
fully proved. After a few moments
f slashing right and left the Sclavonjan
syonet yielded to the German sabre. On
le evening of that day the Prussians
ere no further than ten miles from
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BATTLE OF TRAUTENAU. !
The same day-that is to say the dav !
sfore yesterday, the 2sth-the Prussian r
yards had advancedt 10 within a short dis :
nee Of Trantenaa, situated ten miles :
orth of Nachod. This corps, a truly r
-esentable body of $4,000 men. with the =
quisite artillery, had marched into the I,
iuntry BY the Lsndshut Pass. the second 7
the two famous defles from Central :
ohemis, described in my last topograph-
letter. Its onward march was i'm Z
ded by a somewhat stronger force un- y
T General Gablenz, the late ally of the :
-ussians in Schleswig-H olstein. Here, =
the fight was ssnguinary; and here. :
the whole advantage gained by the >
consisted in their penetrating a =
. miles further on their prescribed G
utG The first affaoJ I'll - "