New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-24
The Battle Of Endowa.


Ereru.ing that reaches US confirms the beiif that in
l AUSTRIAN Las been rsayg rsiasd as
men shows forth clearly narrative They held Their
positions with 96snsy thsy & sSa asS Of the %
As long they preserved hope OF victory tney fought
with spirit WORTHY h OF Se s.e So5 anu aSd Sr must
have invaded every part Of that Immense most ILey knew
they had been promised and that u had not oeeh M
enemy his territory. and they saw him actually es
tablished on tLer own. . III, ,u ~,
he and the Of campaign secret
their ewes and and Judgment from knowing that things
were going ill., The system conceas facts only from
the unncgent The enemy finds out what IL going Oh me
more experienced soldiers in the army which commanded
on that system make induction which Is generally correct
aud the deficiency OF their knowledge only leads them 10 eI
gerate the any evil signs The advance Of
the Prussans Bohemia their victories over the corps
opposed them and their Junction IN spite OF al the efforts
OF The Ausrans prevent it, OWNED in the Austrian
army spite II all the precautions OF Gen. Benedek and
Austrians in the great battle yet 6ans ea, os
tAsy completed Tie oethroS Of s soIdrs confidence ~ his
The description Of by correspondent
has n our n were po
There been great victories won with comparatively
small loss OF life even to the yanquished army ouma-
and yielded the fruits Of eompagn 10 the enemy Bat The
bans Of dord HP BY step and hs Prasaas adraHesd
rc0ry thousands The slain IL IS remarkable that the
losses OF the Aus ans are placed higher by those who are
among than by the conquerors The in the army
Bcnedek only fully dscerned by those who knew be-
fore II met the enemy.
the confusion Was beginning to suosde when the men were
finding back TO their regiments and regiments
left OF them were again being united into bgades
and divisions gives the loss OF the beaten army probably
than twotfhs Of its whole number IL may be true
that $1,000 men killed wounded taken prison
ere or drowned guns TAKEN abandoned or
thrown into the river the retreat Adding to these losses
the number OF who must have thrown away their In
the retreat doubt vss 100 900 setir Be
found in the Army Of the NorA three days eer e battle
The indeed. melancholy and disastrous As at
Lepc pontoons laden with hundreds swept down
the and overturned with their living cargoes-of artillery
crashing down and through the struggling
infantry tanning them in the roads and hutng
them the bridges into the waters In short all that il
long struggle lasting the entire day. the moving down Of
whole by the fire Of the enemy the burning Of vii
lagos the horrible Incidents Of flight through inundated
country and finally the long suerngs Of the dsorganzed
march that succeeded form combination at which the i'm
agnaon is shocked and saddened
IL difficult to bring oneself to believe that such horrors
have been enacted in own time aud 10 region
ter they seemed belong aud Of human
rhicA could b rrired Nine miles Of slaughter end
ing 9th the dronRing Of Of stricken Jusiir,
rlh since s riss p0ad hare pronounced
impossible In the Europe Of 10 day
Unless the OF hoses be stayed there Is to
fear that Sadowa will not be the last though it may remain
deadly of the Austrian battles The Prussans
mia unaidsd is condition oppose them. That army
lost nearly half its and BY far the greater
they may from point to point until they force IT to try
fortune the very suberbs OF the osptsperhaps on the
fields which the campaign OF 1909 made deporaby famous
But on the other hand II the Army Of vsnsa be
ported northern provinces of the Empire If the
there must be new battles which 1t is possible though
hardly probable that the fortunes Of war might change
The Prusans therefore have lost time in following
their victory They would probably have displayed even
greater ardor in pursuit had not been for their
heavy losses the want Of provisions from which oil armies
suffer Ii said that the Russians fought the battle Of Sa
dowa without having tasted food since o'clock in the fore
the day before and the Generals loud in their
remonstranees against the commissarla These difficulties
we may assume still continue The yctuang OF so enormous
an army task almost beyond conception and iDsufeiency
supplies sowness OF advance Bohemia has been
already great extent eaten by the Austrian army and
progress Of the Prassan gons must be measured By
their Of subsistence. Their dependence must be
the railway and accordingly hnd them establishing them
selves functions ard preparing to follow the course Of the
rail.
Pardubz the present has been deemed Of more i'm
porance the strongest fortress and when Prague Is
seized will be much because is the capital OF Bohe
mia the spot where the line tom Bavaria meets
the line which rams north Dresden Supposing then the
campaign to continue the object Of the Prussans WIZ doubt
less be to march along line Of rail 10 Bra1n aad Vienna
Their headquarters were two days since as Zwttal After
short repOse the Is being pushed on the army OF
Prince Frederick Charles taking the road 70 Brunn the
Second Army and thu Brmy Of the Ebe taking
a more westerly route through lglau
As the distance Of Zwttan from Venea Is little more than
100 miles need not said that the capital Of the Empire
IN danger Unless successfully opposed by the Ausans the
might before Vienna in week. The Ausrians how
ever their commander are not likely 10 give up
rUun without struggle IL their army be large reinforced
from Venetia they may fight one or two heavy battles In
and hoERA s sgPsrsy Of hs PTH,'lAAs AAs been