, 1866-07-20

down to Trautenau, where they had sus-
tanned more than one fight with their
enemies. Trautenau is 25 miles from
Koniggratz, consequently about Is from
Jarosmirtz and 33 from Gitschin. It's
junction with the Grown Prince at Jaros-
mirtZ or with both armies at Gitschln
was also only an affair of one days
march. The Austrians told us from
Pardubitz on Friday that the Prussians
had occupied Gitschin on Thursday, and
that they had been driven out Of that
place by the cavalry division of Won
upon Turnau-a retrograde movement,
which had determined the evacuation Of
Melnik, Dauba, and Leipa, and the re-
treat Of the Prussians towards Niemes.
But a Prussian despatch from Reichen-
berg, dated yesterday, assures us that
the fifth and third divisions took Gitschin
or the goth, not without severe loss to
the Prussians themselves, but with the
loss of 1000 men to the Austrians.
Whatever check the Prussians may have
met with at Gitschjn on Thursday seems
TO have been retrieved by their signal
success on the following day, and if the
army of Prince Frederick Charles was in
the end left in possession of this disputed
place, there is little doubt that it's juno
ton with the, army under the Crown
JaroSmirtz, in fr0nt of the Austrian
s%trongholds, Josephstadt and K~6niggratz,
may be looked HRon as imminent, If
any doubt were entertained as to the
trustworthiness Of Observation-Disclosures, it
will be fully removed 10y the telegram
from Vienna of Yesterday which tells US
of the defeat of the First' Austrian and of
The Saxon army fcufps on r%lEeS3o1hy and
OF the reu9at Of tlA4 whole Austrian army
upon K6niggratz., KBulletins from Prague
dated Saturday speak Of new partial adj
vantages gained by the Austrians at
Kost, near Turnau, and beyond Munchen-
gratz, in the district of Jung Bunzlau ;
they also report tbs. evacuation of Bonn
nisk and Kamnitz by the Prussians; but
these PARTICULARS only confirm US in our
conjecture that The army Of Prince Frede-
rick Charles, CONCENTRATING all its forces
for an effort upon Gitschin, was recalling
its extreme right from positions which
u were no longer important. Dispatches
from the Grown 1PFlneesAof Prussia con-
firm the report. of the success. of his divi,
sions at Nachod and Skalicz, and describe
the losses of the Austrians as extremely
severe.
Fooled thus in his attempt 10 oppose
the PrusSian columns as they advanced
singly through the mountain passes, or
to prevent their junction on the plain, if
such was really his original intention,
Marshal Benedek has now only one way
of restoring the fortunes of the Austrian
Empire, and that is to crush the enemy,
if he can, by one decisive blow. The
battle between the whole forces of the
two great Powers ought to be imminent,
and King William and Count Bismark,
who were yesterday at Reichenberg,
have probably timed their movements SO
as to have an opportunity of witnessing
the great contest which is for ever to
settle the question of Prussian or Austri-
an supremacy over Germany. The ar
mics will be nearly matched ; the comba-
tants belong in a great measure TO the
same race +; their temper, their discipline,
their proficiency in all the recent i'm
provements of the art of war are nearly
equal. The artillery is said to be per-