The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-27

cannot be much below 6,UUU IN killed
and wounded. .g.. - rs.ee.. e.ss
Isl < The field of battle this
morning shows the severity OF the
| fight. The wounded have all been
removed; but few, of the dead have
been buried, for the number of
wounded was so great that every man
who could be, spared from duty was
required to lock after them, All
night long the "'fKrankentrager" have
been at)Work, and have been assisted
by large number of soldiers Every
village near the field of battle has all
its standing houses converted into
hospitals, and all the surgeons in the
army have. been busy all night long.
In the woods and In the broken.
ground the. bodies of Austrians and
Prussians are tolerablya equal in
number, generally in groups of four
or five, aof beithera nation together,
marking the spot where a9ashell,
has burts; but in open ground.
and down the reverse side 6of
| the Lipa slope, the ,Austriansl lie
terribly thick, and hardly a Prus-
sian uniform is to be seen. Where
ever the Ahstrians fought unprotected
by, cover, aud wherever the Prussian
rifemen, armed with needle guns,
could see their enemies, the dispre-
/ portion of the dead becomes immed-
lately apparent, The corn is trodden
down all over the field as fiat as if it
were straw laid on stable floor, and
the ground is plowed up and dug into
holes with shells $50 thiekly that it is
hardly possible to ride in a straight
| direction for twenty yards. .l leo + -i'.l M /.
On the top Of the Lipa ridge, and
near the village, stand a large mum,
ben. Of the captured gun, with all
their wagons and carriages beside
them, and on the slope away from
Sadowa the rest are placed under the
charge Of the corps of the Guard
which in the Crown Princes attack
stormed the. batteries Everywhere
about the field, fatigue parties are
digging large trenches, in which the
Austrian and Prnssian killed are
/ being laid side by side,. clothed in
their uniforms. No. other tombstone
is put to mark each grave than a
plain wooden cross, on which is
written the number of each regiment
that lies below. The officers
are piayed in single graves
near beside the, men. But here
and there few are seen ST.
lently carrying some, comrade to a
more retired spot. On one part of
1 the field a Prussian General with
his staff was bnrying his son,
who had fallen in the attack on the
I Austrian right. Close by, the wife
! of a private soldier, who had found
| her husbands body on the field, had
| it buried by some soldiers, had hung
| some oak branches on the little wood
| en- cross at the head, and was sitting
I on the freshly turned earth sobbing
I her heart out with his shattered he'll
met in her lap. She had followed his
regiment in order to be near him
4 from the beginning of the campaign,
| through all the. long marches the
army has made.g nibo9 5535.4 3' Up
The less severely wounded have
been moved to Horzitz, from which,
on the approach of the Prussians, the
4 inhabitants had, nearly all fed. The
vacated houses have been converted
into hospitals, and at nearly every
window and every door men are
hanging about listlessly, with heads or
arms bound up with a half stupefied
look, as if they had not yet recovered
from the Stunning effects Of the blow
which had disabled them. Many are
] Austrians, and are prisoners Of war;
but the greatest liberty seems to be
accorded them, for they are allowed
to wander about the streets, and to
mix freely with the Prussian soldiers.
ENTRY OF THE PRUsSIANS, INTO
r 81 t PRAGUE. aef m a
The occupation of Prague by the
| Prussians took place on Sunday last.
On the previous evening Prince
Schwarzenberg, Cardinal Archbishop,
the Mayor, and several of the Com
mon Council of the city, went to the
advance guard of the Prussians, about
two leagues distant, commanded by
Lieutenant Colonel Ramsch They
were received in a friendly spirit, and
informed that Prussia would put
garrison offs, 900 men in the city The
troops were to march next day at six
o'clock to take possession. The fol-
lowing proclamation was issued by
General Rosenberg.
The Prussian army having overcome
the Austrians in several encounters,
and especially at Koniggratz, having
inflicted upon them great loss, and
compelled them to retreat, the royal
Prussian army of the Elbe now takes
possession Of Prague. The city and
country of Bohemia will indeed have
to supply the Prussian army, but per-
sons and property be respected.
The authorities and inhabitants who
have left are requested to return, in
order that the requisition may
be made in regular manner without
the necessity of resorting to force.
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