New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-23

tine penetrate into this country Even the snbseque, veto
res Of the Allies were verv adequately gldas'ool iof m
toe. the campaign Of 1913 WIS oty known az ST. pee
l!cncnI battles 10 aua ub t Sax NY ma mon inc
sourti times victorious and sumotimr defeated were ui
or rtulcrrd al Lolpsc and compelled 60 10 udte "'
E.0o. The Telegraph and rho military corr "a"
chausc. al tins We pJon'tis kno" more o. o o Gri.b
k0ui.rl2 which fought tals day week, th ~ y
public knew OF the battle of Lopsio three months a Az
he forces engaged the ounianders the stations OF 0e H
feut corp No natgc Of the ground manner OF ne at
tack The met with are all deeoioeu W our
have the main incidents of tho battle All that he saw he tens
and his military knowledge enables him 70 oim clso'
judgment the operations Which were pe!onu w sur
And what battle II was here described within few
hours after the Ausans bad been swept from Tue hed ana
VIII lie the Prussans st II pursuing tneir rotreatnS
legops There been nothing like 10 our tm ana Only
once IN the great the Frenca Empire has there been
sueh contest and such carnage The whole lrussan AMI
Austrian armies we've engaged a 'h1 tuese TWO m,ay
fresh from the rep1se long peace cohd pace
in The was there Ihe delay q BeDedek had enabled the
tW main armies of Prussans each Cf them natlon
Host Itself combine and. as their losses had not been
large previous they confronted tie enemy
2iO 0O strong The Austras are supposed to have lad
equal number survey OF the field OF battle with good
map vi slow the extent Of ground which these I'm
leyes of spread. 1t s indeed. wonderful
completed in a single day Where nearly OO00 men and
800 guns in the field might expect conflict as org
the skin Of their Generals decided the battle in sing long
Summers day. The narraye OF its incident, gwen p 4p r
Aurans but raises higher estimate Of their opponeht
1t evident that the A1sans were very strongly pJsu
and that work of daring and endurance to doge
them Oay Generals having complete confidence in them
selves and their troops would have ventured on buch h
terprise. Gen Benedek could have little hope OF aobiey
ing tho Obi OTIS Of the BY taking up MS
partly intrenched position" The Anstrans conld not
BY holding their ground In Bohemia either deliver Hanover
and the Duchies or make those coDquests IL nssiah
territory which we're to onsble them TO cede Neneta
with grace II their design had been merely to protect
their own territory they perhaps could not have done bef
They had position well protected by slope and wood and
they good IT. Their arl ~ appears to have
been excellent They moved down the advancing Pfussah
INJECTING on them terrible losses while they themselves
were almost unijure. From cOiresrondehts account
Judge the Prnsans did not win the DAY merely
by the possession Of SUPER Through great part
Of advance the neeolg gave them no superiority
The Austrisns protected hy the nature OF tier P
ton and muskeiry useless against them The cap
are of the wood above SadOwa Accomplished by real
hard fighting The Austriaps wonld not retire but waited
for the struggle THE 21ih Prisssn Regiment went In
nearly 900 rong with 9o officers and out on the
further side with only officers and between 800 and 800
men standing; all the killed wounded AGoin
against it, bat did at first make much impresson Tor
needle gun did tell and whole battery placed 1T The Tor
end Of wood fired through the trees and told on the P
wirh awful eic These and OF erlncdeuts IKE
greatest cattle Of the present won oy
the superior proves OF the vctors ana was not the eon
quencc Of merely mechanical advantage. the nrcdcsun
addcd doubt to the completeness OF the victory bat the
Prussiaus had possessed such weapon the spirit q tAer
onset aud the sku arrangements by which put Of Their
irny brought to the flank and rear the enemy would
have efecuay dislOdeed the AurianS from their position