, 1866-07-19

| ~ AeaA4AIllrIoy AuA Tue aGSkfl&0 loss IN
! kllled and wounded Is very considerable. The
| PFuestaus have lost two officers dead. had
| Eereu or eight wounded. The medical officers
have officially reported that the proportion
l OF wounded AustrinnA to wounded Prusslaoa
Is as FIVE to one. Thus has the needle gun
told both on the battle field and In the hos
| pitsi.
To-day headquarters have halted here,
| There has been no akl1mlshtng; the Austrs!
ans appear to be IN full retreat, for while Z
some FIR woods beside the 1sef tells that the
bridge Of Mohelnisz, about dyc miles below
Fodoll. which thcy hare set On Gre to ohstruct
pursuit, is burning steadily.
Heuedek Announces the Defeat OF n1s
Army.
How TIE NEWS WAS RECEIVED At VIENNA.
lflenn7 tjuly u CORES pouucnce London Times,
Though It was yesterday evening known
that the Feldxeug1ueIster Won Benedrk had
failed In LIS attempt to cut Of The co,nmuui-
nication between the prussian armies under
tae command Of the Cruwn Prince aud Prince
Charles, the public was not prepared to hcar
That the Saxon troops and the lett wing Of tue
Austrian amy had been defeated aud forced
to retreat In The direction Of Prague. The
news vas communicated to the Inhabitants Of
This city by means Of nm extraordinary supple
nn.ut 10 the llitHer ZtAdnQ, which was pub
listhd and posted ut au early hour this mora-
ing. Gen Won Benedck thus announces the de-
icat Of the lett wlnC ot his army, and the con.
tequcnt removal Of Ills headquarters from
koniginhoi to konIcEratz, small fortress
about twcnty-two English L. lies south of 10
sephstadi:
DCnESEc. June 3o-sr.x u.
Tue repulse Of the Saxon aud First Ans.
trian COPS d'arMte ob1fgcs nc to retreat ia
the direction Of Kouiggratz,
At the foot OF Bcnedek's 1aconle despatch
IS the following semi+otI1cial article:
From the FeidxeuEme,.tet'e communication,
o1s aDd FtEtt Ault1tan eoEps dd7m:e. was setsrat-
9nE IN the direction It hon!gr!az, ne, being tor
the mon ent Without any lcarcf information On tho
horths1n army advanced to the northxett ot Jiein
tGllrchlu., aud shere found tue enemy In q rtropr
m., 1ohtr Conclude r. s % 6%
revere losses. has fallen back tn the direction ot
enemy soon a. be may think nt to quit The po.i-
lion nb1ch be nov occupies. The courage and con-
shsn5 ,hef o. orr ana ,hs n sneEy Of
r,ll toon he dep1sed o, snS Advantages which he
may have obsasped.
contiesDatton. and on al .ldee It Is a.kcd how the
Emperor could e1ow Gonnt C1am.Galas 10 RESIN
ihe cor mand Of tnc Flint co,ps a'oratt.he having,
ta,io1s proa1s Of .ueapactfy. You msy, perhsps,
Feto1lect thai ] ABOUT two months ago publicly
slated Sat thst Gene..l Von beaedek was 10th TO have
naand. The commander Of the Firtt corps Il arnyAt
belongs TO The Gynla tehool, and - 1o'.ly unaolc
n.mnias snd Eael.Scm up 10 to q Sa1.e az. "a
slmos' Al shc 1sh1ins hid heep danc ~ TIC skid
and TeEth eofPt d'aTHste sLicutenans- Generals Won
Ga,siry division uudes Ms,or.Gsnc1ai B,soa
The AnAtrtnns Clos. ly Foltosre by the
fauSAtsnA-Ahe Whole Nortisveat or
Wnhs mis- In P0Aseaa1on OF Iho p1us.
.eianA-Pracuc TO be 0ccupled-A s:r-.s
[From the Aonitcur du soir, July 81
There is general expectation that rrry
shortly We shall receive grave intelligence
ffum the theatre Of war In bohemia, and the
public imratisnes Is strongly excited W tue
serious events which arc on the ere Of pre-
senttng themselves. The Austrians Iu their
concentration upon Koniggratx were closely
followed by the Pruss}ans. The evacuation
Of Gitschtn was marked By q san9ulnary c1u-
tlct, and the losses Of men resulting from the
series OF actions which have served as pre-.
1ude to the great battle TINT Is imminent al-
ready amount to considerable aggregate.
Tie Austro-saxcn corps, which, ntter the
actions al Aunchengratz, retired upon Gits~
chin to 1ofu the centrc. and right wing Of
northwest Of Bohemia to tho Prusstans,
and has lett Prague uncovered. It Is crpcct+
cd that this capital will be occupied by de-
tachlncnt from the army OF Prince Frederick
Charles. Although this movement, should it
take place, may be means Of weakening the
PEussians By rcK1ovtng portion oftheiE forces
10 distance from the actual centre Of opera.
tions, Jet the occupation OF Prague would
still be not unimpoFtaut result, rs 1t would
completely sever the communication between
the Austrian and the Bayarian armies. Tie
Prussians At Pracue would be masters, not
eniy of The line Of railway which runs By Bo-
dcnbech to Dresden, but also OF that which
proceeds by rllsen and Ratlsbon to Munich.
VT hare had already to notice how careful
the Prussfans hare been to obtain the control
the possession or The important portion Of the
F.! railway from Josephstaat 10 Pafdub!tz which
| Is the immediate object OF the principal
struggle now at hand. The AusnEians arc
strongly massed On both sides OF this piece
Of railway, showing front In al directions
| ported Themselves By koniggratz. The en-.
| vtrons OF these two strong plleea h4ve beeu
Inundated, and Il Il also stated that runboats
hare been placed upon the waters which de-
Prussan armies. cnergetical'y pursuing their
corycfEtng march upon Josephstadt, arc driv.
| Ing back upon that point the outlying Aus.
trian detachmcnts. The events which arc to
ensue depend upon the degree of resistance
which The latter, forced back to such 'mpor.
test noT expected will be between four
armies, forming total Of Goo,o0 men.
The Horrible Slaughter in Bohemia
The Batsles Fought only Prelude to
The Urea, Pitched Battle-Thc Fcd-
eral Troops n1SvtnE.
lFroca the London Times, Jul3 IL
The war In Bohemta Is awful work. The
AustEians, We are told, lost 15,0o3 men IL
their various encounters With the nrmv under
the Crown Prince Of Prussia !; they had y ,000
put hoFs de eo,n6at In their vain atteru pts ia
resist the progress Of the army under Prince
Frederick Chs1les-altogethe &c, 900 men, in
i've days. The prisoners arc computed at
1900. leaving 25. 900 for the dead and
wounded. Whole batta1lous have been ami
Gab!etz, and the Saxon corps, no less thar
the ka]ick brtGade-are 70 utterly broken uE
a. to be unable to reappcar In action for CONT
time: Bepedek's army has talicn back 1ehlni
the Elbe, taking mp Its position between tht
greatly dtshcaacned aud disorcanl1ed. &C
cordEnE to the account oi Austrian officer.
prisoners In Prussian hands. The dezc1ttor
Of Italian soldiers iron the Austrian rank.
Is on the increase.
!: however much - may iecl dhposed
| TO charge them with ezA@gcsation, howereI
| much We may wonder why the Peuss11ns did
not rather give Us an account Of lhe casual
| ties aEapug themselves, We have no hesitation
| In belIeTing thai The havoc has bteu trr,uep
,,r let,er psoeeedinE from either camp beas
witness TO the extreme ya1or displayed, aus
, | allows ih1t SUCCESS was In evcry instance pur
I chased at very heavy aacrldce- And yet
. horrible ~ the carnage has been, II must b
; Il oked upon Al mere prelude 10 thr pitche,
+ battle nuH unavoidable, In which quarle
; OF a million OF men will probably BE- Engage,
i on either side. Tho sast strength 10 whic
: modern Arlnlcs arc bwelied By conscription
l snd The means OF destruction aud locomot,o
t which attain every dag greater cGicienr,
, bnve a tendency to condensc into q fe'
s months, aud INTO one or two Titanic actions
; all tho horrors which In former ages strctche
| ovrr years campaigning, though We hare th
|, ! recent experience Of Awerica to conytncc I
q that the magnitude Of struggle Is no SECT
!. rfty aglfnst liz Continuance.
i While the main armies OF the Etbc a,
d r&usiur to take breath, . stir Il perceptih
; among the Federal troops, which have 4
E aou,c ttMe been gathering numbers At least,
!, not strength. On tho & lin. On MondAy d
Z tnehmcnt Of the army uudcr Prince Alexal
d der Of uesse, tour thousand men strong, too
J. momenlary possession Of Wetzlar. she Pru
j. suu faeidrt between the Territories Of Hes
4 and Nanau. and lctted contributions anon
II the people, but they wiindrcw In The ATE
n pt'ou and m, rchtd upon GIesaeu. Whatcv,
}, importance may BE- attached 10 this feat
II aims. II Ii not f1ke1r fhkt either thh Fe.Yer,