Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04

musketry, rapidly advancing, told that ,bo
Austrians were in full retreat. The Hf F;rst tnt
army pushed forward at once, the artil,erv
imbered up and galloped up the slope.
| putting into action every opportunity to
send its shells against the retreating bat
talions, the infantry emerged from the
woods, formed and pressed at the double
quick Prince Frederick Charles put himself at
the head of his regiment, and dashed over the
Sadowa bridge and up the road, followed
by all his light cavalry.
On gaining the top of the Lissa slopes the
retreating battalians of the Austrians were
seen running across hollow In the ground
which lies between Lissa and the village of
| Streselitz, which lies about two miles further
south. The Prussian artillery halted on the
summit of the Lissa .hill and fred shells
rapidly which burst with terrible precision
over the heads of the fugitives. The cavalry
fled forward in pursuit, but the Prince, after
leading short way, had to superintend the
general movement, for the Austrian batteries
had taken post in the Streseets ridge, and
were firing heavily against the pursuing
Prussians. Then the cavalry got out of
hand, and, by small detachments, rushed on
the Austrian battalions, but these, though
retreating fast, were not routed, and in
also suffered much from the Austrian artil-
lery, for the shells burst repeatedly among
the squadrons, and killed many men and
horses. But the Austrian guns were driven
Off their ridge by the heavier fire of the more
numerous Prussian batteries, and then the
pursuit was renewed.
Some of the retreating Austrans made
tor the fortress of Koniggratz, Others for
Pardublitz, and troops were sent in pursuit
along both roads. The wounded who were
lying on the ground shricked with fear, when
they saw the cavalry galloping down towards
them, but Prince Frederick Charles took
care that they should be avoided and at
one time checked the pursuit, in order to
move his squadrons around, and not 90
through a patch of standing corn where
several wounded Austrsaus had taken refuge.
These, when they saw the Lancers coming,
thought they were going to be massacred,
and cried piteously, waving white handker-
chiefs as sign of truce but they had no
cause of fear. Large numbers of prisoners
were taken, for the pursuit was continued
to the Elbe, and it was not till nine o'clock
that all the firing and ceased, but the main
body of the army halted about seven.
AS the Princes returned, the battalions
cheered them for their victory, but they left
the pursuit of their enemies and the cheers
OF their own victorious troops to look after
the hospital accommodations provided for
the wounded These lay in immense num-
bers on the field. The dead, too, laid thick,
but all that they require will be done to-
morrow. Every cottage in the neighbor-
hood that has not been burned is full of
wounded. Austrians and Prussians lie
side by side, but the Mrankonfragers are
still out, and all will not be collected till
late tomorrow morning. Conspicuous in
the hospitals, working diligently in their
voluntary lobor, are the Knights of St. John
of Jerusalem. This order of Knighthood,
renewed lately for the succor of the weak
and suffering, has sent here large hospital
establishment.
The battle of Sadowa has been great
victory for the Prussian army. There are
supposed to have been nearly one thousand
five hundred guns in action, of which seven
hundred and fifty were Prussian. The i'm
mediate cause of the victory was the Crown
Princes attack on the Austrian left flank,
which turned the position, but the attack in
front had great effect on the issue, as un-
less it had been steadily maintained, the
Austrians might have repulsed the attack in
flank
1t is the opinion of the Prussian Generals
that the Austrian retreat was most sklful,
and that their artillery was exccllently
handled
The number of troops engaged on the
Prussian side was about two hundred and
fifty thousand. The Austrians are supposed
to have had an almost equal number. No
details have yet been received of the num-
Der of killed, wounded or prisoners.