The New York herald., 1866-07-05

vet been unopposed The Austrian general still tsrries
going ON among h,s troops, but indoasOa a sa "a
vance has q YET been given, Mcw = ,Ppssn .ss
mould thew stse%p. 70 deprive The Pusaas Of the ID
vansagss which the latter have already gslnse tes
Prince Frederic Charles e this mornns a9Hy a.sd Y
hold ON this country TO be lightly shaken ON
THE ORDER OF EVENTS.
The general course Of events m the occupation Of
On ,hs evening Of the 18th, when the Saxon govern
meat had rejected the Prussian utmaum and knew
that the army OF Prince Frederick Charles concen
traed on the frontier adopted to impede
much as possible the advance OF the Prussian troops
saxon pioneers were work upon the railways which
lead from the frontier upon Dresden OF such rail
WAYS there two that which follows the
nd ,bs ~ wbeh from GSrz leads by Baatzen upon
the capital of Saxony At nghtfsil the Saxon
pioneers commenced their work but IN the dark and
under appreh nsion Of being broken in upon
by Prussan advanced guards they made but little
progress The rails taken up but neither car
Immediately available At eleven O'Clock at night the
wooden bridge which carries the railway branches to
Lepsic and Chemnz across the Eloe, near Rteza was
set on fire by Of petroleum lis destruction
accomplished only two piers were burned and the
whole bridge again made passabe by the evening OF
While the work OF demolition went slowly on in
Saxony heavy Of Prussan troops were drawing
together and closing down to the frontier line Of
that kingdom. Between Gorlitz and the border on the
Prince Frederic Charles marshalled three strong
corps ddrmee while streha the north General
Won Btenfed divided his force into three columns so
as TO advance with a broad front and as quickly as
possible the railway jupctien at R'es& During
the few dark hours Of the short summer night the
preparations for the invasion were madc the main
bod es Of troops all collected together about mid
gh and the soldiers piled TO rest and wait for
dawn. Few slept duh and heavy murmur continually
roso from the crowded columns and told the subdued
but deep excitement which pervaded the hearts Of the
men; and this excitement WAS not without q cause Tor
al Thought the Austrian Dresden and that there
", would se battle on The morrow The time passed
SLOWLY and IL seemed If day would never break. At
last the faint streaks of dawn appeared the troops
fail tufO fhpir
risen the advanced guards were bushing bEsky over
Saxon ground.
the foremost troops got near them fortunate to
avoid being taken. What sa1on troops there we're on
the lines OF the advance also rereated quickly towards
Dresden.
THE THEATRE or ACTION.
there are three rivers Of the name Of Nesse They are
ALL either directly indirectly, efuents Of the Oder
and therefore not unlikely to DO confounded with
one another.
The most westerly OF the three Is that which flows
past this tGori,tz It rises in Bohemia. passes by
Zittau forming, that town. the dehle by which Ma
poeon 1915 penetrated into Bohemia, flows by Ostrtz
Gorlitz, Priebus and Muskau, communicates with the
Spree by the Cotbus Cana and finally falls into the
oder
The next river of this name towards the east is
efiuent OF the Katzbach itself aluent of the Oder
Neisse distinguished the Wuthende raging
Feisss It Hohenfredbesg celebrated for the
victory gained l745 by Frederic the Great the
Aasran passes by Janer aud joins tho Katzbaeh about
miles above Legntz. 1t was between Jauer and
the confluence of those two streams that the battle Of
The Neisse river which runs pa fortress of Nesse
the present headquarters OF the Crown Prince rises In
the mountains south OF Gatz passes by that Fortress
and by Niesse and joins the Cd r about twelve miles
Breg 1t this river that the principal deles
leading through the Riesen Gebrge intoCentral Siiesa
are due
BRIDGING THE ELBE.
Hittenfed, from the NORTH reached Roea about nine
O'Clock and occupied that town in force Below the
town pOntoon bridges were quickly thrown across
the oe part Q. ne roos o % ,ne gnn nop pa
directed Up the left bank Of the river towards
Messfn.
Haray had Bfoenfelds troops established themselves
in Rice detachment of the Field Railway Corps
arrived from Berlin, who Immediately commenced the
restors of the lines which had becn tarn up the
railway while the pioneers set TO repair the burned
portioe Of the bridge
MARCH THE MAIN ARMY.
In the meantime tie coiuEnns Of the main aymy were
advancing in Lusatsa-
Lobau occupied before midday and Bastssn in the
Afternoon.
But Prince Frederick Charles proceeded cautiously
for he knew that the passes from Gabel and Rechenberg
led against his left and that he must guard against
Austrian attack from that direction To cover h1 COM
muncatons with GorG and to shield his left flank, he
pushed strong detachment along the Zittau road TO
On SATURDAY he did little except to establish himself
to feel Billsnelds left and the Prince pushed
Bischofswexda the Dresden road while the advanced
guard Of Herwarth occupied Meissen
Yesterday q simuilaneouG advance was made on the
capital the advancing columns met with No opposition,
and last night the Prussan coors faated over Dresden
INVASION OF HANOVER.
TGaltE June 19) correspondence OF London Times
From Hanover hear that General Manleufel has
passed Luneburg and is pressing souhward and that
the town Of Hanover wss last night occupied after
twelve hours march, by General Falkenstsin This
general commands the Prutsan corps which mentioned
In previous letter being process Of concentration
at Minden
COMMUNICATION WITH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
DEsTEoyED.
The Prussion General Won Boyer with the corps which
concentrated at Wezlar has occupt Giessen, Mar
bourg Casec and has thus cut on the direct railway
ccmmuncst between Hanover aEc Frankfort-on-fhe
Maine. The Hsnoverian army, which wee at Gottngsn,
IL making attempt get Fulda whittier the troops
Of Electoral Hesse have moved to Join it. but te railway
from G0ttingcn to ruida through asset, and Il
does not appear improbable that "a from the south
by Boyer, and pressed in the rear by Fafensein
sy down their arms or cut their way ,hrsnsh with the
sword Bavaran Wurenberg and DarIastadt troops
are collecting round Frankfort
Bavarian corps aynte Ia said 70 have been yostcr
day pushed forward 70 Fuda 70 aid the retreat Of the
Hanoverisns To understand the difcultioso Of this
from Gosngen into the valley of tie Maine; the ope by
csssel Nsrbourg and Gessen 70 Frankfort already IN
he other by cassel, Bebra, Fuda and Hanau, s
pied by the Prussans q tassel Whether the Hano-
ysrans can reach Bsbrs and ,s fuid: Without being
tngen 10 Bebrs, seems to depend solely upon
the number Of men Boyer can afford 70 detsch
from Caseel The Bavarians seem 70 anticipate the
probability that the armies Of the enemies Of Prussia
will have retire the Main and to take up the
line Of that against invasion from the north for the
massive railway bridge that Al Lchtenels is
mined, aud 1t s said, ready to be fred.
This bridge carries the raway leading nom Cassel by
Bebra Eisenbach and Coburg to Bamberg across the
Main.
Tankfort June 2o) correspondence OF London Times
The entry OF the Prussians into Hanoveran territory,
the occupation Of the capital and the restoration by
them Of commune ations which the rerestng Hanover
ians bad temporarily destroyed wI doubtless. have
been fully reported 70 you.
The direction taken BY the Hanoveran army was
southerly, upon G6ttingen, with a view to unite with
the Hesse-Cassel baalions, and then 10 effect
permanent junction near this town with the Con,
fedcra'e army forming the Main. Their line OF
retreat would lead from Cassci through Marburg and
Giessen to Frankfort But the Prussians, whose first
steps In this war have certainly been taken with much
energy aud foresight ready for the attempt From
Cologne aud Coblentz, both strongly fortified towns
that portion OF the Rhine which uaverees
the detached possessions of Prussia in the west,
lincs OF railway conduct, by the valley Of the Sieg
aud that OF the iahn respectively, TO we,zlar;