, 1866-08-07
From the Week1y Dispatch, Juzy 15.J
THE WAR.

The special correspondent Of the Times
with the Austrian army (the brilliant
historian who described so wildly the
Crimean struggles, and the marches of
Clyde and Outram in India), and the
military correspondent with the Prussian
army, enable us to describe the great bat
tie of the 3rd of July, variously called
the battle of Sadowa, or Koniggratz, hav-
ing been fought in the vicinity of those
places.
"The army which General Benedek
had to defend his position consisted Of at
least 225, 900 men, but a large deduction
must be made for the baggage guards,
the various escorts, the garrisons of Jo-
sephstadt and Koniggratz, the sick, and
those tired by marching, and the killed,
wounded, and prisoners in recent actions
so that, probably, he had not more than
100, 900 or 1876, 900 actually in hand. The
ground he had to cover from right to left
was about nine miles in length. On his
extreme left in his first line, neal the rear
of Nechanitz, and towards the Prague
road, he put the Saxons. Then the 10th
Army Corps, under field-Marshal Lieute-
nant Gablenz, the Bird Corps d'Arm6e,
under Field-Marshal Lieutenant Count
Thun, the 4th Army Corps, under Field
Marshal Lieutenant Count Festetics (Who
was wounded early in the day., and the
2nd Army Corps, under Field-Marshal
Lieutenant Archduke Ernest, were placed
from left to right on the slope of the
. second range or ridge. His second line
and his reserves consisted of the 9Th
Corps G'Arm6e under Field-Marshal Lieu
tenant tho Arohhnka Tnnnnlh. the lot
Army Corps was under Cavalry General
Count Clam-Gallas, and the 9Th Army
Corps, under Field Marshal Lieutenant
Ramming. He had at his disposal a
grand army of Cavalry it was composed
Of the 1st Light Cavalry Division, under
Major-General Edelsheim +; the End Light
Cavalry Division, under Count TaxIs
the 1st Heavy Cavalry Division, under
the Prince of Holstein; the End Heavy
Cavalry Division, under General Major
Faitse ok !; and the 3rd Heavy Cavalry
Division, under General Major Count
C~ondenhove. His artillery consisted of
about $40 guns. The horse, under Field
zeugmeister Benedek's orders, seemed TO
the correspondent 'the very finest caval-
ry by many degrees that ever saw, as
it certainly was in point of numbers the
largest displayed on one battlefield in
recent days. I cannot think that the
Austrian Commander-in Chief had much
less than 10000 sabres under his COM
mand.' The centre in front Of Klum and
of Lipa was strongly held by the 3rd and
4th Corps somewhat thrown back, with
the LIST Corps in reserve, and the 9th
Corps were in reserve on the right, tow
ards Smiralitz. The Saxons also held a
considerable portion of their force in re-
serve, in addition to the 9Th Corps, on
the left.
son Monday, the End of July, Prince
Frederick Charles halted with the first
army, consisting of 10000 men, at Kom-
menitz, and. having communicated with
the Grown Prince, it was arranged to
fight the Austrians on the following day.
The main body Of the army was at Milo
WITT, village on the road from Horzits
to Koniggratz the 9TH division, under
General Fransky, was at Cesekwitz on.
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