, 1866-08-07

seen. Wherever the Austrians fought
unprotected by cover, and wherever the
Prussian rifemen, armed with needle
guns, could see their enemies, the dis
proportion of the dead becomes immedi-
ately apparent. The corn is trodden
down all over the field as fiat as if it
were straw laid on a stable floor, and the
ground is ploughed up and dug into
holes with shells SO thickIy that it is
hardly possible to ride in a straight direc-
ton for twenty yards.
son the top of the Lipa ridge, and
near the village, stand a large number of
the captured guns, with all their wag-
CONS and carriages beside them, and on
the slope away from Sadowa the rest
are placed under the charge of the corps
of the Guard which in the Crown
Princes attack stormed the batteries.
Everywhere about the field, fatigue par
ties are digging large trenches in which
the Austrian and PruSsian killed are be-
ing laid side by side, clothed in their
uniforms. No other tombstone is put to
mark each grave than a plain wooden
cross, on which is written the number of
each regiment that lies below. The Off
GERS are placed in single graves near be-
side the men. But here and there a few
are seen silently carrying some cOmrade
to q more retired spot. On one part OF
the field a Prussian General with his staff
was burying his son, who had fallen in
the attack on the Austrian right. Close
by the wife of a private soldier who had
found her husbands body on the field had
it buried by some soldiers, had hung
cnpOn ouL hranohoc IN fbo Ettlo vr,OOIoD
cross at the head, and was sitting on the
freshly-turned earth sobbing her heart
out, with his shattered helmet in her
Ian She had fnllnwad his regiment in
order to be near him from the beginning
OF the campaign, through all the long
marches the army has made. The less
severely wounded have been moved to
HoriiZ, from which, on the approach of
the Prussians, the inhabitants had nearly
all fled. The vacated houses have been
converted into hospitals, and at nearly
every window and every door men are
hanging about IistIessly, with heads or
arms bound up, with half stupefied look,
as if they had not yet recovered from the
stunning effects of the blow which had
disabled them. Many are Austrians, and
are prisoners of war; but the greatest
liberty seems TO be accorded 10 them, for
they are allowed to wander about the
streets and TO mix freely with the Prus-
sian soldiers. Long columns Of un-
wounded prisoners have also been
marched continually through the town
on their way to the rear. The Austri-
ans look detected and unhappy, but
march stolidly and silently along; but
the prisoners from the Italian regiments
laugh and talk cheeriIy, and on them
their Imprisonment SITS lightly. Here
and there ar Austrian officer, prisoner on
parole, strolls modify about, stopping
every now and then to return the cour-
teous salutations of the Prussian officers
who pass by. To ease the anxiety of
their friends at home, they write letters
to announce that they are not killed, but
taken, and these are sent with a flag of
truce to the Austrian lines. The great
est courtesy and kindness are shown by
the Prussian officers to their unfortunate
prisoners, and every attempt is made to
make them feel their position as little as
possible. Several Austrian officers
wounded MORALLY on the field requested
Prussian officers to send their last mes