, 1866-07-26

i town behind Us oil the dag, showing hoy
| close the fight was, and considerable bol,
Of the Twcnty-seyenth regiment, With SOM
officers, arc now in tbs Grosser Ring. Chest.
| and Visa were Dow burning, 20 that fTou
right to left the flames Of ten villages, and th.
flashes ot guns and musketEy. commended will
| the sun that pierced the clouds for the homo
| Of illuminating the seas Of steel and the field.
OF carnage. Il was O'Clock.
! ALL IS LOST,
| The Efforts Of the AustrIans to occupy
| klum and free their ccntle had fai1ed, theii
! right wa driven down In a helpless mass to-
ward konlggraiz. auiyertng and palpltat1na
| as the shot and shell tore through 1t. .dNti
1T reyiore',r' artillery still thunderel with
| o Iorce md violence which might havo led q
stranger to such scenes to -hink no enemy
| still hung like white thunder clouds en- The
tanks, and threatened the front Of the Prus
slams, keeping them N square aud SOLID col
pmns- But already the trains were streaming
away rom kouigggzatz, placing tho Elbe and
| Adler between them and the enemy. The
| gnp Of the Prusslans could not be shaken.
Word was brought to me to leave at once, ,fog
the city gates were about being closed and the
gunners on the walls were laying their pieces ia
| cover the lnnndations md the causeways.
| One more glance showed a very hell OF fire
coIntelds, highways, slupes, aud detls, aud
hllstdes covered with the 6lain-the pride
| and might Of Austria shattered and laid low,
What happened more can only tell from
heartay. But an told that ut last the Ans
trian horse saved all that WIS not lost, and ln
brilliant charges rolled back tho tide OF Prus,
sian iDlantry; that the gunners threw thefs
pieces into the Elbe and into the Inundated
fields as they retreated; that men were
drowned In hundreds as they crowded oves
pentoon bridges hastily laid and sunk or burnt
ere the columns could CROSS over that luz.
gage trnlns, reserve ammunition, guns, and
prisoners, the spoila Of that enormous host,
tell into the hands Of the yictors, who re-
manned masters Of that lard-fought field, coy
cred for nine miles with myriads Of the slain.
Well mieht Benedek e1claim. "All Is lost
toot'
have been writing my sad narrative. such
Us 1t is, from my notes taken while tue battle
rnged, in the tower OF konfggrntz, In the iu-
teryals afforded BY q depressing resreat-in
forced halts, amid choking dust, In narrow
roads-by the sides Of cotu-delds- rooms In
country villages, at every moment Of rest.
stopped, and Nhen these lines may sec the
light, II ever, know not.
RETURN FROM THE FIELD.
shall continue my story. 1t was In sor.
row, II not IN silence, our escort passed
through the Mnrtnsches-Tho Of KonIygratz
artillery tralns, horse aud foot and wagoners.
The gates towards Prague and the enemy
were alreudy closed, and till nightfall the
roar OF cannon never stopped for q moment,
Tor the Austrian Eunners outside a2d inside
covered the retreat till the last. Our route
lay towards the southeast, through New
kor1ggratz, Holic, and other small towns,
md 1t vas as much Us horses could do to
work through the stream Of n.ateriel and
men. Fusitlrcs told Us that the lett had to
abandon all their artillery and wade through
foundations. The retreat was not rout,
thanks to the cavalry. At $50 a. N. We
halted (July. ~ at Hohenmauth; General
Benedek and his staff came in somowhat
Inter, having halted Mt Holic On the evening
OF the battle, and it i said he will rive up the
command. The stuff officers are much de-
jccted all the more because the day WAS won
but Tor the fatnl neglect Of klum-the very
centre OF the position which was 80 uuac.
countably left uDguarded. Benedek has cov-
cred bis retreat with q powerful rear guard.
Cavalry and artillery are all along the road,
but st1l there is chance that the Prussians
may cut In on our line by a cross road, and
the strong guard with us is constantly on the
alert. The country people gathered In the
streets and at the cross r0ads watching the end
less stream with dismay. There is railway
station nine miles away from this, but NIL the
There Is no post; the telegraph Is officially
occupied. At two O'Clock p. NJ, our retreat
was continued, and we left Hohenmauth.
Our journey was painful and slow.
Wounded on all sides, fragments of
regiments marching, tho roadaiLes lined
with weary soldiers asleep, dressing their
Of us wagons, guns, cavalry Of ali kinds,
Iyro1ese Jagers, Huntgariaus, Croats, Italians.
For nine miles we trayefsed charming
country to Leitomischl, q considerable town,
which we entered early in the evening. The
streets were filed with the debris Of the army.
such wholesome lesson from the Austrian
cavalry. There Is no pursuit. Some say
that General Gablenz went over as p4rlemsn-
loire this morning, and that an armlstice to
bury the dead and remove ahe wounded has
been agreed upon. There is no account OF
our Losses; estimates varying from II, 900 to
Inclined to think the latter number correct.
The loss III guns Is reckoned at $50 to $50. It
would Iot astonlsh me to heur it was more.
TIE RETREAT.
LE1ToM1sCu1, July 5.-Au night the Aus
tr1an army-or Whnt Is left Of it-still pro-
dlelons host-has been pouring through this
all along the road, and efforts are made to
reform the regiments, which are aided by the
men, anxious Ia all cages to get under their
colors agaiD. Count Mensdorff has Just ar
rived. md is now walking up and down out
eide the humble inn where am quattered,
speaking to the soldiers, md giving the
weary, toot-sore men little gifts Of money to
get lood and tobacco. As ret there are no
orders from the headquarters to move; but
directions have been issued 10 send ali the
railway rolliuE-stock down south, and the
station at Bohmisch Trubau, whittier We
wanted 10 60, is declared unsafe, and Is
closed and abandoned. Such sight rs Lei
ttnmisehl tSs sch. and all the woods, as I am told,
'or hWeatE miles around present would be
" solth pilgrimage en- naasse of all the Royal
nEyEDEK RELIEVED.
p m.-We hear that Benedek Is relieved
4 bus command, and that Count Hennlchstein,
chief Of bis Stat, is removed. There is d re.
port that several Of She Generals are to be
lried BY Military Commission. The army
s 10 11lt back In south-easterly direction,
to Olmutz, In Moravih, to reform
aud walt events. and, as Il seems impossible
q communicate with England except through
Vienna, have resolved to proceed there II
possible, and Tor that purpose have got mil
tory pass to Zwittau. where there Is IN avail
sble railway station.
CONFUSION ALL AROUND.
zw1TrAU, ! P. m.-Just arrived town full
y soldiers, baggage, and wounded. All the
rains taken up for the latter. No tFalns for
passengers. The last engines and carriages
ars leaving Tor the south (Brunn,) which Is IS
niles away. There are no post horses On the
oar, We hear. Just as was about to take the
:hanee Of CIR own tired horses, worn out bY
epeatcd ms archings, being able to drug US to |
3runn, Professor Dumrelchcr, the great Wen
1ese surgeon, came Us deus e. nsdchin0. he ]
,ad none, but be Offered to let me and my |
ompanlon 60 down on atrain full Of wounded |
oen and surgeons Just about to start for \
srunn, If We wonld lend him the carriage and l
'o,sos !. and driver. The bargain was struck. |
July 6, 4 q. m.-AIas! here we are eighteen
niles from Zwittau. We have been traseQiagl |
t the rate OF one and hlH mile an hour,
nd the tain wtll not get into Bruuu TIL |
'clock T. m., If even then. The place Is !
hoked with carriages and engines; all is con-
usion and delay. I must close my letter
nd trust to fortune now, for nothing eau be
one but to resign oneself to Its iayors and
= EoWns.
low tlas Prusslans Turned the Au-
stFian Hank.
From the London rines.1
u1 CROWN PRINCE coM1So-TURy1Sa TIE
FORTUNES or TEE DAT.
But he soon returned, and brought the in
.lligence that the Grown Prince was FORM
'g his attack on upa, and that the gums
u the Austrian right had been 1rlnr aeaiDst
Is troops. Then the First Army took heart !
gain. The Sad0wR wood was carried. and
le battery beyond 1t was stormed by the
ugers. At 81 the Grown Prince's columns
ere seen moving across the slope against
'pa, Tor Ills artillery had silenced the Au-
rim guns, and UerWarth was again pressing
rWard against the Austrian left. In quar-
r Of an hour the Crown Princes tnEintry
as engaged at Upa, and their quick Volteys
musketry, rapidly advancing, told that !
IL Austrians we're Ia tuli retreat. The First ,
my pushed forward at once, the artillery
nberad up, md galloped up the slope, COM
g into action on every opportunity TO send
SHELLS against the retreating battallons,
le infantry, emerging from The woods,
rmed and pressed at the double. Prince
rederick Charles put himself at the head of