The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-18
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trians' in every house which the foremost
ranks of the Prussians passed, were cut
off from their retreat, and were sooner or
! later made prisoners, for the houses of the
/ village do not Join on to each other, but
arc detached bv spaces Of few yards, and
/ there is no communication from one house
! TO the other except by the open street.
The whole of the Prussan force was now
I'M. and. extending between the houses
which the first combatants had passed by,
cut off the escape of their garrisons and
exchanged shots with the defenders.
TERRIBLE CONTEST FOR THE BRIDGE.
) With shrieks and shouts, amid the crash
ING of broken windows, the heavy sounds
Of falling beams, and the perpetual rattle
of the fire arms, the battle was heavily
nrcsscd down 10 the narrow street, and
about halfpast eleven the moon came up
! clear and full to show the Austrian rear
most ranks turning viciouSly to bar the
| Prussians from the bridge.
The moonlight, reflected in the stream,
told the assaiants that they were near the
! object of their labor. and showed the Aus
| trians that now or never the enemy must
be hurled back. Both sides threw out
skirmshers along the river bank, and the
moon gave them light 10 direct their aim
across the stream; while on the first plank
of the bridge the Austrians turned to bay,
and the Prussians pausing some short PAGES
from them, the combatants gazcd at each
other for few moments.
Then they began fierccr fight than ever.
The discharges were more frequent, ana IN
the narrow way the bullets told with more
severe effect. Herr Won Drygalski, leading
the fusieer battalion of the Thirty-irst-
a lieutenant colonel of two days standing
went down with two bullets in his fore
head, and captain at his side was shot in
both legs. Many men fell, and the gray
horse of PrusSian field officer, with ball
in his heart, fell heavily against the wall,
kicking amid the ranks; but he was soon
quoted forever and at that moment men
regarded but little such wounds as could
be Inflicted by an iron-shod hoof, even in
the agonies Of death.
TIE BAYONET-ACSTRrANS OVER.
The AuStrians stood gallantly and made
an attempt to set fire to the bridge but
the difference of their armament again
told upon them here, and it is said that,
CALLED by their hard fortune, they charged
with the bayonct, but that the Prussans
also took kindly to the steel, and this
charge caused no change in the fortunes OF
the fight. Certain it is that the defenders
were ultimately obliged to retire across
the bridge.
FIGHT ON TIE RAILROAD.
While this combat was proceeding slowly
along the street another fight was carried
al. ,1, al
progress, and with an almost similar result.
\ party of the Austrians fell back from
the point where shots were first exchanged
and where the railway crosses the road
along the line. They were pushed by
some Prussian dctachmentS, but neither
side was here in strong force, and the
principal fighting was done upon the road,
but here, too, the needle gun showed its
advantage over the old fashioned weapons
of the Austrians, for the latter fell in the
proportion of six to one PruSSan. The
railway bridge was not broken, but the
lines were torn up by the retiring troops,
and the line is now not passable by trains.
LAST STAND OF THE ArSTRIASs.
The Prussans pushed over both bridges
after the retreating Austrians: the latter
threw a strong detachment into large
unfinished house, which stands by the
chaussee, about quarter OF mile beyond
the bridge, and again made stand, but
not of long duration they had lost many
killed, wounded. and prisoners; many OF
their officers were dead or taken, but they
stood till they could gather in all the
stragglerS who had escaped from the houses
of the village, and, harasscd by the pur-
suing Prussians, drew of sullenly by the
main road to Munchengr;itz.
Thus terminated contest which fought
upon both sides with the greatest vigor
and determination yet resulted i'll clear
victory for the PrussianS.
TERRIBLE FIRE OF THE PRusSIASs.
The wounded soldiers (Austrian) who
have been brought to Vienna say that there
is hardly any interruption in the fire of the
Prussian infantry, "thc bullets continually
rattling about ones ears like hailstones
during storm"
THE TERRIBLE FIGHTING IN BO-
HEMIA-PARTICULARS.
Correspondence of the London Times.
On the 9th of June one army corps of
the Crown Prince-the Fifth, or Posen
Corps, commanded by General Won Stein
metz-fell in with the Austrians at Nachod,
on the Silcsian frontier, twenty-five miles
west of GlatZ. Like some others which
followed in its wake, this corps had entered
Bohemia both by way of Braunau and
Renerz, with orders to move on to the
fortress of Joscphstadt by the famous pass
of Nachod. The losses in this first en-
counter were not inconSiderabe on either
side, and it seems that both succeeded IN
taking some guns. At the close of the day
the Prussians, as well as the Austrians,
maintained their previous positions, por-
tion only Of the latter retiring to Joseph
stadt, being replaced by fresh troops. On
the day following General Steinmetz Or
dcrcd second attack. Fortunately, he had
been reinforced in the night by "a division OF
the First or East Prussian Corps, being this
time confronted by the Austrian corps
of the full complement of sixty thousand
men. The battle lasted several hours, ter
minating with the retreat Of the Austrians
and the occupation Ivy the Prussians of
Skalicz, the next station on the road to
Joscphstadt. About three thousand Aus
trians were taken prisoners, and nearly as
many lay dead or wounded on the battle
field. On each side some ninety guns had
been at work. The Austrian cavalry was
repeatedly routed by the Prussian lancers,
loosing ali their standards, and eventually
abandoning the field to the victor. AS to
the Prussian infantry, it relied, as usual,
upon the rapidity of its fire, the three ranks
discharging at once, the first kneeling
down: the Austrians, on the other hand,
with the impatient temper of Sclavonian
races. and wishing to make up for the infe.