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round LISA still held the wood which

upon the new Austrian position. A
the same time the smoke of Gen. Her
warth's advance was gradually see
moving towards the Austrian left, 70
he had at Nechanitz, village abou
seven miles lower down the Bistrit
than Sadowa, found brigadeof Saxol
1 troops with some Austrian cavalry, ant
was driving them towards the position
at Lissa, himself following in such di
i rection that it appeared he would turl
| the Austrian left flank. But the, Aus
/ trian commander seemed determined tt
hold his position, and heavy masses O
infantry and cavalry could be seen OF
| the upper part of the slope. W
] The Prlssian infantry, which had ia
ken the villages of Sadowa and Do
helnitz, was now sent against the woods
which above these places, runs along
| the side of the Sadowa and LISA road
They advanced against it, but did not
at first make much impression, for the
Austrians being here again concealed,
the fire of the needle gun did not tell,
and whole battery placed at the far
end Of the woods fired through the trees,
and told on the Prussian ranks with
awful effect. But the assailants fought
on, ct last broke down the obstacles at
the entrance, and then dashed in. /.
The fighting continued from tree to
tree and the Austrians made many a
rushAo recover the lost position of the
wood, but in the close fighting their
| boyish troops went down ike nine pins
before the strong men of the Eighth d.
vision; but when the defenders drew
back a little and their artillery played
| lpto the trees, the Prussians suffered
tearfully, and about halfway up in the
wood the fight became stationary.
Then Prince Frederick Charles sent
the Fifth and Sixth divisions forward.
They laid down their helmets and KNAPP
sacks on the ground and advanced to
the river. The King was now near to
Bistritz, and the troops cheered him
loudly as they marched into battle
They went over the Sadowa bridge,
disappeared into the wood, and soon
the increased noise of musketry told
they had begun the fight but the Aus
TRAN gunners sent salvo after salvo
among them, and they did not push the
battle forward more than few humid
red yards, for they fell back themselves,
and they could not reach the enemy
Not only did the fragments of shell fly
about among them, scattering death and
swful gashes among their ranks, but the
portions of trees torn by the artillery
fire fiew thickly about-huge ragged
splinters, that caused even more fright
full wounds.
Herwarth, too, seemed checked upon
the right. The smoke of his musketry
and artillery, which had hitherto been
pushing forward steadily, stood still for
time. Fransky's men, cut to pieces.
could not be sent forward to attack the
Sadowa wood, for they would have ex-
posed themselves to be taken in the
rear by the artillery on the right of the
Austrian line formed in front of LISA.
All the artillery was engaged except 8
batteries, and these had to be retained
in case ola reverse, for at one time the
firing in the Sadowa wood, and ofthe
Prussian artillery on the slope, seemed
almost as it drawing back toward Bis
tritz. The First army was certainly
checked in its advance, if not actually
being pushed back.
Then the Prussian commanders be-
gan to look anxiously to the left for the
coming Of the Crown Prince. Some
Austrian guns near LISA were seen to
be firing toward the Prussian left, and
it was hoped they might be directed
against the advanced guard of the Sec
ond army, but at three o'clock there
were no sign of Prussian columns adj
vancing against Lippa. The generals
became manifestly uneasy, and they
drew the infantry out of the battle
cavalry was also formed up so that it
would be available either for the pur-
suit of the Austrians, or for retarding
their pursuit, and Gen. Won Rhetz him
self went off to look for the Second ar
my. But he soon returned, and brought
the intelligence that the Crown Prince
was forming his attack on Lippa, and
that the gnns on the Austrian right had
been firing against his troops.
Then.th First army took heart again.
The Sadowa wood was carried, and the
battery beyond it was stormed by the
Jagars. At half past three the Crown
Princes columns were seen moving
across the slope against Lipa, for his
artillery had silenced the Austrian guns
md Herwarth was again pressing for
ward against the Austrian left. In
quarter of an hour the Crown Princes
infantry was engaged at Lipa, and their
quick volleys of musketry, rapidly adj
told that the Austrians were in
ull retreat. The First army pushed
Onward at once, the artillery limbered
Up and galloped up the slope, coming
nto action on every opportunity to
end its shells against the retreating
the infantry, emerging from
he woods, formed and pressed at the
louble quick. Prince Frederick Char
es put himself at the head of his regi-
nent and dashed over the Sadowa
fridge and up the road, followed by all
lis light cavalry.
The Prussian artillery halted on the
ummit of the Lipa hill and fred shells
apidly, (which burst with terrible precis-
on over the heads. of the fugitives.-
The cavalry flew forward in pursuit
tut the Prince, after leading short
Fay, had to superintend the general
movement for the Austrian batteries