New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-18
The battle Of ssdown.
DETAILS or TIE BATTLE ITS DECISIVE CHARACTER
AND PROBABLE RESULTS.

IRON The LONDON Times Ju'y5.
The decisive blow has been struck. and the fortune
OF war has once more deTei IN favor OF Prussia The bold
conception aud c0nsummae execution Of their frhed plan
Of campaign and the results long series bloody
ter haI M The lose q last wcek the
their forces the plain Bohemia and 20 press close
uDon their enemy who after disputnc The ground by
inca along every OF hat mountain GIT Kingdom had
fallen back fed at az loai paai'1g e9a b,dng w tgynas
bay hs a.: GRrgoaHd On nc Eb betSeen LIS two
strong hholds OF JosephGisdt and ggratz
pause Of three DAYS seems 20 have been allowed 20 the
eombatqntl on both sides Finally Tuesday frst Pru
sian army Under Prince Frederick Charo advancing from
Giscn tie road that by C AID HogIl leads 70 sad
owa ard the second army under Prince crossing
he Ebe 20 meet them up ~ fheir combined forces
der the command Of their hngln array II Is said
less Than ut army corpson point near KONG
gfaz between the night bank a the Ele and the e' Of the
Esintz Tributary stream. Which rlrs parallel 70 the
main river from Horz!iz to It's confluence with H.
Marshal Benelek aware Tia. the decisive moment had
afnvrd issued forth from konggrai2 apparently with
only five army cOru7 hnt choosing natural with
who s,Ood on his own ground most position
The battlefield described rs being near 'ztz near Sadowa
KOggga,S the lighting ragged proba from one end 10
Of of country Tie battle lasted y
hours For hours the Ausrans defended strong position
they had chosen behind the Brz but was taken bv storm
toward clock and by O'Clock in the evening the defeat Of
the Austrans was complete The earliest irass.an bulletins
the evening at and II O'clock. claimed victory
and spoke Of ther army close IN pursuit Of their routed
enemies.
BY accounts dated Yesterday told that three
fagI and "a guns taken by three OF The ric0ri0as regieH
and lees hsn 10000 Ausraa PysoHers had ALREADY LeH
trosg iH The trophies by which other corps signazed
the ycav total number Of their prisoners had not
yet been as6aned but the l2h Prussn ssars said to
have broken two Austrian squares by their own admis-
son the Prsslsns purchassd their triumph At harry
prtcsj all their corps brought into action. and
ell suffered severely Nothing. h0pero. can ezoeed the
edtnt of ne Austrian disaster As telegram after tele
comes in every fresh detail confirms conviction
that the Imperial Army already exhausted by series OF de-
eats in which no less than 20 90 prisoners had fallen into the
enemys hands dsped by the consciousness Of the fearful
odds against which IL had 10 contend 20 that fatal
needle which experience proved To be almost irresistible
went into the Held bent effort much a. de-
Tense 81 e monarchy support Of its ancient military ,eH0r7
and fought not 90 re sell The se0Ty az the hSA
pofibis The iusiriOus the empire
among the dead and wounded
Count Jbun and Col Binder both high IN command.
among the former; the latter three Aa1kes and
Gen. festecs. Prince Lichenstein and Prince Windisch
gratz were taken prisobers We have no acro t the
Austrian sides melancholy proof that they has' good It'd
ings with which 10 mitigate the cruel inteigene that the
disorder 10 their camp too great for them 70 TANK Of te
graphic or written dspachesbu the Prnssan bulletins
that their enemies filling back Konig
gratz In complete rout strewns their arms and bag
gage far and wide along the road. The first
nstioct eof selfrreservstoa drove the fnEitive multi
tude 70 their for bat either they did not feel safe
Koniggratz Marshal Benedck was acfuaed by strategic
to movement still further 10 the rear Tor told
Tat the Ausrians abandoning their simportan po
zion at the great railway junction at PardubE Where this
sat ddeie 10 TO terminate what iSnts Marshal Benedek
nv still consider deepstle. where he can hope TO md
mhng for the reorganization n hs scattered and dis
rhd forces hasdy venture TO inquire The snddenness
and ne magnitude Of this sad Austrian calamity
powsng for any speculate its 9is
on thtlestin VI the Empire 1l.. ltH
WIihe exception 81 few fortresses cr = 30 avail il