Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-07-28
Rattie OF SadOWa.

Battle OF SadOwa.
The military correspondent Of The Londo
Times, with the Prussan army, sends the 10
owing:
SEVERITY OF THE FIGHT.
The field Of battle this morning shows The Sc
verify of the fight. The wounded have all bee
removed, but lew Of the dead have been buried
for the number Of wounded was so great tina
every man " DO coult be spared om duty wa
required t. look after them. All night long III
"Kranktntrager" have been at work and hav
been assisted by a large number OF soldiers
Every village near the field OF battle has all Ii
standing houses converted into hospitals, ant
I'll the surgeons IN he army have been busy al
night long In the woods and in the broker
ground the bodies of Austrians and PrussIan
are lolcrably equal in number, generally lying
in groups OF four or FIVE of either nation togeth
er, marking the spot where shell has burst
bat IN the open ground and down the reverse
side Of the Lippa slope the AustranS lie terri
bly, thick, and hardly a frusslan uniform is tC
be seen. v here'er the Austrians fought un
protected by cover, and wherever the PFussiaL
rif1emen, armed with Lsedie. guns, cOud SET
their enemies, The dispropoTicn Of The dead be
comes lLn, dIately apparent The com Is
tIodden down all over the field as fiat as II i
were slray laid ON a stable floor, and the grounl
is plowed up ard dug INTO holes with shells sc
hicky that IS hardly possible 10 ride IN stragh
direction fer twenty yards.
On the top OF LIfpa ridge, and near The VII
lage, sIauu large number Of captured guns
wIlb all their wagons and carriages beside them
and on the slope away from Sadowa the rest ar
placed under the charge OF The corps oil ih'
Guard which in the Crown Princes attach
slurn I'd Tie batteries. Everywhere about TIT
field, fatigue parties are digging large uenche:
IN which the Austrlans ard PTusslan killed ar
teiug laid side by side, lothed IN their uniforms
No other tombstone l. put 10 marx each grav
Than plain wooden cross On "h'ch ~ writer
| he number OF each reg menI that lies belo"
! be officers are placed III single graves near De
side the men. But here and there lew arr
seen silently carrying some comrade 10 NOR
retired spot. Or ole lart OF the field a PtuS
siar scpcIel with his staff was buTying his son
who had aRn III lie attack on the Austrian
right. Close by, the wife Of private soIdle
BIO had lounn her husbands body on the field
had ii buried hy some soldiers, had hung som
! oak branches on the little wooden cross al tn
cad, and was sitting on the freshly tanned earti
sobbing her heart out with his shattered heme
in her lap. he had followed his regiment II
order 10 be ear him from the beginning OF TIT
campaign, through all tie long marches TIT
army has made.
THE WOUNDED.
The less severely sounded have been m0veC
to Eorirz, Fl ON which, OIL he approach Of the
| lad -lu HaI
The vacated houses have been converted into
hospitals, aud al nearly every window and every
door men are hanging about lIStlesSly, with
heads or arms bound up, with half stupetlec
look, as if they had n'tyet recovered from The
stunning effect Of The blow which ha! disabled
them. Manv are AustIians nd are prisoners O
war; hut the greatest Liberty seems 10 be aC'
orded 10 them, for they are allowed TO wander
about the streets and to mix freely with the
Prussian soldiers.
TIE PRISONERS.
Long columns Of unwounded prisoners have
also been marched continual. through tee town
on their way TO The rear. The Austrians look
detected and unhappy, but march StolIdIy and
silently along bur The prisoners from the Ital-
ian regir: en,s laughed and talked cheerily, and
ON them their Imprisonment sits lightly.
Here and there an Austrian officer, prisoner
on parole, stroIs modify about, stopping every
now and then 10 retnrn The courteous saluianons
of the Prussian officers who pass by. To ease
the at xiety Of their FRIENDS a. home, they write
letters 10 announce that thoy are not killed, but
taken, and these are sent with flag Oft truce TO
The Austrians lines. The greatest 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, wound
ed mortalIy on the field, requested PIussIan
officers to serd their last message to their fam
lilies, which it is needless 10 say were readily
complied with.
Gen. Beauregard in Europe.
The London cores pendent Of the New York