The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-27
1uE VICTORIOUS FRENCH IN BERLIN
How they were Received by the People
The BOYS ask the Turcos for their Cats
TIN Ladies Talking French and Arabic
to the Prisoners How the Battle was


Tfe Ladies Talking French and Arabic
TO the Prisoners How the Battle was
Lost.
Correspondence of LoAdon Teios.
When the train vita the prisoners got in, there
were ahou, $3.50 people inside the terminus lining
the rails; great numncr o "Eamins,u or "strcct-
boys" rs they are called here, auong item. A tire.
mendous but merry and gocd.nlnrod yell received
the rod trousers Of the French infantry and the blue
costume Of the Turcos. In each carriage there wgs
h stor,,c1 trc o,s lily a. V"is. ON
burg, his helmet adorned with green buu-hs TIC
French were paru, eGuttin', Tut iheir guides in
rcopc of tho cariiul. Nhls tbc3 we're slowly pas
Ing before ne Icxlminod TIC oppression Of tior
countcnances II wWs mostly Il at Of shy curiosi-
w. and OF embarrassment not unmlxcI With pride.
OF course they could not understand What tNe peu-
PIC, In an enormous oonfuton OF voices, sud 10
them, but the unspeakably con cl grin oil lhc stree
boys citing tie shoulders Of each OtnCr at all
events gave them lint OF II.
At last one successful CRY rot the urnor hand, for
which SON eboGy had fufris ed the boys with the
Ieccssary French, ard Wi u Was addrcsset 70 every
Turco g: zounve after the manner OF Les lampions.
had become the flyoriie refrain of the juvenile
voices II was easily observable That, with TIC boFe,
the French, far from bein. considered rs haughty
and Illuminated enemies. were extrcucly popular.
In few minutes the bOundlcss hilarity Of the lads
c99mmunlcated itsei,to We french the,uselye tleir
Of Their rsclass railway carriage. left the young
ladies' nnding In refreshing drink TO the tawny fol-
lows of Southern France and ofthe Atlas. aud made
my cab follow the track Of the circular railway, over
which the train WIS TO proceed to the Eastern line.
This circular railway on level with tho road. his
In process oi time been hired with housos, and IL,
IN fact now street railway. Dense masses OF peo-
pie stood nl along 1t.
poss. But now Ind its Inspect changedi 1t looked
as never railway train had looked before. Thai
differentiation OF the prisoners NTH tho boys had
become perfect; numbers OF them had crcpt in'o
u carriages. and wore sitting between the legs OF
he FrStch and Tie Africans, weiriug their cans.
Several had provided Themselves with cats. Those
that could not get into the crowded carriages had
climbed on tue ton OF them, where they amused
trcnsclvts by standing on tneir heads and brandt ~.
ing their lcgs. There wore no stairs no protrud.
Ing eo.rls, tIat boys were not sitting upon. Seen
from distance the train looked like Buddhist
protruding In inconccivlble directions.
There was young, tall. feeIy, beardlcss Arab,
excited general attention because he Looked al
tore ner Hike women The people. in fact iuacin.
cd tlfAt lie really WAS woman, and TIE ladies ad
presented lin with fan with which lie kept fan
ming himself and smiling In the most arch ana CO.
que.tish way, being evidently accustomed to have
his iun with tao public. | reached the terminus OF
the Eastern Hallway by short cut before the train
but could get In Oith great difficulty, owing to Tie
immense crowds by which IL was surrounded.
flie deusC.y copied neiuhborhood tao scat OF the
greater mas cs than Wero visible al the wet OF The
town. Here tue attempt 70 admit BY tiaGct only
tad perfectly broken down. dare say that there
were not less than JOO00 PEOPLE inside tie terminus.
nled 10 the b-in, thus rendering their passage TO
IAcir seats extremely difficult.
aNrH only the lciruast'c powers OF tic "tetu.ar
auies WAC pTesi cl here made tine crowd Weld
The prisoners got each large basin Of 60VieiOr at
re, more thsn quarter Of round oi boiled bee,
bread and cheese, pint OF tccr. and cigar every.
thng-l tasted then mysell--of the very beet DUAL
Ivy. As oish hundred had been expected Instead OF
I've hundred, tie ,;rougcst apoctic could be salts
nci. Supper finished Tie ladies' presented core
sponlenCc cards to The prisoners 20 write TO ticr
friends, win promise that they should BE- sauiy
forwarded either to the French Headquarters or di.
ieety, from Brussels. A greater nun er Of the
tI So oil Ns.v.H..
TIA; could not tue others Hc,cd. IL rendered tnc
French extremely at their case to lie waited upon
b. 20 many pr,t'y and ell CANT girls. who all 1ucn..
" spoke Flcnch. Mica tie ladies came 10 Turco.
ihel saluted HIN tartly w,ti " Sy'.R oitR,Ut :"
ard Tie a.ion,slod rely. " A,e'kaa sai.m' was
tiNeu with the hand Oh the heart.
Tic German soldiers who accompanied the prs.
onct- were enihl-iastic with regard 20 the bravery
"uh Mhict tue French han iou :ht, atcr tic Gyiss-
berg had been stormcd. Tloy pointed out fourteen
Zen, bel rein- to tie Seventy fourth HcEim.nj OF
m line, who were TIC VI Gle rrmniua Of tie rel
meut lett standing on ue battle hold bu, Who r..
iusci 10 SURRENDER, AZ Who. deprived OF aim.ni.
.1h, Lc,, ON ~ ''ng at the POINT OF the bay ,ne,.
rushed at l"st IA body upon them aud ,Irew thcr
d,%h NtC ,l'rt. "AtnS crane c'DH. N t.yt"
10, aot,s o'afro. dsat t9ia l. ci,rl" ne ,r,ip
..d uIIu-ut d 20 IHi-e ui Cyu. Duutv.
,,,'sf; ., ,ja r al! iin,,i41 pr'~.o why lie
Il.t wlsa sa-adog' question. and thc rerlv Of the
Intelligent and we'll Tired liouchman told c tale OF
'he whole war IL WAS, " We were too weak 10
number; we had Con an advanced post reither cav
airy nor sufficient arMieJ VITA US. snd finally we
lad 10 more mutation"
Irat is tie itias,' s.l tae Frgssan; "as!. llim
how many cor,rid-es he had gJt"
"Elsaty,n was the Fronchmau's rcrly.
" Now tell him that J. Who Lad only siyty had
forty five lett when took hin: gnl tell Aim thai
the siren IN OF army consist, OF men ana of e. IT,
ridges. aud that firing away eighty cartridges Is in-
thc same as iOsing MAN. jdey did very serious
s, ,, 20 VI, ~ tLe bcs.Gntng-our ro,ment lost
shots 'h1l We knew they were more weakened than
we were"
Muen this was explained to the Frenchman he
said: ." knew 30, too, bu. too late. We never be.
fore fought against such troops yours We must
no longer skirnish as We have been accustomed To-"
ost OF the prisoners we're iakcr, a. kirmish ors
In cave which ormci their cover. and where u,ey
wcr2cut 90 rs the rapid aud Continuous advance OF
the ri russians.