, 1870-08-25

Of battle. More anu more picturesque grew tho
whole field rs evening fell. The movements
of t7oops could he followed now hy
lines Of nre that ran nckcr,ug along tho front Of
regiment as It Went Into action. Tongues OF
dame pierced through and Illuminated the smoke
Cut OF the cannonss mouth, anil the fuses Of tho
shells left long trains Of ire like failing sta7s No
General likes fighting by night, IN ordinary cir
safnstanees. for chance taxes then the place OF
skill: but the lanklng movement on the French
right had been resolved on by daylight, and II was
the necessity Of moving truops to great lis
lance, over ,'ttacu1t ground, which dc
layel its execution, and brought about
what Eeen1cd renewal Of battlc after
day WAS done. TO leAve the French
in their positions during the nigh, would hare
t"en to tnpez1l the plan On which the prussian
commander had resolved. So, from or sx to
., the decisive blow was st1uck- When the battle
Ut GFayclotte had actually ended We knew the
31nssians held the Strong heights beyond the Dois
lie Flut, which conmnutis the surrounding coup-
try to the limits of artillery range from Metz We
knew that tHo great Prussian armies lay across
the only road hy which Dazatne c-uld r:arch to
Paris for Its relief OF for his own escape. We
knew victory greater than that Of Sunday and
more decisive than the triumph Of Tpesday, had
been won. We belleyed the French army, which
Ind fought as vaiiautly md yain1y as before, vas
now horelcse1y 1hut 1p IN Its fortress.
''As went back TO the village Of Gore to pass
the night, turned at tho lust point to 1o1g upon
the battle neld. 1t WIS long bound cloud,
With TWO vast burning buildings at either end.
The day bad been beautiful 50 far as nature was
concerned. and the stars now looked down In
splendor upon work OF agony and death such a.
40 one could ever Wish to See agaiR.n
correspondent describes the scene Of the bat
lie Of the 10Th as one seldom e4uniIed- Thirty
miles OF ground were covered nlth the deal and
wounded Of both eidea. The cannonade from
thc German side, and the rattle Of the necfyc
guns, were terrific. The defeat OF the
frrreh was tota], and thclr long columns
could he eeen pouring toward the north in M CT
lott to Grade pursuit. by way Of Brfey. The loss
on both sides Is Immense. Many French prisoners
were taken. The King himself Was personally h1-
tcnttSe to the Ftench wounded. French peas
ant, taken white killing wounded uerman, Was
hanged at Gorze. Ont OF 900 Inhabitants OF the
netghbo.hood, scarcely any rematned.
The battle Of the 1stb, Sunday, Is described as
bloodier than Sadowa- In the morning party
Of Germans had pushed forward upon the position
Of the Frcnch. who retired IS they advanced The
French subsequently received strong reln-
1ofcementa, and tntfenched themselves
behind the strong earthTofks extend
ing around the city. at distance Of two OF
three niles fn t. circle, including the Villages Of
AoaAN1s NN1eHnA&t -'Au4tuft NaHSEfluEp ALL A$E44-
t1y. On the side Of the Germant, there we're en-
camped In the immediate ne!9hbo1nood the Sew
enth and First Army Corpa, which, with the Hgnth
Army Corps r1tch was further to the rear along
the highway from St. Avoid to Metz, formed the
trzt army under General Won steinmetz, which ia
| The extreme right Of the German combined army.
The number OF German troops actual, In the
battle was 4, 900. The French had great deal o1
artillery and cavalry. The Germans had but ltttle
cavalry or artillery. The Germans carried all the
ofeastWorks against the murderouR Gre Of the
rlenen' WHO we're always compelled to retire DE-
4oie tsem, but the murderous IRE Of the chase
poi tod very severely on the 9ernans who, in tAt
engagement, lost more than the French. 1t VA:
loe superior courage Of the Germans which com