The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-02
IN PRUSSIA.

Commando OF tho Prussiau Armles-NIuster
Of tho Chief Omcers-The Victories In the
Fiold-What Has Ensuod aud What May BE.
TREvEs Prussia, August ID, 1870
When last wrote you informed you that Prince
Frederick Kari had taken up his headquarters at
this place. at an iron foundry. was then not al
lowed to disclose any army movements Of names OF
the ofacers commanding corps.
Before commence to give you a brief outline Of
the last few days Of blood, will give you the officers
names now commanding the Prussian army. The
Prussian army is divided in twelve corps;-
First-East Prussian Army Corps, Is commanded
BY General Manteufel, whom the people Of Frank
~ General SsniSa
Observation-Disclosures, by General Won Aiven-
Fourtn-By General Won Avenslebeu L.
This corps Is composed Of Prusslan Saxony and
Ftrh-Posen. by General Won Kirchbach.
Sirh.slesan. by General Won Jumping.
Seuenth-WestphaLan, by General Zastr0w.
nM-scaiewig. aoistein, by General Mansteln.
1enth-Hanoyerian, by General Won voigts Rheth.
E1erenh-hesse and Nassau, by General Bose.
TtcelfTh-Sax0ny, by the Grown Prince OF Saxony.
The Guards are under the command of Prince
Augustus OF Wurtemburg.
FOUR ARMIES
These twelve corps to when must be added the
armies Of Bavaria, Wurtemburg and Baden, are
divided in four armies. The Army of the North.
whose duty is to defend the Faderland from inya
sion of the French from the Baltic, is under COM
mand Of General yOgel Won Falckenstein, the gen.
eral who defeated the army of the German Bund
north Of the river Main In 1880.
The Right Army Is commanded by Prince Frede-
rick Karl, with Colonel StieDe as chief Of STAFF the
Centre Army by General Stenmetz the hero, as they
call him, who defeated the brave Danes in the
schleswlg- aolstein campaign; the Left Army corps
by the Grown Prince OF Prussia, with General Won
Blumenthal as chief OF staff
army, headquarters Mayence. with General Won
Moltke by his side, the real commander, IN whose
strategica powers the whole Of Germany place the
yICrOsY--pgAD AND THE BuRrALs.
have given you the officers IN command OF the
Prussian army. The first advance made was by the
left army. under the Crown Prince of Prussia. on
WIssembourg. and has been even more decisive
victory than the victorious generals themselves knew
IL to be at first Five thousand prisoners have
already been brought In, and they say more are
coming; six mitralleuses, three eagles and two
cannon.
Marshal MacMahon was wounded and General
DOuay killed.
The loss on the Prassan side is very heavy. They
estimate 1t as nigh as IL, 900 killed. The wounded
nave all been removed, but few Of the dead have
been buried, for the number OF the wounded was
SO very great that every man that could be spared
from duty was required to looS after them. All
and have been assisted by q large number Of SOL
dlers. Every village near by has all It's houses
yerted into hospitals While the sick OF the army and
those who are wounded VINO can be removed are
sent to Frankfort, Wiesbeden and Homburg, which
are the general hospitals.
OF the Prusslans ana French lie side by side,
and the fatigue parties are digging large trenches,
In which the Prussians and Fyonch are being buried,
clothed In their uniforms. No other tombstone is
put to mark the spot than plain wooden cross, on
which Is written the number OF the regiment. But
here and there q few are silently carrying some
c0mrade VINO was favorite, and whose merry voice
Is hushed forever to some retired spot The officers
are placed In single graves alongside the
men, few feet or Is an old Prussian general: tears
IN his eyes, he is Duryng his son, who died for
Just in tne bloom OF youth and leave the old, whose
race is SO nearly rum to liye but such Is the fate OF
war.
have thus given You few details OF the left
army; now to The right army, Prince Frederick
Charles
The French advanced upon Saarbruck, having
Tor its object TO begin the war after Marshal Nies
the fortified camp commanding Saarbruck, which
Is a town OF about 900 inhabitants. In about two
hours the Prussan troops retired from their strong
position and The French artillery occupied The sum-
init OF the camp and directed strong fire on the
Saar, where the Prussian amouscades were posted,
and both sides OF the bridge, nanked By Prussan
traleurs, who fought with energy and showed
themselves up 10 the mark as good soldiers.
DOUBTFUL OF PARIS.
Informed you in my last that the love OF the
Han0yerians was not so great as the Prussians try
to make out l was talking to private soldier OF
way OF Frankfort, and said he thought by the way
the soldiers were served IN comparison to the other
C4teS THAI ITO love WAS lneIc, anu lie Thought
people wished the French success, as nearly all the
community were Americans and English. The
trumpet sounded ana lie had to fall in. and as he
wished me go0dby he said, 1.-THE day after to-mor-
row we shall be all lying dead" tried to cheer
him up by saying in few weeks you viii be in
Paris.
DEsPISE THE ENGLISH.
1t would amuse you to hear the Germans ak of
the English. They say the name the first Napoleon
gave them they find out to be the truth, "a nation
OF shopkeepels."
STRICT SECRECY.
An order has been issued from Herr Won Thlle,
that as Ii is thought highly desirable to keep the
movements and operations of the war profoundly
secret correspondents Of the newspapers cannot be
received at headquarters as heretofore. But MT
gratitude for his truthful letters to the London Times
during the American war, has been allowed by the
King Of Prussia to accompany him as one OF his
suite.