New-York tribune., 1870-09-24
A SOLDIERS ACCOUNT OF GRAvELOTTE.
The Proqrls de Lyon gives the following cir

The IrOgreS de Lyon gives ln0 lOllONlhg CIT
cumsauta account of the battle Of the lSh by soldier
You have heard Of our battle tie 18TH what slaugh
Ter acaiD from 10 o'clock TN uChtfal The PTIssans
occupied he woods from the h -ts which cUnumud uey
lad rc;urcd at fun speed by Tic Wcppy road they said
I'm camp that should have new army % cruSh-l
Us hat on ff'hte ftutIi.N Nttt''t ,...E
more than we d.; he may hold the Inhabitants to I."
moro holm f1r the wounded nothing Tor tho sick whose
number Increases every day. Iey have 40 tents ana
fever or run 10 the brooks wash their red eyes. Alas
what hurry they are in 10 have it over At il o'clock
iRey WcTe cutting OF our lett by the siu d. Their
artillery under cover OF wood was stnclhS Eile HnVnS
point blank; my poor, good o., VINO was He-
% Is f IN IN tbe cirst T1t div ticfr rI6ircc carried
but one md road by which We could take
them i'm flank and dslodge them. My commandant, jhe
good old man whom you know, had lead IN his thigh lie
prvat win the iov of child IL was not possible to
send him 20 the ambulance. large 6lae handkerchief
dressing it had This old grumbier dragged himself
about thus tin night At O'clock lost footing;
would have tnOught that fresh troops arrived every
village Of Amanvief the Chasseurs sounded TO charge
Our courage hearing the clarion sound
drst quarry Canrobet was coming with his reserves
Bourbah was going TO support the the move move
sharpshoOters were keeping mp tine deylFs
fire through the smoking gaps in the wood which
we had "a our backs when we arrived The regiment
only street Of the village at fun speeda rocky
road which turns abruptly toward the second Quai1es
10 right OF the church and cemetery This movement
was rapid that lost hut few in il. Three OF
four wounded dragged themselves u the Oakcuns be-
tween ChampenOn and LOuy From our new position
above the first quarriCs could in the valley the
grenadcrs driving the enemy cut of the cOpse which
burning TO the left Of the hollow road aud, almost
under feet two batteries sheltered behind the heaps
OF rough stones In front, between Saint PriVat ana
ROncOurt, the enemy reforming almost in the open
the plateau which bounds the wood Of Jaumon TO the
right. Two little farms burning OH the edge Of
these woods the peasants had abandoned everything TO
the MOsee That evening had TO break the doors in
10 put Of wounded out OF reach of the damp.
The battle recommended frOusy than al II and IL
o'clock. But we had to fear from the side of
Sainte Marie Ch6nes nothing to fear on the side Of
Brey. We held the famous semicrce under cover III our
town. only held it from south to west and the road TO
Metz fully occupied. Tho Marshal had gone 10 the
left he wished to direct the movements one more effort
and went 20 form in the edge OF the raYne
The white ancers to find themselves thrust on the
bayOnets at the opening TO Amanvers our GrenadeTs
Ascended with drums beating toward the plateau, with
out burning single cartridge 1t Was magnificent. L
had my saber under my left arm, Ike man who there
to look on not fight The fire spreading to the
north and in ones face like pulls of hot wind IL
then the great movement from lett TO rlght was
made, the ravne and the quarrfes did not see what
Happened there but two comrades Of the brave ION
said this morning that could imagine s'lch a
slaughter. -. =. Never mind, it was rough work, and
know what awaits the other side Of the river.
When have time will send you neurological list,
which will suggest singular reflections to amateurs
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