The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-31
4 TALK WITH rHE cRoWN PRINCE.
French Newspaper Correspondents at
their Work-The Pr,ace on the Battle
Of Woerth.

their Work-The Prjnce on the Battle
Of Woerth. "
=! G---., N Z.
Among the French who fell into the hands
tof the Pruseians after the battle Of Woerth
were two correspondents Of the Paris press. n.
Henri Chabrinart, o. the Figaro, and II. Car.
don. Of the Gaulois. Each; OF these gentlemen
|,bas published an account of his adventures.
At soulz they were brought into the. presence
Of the Grown Prince, and the ipteryieH is thus
described BY NJ. ohabralars :'i:t-= .als-si :.=A-
1 confess I IN; Very much embarrassed. II
draw aattering portrait OF The Prince; 1t will
sbe said that am sold Ito the PrussSips;ifI I
any malevoient passion. shall: be guilty OF in
justice and falsehood. 7 am a reporter, which
means hind. Of photographer. I shall there
fore simply and truly state what saw, aud
What was said Those who may be dissatisfied
!. with my account, must deal with the Prince
themselves. It is not my; fault that he Is hu.
name. Would to heaven that all Germans we're,
Prince Frederic William; heiE to the Crown
OF Prussia, is q man OF tall stature, thin, with
Es calm and ,pls6id countenshte but in! the
Ecurve OF his aquiine nose and dilatipg nos.
trils there are 'evidsnoessof eilerey,A while the
rspidity .ot his glance oonsinces OF hts. de-
cision!& A full fair beard softena the BONE.
wha. stern expression E Of his fsatnfss. He has rs
a!kind OF bourgeois style Of speaking thinking,
and general behavior, he was dressed ir d
black tunic With red collar and fIciugs. witn-
o1tsuy embroidery OF gold braid; npon the
shoulder small epauletyto indicate his rank,
but no other DISTINGUISHING ornament. He
wore small block cap bordered with red, and
the whole uaiferm was severely simple, He
foreign accent. beyond ! slght German int
nition and occasional, i; hesltaHon at certain
words. "De you speak German; sir5Ss said he
20 me. it.crI. -f;ccsJ ,5.-H!a ~ :. huL
s.No, Prsate;t : not sufficiently I. ~ : -
NJ am seryfor it, asgother!isoy yoa would
Of yours, and in what esteem they bold them"
| 81 thenk you very much for that opinion:
"Oh it is quite deserved. We have all 'ad.
mired the teHacity and the courage which have
been esinced by even the humbiest OF youe
| soldiers" - .h:l.lyf3 : -.:s:a::. = :.
Then, with much delicate econsiaa aaasion, AID
almcst making excuses for laeotiop.nR The
facse to us, he told'us that they had taken DE
4 tween 5000 and 1000 prisoners, thTty guns, six
misrailIeurs, and two eagles. -
"Among the prisoners said he.c'ls General
! Raoult, I-went this morning to see him at
Rsichshofen, where he lies wounded, he's bip'
and thigh being brokens 1 fear that he is now
ewing. he IS brave ,d6eer, and he has given
tae:some addresses in Paris 60 which he wishes
Aetters to be sent"
stBut, Prince" I observed, ''the other priso-
= ners also hare families" r.e.
.sI have thoughtof that, Ebave had them
supplied with writing materials; the letters will
will forward them to France" -
| "Prince, We thank you Oh 'betalf OF the
mothers whose griefyou are about to assuaee.
II do not like war, gentlemen. ~ should
reign would never make it.. Now, despite my
love Of peace, this is the third campaign that l
the battlefield Yesterday. 1t vas iris httCi;
lit only depended upon myself this warwonld
end here. It ls your ministers and the En-
peror who would bGye it, it was not we who
wantedlt. And yet:the Emperor has beenEery
good to me and very kind to my w,fe. The
iaat time that saw him was at the Tuileries
on the 18th Of January,. when he said TO m.:
you know that have fun a new Minister.
That was this N. Olivier, who nov makes THIS
war against u.s." -,.--E,. .--",'. -
1T is terrible, jndeet5 andI thioh your ar
tiliery Is very formidable. ,"'.1r-.,. ~,t.. ~.
tNo, sir, it is not superior to yours. bat we
make different pse OF it from whst you 90,
placing it more freely with the advanced
posts. Your aim is very Eeood-too good. ln-
deed, for We haze lost. i think, more men than
you have. Ihase segiments which have lost
twenty.nins or thirty oficers. But we have
taken prisoners, and that restores our advan-
tage. - -. -.
ian enormousadvantage, for. you know we'll
what you bad before you Yesterday.
..Nearly forty Thousand. men. the corps OF
Marshal McMahon and division OF the
Seventh Corps. I did not intend to attack,
wishing only tomake reconnaissance ~ force,
| but one is not always able to put an end to
fight when once it has begun. 1t was foriu-
nate for u.s.. on the whole, as be would doubt
| less have received reinforcements, and we
should have had still harder work nsxt day."
"Prince, it seems to ne that you ara very
ss Ss so asiS Se Sef sn,;ng
"But," said I. wilfully committing an error,
'it was your entire army which was engaged,
l.250, 900 men at least"
.Not go many-1s0,0OO man. They all
fought we'll; but If the Bivaria0s had marched
as weu as our men. we. should have had 1t all
over by noon instead OF fighting until 6o'cioca.:
was superior in number-otherwlse- would
prefer to retire"
"You have one great advantage, Prince, in
the precision of the movement Of your troops.
From the tower of Woerth We admired, though
! with the grief caused by witnessing your sue
| effected upon our position"
i SaThe hills Of Froschweiller are real fortln-
cations, and I did not care to attack them di-
rectlv. By turning them lost fewer meo."
ave are very much obliged, Prince, Tor the
few minutes You have been pleased to devote
to Us, but We do not see with you the Duke OF
Coburg, whom We desire to thank, for it was
be who saved as yesterday, and, netwitbstand.
ing his raany anIie.ies, he has not forgotten
the promise which he made to speak to you
about u.s."
II will perform your commission -
ave now ask that we may be taken back to
the advanced posts.
81 see no objection" and then, having cour-.