, 1870-09-06

CAGO. TUESDAY,. >.
remarked to nc that he never saw anything 70
reckleae, 70 utterly foolish, a. that Last charge
1t WIS sheer maroer. The PEnss!ars, sitter the
French Infantry fell back, advanced rapidly!
80 rapidly th,t 1et:eaticg squadron
TOO siosety. turned round and
charged desperately once again. bnt It W1s of no
Use. The days Of breaking squares arc oTerr aac
the thin b1ue line soon atoQped The gallo oaset
1t struck NE T. mos, extraordtds.y thai, a this
point, the French hal neither artillery nor mltTa
leuse: especially these atter gu the bill. to cover
theIr lnfanuys The position was moss important,
and certainly worth sts2IntnE every
nerve to defend. One Thing was clear enough |
that the French Infantry, after once meeting the !
PE1sstana, declined to tTy conclusions With them
agats, Ind that the cavalry were seeking ~ eo-
courage Them Them by their example From |
orlocA till the EelnfoEcemruts eane TO the PFus-
slams, over this long disputed hin between ForaJ
AID Sedan. 10 support the regiments H. |
ready established there, al the time this
grtat coutict was gong On under Frltza eyes.
aud zine, mas add. another was fought, NUM-
the tess sevese. an., AZ tnoElernns for the La.
va.1sus. ~ the one hare attempted to describe
for the French
II there WAS var Of 4.it4aifl<usts on the hill
above Toycey, there vas certainly no want
OF them IN the Raizailles rayfae.
On that side there YVES, for more than an hour,
orc continuous roar OF muete1y anu m>11aii-
leuses. Two Bnyarian officers told me that the
ivss in their regiment was terrific, ana that II
vas the mitralllcuses which inside the tavoc. At
t1ve minutes PAST in lhe afternoon, the French
| tutally Abandoned the Hill between TorcJ and
Sedan, md fell book Oh the Fanbourg
Ut Cavalry last outside the sItparts uf the toHn
"NeM tue battle Il lost for the French, said
General Sheridan, TO the great tla.Ighs Of tho
fIns5tan ondcets. une Wanld fanty that The.
t'rench hA., almost heard hts words. They had
hardly s>en uttered whcu there cn1ne iulI IN the
nring all along the line, or rather circle, It had
| now become. Count Blsnlark chosc that mo-
| uent to come and have a talk with his English
| and American fFleeda- aas anxious to knnM
| what the Federal Chancellor had done about the
threatened neutrality Of Belgium, and ny cnr1os-
| !tr WAS Qtat:ned. II tatc told the Belgian
Minister OF war; sAld Count Btsmatk,
"tha. 20 long as the Belgian troops 10 .hr!r TIT
nust TO disatm ans gumber Of French soid!rrs
Who mag crpss The frontier, will strictly rrssuet
tAh neutrality Of Belgium; but II, on The cVut1a-
rp, the Etlgans, either through negligence or tn
ability, 40 not dsa1m and cap-
:are> cTcry man In French uniorm
| who sets his loot IN their country, We snail At
once !nilow the enemy Into neutral territory With
| cur trDopa. Cons!leslnk that the French have
! Nen the nrst TO violate the Belgian sell, / hare
| bcen down tn hive a look at the Belgian t1oops
Heas the frontier" eddea Count Bis.na1k,
ami I confess they do not suspre
me with very high opinion Of their martial
as'los OF discipline, only when they have urA
great coats On. One can see a great deal Vi
/ lultsot, hut har,s1y aus selttter.'
IasIezl His Exccl!ency whether he thought ,ht
Emperor was Ut Sedan ''Oh. no., was TIT
| reply; " "Sapoleou Is MT yggy wise
but he ts NIT quite SO foUisf
IS to rut htunself ID Sedan Just DOW Fur onct
tn hth lite cuurt Vs,aaEk MAS ~roag.
AT quarter 10 O'Clock tue King came Il
| where was standing, Saying he thought ii,
beneath W, In trout Of the Secont
Darurau Coypa- At ten 1uiu,ttes to
General Sheridan told nc that Napoleon an,
I.nus were IN Sedan. At twenty minutes pa.t ,
tue Hzvattous below US not only contslvcd 70 Ge
inside Ut the fostldcatlons Of Seian hut to 1ua.l.
: :sia themselves ilcre, working their way fsou
hnuse tn house. At1, there was a great nghe 70
iAc possession Of tue nAge above BazelI1es. Thu
,akt.n, Sc,lau was swept On all sides by the ps,s
sian cannon, THIS point OF vantage was carrie
ty the Flussiaas at l:so, AMI when carried ther
coud no longer ta shade Ut .loutt ~ 10 the ult
r.atr fate Of Setjau.
At~,ut O'Clock, there WAS again Sudden sus
, | pension OF tpr cnIirnate along the whole Tins
, | 1nh many were fhc spcculastons as TO the cause
. hut nobody seemed 10 'venr the truth. You ma
judge Of our surprise when. four minutes tate
We saw French officer, anl e
corteh by two rLlar!s. corning
: hard tros up tne s;c.p bridge
q rath ttcm Su'!an to our post, one Of the Ihl1.
!, carrying white dus1es GU faEgot stick III
8 nag Of trGce+ The messenger turne,t ont to
i FscEch tofone1 cone to ask ternis Of surret!e
d Alter very shon consultation bctwee
tho King and Genera, Van Mo1.l
: the messenger WAS told that "iu
}. nsatter 50 important as The surrender Ut 9, lea
ID, 400 men, and an smnnstant fortress. 1t "
u / ueccasa.y 10 send M or, Of high rank. u
are. therefore. to retugn 10 Stslan, anil TIL Il
e Governor of the town 10 report himself imn1cd!
e ate1y to the King Of Prussia. II he does uo, 8
r. I s1se In al hour, our Eu
:. will again open nfc. You may tell the comu1an
ii ant that there Ia no use Of his trJtng - oata
T. any other terms than unconditional surrcnde7
le The Farlaimenttanc rode back with the mcssas
II I When he Was fflrlt oct Of car-sot his mtsst
'c | WAS most thoroughly cauvassetL
l.. AT half.past there arose %at:dcu c7y asao
y The members Of the Kings sta1 OF Der kai
u 4 'a da,s and then came loud hu1rah. Soon
- | began to look an xously for the second uax
r. truce, and, IN ten minutes more General REFILL
t. / todc up With le,ser for the King OF Psuss
e. As soon as the French General was In stg
the slender escort 9! cutrassicrs and dragons
ak | ha1 with us was drawn ur lu line two deep
b. hind the king. DC thu front OF tho cscor: p
it the stat, and ten ynt!is ID front OF them ar,
III stood His Majesty. King William Of Psuxstd
receive General Reilly. Tint o1lcer. as We u
n. learned, was tho bearer Of an autosra
ut ctteE from the Emperor Napoleon To &
William. Tha Emperor Of the French wrote
fulioWs:
Ell ~ cannot die at the heat Of my army.
ch my swo1,l al tho feet Of your Majesty. Ii
49, ront pas 1ouTifre Ia ftfx dt Jie II
led "4rt'tse mon e1'ue li>de dt refre Naj1s.a7
es- Why Napoleon should not die, as did thonsa
ch OF his soldiers, Ewvrd In hant, with his facc
the foe, Is not so clear. On receir, Of this II
astounding letter there was bIlet cousulta1
ed | tss1wecn tae King and the Grown Prince. who
coElc oycr from his |uii the Arrival Of the TIA
t1uce.Coun1 Rismask, General ron Moe,tEe, and
: I kocnl. After few minutes conversation,
King sat down on rush-bottomed chair
aus wrote note on another chair, held as table
len two AI''es-le-Camr. TO the Emperor. begging
for 10 come next norntnG to the King Of I'rus
.ch Headquarters.
1ch | While thls note vas teine written, Count
,la- marx cane up to Generals Sheridan aah FoEs
anu myself, and heartily shook oRr han,1s 81
for Inc coheratulate you most sincerely, Count,
ON | General Sheridan; IT eau only compare the
the | render Of Napoleon Ia that Of General Lc
the | Arralomattox Court House, When II can't
turn to grasp the C1ancellor's hand. l could
FER kep saving, after warmly conRtatuating
"You Cannot hut feel pride. couat Dts,na,
elyt having contributed 80 largely to the winnin
,ooo so-tlays victory "oh, no, ms dear sir, !"
tn scc mild answer, ~ am no strateglst, anu
lm. nothing to 10 with the winning Of battles. !
ans am proud Of Is that
Hasartans, the saxons and
wed Nartcnbe.Eers haSe not only teen On our
lut hare had 50 large pasl-.he greatest 81
The The glory is that they are With aud not az
That Is mY doing. do not think the Fl
not | will say now ttas sha South Germans
MI nct cfht fot our COMMON tathertl
asked bis Exceieney whether Louis was
etsn With his para, and Was told that no one i
and think that M one ca:e,! where that
,oll- ycrng man vas When the King had wzt,,G
was | letter, be himself handed 1t 10 General Re
a.so who stood baE%neaded 10 re
b. Il, tic Italian and the Cn
medals GI!ste.iDg On his breas. In the fading
'e.l light. Qneen Tictosts's image and supc.scsa
:Post have not often been seen on the uni!o,ns OF
surrcnderlnR without condition
rest AZ 20 minutes 70 5 General Reilly lets II
ming hc1eaguered town, escorted By the II
at The duster which had severed
niles 4 rae Of trrce was offered 10 nc a. souy
ming Of tits most memorable day, but II
eueh strange resemblance to other dusters, and
nierS cuned the prpnersd relic, Then there '
}, on general demand tor something 10 drink
uute. Count B:smarck's ail-dccamps produced tw
their ties Of Belgian beer, one Of then
were excel1cuey shared with General She
the Generl Fo1Byfh and mEseH, saying
Z OF ] he drank to the closer union Of the three
hun | teutanic peoples. As soon - General Reli
b H. ! gone, WAS ANXIOUS to be oN to The D
split frontier, In the hope OF getting messages thu
Ak OF | but Count Rlsmark's aid de camp 1ssutt