Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-15

Events In the histSry OF " arfare.
Thursday night, the Isl, after their de.
Faats on the 30tL and 3lst, all the French
re,fsatad en- mJSse or Sedan, and encamp.
al around it, From what learned from
French prisoners, of whom, as you NAV
imagine, there was no lack in these guar.
ters, it seems that they fully believed the
road 10 Meziers always to be open to them,
and therefore in case of another defeat be.
fore Sedan a retreat would be cas- Y accom-
pished
On the evening of Wednesday, from five
TO eight o'clock, We lost the Grown Prince
at Chemery, a village some seven miles from
Sedan, to the southwest, on the main road.
At half past five we saw there was great
movement among the troops encamped all
around u.s. and we thought at first that the
King was riding through the bivouacs; but
soon the 37th regiment came pouring thro'
the village, their band playing "Die Yacht
am Rhein." AS they marched along with
swinging strides, ! saw at once by the
mems faces that something extraordinary
was going on. 1t was soon plain that the
troops were in the lightest possible march
ing order. All their knapsacks were left
behind, and they were carrying nothing
but cloaks slung around their shoulders,
except that one or two bon ViuiQntS
had retained their camp kettles, bat those
carving the kettles left behind their car
touCLe cases and the kettles were hanging
heavily in front of the mems belts, unbal-
anced. as they ought to be, by knapsacks.
Soon | learned that the whole Prussian
corps-t4ose lost from Prince Frederick
Charles army, the second army, and the
Grown Princes were making forced
mayca to the left in the direction OF DOUGH.
erv ana NcZ!ers, IL order TO shut in Mac
Nah04s army on the west, and so drive
them against the Belgian frontier. I learn
ed from officers Of the Crown Princes staff
that III the same time while we were watch
ing r.giment after regiment pass through
CleLery, the Saxons and Guards, eighty
thousand strong, on the Prussian right,
under Prince Albert OF Saxony, were also
marching rapidly to close on the
doomed French army on the right
bank Of the Meuse, which they had cross
Ell at Homiliy on Tuesday, the goth ia the
direction Of Lachapgll, small village Of
Mae hundred and thirty inhabitants on
the road from Sedan to Bouillon. in Bel
pium, and the last village before crossing
tie frontier. Anything more splendid than
the mems marching would be impossible
70 imagine | saw men lame in both feet,
bobulipg along in the ranks, kind CON-
rcdes. less toot-sore, carrying their needle
guns. Men who were actually incapable
OF putting one foot before another had
pressed peasants wagons and every availa-
bic conveyance into service, and were fol-
lowing in the rear SO as to be ready for the
great battle which all felt sure would come
of on the morrow The Bavarians, who,
i. is generally believed, do not march SO
well as they fight, were in the center be-
tween Usalhemery and Sedan, camped
around The woods of Lampetel, famous for
the great battle Of 1871, during the wars
OF the League.
When had seen the last regiment dash
through-tor the pace as which they went
can really not be called marching IN an
ordinary sense--I rode of, about quarter
pas, 8 il the evening, for Nendresse, where
the Kings headquarters were, and where
hoped to ind horse.room Tor man and
beast, especially the latter, as being far
the most important on the eve OF great
battle. When got within about halt d
mile Of Vendresse, going at steady trot, a
sharp Halt !" rang out clear | brought
nv horse to a stand-still, knowing the
Prussian sentinels would not be trihed
with. As pulled up, twenty yards Oft, |
heard the clicks Of their locks as they
brought their weapons in full COCK ana
covered me. My reply being satisfactory,
! logged on into Vendresse, and my mare
ald myself had soon forgotten the sent-
ne!s, forced marches, and coming bat
tles-one ofus on the straw, and the other
on the floor
At seven Thursday morning my servant
came to wake me, saying that the hing $
horses were harnessed, and His Majesty
would leave in half an hour for the held;
and as cannonading had already been
heard near Sedan, ! jumped up, seized a
crust Of bread, wine, cigars, &c., and
crowded them into my holster, taking my
breakfast on the way. Just as got to my
horse, King William drove out in an open
car..Age, with four horses, for Cheyange,
about three and a halt miles south OF Sc
dau Much against my will l wac CON-
ht-4tI4 Al A4AbN bl4N NI4-El - '''A'-
me OIL tho road to the scene q aeCol,
where Iarri7ed myself soon after 3 O'Clock
1t Was impossible 70 rido fast, Gil the roaos
being blocked with artillery, ammunition
wagons, &c.
AsI rode on to the crest Of the hill, which
rises sharply about 800 or roo feet above
the little hamlet of Chevange, nestled Ill
grove below, the most glorious panorama
burst on my view. As Gen. torsythe, OF
the U. s. A., remarked to me later IN the
day, it would have been worth coming
merely to see so splendid a scene, without
Battles magnlfcen..y stern array
In the lovely valley below us, from the
knoll on which / stood, with the KING ana
staff. We could see not only the whole val
lev Of Tie Meuse, but also beyond the great
woods Of the Bots de LoCp ana tranch.eI-
va. into Belgium, and as far as the hliiy
forest Of Numoon, on the other side OF the
frontier Right at our feet lay the little
town Of Sedan, famous for its Notifications
by youban, and the birthplace OF Iprenne
tie great Marshal; known, also, as the
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