, 1870-08-31
THE WAR IN EUROPE


INC French I'zi4oncr. in Rcrllu.
~, He'1n Correspondence ~ the Lot,son Nr1e.
=, Nnen tAe Tram with the prisoners got in,
mere we're about 5000 people inside the
= .etm.nns i,i,ning the rails great numbe- OF
cafisi fiins i,n.. or street boys" "a they arc
merry aud good.natuted yell received tho rci
trousers OF the French infautry. and the blue
ecttumes Of the Turcos. IN cach carriage
the1e was one lfusetzn private Of either Of
tuc t"o regiments who Atorncd the Geissberg
ssoa. III, nn!} a. Melssen. hsLelmes adorn
tats.s saaatting, but their guides invited them
70 s1Aha np to thow their respect for the
people of the capital. While ,heT were SLOWLY
rarttnS befo.e ME examined lilo expre.sion
u ;,. ;aelr soantenances: 1t was mostly that Of
fns e.oe.y: md q embarrassment not un-
Understand what the people. In N cnnrmous
cohtut!on Of voices, sa:d to them bnf tha nm.
elsa6ablS conlcal grin OF the street boys.
slttius Oh the shoulders Of each Other. q, Ill
events gave them hint oft
At last one succe.eful CIT got tina MINER
hand, for Which somebody had FURNISHED tha
toss WIN the necessary French. and whicn
MAS Addressed to every Tnfco or Xonars .fter
tie tna1,ner Of les idnpions, Lss {tnf* l..
ch0fs! Where are the toul.cats? had become
Tie faVoflte retrain Of tbs juvenile voices. Ii
MaA eae1iy observable tlat, with the bows. the
~<AA1t NOAeAQEfEU A8 6SurNfT
and Inundated enemle., were e.trema1r t7n,;.
u.at: N few niutes tho toundIesB n,1arity
oi the iads communicated itself to tbn Freurj,
themselves, their officers excepte}. yho nd
themselves in tho interior Ct their firet-cla,s
E1a'tsay cairiage. left tho young lstliss
hane'ne IN refreshing drink to the tasny fol-
lows OF Southern France and of tho 5tjas
and made my cab follow the track Of tho CIR,
cular railway. over which the train] Vas to
proceed 10 tho Eastern line. This ci.cu1ar
railway, On level with the road, haa in nro-
cees Of time been lined with houses, and is.
~ TACT. now street railwav. Deuso tuasses
OF people ssood all along it.
At Lust Was ovestalen by the ttain, and let
it Pass. But how had its aspect changed, Il
looktd o. never railway tfnlu had looked be-
fore. That frate11lixation Of the pri-oue,s
With the boys had become perfect numbers
OF item had crept iuto the carriages. and
were sittlne between the legs Of the Fsench
ana tue Africans. wearing their caps. Several
had provided themselves with cats Thoss
that could not get iutu the crowded carriages
had climbed on the top Of them. whese tkey
auuuted themselves by standing on their
heads and brandieling their legs. There were
no 6tatrt, no protruding boards, that tho boys
were not sitting upon. Seen from a distance
the trsin looked like Buddhist idol, with
thousands OF legs and thonsauds OF arms
| pEottudinE in uncomfortable directions.
There Was young, tall. tlcahy, bsxzlIcea
AEab, with fair ek1n, and extrenete hand
some face, who excited general attention be-
cause he looked altogether like wom.n.
lie people, IN fact, imagined that he really
him with fan, with which he kept tanning
Muse!f and smiling in tho naost arch and co.
4uetisA way, being evidently accustomed to
have bis fun with the public. l reached the
terminus OF the Eastern Railwny by short
cut before The train. but could get in with
crest dlfnculty, owing to the immense crouda
by Which It was surrounded. The dense1y.
reop!ed neighboshood. tho seat Of tho DerGr
shawl manufacture, bad poured forth still
| greater masses than were visible Ut the Hes
Of the town. Here the attempt to admit b,
ticket only had perfectly broken down.
dare say tlst there were not less than So Dol
people inside the terminus. Even the hug,
supper place for tho prisoners vas fillsd e
the brin, thus rendering their passage to thei
seats extremely difficult
The greatest efforts made By tho polio,
were Of no avsii: only the persuasive powe.
OF tue secular" ladies, who preslded hero
made the crowd yield. The prisoners eacl
Got large basin u loutelon au r.z, more thu,
quarter Of pound Of boiled bs.f, brea.
aud cheese, pint OF beer, aud cigar; every
thlng-1 tasted them mJaelf-of tie very tea
4Najlty. AZ 800 had been expected instead o
sWl, tho strongest appetite could be satisfied
supper finished, the ladies' presented cores
pondence cards TO the ptiaoners, to write t,
theit friends, with promise that they shout
l,e safely forwarded. either to TIC Froncl
headquarters or directly from Brussels. !
greater number OF the French than VIVA es
recse0 could write; fot those that could no
.ho others acted. 1t rendered the French 81
t1eDaely at their case 70 be waited upon by y
many l!etty and elegant girls, who ali auentl
1n1co, they salutcd him partly with, :. sale,
ak7saM and tho astonished tepl,
"-i.7d1im sasrnt.' was given with tho han
OH tho heart.
The German soldiers who accompanied til
prisoners we're enthusiastic With regard to til
after the Geissberg had been stormeJ. Tho
ro'sated out fourteen men, belouBicg to th
t Scsenty'fourtI Regiment Of tue line, vi!
were tho only remainder OF the regiment le
standing on tho battlefield. hut who refuse
to surrender, and Who, deprived OF ammuu
tios, kept cn lighting at tie point Of the b,
them, ,hey rushed at lss, il aboay @ ppon II sl,en n
aid threw them down wrestling i" Aou
: arms eherche Ii mort" said ono Of them I
nc, "consne ntlre Cotoncl, coD,nse aotre Gel
trai; dent roild 1e cherai" Tho train hs
brought the horse OF General Douay.
ASK aim. ssid rEusaian private, "wl
be thinas they were oyerpoverej."
|
: man told tho tale OF the who!o war II WI
I 1--WE wcrc too weak in number; We had {.
all advanced post) neither cavalry nor suit
Gent artillery with ne, and anally wo had Z
4 more munition."
!, That is the thipg,'' said tue Pzassiar
! task Linn how many cartridges he had got
! Eighty" was the rrenchman's reply.
e Now tell him that I. who had only sixt
j; hEd for.y-dvo left when I took him: and t.
i him that the strength Of an army consists
y men artl Of cart1idgcs. and that firing nv
eighty cartridges is just the same as losing
man. They did very serious damsgc to US
+ The bceinning-our regiment lost GOO me-
;, but 3. the expense OF such q nunlber OF sh<
i that we knew they we're moro weakened til
l. We were,'
+ When this was explained to tile Fsenchm:
Is lie saia Il l knew il, too, hut too late.
s. nrycr before fought against such troopa
A YOUR. We must no longer ski1mish ~
= have been accustomed to-"
II Most Of the prisoners we're taken "a IL
y mishere, in Il cave which formed their cov
{, and whero they were cut on By the rapid 4
: continuous advance OF the rrussians.