Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-29
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THE GERMAN KILLED AND WOUNDED.
From the New York Tribune.1 'iI 1Fi
There Is mtich anxiety among our
German population for the arrival OF
1 the lists OF killed and wounded in the
/ series of sanguary battles that have
4 been fought ntFfance, from Woerth to
Rezonville. There Is hardly a Ger
lman-born resident OF this country but
has some near relative In the German
armies which are now marching
through France. In these armies
there are military eontingents from
every part of Germany, and from
every State Of the North and South
German Considerations. The BaVa-
rians march alongside Of the Wurtem-
bergers and Badeners; the soldiers of
Saxony and Hanover support each
other on the battlefield = the Pfussians
/ from the North Sea and the Baltic,
from the Eastern Provinces and the
Southern line, are parts of the one
great body which is protecting Ger
many by Invading France. All of the
German States now engaged id the
| war are largely represented In our
German-American population; and
every man who falls in the ranks OF the
great army commanded by King Will
liam is mourned for by his relatives
and friends in America as well as by
his family and neighbors in Germany.
1.-The authorities In Prussia, as well
| as the other German States, have
very excellent arrangements for pro-
curing the names of all the. German
soldiers whoImay be put hoTS de COM
bat, whether by being killed, or.
wounded, or taken prisoner. Every
soldier has his name written on asmallr
piece Of stout paper, which is stitched
on the inside of his coat, and at the
close of an action the subordinate
officers take full account of all who
may be absent from the ranks and
of the fate which has 0yertaken them.
| When wounded men fall into the
hands of the enemy, or when killed
men are left within the enemy's
lines, the Prussian officers c0mmuni-
cate as quickly as possible with the
| eneTny's authorities, and request the
| return Of the slips of paper which
have the names of the men inscribed
npon them. The systematic way in
1 which this important matter has been
provided for is but part of the adj
mirable and orderly system In which
all parts of the Prussian military
business IS conducted. zla f
We have no doubt that there have
been delay and difficulty In obtaining
full lists of the killed and wounded
during the progress of such terrible
and quickly fought series of battles as
have taken place on the soil of France
i within the last three weeks. The
of y, k1rsr,
| swift; the battles have followed one
another with extraordinary rapidity;
| the slaughter has been terrific. But
we do not doubt that, even under
these circumstances, the German
| officers have been able TO transmit to
headquarters a tolerably correct list of
| the killed and wounded in each ac-
tiOn.l 1t is to be hoped that the Ger
man military authorities author
tiles at Berlin aud the capitals of the
South German States--Will see that
there is no delay in the publication of
these lists. They will not only be
looked tor with intense anxiety
throughout Germany, but they will
be watched for with eager interest in
this country by the millions of Ger
man-Americans whose brothers are
marching through France, offering
their lives for the safety of the Faith
erland. On the arrival ofathese lists
| in this country, they should at
once be published by some of
the leading German-American news
papers, and at the close of the war
the whole of the names of the killed
and wounded should be printed in
pamphlet form, for the information of
the millions of German-born settlers
scattered over the Eastern, Middle,
Western, and Pacific States. A pam
phlet of this kind would be eagerly
sought for and anxiously scanned by
every German in America. Into al
most every German-American house
hold it would convey sorroWful
tidings-bringing grievous news of
bereavement to hundreds of thou
sands, of Germans in this and other
great American cities, as well as to
tens of thousands of hardy German
settlers in their cabins on the Plains,
and by the rivers of the Western
States.L In many of these cabins there
will be weary waiting with heavy
hearts till the death lists arrive; and
there viii be grief or joy in innumefa-
BILE families when it is found that a
son is killed or a brother is safe, that
a near relative is wounded, or a friend
has returned triumphant from the
wars. IsHa ~ haia .4fr aoraa ~ { 4
MARSHAL M'MAHoN's OFFICIAL RE
io7l- e. no pa P0RTsio & 10
The following Is, the official report
of Marshal Mcmahon, ito the EN-
peror, of the battle of Woerth, or, as
1t is called by the French, Freiehs-
weller: SSH i
'tSAVERNE, August 7.-jSire: ! have
the honor to acquaint your Majesty
that on the 9Th Of August, after having
been obliged TO evacuate Weissen-
bourg on the previous evening, the
First corps, with the object of cover
| ing the railway from Strasbourg to
Bitsches and the principal roads con
Meeting the eastern and western slopes
of the Yosges, occupied the following
positions: The First division was
| placed, its right in advance Of Freichs-
weller, and its left in the direction of
Reichshofen, resting upon a wood
which covers that village. Two COM
panies were detached to Neunviller,
and one company TO Joegersthal.
The Third, division occupied with
the First brigade some low hills
which run from Freichsweiller and
slopes toward Guersdorff. The Second
Brigade rested It's left on Freiehsweil-
Ter and its right on the village of
Elsasshausen. The Fourth brigade
| formed an uneven line TO the right of
the Third division, Its First brigade
| facing toward Gunstedt, and its Sec
ond brigade opposite the village Of
Marshreun, which, on account of in-D
sufficient strength, It was unable to
occupy. q The Division Dumesnil of
| the Seventh corps, which had rallied
to me early on the morning of the
9th, was placed In rear Of the Fourth
division. There were held in reserve
the second division, in rear of the
Second brigade Of, the Third diVi.
sion, and the FIRST brigadei of the
Fourth division Finally, still further
in the rear was the brigade of light
cavalry, under the command of GEN.
| eral Septenil, and q division of Cuiras-
siers, under General de, Bonnemain.
MicheI's cavalry brigade, under the
command Of General Dechesuica, was
stationed in the rear of the right
wing of the Fourth division.
At O'Clock In the morning
the enemy appeared before the nights
of GueBdorh,s and opened the action
with a cannonade, which he imne-
diately supported with a sustained
| fire from his mitrailleurs upon the
First and Third divisions. Theattack
was 80 vehement that the First diyi-
sion was obliged to effect q change
Of front, advancing upon Its right
wing, in order to prevent the enc