The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-14

was an unwonted sight But all the Work
was not left for the infantry TO DO Ihe
artillery entered the village clone, ana
coDcentrai ed their fire on the Frsncn COZ
umns along the Moselle. Bazalne was
sinzul2lly silent in field artillery, and the
only reply came from the sullen sldSS OF
ST. ulien, or from The ram parts OF 4 orr
st ElOy bat the mttTaileuses venonousiy
sounded their angry whir, compelling Ins
Sl IoIs " ISCOLl a. t,ueS ,oS1rz n
line OF IRE, and leaving the chassenTs n
the front of the solid masses, of which they
Were the fOrerunners. The artillery ana
skirmishers were enough for the Frencn.
The dense columns staggered snd tnen
broke. ThrOuz my glass L could see q
continuous s6lGUs que aJUet In the village or
&e9uxe, but when they had once got stone
and timber between them and the FruS-
SLAMS, the fellows were Obstinate and
sian artillery fired on the village. ad-
Vancfng closer and closer, In alternate
order of batteries, with precision ana
rapidly that could not have been exceed
ed on parade, bat that obstinate battery in
front of Grand ELapes would not shut up,
and the French TirailIeurs still lined the
chausse In It's front. By this time IL was
nearly o'c ock, and q sts6 oflcer sallop-
ed along the front with orders for gen.
The advance, he told me. was 70
consist of four brigades of Landwehr,
with two bfigades OF the l0th army corps
supporting In few minutes more the
Command came sounding along the line
and the men spruog from their cover ana
SO characteristic of Prusstan marching. |
The shells from the battery in front U1
Grand Etapes tore through the line, aud |
against it their leadeu hail, buO Sill the |
Landw chr, silent and stern, went steadily 1
20 the front l never knew a more furious /
line was exposed. Geo. Won Brauderstetns /
the third brigade OF Land /
Wehr, was shot down and several of his /
staff wounded. At length the iDtrench-
meats were reached, behind which were /
lylng the sheltered remnants Of the FIFTY
fratern cation consisted in the cry
or Hurrah for PTussiaF. and then
''UorroTs'. trgnaeT UoTtrGrts." and then
run, the gunners 4 ON the lattery drove
su, and had barely time to round the
corner, before the Landwehr were upOn
them. the guns they left perforce in the
villages. Inc French made q last anu,
and the LandTehr, vita less OF the con-
ventlonal warrior than the nnes are not so
mucn Inc ined 10 give quarter as the pro-
Tess onal soldiers The nrst shock con-
sisted of bayonet thrusts, and they fongnt /
leyE, and u5sd d mitraiIeuses WITH fair judgs
menL aud effect, bat then there came the
steady inexorabie strides forward OF the
lagos weIe cleared of all save the YlctOrs,
the dead and wounded. The Pruss1an ar
ttlleTy was st1ll hiring in the moonlight
from the heights ABOVE O!gy to 81. Julian.
They were slugglshIy throwing prUiectties
on the tableland, seemingly y 10 shut up
their nre. All the ground of the rear of
with shells that lad falldn aud burst DUR
Ing the day. A brisK musketry fire was
Sill going on In from OF ChicoulIe5 and
Lorne, SO quiet when rode through them
IN the MOI ming. Tue French came pouring
down out OF the BOis de TrOuuOut, made
an attack IA considerable force, up tu1S
valley. All could hear was that In the
front there were many dead and wounded,
and met large ambulance train, COM
Ing forward into tue fire, IRON cut of tue
villages of Strenny aud Pax, diled with
men who had been killed during toe day
all was now quiet there. A little further
came TO The Iear OF Pertguy and n Nolsvtlle,
Wnere l met my friends of the Fourth,
who returned singing and tT1Umpha
The French from Metz and the slopes in |
front OF st. Julien, had thrown some bat
talltons into NatIIy, and thence attempted
TO storm the replies in front OF NOtssV1lle, |
but they were Iepulsed with considerable
loss, the Prusstan artillery driving them
out OF Nailly Into the woods