, 1870-08-30
The Dattlc-f'leld OF Forbnch.


Tie heights commanding the town, which
the French had occupied for come daya after
the affair Of the II, louked now like the scene
OF q recent pickle. Here bottle, there q
piece Of paper shich might have anveloped
sandwiches or the tuftT-tr1l Of tho country
There the Kesnaina Of wood afc; there the
lid Of 4 tin pot. Then more remains OF wood
hres, nso,e lids ot tin pots. aud broken bottles
innume1ab'c. The sort OF debr4s that one Eees
on a race-course the dAy after the E.ce-an
idea which is again suggested By Number OF
sticks stlll remaining in the ground at = dis
to the Spiche1er Heights. These arc not sticks,
however, they ara ueedle-Enna; aud. approach
ing them, ] pas. from false indicationn Of
peace to true Indications Of war. Where .hoso
i've needle guns are planted in the earth (s1th
bsyonets for roots}, 1--WE Pru.sian eo1diers hayo
fallen. The men are buried; but their atms,
for tLia doy At lesst. are to be left hege-
4 few ysrils ahead there are threo more
needle-ptants: thentnine then dozen then
close to the ridge, where the Pfussian assail-
ant. had thought they could fad core., bnt
faifed to do go, t1caty.scvcn. Passing this
ridge, aud climbing, not without difficulty, up
the steep ascent, lind knapsacks lying toru
o1u.n on the ground, broken accoutremeuts,
battered helmets, blool-stained clothes. aud
bodies rigid in the conyrls;ons Of death.
P11ssians alcne are 70 he seen hese, as'd look-
ing down into tho plain, observe three diIer-
chi paths Of ascent marked, ~ II to show how
difficult they were, with needle guns stuck IN
tho turf. Every Inal who owned one OF these
tnrskets either died close to where hss Woapnn
etanda as sigu, o., ut least, fell unable lotser
to utt It.
Tie military geology Of tho Sp;chsren
| Heights eau be clca:1y understood. After tho
| fret needle-Sun region. tho region Of rrus-
| niar knapaacks aud .ccuutremtass, then tho
| region of the pru>aian dead whom the dead
tu'i;r*," under the direction, OF tho "sick
| tct.1e1s," have not get been able TO renoTe; !;
| then tic first line at French dead, living thick
Le,4inl The Latn1a a! aui artificial iusrnNcl,.enss
| which, to the last moment, prosectci then, ~
| thcr shot down or drove back regiment aftoz
regiment Of the advancing. snrIrising Pr!s-
sians: the prussisrs and French lying mia
| Slcu tosuther pr thr summit Of THO mount !
then moro French than frusaians, the French
s.one lying acrosa tho ridge in the wood
esown.ng tho heights, whose ehelter . por-
tiop 1t least must have souEht, aEd often
| sought in vain; then, on the left
side Of the battlefield. looking. from saal'
b.uck, Eotbing but graves. - ''nies 1uhen in
Gott.' sars one inscription. "23 prausseu,
50 F1apzoeen. Grab No. t." "Hct1 :es'
1nepds and foes together" says apother in
sc-ip.ion. sc Prussiaus and ii French
| uen." I observed that tue words "and
foes had, BY some charitable, or pt,ilosophi
eal pesson, been nsArked out.
The French. oven on theiE own Spicheteu
! tIClEHtfg VIE rs u Ill u &Ah4 NIL
thr Ernunh whero they las was strewsa witt
letters addressed to such ono, camp at Cha.
lcNe, or eueh a14utI3er ut Aetz, 10 10 fus
natdel a Ia suite lie son regiment" roat
eeye1a! Of these letters, which wexe natural
md, therefore, under the circumstances
tcnrhing. All rcrro1.hcd the French col
der, wke apparently thinks less Of his rela
tiorH than his relations think Of him, with no
anss ezius letters; as.I Ill we've full Of assur
auces CT affection.
Some notified tho enclosure Of money. AMI
there WAS not Que iu which sister Or motha
expressed tho least satisfaction at thu pros
t,tct Of her brother OF her SOB dying for lii
countrr. Your friend Louis Darbsri, eayl
letter iron, the mother Of private soldIa
to Leg son, q has PROPOSED fer Modesto. lie
u krnw ar sorn as pcesio1c whether you &C
ecrt him fnr 5our trothrr..E-Iaw." A cettnil
number OF Frencl, sol1iets, whose kuarBack:
had heeu eml'tiel. see1ued to laye carried 70
ligicru l:ooLs riaA them, geuorsl:y o; the sin,
plcst kiaa, from s. L Al3.4!tet Chretieu up
nasd. t.w III .Atlss dn Theatre de i
Guerrc' lying l'y the Il, ,ie Of ons poor fellow
aE.: ly tito s:tlc ot a'.1tl+,~ 4 manuscript coz
OF .l,c " Air dcs Djinrs" ic.dnnfe cpM ,"oiU
| floln .Acber'5 "l,remium jeur dc Douheur."