White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-08-25
wOERTH AND wEIssENBERG.
Details OF The Victory.

Oar special correspondent on Thursday
from the headquarters OF the Grown Prince
serds an account Of the battle Of Wne,th
The swift and skillfnl movement
against Woerth. resulting in the complete
.nccess oi our arms. was but q ioratastr
at the storm which threatened the nor
thern part of Alsace.
On the second day after Weissenberg
came the battle of Woer,h, snd the
Grown Priace-gained great victory owe,
the sblest general in the French army
Ii Is admitted that the French fought
with reckless courage. aud thai thev in
a'c,ed heavy losses on their opponents.
Int the fact Of this hard fighting and ni
this heavy loss shows how serious the
defeat which w's sustained by Mem MAhon
l travprsed the battlefield while the
dead still lay Unmarried on the trampled
gronnh. and con'd form good idea OF
how the fight had gone on BY the CHASTITY
evidence which remained.
Woerth is at the bottom Of fertile
valley. between two ridges Of cultivated
ground; there is a quantity Of wooded
land in the neighhorhood, and especially
behind the French position. sad on the
western eide Of the valley there ia 9 strip
Of forest. which forms Q cover for retIea,
ting troops.
The little river Brnden. not big enough
to foot skid. flows through the vilisge.
and high road comes winding down to
wards the village. on the eastern side oi
the village. fanked BY trees. Here was
the Pru-sisn position.
Stretching along to the right and Left
along the road. were heaps Of spiked h.l-
mes 10 he seen. and cart loads Of Deedl-
guns collected under the trees.
At the distance tho French muskeiry
ERE had told more than the Prussisn. and
| heard ,h.t the French artillery had
been very well served: hut thongh bury-
ing psries were still busy with German
dead on the eastern sida Of Woerfh, there
wss more ihsn an exchange Of slsugh-
,erous work on the western.
Here the Prussisns snI Bsvarisns hsd
pushed forward in strong force. and their
Ere had told earthly npnn the Fre.ch.
The high spirit and rigid discipline oi
ons army had been mo,s than match
for the desperate resi.tancs nf the other.
Whols companies Of Fren"hmen have
been moved down IN their Wild attempts
to check the enemy's advance.
1t had been ,ol<rshly eqn.l fight in
.ome places. for the gronnI was sivewn
with German ae.S: bnt more F'ench
men had fallen N propnrtion.
Ths black Turcos and wide troussr
Z'uaves lay thick AZ many points. sn'l
the rnirr.ssisr. had suffered mnch
There were steel hess'pI.sss snd brss-
helmets scstte,el ihicklv m the line al
retreat. while dead horses in I'll directions
might hs conn'edShy hnndreis. and so
vest ward through the woods went 'rsce-
of increasing disaster.
Officers and men were lying where
'hry had fallen. some Of them in qu'ef
.hady spo's. "a shnngh they were p'c-
nickers asleep. in pools Of blood. Where
he wounded Isv had heen fonnd KNAPP
lacks. ri6s- and overcnsts. either thrown
away in fight. or left BY wounded on
he 6eld.
Then came = spo, where the French
rad rallied. and where the dead Of beth
'ides Law thick. Tnreos might he seen
no had fought to the last. snd tried to
lire their pieces a. they lay.
The Frenchmen Of the lima reRim'nts
'sd he's end there fallen in numhess, o.
honsh having halted and faced about in
eRnlsr order.
Bot tho aspect Of the Zelda beyond the
voods seemed to indicate hasiy retreat
Wagons we're ovennsned. bseRsges
brown upon the roadside. and many
'nspsscks wers TO b seep.
No one Who pas.ed over the battle
,roaad Of Wossth whss did eould
ave failed 70 rssliss wsst great dissster