The New York herald., 1870-08-11

POND al price. When to this add that weiensed 9
they are with knapsacks, cooking pots, tents anl-
muniton, blanket and greatcoat they can marcn ionr
and half English miles an hour Ior Blk
days, and can hit the bulls eye with their Chassepots
seven times out OF en taking one man wlT@ o n
At 1000 yards, you may imagine that ooVo VI such
1nen are Invaluable IN q corps d'a'nsee
the n Tuncos; tSs rro,eurs ynd,cene.
Or African rinemen or Turcos as they most are COM
monty called. These men have much in common
ae Zogaves D1 and onethrd Of iS srenc
Snen. They also form three reglments OF 1000 men
each and aes snss ManY e en are al WITH
negroes and whom In action they rush at the foe In
way that strikes the latter with terror. In the
Italian campaign OF 1869 the Austrlans had such
horror OF the Turcos that they called them the
butchers. and declared that such bloodthirsty
savages ought not to be employed 10y any civilized
nation In the world. They are very dlGcult indeed
70 manage, ana even during the time they have been
IN Strasbourg had to be moved away from the town.
Their 0mcers are Frenchmen picked for the purpose,
but up to the rank OF lieutenant the native Turcos
can gel promotion Like the Zouaves they are excel
lent marKsmen and mdefaligable marchers; but they
arg disliked as body very much, and would not De
retained N Europe IN times Of peace for single
year There L. It is true, regiment Of Turcos Of
the Guard In Paris, or rather single battalion OF
them, and most visitors must have noticed their
aSS iaces and light blue Jackets on daty 6 az so snS
among Algerian Arabs suppose there are 10 De
found some sheep not quite 80 black as others.
However, even these give vast deal OF trouble,
and there have been serious thoughts OF disbandng
them moro than once. But that both those Turc0s
the war aSoas to comnece there can hardly be
doubt; and as have said before IN my letters, the
under MacMaiion's orders Shows that this oorps
da ME is destined to be In the front whenever hard
knocks are going.
I THE FRENCH INFANTRY OF TIE LINE.
This arm OF the service has always been celebrated
Tor It's powers OF endurance and for Its dash and
daring In battle; but confess that, as body on
which to rely on all occasions, look upon 1t as In
1er1Or to the Prussian The latter are as orderly and
N
not be kept back and can see that their own on
GERS fear greatly that they win not be Kept In hand
but will be making rushes upon the Prussians which
Will prove their destruction armed as the latter are
with q weapon which can destroy at such long dis
superior 0rearm to the needle gun; but the French
officers seem to think that it VIII be dilcult II not
away all their ammunition at once and then leav-
ing themselves open to be dccInated by the enemy.
The French oncer Is an educated sensible man.
He does not undervalue the men he has 10 1ght
against. But the army in general despse the Prus-
slams far too much, and they WILL fear. find out
their mistake. II the first great battle is not won
by the zouaves and tie Turcos fear that the reck-
less bearing Of the French infantry win not improve
the state Of aiiars re- In an advance 1t IS true they
IN campaign and require very little looking after.
Where an English soldier would starve they find the
and fearless; but once reverse takes place re.
treat with them becomes route Moreover, they
nave never before met an enemy that was armed as
we'll as the Prussans are now. Moreover, In his
equipments the French soldier IS over Weighted. He
HAS 70 carry IN addition TO what everv other soldier
IS Durdened WITH such as knapsack, blanket, great
coat, and tho like, onethrd or a small tent, with
sticks &C., and his share or the cooking pots or his
company II the campaign in Germany faus any
time, and there Is much hard marching In very hot
weather at least One-thlrd OF the infantry OF the
line must break down under It,
I l saw last week five or SIX regiments arrive here
by march route. and not by rail. In every single
Instance che number OF stragglers was something
tremendous, many OF them only reaching the ground
eight and ten hours after their headquarters. The
TACT is as 1t seems to me- the authorities do not
make enough OF lhe French soldier. He is very
dne fellow indeed, but he Is, like In many armies,
made LOO much OF a mere machine.
FIRST ENGLISH CANARDS.
AS am about to close my letter the London DdttU
telegraph OF Monday. July Is, has reached me. It
contains telegram dated Paris, July 20, in which
u Is stated that 'no troops are now lett in Stras
bourg; 1t Is occupied By the Noble Guard" This Is
curious instance OF the untruthiulness Of news
published In war time At the moment whom this
telegram was published there were not fewer than
81 600 men In and about Strashourg, and there are
a. the present time OF writing not less than 1000.
Vhe Garde Mobile has not YET got under arms, nor
win It do SO until Monday next, August /. Again,
the same telegram states that the Seventh corps us
composed OF troops troul Algera.r Now 1t SO hap.
pens that all the Algerian troops are In the First
MacMahOn'S corps.