New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-03
THE FIELD OF WEISSENBURG
FRENCH INFANTRY FIRE WILDLY
GOODNESS TOWARD THE EMPIRE
We copy the following from the Cincinnati

We copy the following from the Cincinnati
Gazette:
New YORK. August 30.-Private dis
patches say that two more American cor
Respondents have been arrested in the
French lines and sent to Paris. The cor
respondents in the Prussian army have been
kindly treated wherever they could show
proper credentials. 4 correspondent who
visited the field after the battle of Weis-
senburg says: There is pitiable need of
surgeons here. The few on the ground have
worked ike heroes; treating friend and foe
alike: but much is badly done, either
because the surgeons work so fast; or
because many cases are attended to
by those who are not surgeons The want
of surgical aid is ten times greater than be-
fore, for verify believe there are ten thou
sand wounded men from the battle yester-
day. The French infantry seems to have
fired rather wildly Very few Germans
were shot in the body, and a large pro
portion of the wounds are i'll the feet and
legs. regiment of cavalry did not do
them any good, but rather bothered them.
They suffered horribly in a vineyard at
Mora bronn, where the horses could not
move quickly, and they were mown down
Ike straw. The Bavarians were more inn
petuous than the Prussians, but perhaps
MANY who carry straight knife, III a sheath
pocket, on the leg. They say they heard
the Turcos have knives, and they would not
march until they were allowed to carry
theirs. There was a revolt about the mat
ter, and they gained their point"
Another letter says: What can we
think of an organization which is rash
enough to send Cuirassiers against an
infantry that has the needle gum Yet this
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French. The English can boast of having
done more mischief at Balaklava. but this
charge Of steel-clad horsemen into a vine
yard full of infantry was wild act of self
destruction. l hear that the Cuirassiers
were nearly all killed or taken, and GER
tainlv the number of dead horses and men
of breast plates and brass helmets, scattered
about, looked like a fearful loss on theiI
part.
A letter from Paris says: II am sur
prised to see how bitterly the Emperor is
talked of. Everybody agrees, We have had
enough OF the Bonapartes.' The universal
cry in Paris is .Viye rarmee" Pas de
Caesar This CRY is the more significant
| as the people of Paris are now armed
and can give effect to this cry. There is
some talk of n dozen grapeshot revolvers
| having been sent here, and, despite the
| Minister of Wars assertion to the contrary
| tleTp are dL ledSt thirty lIlouSdH't lltu VI
| the regular army in Paris: but the rank
! and file are cold toward the empire
| and would almost instantly join the
| people. The feeling seems to be: We, the
| people, are sure to have the government we
| want: we are armed. and the soldiers will
not be against us. 1t would be injudicious
! to change the government just now, and
create disorder at home. while the enemy
| is on French soil. but after the next battle
we rrust do something.
A special correspondent writes to the
| New York Tribune from Paris:
More than fifty thousand people have
| moved into Paris from the suburbs alone
| since Saturday night. The confusion is
| endless. The ort'oi duties are no longer
| levied. it being sheer inpossibility to dc
so. There are still 10000 Germans here, OF
| whom General TrochlIs last order reaches
| 80 600 in the suburbs of La Nillctte and
Belleville alone. Provisions for the siege
| arrive in enormous quantities. Three hun
| dred and fifty hundred weight of Hour and
| 10000 hundred weight of rite have been
stored in the city: 100000 oxen and J0D,0ot
| sheep are in the Bois de B0ulogne Sixty
| millions of rations OF preserved meats,
! three months supply of salt, spices. sugar
| and coffee, and six months, supply OF wine
| and spirits have been stored. Private
| families supply their own stores. Grocer
and other shops are surrounded by pl,r
| chasers. and their entrance is regulated by
| the police. The government invites farmers
| to bring all their supplies TO Paris, Dromis
| ing fair prices for the same.