The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-25


men out Of ten would pronounce II i'm.
prGgnablc When once this movement
had beeIi effected, the French began re-
treating before tho pressure Of the Prls-
sian fire, the Prussians w rapidly AdvanG.
Ing. Tic battlefield was no longer ut
IRCsonyillc, but Ind been transferred and
pushed forward 10 Gravclotte, the juno
lion Of the two branching roads TO NerrT
dun. The fields in front oil that village
were completely covered by the Prussinn
reserves, and over 1t intcrminable lines OF
soldiers were pGrpetualIy marching on.
ward, disappearing into the Villalge and
emerging on tho other side Of il with
flaming volleys This second battle field
was less extensive than the first, and
brought tho opposing forces into toarfIlly
Close quarters. Tho peculiarly Of It Is
that It consisted Of two heights, intersccted
! W d deep ravinc. THIS woody m
wine Is over one hundred feet deep, md
At tlletOp some three hundred yards wide.
That side Of the charm next to GravOl-.
lettC, where the PrusSians stood, Is much
lower thin the other side, which gradn-
ally ascends to great height. From
their commanding GmincnCc the French
held their enemy fairly beneath them,
and poured upon them ScOr'lIing fire
Tic French GUNS wcrCin position far up
ly The Metz road, hidden and covered
among tho trees. There was not III in
stAnt'S cessation Of the roar. Easily dis
tinguished among MI Twas the curious,
grunting roll Of the nitmillcurS. The
I.PrusSiAn artillery was posted 10 the north
and south side Of tho village, the guns ON
the latter side being raised for ur awk-
ward half vcrliclc fire The French
stood their ground and dicd-tlle PrIIS-
Sims stood their ground and diCd-botll
.Ly hundreds lad almost said by thous.
ands-this for m hour or two that seemed
ages, so constant was the slaughter. The
hill where I stood commanded chiefly
the conflict bHhind the village and south
iOI il. Tie Prussian reiniorcclnCnts COM
ing up on their right, filed out Of the Bots
de'Agnous, and 1t was ut that point, rs
they marched on 10 the field, that one
could perhaps get the best!idea Of tho bat.
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REORGANIZATION OF TlIE GERMAN FoRCEs
Special 10 Tie n. Y. Herald. .,,..,,.......,..
BERLIN, August 90.
The German forces in France have un,
dcrgonC u partial reorganization, and rs
reinforced AMI rediStributcd will 50 into
battle IN tue following order: The first
army, under command Of General Stein
lnetH, is composed Of the First, Seventh,
Eighth and Ninth Prussian army corps,
amounting 10 all 10 100000 infantry and
IS, 900 cavalry. Tic second army, under
command Of Prince Frederick Charles,
composed Of the Second, Third, Fourth,
Tenth and Twelfth Prussian Army Corps,
tic Corps Of the Pr,ssian Guards, the
ROYAL Saxon Corps, and Division Of the
Duchy OF Hcsse. This Is the strongest Of
the three armies. 1t confirms fOrty-eight
regiments Of infantry, with three batteries
to. each, and four regiments Of infantry
with two batteries each, and 'thirty.four
regiments Of cavalry; aggregate in round
numbers ESQ., 900 men and six hundred
guns. l,.. at vi .a'0.v. .oa,. .,.sI
The third army corps, commanded by
the Crown Prince, is formed OF two b.
varian army corps under Generals Tam
and Hartman, containing each eight regl-
ments of infantry, three battalions of rifle
mcnand five regiments OF cavalry; one
mixed corps Of Baden and WurIcmburg
troops, commanded bS Gen. Won WOrlcr,
and Consisting Of eight regiments OF in.
Glntry, two hattali0ns Of rilemcn, four
regiments Of cavalry, and five batteries Of
artillery belonging to Wurtemburg, and
six regiments Of infantry and three Of
cavalry, eight batteries Of artillery holong:.
ing 10 Baden; also, Tie Fifteenth and
Eleventh Prilssiah army corps, containing
sixteen infantry and sixteen cavalry rcgi-
menls and thirteen batteries Of artillery;
ganlctotal Of German forces in France,
$4,000 men, sdivided into Sixteen. army
corps. Up to this time 100000 Of the
landwclr have entered AlsNcc aud LOr-
raine to invest and, occupy places in tho
rear and relieve regular soldiers Of those
duties, so that they may join their own
regiments in the front. Orders have been
issued to tlislMnd the veteran reserves
called out ut the commencement Of the