The Republican journal., 1870-09-01

la certain advantage. BY the removal of one small
Ipcce Of its mechanism, which gunner can easily
lelec by displacing it before he takes to flight the
lgun Is rendered perfectly useless.
| TERROR OF TIE BAYoNET.
There are two things of which the russians APP
ipcar TO be particularly afraid-the mitraeuses and
Tine bayonct chargc-and during the present war
}they haye constantly cndcavorcd to avoid coming
iintn contact with either In 'order to insure
}th.ir comparative safety they ntrcnch themselves
ihrhinJ NO matter what, and manifest Il special
,,lrrad of the armcs blanchcs as the French call
thrr bavoncS. In the battle of the 9TH three hum
IIrod men of the Twenty -fourth regiment. Frcnch
llinc) becoming suddenly without ammunition Whllo
tryposcd to heavy fire. marched straight up to the
The enemy with their bayonets, amid shower of
| shot When within fifty yards the PruSsians took
! 10 flight and broke their ranks. but the charging
lpartv WAS not i'll sufficient force to pursue its adj
Vantage.
A SECOND ArrACk-PEUSSIAN VICTORY
| About u o'clock the battle appeared to be won
| by the French, on the side of Frochwciler and
there was short respite of about ten minutes
duration. Suddenly the PrusSian artillery opened
la, il We're, IN entirely fresh attack upon Woelth
and cannonaded at the time the other points
| of the French position This thunder, directed to
the right and left, replied TO by the sharp cracking
OF the mitraeuses, lasted for upward of two
hours, during which the entire arsenal of modern
destruction was brought TO bear upon the brave
men Of both armies. AT this time (about o'clock
Ill Marshal Me Mahon'> di>p possible troops had been
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600 men, and the German forces opposed to them
exceeded 100000. with proportonate superiority
rs to artillery. soon, after, the Prussians Comma-
der-in-C hie ordered the attack of the centre at
t,lsenhausen Three times the assault was repul-
sed but the Germans had many troops to spare
hat each time fresh soldiers were led to the attack
while those who We're beaten went to reform under
the protection of their artillery After each re-
pulse i've or six hundred Turcos and IouayeS
pursued the enemy TO the end of the village where
on the third occasion. considerable number of the
heroes of the French bayonct We're surrounded,
and either killed, wounded. or taken prisoners
This acheyem turned the tide of the battle com
plctcy in favor of the Pru>Sians, Who on the fourth
assault, ,slodged the troops from the centre of the
French position ii ElSenhalisen. while the hill in
front of FroSchwcer was the scene of one of the
most determined fights ever witnessed. ending in
the defeat of the French, who We're beaten by
sheer numbers, in whose presence courage became
useless because powerless.
THE FRENCH RETREAT.
AT 3 o'clock FroSchweiler was on fire and at 4
O'Clock ElScnhallScn was burning also The
French, although beaten, did not appear to be
aware that they Were almost surrounded by enc
mics and that it WIS time to retreat. At O'Clock
all the PruSsar masses that had not vet been
brought into acquisition We're ordered to advance.
descended the hills of GunStadt, Daflenbach and
GocSoort, and We're let loose against those few of
the French who We're still capable of offering any
resistance. The battle Of Froschweiler was lost
and won.