The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25

township the lowest; in the former il is
so 20, and in the latter it Is 81 96; there
are 4, 2!S town lots in the county, assessed at
81, 81 10: the value Of personal property in
the county, il $685., 1872; the total valuation
Of all property in Bourbon County is 81.
lSS, S92; there are still some Indian lands in
the county that are no. taxable; there are six
teen sections Of the O.age. and 4 number III
head rights ON the Neutral land, and about
four sections Of school land vet unsold, the
total Of which wOnld not vary much from
1900 acres more, which would make the
actual total value Of all property in the
county. 81, pa, ~. Port Son .M.nitcr. =.
l. WOERTH AND wEISSENBCR l:.
Details Of The Victory. n.
Our special correspondent on Thursday
from the headquarters Of the Crown Prince
sends an account Of the battle of WOerth
The swift and skillfnl movements against
WOerth, resulting in the complete success Of
our arms was but Oretaste Of the storm
which threatened the northern part of
-Alsace.
On the second day after Weissenburg came
the hattie Of WOerth, and the Crown Prince
gained great victory over the ablest general
in the French army.
1t il admitted that the French fought with
reckless courage, and that they inflicted
heavy Losses ON their opponents, but the
fact Of this hard fighting and Of this heavy
los shows low serious the defeat which was
sustained BY Mcmahon.
travened the battlefield while the dead
still Law UNMARRIED on the trampled ground,
and could form good idea of how the fight
had gone on by the CHASTITY evidence which
remained.
Woerth is at the bottom of a fertile val
ley, between two ridges of cultivated ground;
there IL q quantity Of wooded land in the
neighborhoOd, and especially behind the
French position, and On the western side Of
the valley the-e 10 "a strip of Fn-ast which
forms q cover for retreating troops.
The little river Bruden, not big enough to
float skifi, flows through the village, and
the high road comes winding down towards |
the village, on the eastern side of the village
Aanked BY trees. Here was the PrussialS'
position.
Stretching along to the right and left |
along this road, were heaps Of spiked he'll |
NETS to be seen, and cart loads Of needle guns |
collected under the trees
At the distance the French m,lsketry fire |
had told more than the Prussian, and |
heard that the French artillery had been |
very we'll served but though burying par
ties were still busy with German dead on
the eastern side of Woerth, there was more
than an exchange Of slaughterO,,s work on
the western.
Here the Pr,,ssians and Rayarians had
pushed forward in strong force, and their
fire had told tearfully upon the French.
10 -, c,,s.st .,,l rs<xs.l H.. a.
one army had been more than match for
the desperate resistance Of the other.
Whole companies Of Frenehmep haye
been moved down in their wild attempts to
check the enemy's advance.
1t had been tolerably equal fight in some
places, for the ground was strewn with Ger
man dead; bat more and more Frenchmen
had fallen in proportion.
The black Turcos and wide-trouser Zou-
ayes lay thick at many points, and the CUR
rassiers had suffered much.
There were steel breastplates and brass
helmets scattered thickly on the line Of re-
treat, while dead horses in all directions
might be counted by hundreds, and so west
ward through the woods went traces Of in
creasing disaster.
Officers and men were lying where they
sno,s "a fho,,ph thew we're p;c-n;ckers asleen
IN mods Of blood Where the wounded
lay had been found knapsacks, rifles and over
coa,s either thrown .vav in fiiobt or left nv !
wounded on tho field
Then came = SIM. where the French had
allied. and where the dead of both aides Law
thick. Tu,rx might he .een who had
(M,ubt ~ the las, and ,r;e,, IN fire their .
p;eces "a they Law
The Frerchmsr If tho line REGIMENTS had s
here and there fallen In numbers "a ,bonpI 1
HAVING h.l,ed and f,ced about in re.,nIar
nrdar :
Rnt tho ,s,.x4 Of IN. 6e,,,s ,.vopd IN.
:oods seemed To indicate . has,y re,rea,
N.oDns verp over,urue,3 baoy,ce ,brown &.
mn tho ,,.Js;do .,d many tr.n.,ct.
rerc to h. cen
No an. vho n,s.o,, or.r N. hattie .round =
# Woer,h vber 7 did conlJ have s,;Ied 10 !
,e,,;,a VIA, . rr.,, d;s.s,er had bef,IIen the g
french ,rms fbouob n, :, time when the =
rounded had hem rsmoxe,l and ON 60 larye
sc,Ie of acton r would have been im,.ss;. a
10 to ;m,,o. Of the er,ct loss su.,aine,i
Hovcves ! zee No occasion 10 doubt the
re,m,n nm the German side. which 4
i've. .hont IN OO0 E,encbmen and : ono
;orm.Ds Io,, \, .o,,h,, and ,bont on :,
,r;soners t,ken NV the v;c4ors 4 OOO in hat. y
l. and 2 ono more in pursn;t
Thee lossax v;,b f,r,ber loss of cannon .
MI cDlors made the work nm evil dav for y
'r,ncc ~ y.
Well might the wounded Germans mise =
m cheer the Crown Pr;nce .. no !,
a,.ed and crv that GERMANY was ns. q
There was a Serce attach nm both s;des !, ~
e;ng hand N az which Marty b.yan and ~
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