The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-09-01
TIE BATTLE OF GRlyELLOTTE.
Correspondence of the n. Y. Tribune.

~ LONDON, Aug. Is -Tle iU.iuwlng ac-
count of the great battle ut GraveiOtte
Aux. III, was received this morning In
LnnIOn from our correspondent, who wit
Messed the battle AZ the hsa,iquirter>, AMI
stood by the side of Bismarck and the
/ King:
! The first realization we had at Pont a.
Mou>-on, whera found myself on rhe l7rh,
I OF the extent to which fighting had been
going on Tuesday and Sunday last at the
front, was the coulIay in OF wounded men.
. Al hr>t II was surmlsed that they had been
WOUNDED IN the >kir .iohes, but on the
( l6ih, late in the evening, there were signs
( that The work was becoming warm. On
thar evening soldiers with gha>tly wounds
wake ed about the marx rAet-place of pont- a.
! MuIs>on, surruan tel by eager groups OF
shelr ne Wy arrived comrades, and told Il
s,0ry of the disaster. Poor fellows 1t
surely WAS disaster o them borne away.
=, they had been, from the field without
having heard Of any re>uls. | stood among
These groups. aud the narratives of the
men all amounted to Their having been
set 10 confront much larger force than
their own, and thar their division had he N
cut no. | wa, struck by the fact that
/ though there was some diSsati>faction sag
se>tt d by their tone Of voice, heard 10
@urI tered by the narsatDrs and listeners
which accused an} one. They dNolt rather
on the ftct that they bad dealt b avy
blows on the 18th. auI hat though the
lenth DIVISION had, as an available organl-
zatlOn, been demolished, 1t had sCld its life
dearly.
o. The l7th the wounded from the pre-
cedlhg day began 10 pour into Pont
Mou,>on. They were brousht in in long
uncovered grain calts, tying upon the lag.
From my wIudJw, which overlook I'd the
mani street, an1 commanded, a!sO, d view
Of the market pace, | counted more than
ninety OF these long carts, each holding. on
an average, about ten men. IL wa, strange
70 see theui as they passed, amid e- OF
French, unable II conceal heir ipy. on one
hand. aud Ptu>alan soldiers on the other
Bat now COMES the other side OF the ac
count. The street, began To swarm with
other wagons. with other wounded. the
wtaIer- OF red trow>ers and now an:
then came a batch Of uuwounded pri >Gners.
y length arrived carriage with Ere ncl,
general. 1t Was followed 10y vast crowd
ui French. and tOr httie tine 1t seemed
ii, II there might be "a cnit,IUn between the
iuhabItaut> ana Prus>lano 50 earl nest were
the demonstrations OF the populace. But
II wa, now, al least, evident that the batlle
wa, very >eIiuu> at the front.
y mIdnlght, or Il llttie after. on the
night OF the lIth, al trumpets tor miles
around began TO sound Inl1 was the first
tluc We had been startled by such wI5d
music. Trumpet answered 10 trumpet
through al the b!vouacS around the httie
city. For several days previously there
hAi been roup, almost pvrpetuaiiy ularCh
Iug through town, but nov the tramp
hruugh every street aud by way made be
tween midnight and dawn perpetual ruar
Ii l>tiiy dressing, | ran OUT INTO the dark
ness aud managed 10 gett seat on IA waguu
gong III the direction of the front, which
wao now Understood to be nI!e or two be-
hhnines hhines iFhe v5fYf df Of t5IsHT5z 5sfIs2Tze SOM tweys
We met considerable batch Of French
prisoners, who were looked upon with con
siderable curiosity by the continuous line
OF GtIEian soldiers, with whom We al
vaDced, but on Y one or two offensive cries
toward the persons were heard The way
va, 81 blocked that | finally concluded that
L cd0id d the SIX or seven mites remain
ing 90 loot better so got OF the wagon
and began to va K ani run swiftly ahead
\ Mbfwlent. Oh the MJ>eiiG, ab,uj h If
way 10 Mplz | found vast bodies oi cayaI
~, Uhanels and tius>ars crossing he river
/ by d pUntoun bridge and hurry Ing at the
top OF their speed toward Go,ze Hurry
ng NV own steps, | soon hra,d the first
thaudcr at caannuade, seemingly coming
! nom the heart of Il range of hills on the
| night. Passing through the village and as
| cending tigh plain beyond | found my
| self Suddenly, IN u battle field Strewn lit
! orally, lar aS my eye could see. with
| dead bodies. la one or two parts of the
! field cpuipanlcs ere still ouryIng the dead
| chiefly PruSsians. The French being ne
| cessarIiy buried last, were still yin. in vast
hunters On the grouEd. A few Of these,
| | saw, were not dead.
| 4, | hurried on splendid regiment Of
cavalry came on behind, and when Ihey
! reached the brow OF the hill they all broke
out with wild hurrah, and dashed for
ward. a few more Steps, and gaine1 he
summit, aud saw the same which had
evoked their cry. and seemed to thrill even
their horses 1t would be d ffcult to I'M
ag,ne grander battlefield. From the hui
to which | lad been directed by so ,d
authority 10 come, the entire Prus,i4n
and French centers could he seen, ani d
considerable part OF their wings. The >pot
where | stood was fearful 1t wa> amid
ghartiy corp-es AMI burthened with the
stencil of dead horses, 0t which there We're
great numbers. | vas standing Oh the bat
tlcfold of the IGih- From the pru~>ia,l
side thereof, on the lett, stretched like a
silver thread the road to Nedan and to
Paris, for the possession of which th,
/ series OF battles had b gun. Ii ran between
/ the lines OF poplars which stood against the
horizon on my ieii aud on as far a. the
eye could reach, toward Metz With nliii
tary regularity, strung on this road like
beads were the pretty villages, each with
its church and tfwer. which although they
have separate names, -aTe really Only a few
hnnirod yards apart-MarS la Tour,
tiavignv, little south Of the road, Won
vile, R,znnvlle aud GraveIotte, which i,
divided iuro Great and Little Grave.otte
T On my rlgft We're the thickly wooded hills
behind which lies the most important vii
/. lase of the neighhorhood, the one hal
f ja>t iett,- Goizt. So enviroued was iht
foreground ot the battle which shon 4. nut
woafd saw be called the battle OF Crave
lotte. for it was mainly over this ana be
, yond that devoted town that 1t ragged The
3 area | have indicated is perhaps fou
: miles square
Owing to having come on foot, rathe