Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-07

! in which the Austrians lost Is, 900 mer
and twenty-four guns, the Prussians eff
| fected a concentration of their three
armies with front of not over six miles,
extending from Lenidar to Yarmeirz, IN.
der the command of King William in
person. The first and third Prussian
armies grappled with the enemy at the
village of Sadowa, near Koenigratz, on
the Sd of July, and though hard pressed
by superior numbers, sustained them
selves for four hours, until at / P. NJ. the
arrival of the second army turned the
scale. The Austrians, after a gallant
fight, were compelled to retreat, leaving
Is, 200 prisoners, II colors and ia guns
in the hands of the victors. The total
Austrian loss was 1000 men; that of
the Prussians being 1000. ~E..c.~
The main Austrian army now retreated
by forced marches to Olmutz, in Moravia
In the meantime important operations
were taking place in Northwestern Ger
many. After the surrender of the .Hano-
verian force, the Prussisn troops oper a.
ting in that quarter were designated the
'EArmy of the Main, D" and, including
three battalions from minor German States,
mustered 80 guns and A, 900 men, of
whom 5000 were cavalry. Opposed to
them were the Bavarian army of $4,000
men and IA guns, and the Eighth Fed
eral Corps of AZ, 900 men and IA guns.
The Prince of Bavaria attempted to
form junction with the Federal corps,
and to throw their united weight upon the
Prussians. The CELEBRITY of the latter,
however, secured the surrender of the
Hanoverian army before the Bavarians
could come up, who sustained severe de-
feats-flrst at Dermbach and Bassdorf,
and again at the passage of the Saale.
The Bavarians then retired behind the
Main, on which the Prussians attacked
the Federal troops at Aschaffenbarg, fore
ing them also to retire behind the Main.
The two armies then united, but all har-
mony of action was lost owing to quar-
rels about the former failure in co-opera-
alton. The Prussians made an attack with
inferior numbers, but the fight was sus-
pened on the news of truce between the
main armies having been received. After
this the Federal corps was dissolved and
sent home.
Austria made great efforts after the
battle of Sadowa to resume the contest,
and Prussia called a reserve corps, of
%, 600 men to her aid. The main
body of the Austrian army was pursued
by the Prussian forces, and attacked at
TObitschan, where it was again worsted.
In the mean time the French Government
had made some attempts at negotiation,
but in vain. The united advance of
the Prussian armies now pressed upon
the Austrian army endangering its lines
of communication. The Cabinet of
Vienna became anxious for peace, and
the mediation of France was at length
successful, securing, first, the armis-
tice of Nickolsburg, July 26, and finally,
the treaty of Prague, August 30. By
this treaty Austria surrendered Venetia to
Italy, consented to the formation of new
Confederacy, from which she was to be
excluded, yielding to Prussia her share in
the duchies, the original cause of quarrel,
and agreed to pay $40, 100000. On the
22d of August Bavaria agreed to pay 80, :
600, 900 florins to abrogate the river dues
on the Rhine and Main, and to surrender
several small districts, in order to ''recti-
fy' the Prussian frontier. Treaties were
made with Wurtemburg, Baden and Hesse-
Darmstadt. ... ..