, 1870-08-23
TIE WAR IN EUROPE.
Interesting Lecture by Former
Officer in the Pfussisn
Service.
Tile ContendlnE Armies and
Their Commanders.

Baron Won Jassmuud, an old and able Queer OK
the rrusstan army. ucw soIonrniug In this coua-
try, on last evening delivered lecture on ''Thc
European War and ita Causes. before small INT
Intelligent audience, In Caledonia Hail. the pro- /
cecds 10 he dcsoted to the Fund Tor the WiaoNs
xnd Orphans. The lecture wnS able ahd elo4uent,
and deserved larger audience. II me nafon
repeats his effort again II Is to bt hoped that ne
lle said he leis, ID addressing an audience IN
English, llkc raw recruit rno smells his hrat
net him, al old solulcr, 10 enter upon tho task
be bad set for himself lie dId NOT helleFe be
could Rive hts au,iicnce much Information they
.1id not alrea'y possess, INT he would give few
tottings that might not prove altogether annter-
c4thE. He opened hts discourse by drawing
Picture Of three men seated IA room In Paris, |
Napoleon, Ol'is1er, and leboeu&. Taey are dis
cusatrg the labor troubles, 1hen the Empress en-.
ter. unannounceti, holding atelegram In her hand
she IL dealaly pale As site annoances tnat the
Of Spain. This means var, sa5s Napoleon This
Will RtFe enn1oYmcnt to the starving laborers SAY
Prnsssan Il R1suszies-and war Ia decided upon, BE-
cahae II woul'l be popular. Then the cry ran
!ta[snsh rams: Il was taken up 10 tho streets 81
Wien the war news reached Germany, II wss
TAKEN np tn every city and harulet nnd tho entaa-
France
The speaker then went Into lengthy review OF
re history Of ne two counties. Fol centuries
a. f1enea were Looked Up TO IN Germany. and,
Ry7nps,h!zel with the e1ort. RI nch soldiers then
were ioole.t UPON as Itbcrators. Bat lhe scene
e ana 3
! Germany united to drire the ruthless invader
from he so'l. They went even further. au,! en-
1ereti Faiis, and the French were humtated. This
ionrG4! their pride, and It has ranEied In their
| hearts ever suce: but the Germans a,so remcu1
bc1ed their humiliation. ant the seFfdam they once
| suffered. and felt no trltndllnr3s toward the
III nch. The later nufsed their wfath and naat-
| ly began war with Austria. In which sfe was
nor enIan,arn,ers 7ne French nah nov conc!nsed
Ihcv cUuhl WIN Frnssa as easily, and hence were
raSrr for The DAY. But tie Prassians were made
istrr M, in their c1,ncIs or war antt a ,,ait"n
thai France hui barely wt.nned ia three months.
the Pruss.aDs routed In eight Ja5s Ii Prussia,
| ing else from infancy He be!ieyet! there was not
IN ensign in thu tcsEice who could not draw
aud gre conplete details Of all tic fottresses IN
| the land.
lie had no doubt that the prussians knew much
more about French territory, and tie fortresges
xnd sttou1hokls OF The same. fhau the Ffeachmea
| Nn theInselrpn The French soldier wa4 irare
tn, Who wa nut brare in tais anne nineteenth % cen,
:sTr' liz at1nrEs Vii, yiror n h. ran t,nne for
success lis bower il initiative. and he hi 6een
geneIaiiy succsssfuL Prussian odicers n rsscsiye
,iercd to c1nuncr. Axa;nsI an ,nfe1ior eneuT sueh
who Ehowa cold determination aud is steaifast.
these tactics are thruWu nwaT and after The ur5t
Sothjng was 50 eietrtu,entaI to an aruv ~ con.
tlnuai Successes over weak enemies. Thst was
the fau,t With The French. and he honed that
Germans would mt tuw fail in,o The same trap
SMaIinc Of the armies. he stIi The Gctruan
each Each @ ,,Iss3on t4 apain ii Jlrids,i ,nto thgse
hrsga.,es, and each brigade into tnrcs resiments,
IT, ,esnasnts eax COMPOSED o. ooe men o. 10;
.1a,,f - ~ ,Han snnun:t, r. f,r"feo ha,sSro "
~ ihs HscpssS sm'%'ance ~ snd ti1srax tr
| .a!tss ~ 1., ~ ~ "s
Via. enmnr.tet, sfscnt ~, ,xs n. Ersnch arm y
was itgiie into tWenty cnrps Of 10 900 each. nn;i
,,r7,I.ynt.sl ahnnt th.. s.r,s This was Il t.s-s
iI,c f:a,de MoSfie. >'0 ~"
Ts, uI,.;".~ ~ ,s,b a+,n,oa ,raeexce,,ep, rbe
Germans ga Ser. consderahir hesyI,r man 1he,r M
h, ~ ,..a sS sis, n,r arss,n,,'S ~ ~
,hnr AIMS TEa iicft cvx9irr ~ tho 1:.~,,,ns ~
mas ,eItrr than t,ie Frcnrh. int 1hc neary .irn
tni y W .a ~ ~. "".
~ ,sna.1mnt sUsa =, as ~ s1 e.
mats sas; soweref; iaf ssist,o: Tas soldier,
u1. u VILE ~. y. atssH @ Ma
,.,a.coT aT..1..,S ~ ths E.anrn M r.s NJ :souf
,,ar w.. ~ VI stn;ra,en as Ias,. ~ sonr nnn
4 "nes ,csta ,rJ frnnanrnn; ~ r7,n ~ ennshtnc
In. had sefsi1 FrrfIrhn1en mr. fam nrGiin..s n
rylnr in f1.r i,rimea nnh III, simc frnon
;sf essasisas IF I'D siysa ~ Wy rani stsss5
snfts ssos na1 asS
;e{ %sfs ns1teety ,, 9asmiess , III Thay wots1ln
+ - .ve ~ hatfic ""A ft& "' @' "
0 s;trslinc nj ths FrroeI, Generals. ne sa,a ,na
sssa sn, h1zape n ,oass - s1s sef
an canaf q soang a,,s iStSe ~
.s.s ttrnshn - ,rrs - ,.,.t ,.-nt-7 S.G n
,,cr i,c9har h ~; IL si,;iiy ~ s,,,n1nao Tn a.
iurr srmv IN ~. nci,i vas xat to IN. nr1.rcn
Ttr mnst cnincut OF ali t6c Frrnch com
faauaeva was Marshal Canrohest- lie "a
utavc slifet; I;arnrd without fear OF 1eptDacn
lie uHtlernsoot1 the weak points o1 tue enemy, IN