The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-08

and that ne ~ 0e108 Ye1Doece4 D sC001nut
arrivals BY railway. In consequence of thee
advices it was resolved to lose no time in e.
fecting change Of front, which had been de-
termined upon sew day previously, hat sot
yet exeested.7 .u.5..'. ,-'as ..,.51-.--z Z.
|. The Second Ravsrian and Fifth, Prussian
corps were 10 remain in their respective po-,
sitions at LeuIhach and PrenschdOrf; tie
Eleventh PrussiaR corps w~s to wheel II the
right and enczmpa At H0lrhlOch, With van
pushed forward toward the river Sauer; and
the First Bavarian corps was 10 advance into
the neighhorhood Of Lebsann and Lamper-
sloch. The Cavalry Division rensaiwe.i st
SchonenbuR, froniing west. The corp
Werder lWurte,nburg and Baden Divisiosrsl
marched to Reimersweier, with patrols fac
ing the Hegenau forest.
The Fifth Prns.isn corps, On the evening
Of the 9Th, psIsled it van from lis bivOiac
at Prenschtlorf on TO the heights east VI
WOerth. On the other side Of ehe Saar n,l-
merous camp fires Of the enemy were visible
during the night, the French OltpOsts Occii-
pying the heights west Of the Saar, opposite
WOerth and Gunstett. At dawn Of the 9TH,
skirmishes commenced along the line Of the
OutpOsts, which caused the Prussian vanguard
TO send battalion into WOerth.- gFE
NJ 8 O'Clock steady firing was heard on the
right Bavarian) flank. This and the tire
the enemy directed against WOsrth caused
US to station the entire artillery Of the Fifth
Prisian corps On the heights cast Of this
place, and try 10 relieve the Bayalians. \
little later the Fifth corps was ordered to break
of the engagement, il being the intention Of
our Generals to begin the battle against the
concentrated forces Of the enemy only when
the change of front had been effected, ami
the entire German army was ready To be
brought into action.
At q quarter to o'clock the Fourth divi-
sion BOthmer) Of the SecOnd Ravarian
corps tIiartmannl, induced by the heavy
FIRE of the Outposts near WOerh, had left
their bivOuac at L4embach, and proceeding
by Mattstall and Langssl-sSalzbach, alter
sharp engagement, penetrated as far As
Neschweier, where they spread, fronting 10
the south. Vt half-past 10 this Ravaridn
CORPS, surprising the orier to break of the
engagement, which had been given Ia the
Finh Prus-ians, to extend To themselves,
Withdrew to ugcn-Salzback.
! The enemy being thus no longer pres-esl
! on his left, turned all his strength with the
greatest energy against the Fifth Irlssians al
WOerth. Reinforcemcnts were continually
thrown in hv rail. Finding the enemy in
earnest on this point, and Pcrceiving the
Eleventh Prussians To approach vigorssisly
f. in the direction II Gunstett, the Fifth Fru,-
SLAMS Immediately prOecled Ia the attack,
- rs 10 defeat the enemy If possible before
! he had time TO concentrate.
; The Twentieth Brigade ~ss the tirt to
'lefile through WOerth, and marched towards
Elsassl'a,isen and Frcschweier; it wa,
promptly followed by the 18th Brigade.
iEhe French stoul their ground with the ut
nhsst pertinacitv, and their fire WAS crushing.
| Whatever the gallaniry of our Tenth Divis-
! ion, il did MT s,,cceed in overcoming the OBJ
stinate Resistance Of the enemy. Eventually,
F. the Ninth Division being drawn into the
fight, the whole Fifth corps found itself in
volved in the ssDguinarv cvnfiiCt ranging
/ along the heights west Of Wcertb.
, At halfpsst ] +. III. orders we're given to
the First Bavarian corps Won der Tann) to
leave one " its two divisions where II stood,
and, sending on the other az quick as ry-si-
ble hy Lehsann and Lan,pertsloch, seize
upon the enemy front in the gap between
Second BAvarian CORPS, at LaDgel- SalzbaCh,
and the Fifth Prussian corps at Woerth
-; The Eleventh Prussians we've ordered to ad-
vance to Elsas,hausen, skirt the forest ot
Niederwald, and operate against Frosch-
, weier. The Wurtenlburg sliviscn was to pro-
cee,l to Gunstett, and follow the Eleventh.
Prussian- across the Saar: the BADEN III vision
was to remsin at Saarburg. ...... ...
At 5 o'clock the combat had extended
along the entire line II WAS severe -tIug
gle. The Fifth Pr,lssians fought at W,evtii:
the Eleventh PruSians near ElsaSsl,ausen.
In his strong POSITIONS IN and near the
heigh;s of Fro-chweier the enemy offered us
most intense resissapoe., The First Ba-
varian corp. reached Corsdorf, but could not
lay hold OF the enemy fast enough; the Sec
ond Bavarian had "a exchange the exhausted
troops Of the Division Bothn,er. who had
: spent their ammunition iWtl,e 6ere fights ot
the morning, for fghs fiyisiyn val,ner.
While the Division Boih6,er telf back. the
Brigade Schleicb. Of the Division Waltler,
marched upon I-angen- Salzl~ch. The Wur-
temlerg division approached tiWpststt. 't 's
At 9 o'clock fresh orders were given. The
Nuremberg Iiyision WAS to turn towards
Reicfshoten, nv way II Elsr>l<.ch t" threat
en- the enemy's line Of retreat. The l.t Ba-
varian was to attack at once and dislodge the
enemy from his position at Froschweier and
in the neighluring VINEYARDS. Between ,
and ) o'clock the enemy, lriHgiEg fresh
troops into the field, aud advancing with
cuIsumnIate bravery, assumed The offensive
against the 9TH and llih Pr,is>ian CORPS.
But all his assaults were Is.,ten ofi. Thus
the fight was briskly going on al W%rth,
neither l'arty making much progress, I'LL Ut
length the brilliant attack of the Isl Eava,
rian Curl~ at Gors.lorf and of the LIST Wur-
temterg Brigadeon the extreme left Il, Eber.-