, 1870-09-05

VOL. "a.
Forsyth, Of the United sta1ss army, remarked 70
aies later In The day, II would hive been worth
;onsn1 merely TO sec ~ splendid ! aoene. With
,ut " tAtt1e's m1sn.dcenLJ stern array-" In shr
lUycIs ynNeJ below MS. from thr Knoll On which !
Hood with the K!ug ned u.5. We could see not
cnly tho Mh"lc valley OF the
hscpsc, but slso beyond the great
weods Of Bois DC Loup and FTaaeneFa1
Into Bel9tnn1. and a. aaf ~ me aliis fofest OF
Nprpo, On tho other side Of the frontier. Right
nj our feet lay thu lksie tn*u Of setias. famous
for lii fortihentlons b5 vAub2n, and ~ the birth
p1ace OF TurenDe, The graf AassnAl, known also
ss The place wperE sedan chatrs Originated Al
we we're only about TWO AMI Aqu1Ttsr miles sron
the town, We eeut eaary distinguiah IT, principal
cdtnctA without the ait,-a' ncad-Zlasses. Ga the |
LETT Ras pr, tty chusch, its gothlo 1plre OF sand
fsons Offering cnnsnseatas :arger for the psns-
etau guns had Geuerai Aoltke Thought !
nt to lombard The town., To the !
.trat, on the southeast Of the |
church, was large barEack, with fpct!aca't'as
cf the citadel Behind 1t, and beyond 70 The
Y utne ast again, wss tho ud chateau Of Sedan,
With It's picturesque. round -sur1ctcd t9"ers Of
tie Axtecpsh eentu1y-yr1y uBetcs+, even AxAinst
teu1-poundeE ktur2 neld pieces This building,
Mneve, Is hun AZ arsepat Beyond this Was
cltsdei tn the heart Vt Sedan, on rsNg hill
c. E:.p an..rt ~ hl1!s 10th slIea w1s the river
xhicl, rans III ftoLt ri the citadel
FRexcn gLCSpEx, II
TIE FFcr ch hal nu.ded tue io1 mca4ts@s IN
tie sAle1 tetoee contux 70 the raiiua bsi!sr, at
Bstetie, in order to stop tic ue-zaaas eson ad-
saLcinK Oh = thr town Ia That dr.
+. f.citon. WIKI their usual stupidity,
ttoe oue crn mud no other wu,i fur tt.. the French
had failed to ulike the 1staxu At 847ellas md 1t
xas Of immense sary1ct to the T. usslans tn1uush-
cut the hattie. The Pruaa!sna actus1iy threw np
caEthwo1ts on the isun bridge itseif u prfect II
frcm the French, who more rnan once A!temptel.
easly In the day. TO storm TIA ortiEe. In the hope
ef breaking Bayartau communication between
the right sDd left banks Of the Meuse- THIS they
were un1bte 20 DO, and, although their canuna
thot has almost demolished the patapet, The
teldge itself was not materially damssea.
An AKT1LLKKr pCKz-
On the prote ting sputs OF the hll, crowded ~
the optlH IT LaMA1fee, OF which hAve alrratlr
spoken. the bavluana had postel t~n t,a.tsrscs
Ut aix-pounder r1ned hreech-iuad.uz steel k1up7
guns, which kept up the due!l1. till the very end
t ct the dsy, with the ssegs kuns Of Sedan across
the Eeutc-
nloopx kAv1sK.
sttn further To the tight dauk-or, rathc-, tn the
cast, fur our linz was circular nnr, csosccnt u
nss With sedan tn the centre, ike the star II the
Turkish staudard-ws9 IN und1ixetug ristn, above
the village of Dazet.lc, terminating hbont q mile
and half ftum Sedan, as the roaas near Rune-
court, midway. that ts 70 SAY, tn n tho from Be-
1etIle north, there Is rarine Wateted 'hy tiny
hro1E, which Was the scene Of she most desperate
st1uRR'c, and oi the most fTtGttful slaughter Of
the whole battle This stfeam, whose nana /
have fOf gotten, 1t eTer had ope- runs rRhk b.
hlntl the town Ut Setsan. From the wUoes OF Fltt-
Ereusc, On the north, behind the town, rises sis
| dotted Will cottages and fruit.faten oEchat4s,
| aud Crowned bJ the Woo,t OF LaEatfrne, which
1uus down t. thu valley of which have just
| tpohen.
TIE FRENCH cANrs.
Betwecn this roa.i and the. toHn were seyeral
Fserch ca mps, their Khtte shelteE-teuts standing
Cut clear atoIg the dark fruit trees. In the cams
one conld~see, throughout The dag. huge nlasSe.
| OF troops ~h,ch were never uselL Even dustrg
tie blight OF The battle they stood Is Ehe Fiji
| Jthp FoTter st :he eecoud hattie OF Bull Kun
| We Imagined tRAt they must have been ug'ii-
cirItned GagAcA Mobiir. whom the French Gen
| erals caresl not bring ont against their enemy.
/ The HILLS ABOUT szDAS.
Te the Lett OF these French CAMP, scfaratc-
| from them hv q wooded ray1ne, WAS q long, bar
| hill, 4 methiug like one OF the hits on Lnn:
Island. This bill, on which was some Of The ha1t.
cit rkhtinR of the day. formed ono Of the KEYS q
| the Lostlen Of the French army, When once II
ctests wstc cnvercd with Prn>sRn artillery. th
whole town OF Sedan was completely at the merc
Il tie Prusstan guns, ss they were not nu1v ahnv
The town, hut the town MAS almost within mu,kt
tsnRe OF them.
still lurrhcr to the left Of them lay the v1llag
OF lily. set on tire early IN the DAY by Frrnc
shellA. south of this 10 a uEuken railway bridge
tlo~ h up by the French to protect their nghsa
was conspicuous object. Right above the mi!
vat bridge, On the linz to Neztercs, WAS woole,
rilI. crowned bJ the new and m0st hIlcou
G. ateaQ {aa he calls ~ Of on
Monsieur Pave. It was here that the Crow,
prtGce aud his ntsff stood dur5g the uay, hAvtn
rather more extensive but less ceutra. view
ard, therefore, less dest able than the Ktns
cunt Dismar's, you Room, the Var Minlste
General Mo!tke, and Geuesals Sheridan anA Fal
eythe, 70 say nothing OF sour correspondent
| POSITION or THE FkGsstAS coRrs-
Having thus snticayutesl 10 give some faint tide
Ct the ecrnc Of what H. IN all probability. the de
elsiye battle oi The WAT, viii next give An u
couAt Of the position Of the different corps At til
:ou meucement Of the hc,l.n, promising that =
movements were nf the simplest pos
h:bie nature. The object Of the Prus
f!sn Generals hcsuE nrrely 70 .c.ose ta
crescent Of troops With which they began Into
clE,lc, BY cdecltng Junction between the SA1o
Cofrs IN their right and the PrpssAn Corps 0
thei- left. THIS Junction took place xbopt moo,
lear the ttlc village of OIiey, on the bass Of ELI
1xvtuc, behlnd se.taD, Of which hAEo a1tead
~roAtn+ Once ,heir terrible circls totrae.I, aat
well so'dered together, It grew steadily smallt
and tuallcr, until at last the tortitcations of :,
dan Itself were entered. On the extreme riRl
were the SaIons, one nospa dsuFn<e, with Kin
Nilliasns 1pA1sis; also eosps d'dFrnet In reeely
Ii hind them- Tho GuAs,is haA suffered ter1toI
n 0Extet!otte, xhcEc shry met the lmpen,
Guard. and the KIng would not allow thes
u bc again 50 cruelty decimatei. Lu
tee cdmpeiS me to etste that this arrAuKs
ntnt VAS very far. Indeed, from being p1es4ln
to the Guards thenselye., who are ever anx1ou
10 Re IN the forefront Of the battle. The lsuAn,
AMI Saxons then about 10000 strung, were a
day en- tie right bank OF the Meuse, bet1ee
Isuhecourt aud La Chapelle, at witch latter II
lsge l1lnce Albert, OF Saxony, who MAJ In cor
| mandot TWO corps, which hare been formed int
little extra army by themselves, PASSED tn
night Of Thursday. Tue ground from Rnbecou,
10 the Aeuae VAS cccup!s,i BY the First Bavaria
Cops The Second BavaE1an Corps exteple
thetrt rpnt trpm near the Bazellle Railway brt,g
| to point on the high road lrnm DonchetJ
SEDAN, rot fat frcm the little village OF Tusc,
tsetex the hill on which the Grown Prince vi
niacet. Thc gfound from Toscy to lsly. thtoue
the 1a'ge village .. Floing, was hel
hF The FIFst and Thtri Prussia
c,srrs. belonging 10 Prince Frederick Carrie,
an,t temporarily attached to the army Of tn
c'e~n tTthce. This was tie position OF II
iroaf about oc1eek nn Tsue*Iay u,ufn.us
September /. anti uo great advance ,ooE place u
later than tna'. Tor the artillery naA at rst all th
surl To DO st.tt fusthtr to The left, nrar Dor
caer.. were loo WullenlbesKcrs, ready to g.
az Tile French fsum Mexirtas, III ca.u Ut she1
Iaktug push tnr that fortress
1ux FoRe1s ENGAGED
The number OF the prussan troops engage
IVES estima,el BY General Won Mos.ke at eW,o>
{ and that OF the French at 1ao ,00o We kno,
| that AacAshon had with him on Tuesday taO q
tuen-ts.at Is four cosps-hts own, .ha
lstelJ commanded by General Dc Fa
LEY, row under General LeBuon; ,hz
Of Felix uou.y, brother VI General absl Dsua,
Killed at Wcfsscnbarg, Aud the Fourth Corp
i lAiHc1psily COMPOSED of the Gafie Mogilc, II
| name Of whose COMMANDER nas escaped me-.
NAcxAHoS IN eoxAAsn,
GscAahop, although wounAeI, commanded
Chief on the French side.
TUR RRrsstAx c1MxASp1Rs
it IS stusoet needless 70 say tuat ,he rial Con
Misunderstanding OF the fTuaAanl wAA Won Aoltk
with shc Grown Prince and Ps1ucu A1acrs Of 81,
oily Immediately next IN ccmuacu.
sTxAr snorS.
Toe7c we're few stray cannon shots drr,s-mcn
y sighting shots, however. IA snou Vi rang
Nas obt4ice.- but the real hattie lid no. c,m
menee until O'Clock, hecomink / ssarp Asttlie.
nght 1t ., when the batteries ha raca gut w!tai
Gas, tanfe, and the sneis began to do seEt-s
uaschitt. -.
OPENING or rHx BATTLE.