The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-27
The Brtt,c-Picid Of Hagucnsu.

rom tHe LOhfJH IthttS, aug. &C.
For Xix OF seven miles our Tou.c Law along the
en- aig'roai to strasbour.. VIA iIaruculu Tnc
lttgr riJrg Is empty OF troops, and the cavalry
Which las already reached sayerne, reports the
most r,pins-rici feds. Tho load lined Win rSobr
trces' and rolling land clothed with forest patches
aud hot- Of extraordinary height. Then we turned
doMA uy-Goau-l communal ~ hway-and, alter a
time reached the village Of Gunstctt the envirnns
81 N|th were iho scene Of a desperate action be-
tween tac Frcuch rght and tie flussIau left during
taG Lt'rc'da. battle OF NoeIth.
IKE several otl. n oi Tie village It was crowded
with wounded and yale faces looked or, OF the
windows ~ tue cottascs, VITA heads bound no ;
nut lhele we're soon mule ttrrile evidences OF tIC
struggle. The 5tLr,s ~ Engn.uc<s pulcl,s nus.
het', shoes, fragments OF CIo,hpi, shakos, thick
thtd as Ne went On dead horses, swollen to an
enormous t,ze, with their legs suck up n the ar,
w about IN tnc hClds; aud NOW We came upon u
deaf lrussian who Agi Is.n stl il ia the act OF
Charging aud then cane Luuaycs and lulcos,
dean iH na'ur Tie taco in most cases covered hy
tic decent care OF TIE country people Wltu Lido
pieces OF non. which tie IalG hal beaten in On tac
The burirl lt,s wcrc busy close ut hand and ~
over Ile country hu' the harvest was too heavy for
more see OF them the less like t.,m-hu. never
lave tphc'l 10 hi 30 extraordinary ~ | came on
rs u,pn.t .,ru. Met tEc : .uor which flows ty Gun
frc.t A. nn angle Of tic rcai by = vine rautqtion,
ilte mad been tNIenlly F1.Lnny combat be-
.c %G"n S s .y gJ c ISc yiGHI t oy I
the strange spcctico an writing of.
ILcc were lea" OF tuh'sses sHll bright, qua
AZ
from the dead, wounded, ant prisoners, and pilot
NJ intervals dong the road. Between these lay sad.
dies, sNoyds stack IN the ground, horse uapUiurs,
yalisas with 80 aud 80 on them, here and l. Cge
single cu,ras.o-, dead horseE hcWg,s swords, mas
kets-the ground tramplcl, the vines beaten dowl
-ppo.s oil hluod--a foul, sour sUoli every where (;
TINS literally for two miles each side Of the road
La the VILLAGE isc'f WAS pile Of thirty or forty
cutras'cs and helmets, tnen aAoeLer pile of the
same,
Further on, m.xol up with these "trophic," Of
tho lnIlcss Cuirassicrs we came ON Inc signs Of
disaster 10 rCEWcLt Of lauccw-Sldvcs with rcd
amt WI ite srcaiI,r> IA ali directions, lancer shaku.
saddles, yalscs, aud tuIcs-biue laced With white.
one would think LlncorH aud Cuirisslcrs and l.ucn
to ether; but to whatever Te ,imcuts lance and
cuilass belonged 1t was pam they mad been routed
and destroyed. One remark able circumstance i
this--not cuir1ss was pierced by bullet !
looked most nnrrowly-oncrs did Tie same And
yet What had be u the tate OF the wcMclaf
That ia problem cannot solve, nor coul! any
one else; tut 1t is pam that the CurassGsj were
aunih I,cd. 1t is sad tnat one regiment aAiI1ed a
battery and got in among the guns, bur M's smit-
ten by the infantry on tie Hanks with ctdCu
shower that beat th0m to the earth never to rise
again--uuhorssd, or dead and wounded, the unhurt
all taken In few seconds. As said, this sort Of
work Mas VsiJb for quite two miles along the road.