, 1870-09-30

Hfa1. tho Gtr1u1n4 WDul1 OoE EaV6 tie EacEe1
cdif|ce. but Immediately bombard 1t. This had
tha de.irsd effect.9 .9On this day Comm andant
U!rich .deu1xn1ed that tho women and chill
drp1i in tho city be Allowe I'd to pass cut; bnt
IA the German cnmmAndant mas thinking Of
exercising moral pressure upon the garrison.
he refused to allow: this, a. tic troops wonId /
much longer Gme,. He requested. at tho eama !
time, to 10 allowed to send letter to his
witc: which EAa granted. A great number Of
Ge1mans we're expelled from tho city. Tho
,commandant also asked permission to ssnd
out his own family. bnt this WAS not granted,
late the bombardment would ho continued.
He refused. Tho 29d was used By the Ger
ton, and, By tie morning Of the cath, no less
than 500 canon and mo.t4ts were msnned,'
and fifty thousand troops were waiting for tbs
signal 70 storm tho city. The commandant
was sgsIn asked to come out. OK send ono Of
his oftcers, and see tho preparations that
lad been made for the homb&rdment. ThiB
hs refused to do, saying that it wonld
never ha possible for him to inspect the Ger
man foress until the fortress had sapitnl1ted-
self to the last nnsn and the lset cannon ball.
The morning Of the 18th found both forces 1T
work, and the French again directed their
shots On tho Estt1e; village OF KehI, near tho
kchl battery, setting many houHeE On firc. md
leaving scarcely ahonse ucdsmagsd.
IEnAH1C CANON DUEI.
: The German Datieuca: was now exhausted.
md tls1r guns we're directed upon the city IT.
!. eeif. T!:c whole Of tha 9Th was tar.d.
cannon dac! las.ing until o'clock on the tol-
los,nE morning., all with excessiEe loss 70
Tho FIe1:ch. I'll. Eight sile Of tic citadel was
lIrss nl:, 7cd see sl.e1ls la! dIed Elora ths.
Ealf dozen places in the city. This ~. bad
enough for the citizens .luriltg the day. but
d. night the Germans in-rcasM. their fire,
aendisga as many as ten balls per a.taa.c Into
the burning city.
Eehl ss burning. It u,iGnizht TIM si!lagcs nf
I Robert san, Sehsltlghesnn, AID k011Sonhaf had
h+eu IL ed Try tt. French. In straaoonsS IL
self, 10 snurtc VAS nns, Eot under t,lan an
other aEuko out Fi1eu1n anxt citiEens Wero
kept At ,rk, v4inly e,,deayagla9 to say tho
deVoaricE elemr.s, while the uab. como!sre.
ly beSord eostro!, ran ,hrnu;l, fls stsse:s
! ro1hing and psisderfn9 whe:-ver they could
TIE mi M *1i:2h had slnl@n during tla cTe:t-
irgwa: oaccu1ed :. m:aniG!i by tue smnae
atov, The lur,,irs city, and FOR rni1cs .ralsd
the ;tlanlss itl.sntna7ea tte coantrE
| rounding villages assembled By thousands to
| watch the flames, rnd to listen to the cannon
ading, their faces uhits With tho glare OF the
ares, which we're Eean neatsy forty miles away
| BY the inhabitanta Of the Nsck Ferest. The
Woldanstrssse. and the new Church Ct St
Peter we're in flames. At ono ti,ne it appeared
| IS il the grind old Minister was burning, the
tower seeming to be glowing red, md the
| flames Rfeneu ii, ran along It - If sport
| ing With tho. s1crca building, at
ono time the soldicrs OF Kchl eosid road
ordinary, rant, and. this uas four miles
distant from the hu1E,rg city. Tho wind WIS
blowing westward, and carrviog tho fi1msB
directly into tho thick OF tho city. Finally
tie people APPEARED to give: up al hopes q
merge iEto ore, and this would extend With
fearful npidit:, ct times threatening the en-
tire city. But caunot describe tie horrora
| OF that night and the stlccee ding ones. The
poor Inhabitants themselves must do that. A
copy Of this Courier da BGs &ain, whlc., -ss
Las been reciyed In Schlestait, g.gcs tho fol.
lowing account Of that awful night.
- SCENE or DErAs!AI1oS ASb Rr1s.
| "What terrible night! Whut ruin and mourn.
mrncetl terrible rle. destroying fortunes. trras
nrcs: ah. Eran'1 w1tks Of nst- What iosa shall NC
Of slaeksnea r1ins: The 1sss-na.ne1 iusi,:asl5n
Soots a K%.Dr in Il G
ana @ reIsssssEanse. Ns,htas nov tt1a iinss
d. 1ocumsnt % The s@ Tic Is now = ehenuio..ed ;~a
with ruins ard ell that ls 10 he ses fs the ca.bo-
tzcsl Eostts af one or two books tn s,r!er. Nt
tcstant place Of worship In siFas',ourv. W,lh il,
splendid ozx1n au,l RENOWNED mural uain;ln9a,
The four walls alone remain: Thr Art Museum y:
AnsFstc y so:a3!y ts;sesg1, WITH thc 6u1i.5 < II
ert0 only escaped by miracle TIM great Disaster
ing again aoIny fragments Of SCULPTURE ami ssops
| from lie wats werc Ionnti Ecs.tteFe.i
| about the groar,1. anal showel- that q ca1uoa
lall ha1 struck oaE maanidcent nlottu.
na n fn Gne or % ns oest 9na M 6ss
Injured by proiecti1cs. The Iiotsl ua Vi,Ie Il
shattcTed: Ths Council Uali Il acrassatc,I.
S+vsral r,iraso residences siessrors, those ID
at Sa ' prsy . ss ses
TIE shsl!s s' M aezsss saa, aa r. 1us;ss Y
proisctIes Ee,e n.rc,. fe ia ba,i III mao i snas y
no oubt for The nufrose OF nrsrtutf,,x the wtrE
ers from ge,tiug The lanes untic.. The whole
cry IS heaped WIKI wreck, and the roofs, chtm-
III .ies sse s'eaees of tnc houses ae damaged On
aA f'9e
SiohF W sotfERis" AND TERROR.
,,ro .I1 ;1 .h aS ,s'aalgaaue7ns IN so
liz c;t;7an 49, into -. n.1ias. si m6a. n..
;ntn sSo w.. ~ ssmr' - tha ~ +; anu a.
esv. fsa, ~ t ee ~ osoEt 10
sands. bowerer : la 10 sneh n ni,ca 81 ret1t'o
they ran about tie streets in q state Of semi.
insanity, hardly knowing whe.o to 60 for
safety. IN the pooc, q.i.rtcr uuful sceuea
were enacted. Even the simple reaY7nte
wept in telling what they saw The firing
| OF small guns was also he1rl during fb0
night. cansed By the garrison making
sally, which vas rcpul:ed ty tue Germans
AID te1ror4 OF the nigh. NAV be best iud:ed
| by the fact that on tiia next morniny tue com
mkndknt OF this city sent = rarliau,ent,ire to
request lint and baudaee iur the wounded.
since be had none, anI from tsre to VII Enus'
ilred citizana had Lscn wounded br e1nl,lin.,
I ufo1fn 4 FrT1 l..
| killed or buried beneath ruina. whrrc tHag
| 1rst Law, One OF tin manr inr;f1erts - ~
reported ia Of a ahflI falling into = r;rl.'
| school, killing seven GIRLS and severely wnnud.
| ing several others. Many perzons
we're kilaed and Wounded in
the sAckng Of, M1gdaburg conld not h1vs
been mora terrible. And yet Gil the following
morning the conmardsnt would not 1isson to
capl ulation, but demanded to he allowed to
leave the fortress with Ill military honors.
The citizens sent their tursoma=ters to tho
citadel to sload with the eommsudant for the
c1tE, tut li'1ch treated Lin roughly, it il
srfd, and threatened to shoot any ci'lzen who
attempted to se.ist lis authority: The asiuG
Continued on tho night IT the 25tl', the ciss
bving again fifed IN shzioua places.
no,n,,.r,
wss done on th,t nisht ~ n,r.v ~ n,a.n
troor4 4 I;au.,r.rt oF;;,.. tE;ri, ~ ~ .
witlf forir.fva 49, III ~ .tIp th -
creese i iis nb;.n;n j aa1,r ~
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tnH .av sGe 2s1tes lIa a.rsaaE been removed:
: s.;.n; tuus I"na sna .ueH sel ase 10 eemsoalT
one ~ ia i,o;1nat sas meu ssar az, 81 ssSapsa.
ihe hcn,is r5nont r.s 5a1e 10 80 NJ nain
soidsrs .1so ,rora ofra-ad So1v ss,h 91Sen ~ y
tbn,s.,,a so 49, ,sr. & pnsfea s,,d III - 81
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