Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-18
Details of the Battle of worth.

LONDON, Aug. I6.-A special cOrrespou lent
whites on thursday tllth) from the headquar
teTs OF the Crown Prince sn account OF the bat
lie OF Worth. There il nothing yet printed
mere from the Prussian side. The correspond
en- saws
1.-The swift and skilIfuI movement against
NelssenbuTg. resulting In q complete success to
the German arms. was but a fOretaste OF the
s-OIm which threatened the northern part UT
A,Sace. ON the second day after that OF wei,-
svEbGTg came the battle OF Worth, and the
crown Prince gained victory over the ablest
general IN France. 1t Is admitted that the
French fought with reckless courage, and that
they Inflicted heavy loss OF their oppOnents, but
the tact OF this hard fighting and of this heavy
loss shows how serious defeat Was sustaine
IN Mcmahon.
on 50 large a scene of action 10 would have
Eeen impossible TO judge OF the exact loss sas-
tanned / see no reason, however, to doubt the
official return on the German side, which gives
about iD.OO0 Frenchmen and 800 Germans hors
t:u combat, and about 900 prisoners taken BY
tie victOrs-i, zoe in the battle and 5000 in the
pursuit These losses, with the further loss of
cannon and cOlOTs. made the battle of Worth an
evil day Tor France. Well might the wounded
Germans raise themselves to cheer the Crown
Prince ~ he passed, and c-y that Germany was
safe. IL will often be told how the armies met
on the 9th Cf August, and how Mcmahon made
hrs unsuccessful effort TO repel the invasion of
AlSace. how the PrusSians held the left of the
tine. and the Bavarians and wnrtembargers the
right. and low a few Baden troops. held in re-
serve by the Crown Prince, were brought up
Just in time TO share the honors OF the day.
being difficult TO tell which party began the
light Gradually. as the German troops pressed
round upon their opponents line OF retreat,
the French were forced To so hasty a retro
grade movement that the retreat became very
nearly rout. The neede-gun proved itself
TO be fully the equal OF the Chassepot, and
perhaps more than that-at least, so saw the
German soldiers, with apparently good reason.
The Prisoners were assembled near the irst
station of the reOpened railway through Weis-
senbers- / could distinguish many Turcos and
zOuaveS among them, though the greater part
were soldiers Of the line. We drove past them
muHitiOn wagons; and i noticed that they
seemed wOfGliv discouraged. There was no
songs and 10 laughter TO be heard among them
and the few that were occupying themselves
IN picking fruit in trees that they had climbed
had not a very lively air for FTenchmen in
such a position as fruit picking. Then came
the conveys of wounded men moving to the
rear. SufferIngS had made them brothers in
misfortune. The Germans and Frenchmen min
gled, sat or lay quietly side by side, if
theN were Old comrades, the only enemy, and
the common enemy, being the jOltins wagon.
A. We neaTed Worth there was a constant stream
Of wagons. bringing down wounded men, Prus-
slams and BavarIans, Turcos and Frenchmen of
the line. They bore the misery OF the road in
equal silence twas rare 70 hear a cry, though
the poor fellows faces showed much pain They
a ss-ddCr sight in their blOOl-staine ned band
ages than the men who lay grimly on the hill
side Worth Itself was a mere hospital, and all
the inh ahitants were either nursing the wounded
or buTying the dead. IL was an evil fare for the
picturesque little place. that more than loo gj1
men on one and the other should have settled
their quarrel 20 near At hand