The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-13
MACMAHON'S ARMY.


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mall some most graphic pictures Of the flight OF
MacMahon,s army. He writes as follows:-
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Saarburg l JUDGED the h2ht 10 ne near Nieder-
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ann soa'n ,uitn~m. cn,rasS w,,H"~t a w p w.,
an araicrs,. on an mnsaddIeJ horse. lila fsce
| IiatortnI with inexnrpssinie fr,gh,, ''A Sane
msmnteS In ter a moh or apme r,vnntv heraen,o bmr
| red mast among whom two znnaves cJ;n%ng nnan
one horse were Conspicuous the others were cniras
mo wildly fheIr sabres others ma NJ ont Of thriy
wits nogging their poor exhausted horses. several
without saddes most OF them without arms one
cuirassier halted his horse inst before me
loOsened his cuirass threw OF his helmet next Ma
heavy sword lastly his weightv brcastniIate anI MI
Then Laughing contentedly. rode Ieisuraiy on. A
pause OF some five minutes followed the towns
men had All ned inside the gates '
The field watch and / stood alone at the point
where The Niederbronn branch railway ,ntersecIs
the high road Presently. mn gallons a held Gen
na nafe as s pr"ssan alu cans
The held watch Turned white. exclaimed "Wnar
madness. Hapenau ia an omen town There couid
he no defence and If the PrllssIans really were
there the best thing for the town was to open the
gates as wide as possble.n His face brirhtened up
Tne tumut became greater, Among a crowd or
cuirassiers some ancers were mixed IN: then came
hussar uniforms, The roads are tIronQed: an.
mounted horses gallon past MS driven on 6y panjc
on eli sides are Observation-Disclosures in ahirt
sleeves many of their horses with the traces cut
ridden by infantrymen or artillery. So lar / have
not remarked one Officer Az the mOh was thckest
a railway train came screaming along from the
north. At the moment number OF peasant girls
with their conyeya,ces cntangled In the tbrOng
were close upon the rails They cannot move Tor.
wards or backwards; tney seem lost. The field
watch and myself, seiznR the barrier tree, forced
back the distracted wenches shut The barrier helped
them over anu the train rushed passed without mis-
hap Ihe train ought to have saved the nld,criet
ported the wounded; It was entirely devoted to
hight They were the first infantry soldiers who
saved themselves All the wagons, over filed on the
roofs hanging on by the handles, with hair their
bodies In the air on the panQWay boards some fully
accoutred some half naked, no wonndcdl So
mashed past US this novel picture of distraction
inc the current OF M sortilne i'm the high road We
lei the barrier bak drop, and sprung aside Like
wild hunt the horsemen gallOped into the town aud
Gathered through 1t without drawing bride
Nv five O'CLOCK the torrent gradually ceased, After
pause came the conveyances. l saw four or Ave
carriages all completely harnesscd yet without their
guns Then jolted and ratified past broAen ammu
milton wagon crammed with Turcos: next peas
ants wagon filed with bedding and household
gear but no owner: q ZOuave led the horses two
frigtt,ully wounded Turcos lay on the top cluster
Of unarmed soldiers OF all arms chung round II.
Now followed infantry on foot.
ic was about haif-past five; still no onlcers. In
dense swarms the chancery cars, the carriages OF
four or five empty ammunition trucks every KIND OF
ambulance wagon, all packed with uninlured sol
diers On car lay three cOrpses, lew pitlfully
draggled TurcOs followed in the crowd in
dumb resignation. Then came Il lot of suit
lerS and camp IOll0Wers. Inc infantry had
ali uuhS away ineil PaOns' ilany .eu guns, sonie