The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-27
The BattIc-acId of Forlnch,


The heights commanding the town, which
M, .mor l ito hld ocSapiGsi for some days
tue scene OF recent picnic. liore bot
en'elopcd saniwico' or lac Jm'erItoI Of tn the
country there the remains of wood tire. there
tie lid Of tin pot. Then more remains Of
WOOD lrc-, more lids o. tiu pots, and broken
bottles innun erabe. Tie sort OF d;Jris
that one sees on race the duy
nGcr the racc--an idea which Is again suggested
by number of sticks sin remaining in tie ground
10 the Spicheren hoiglts. These are not sticks
however, they are needle guns; and, npprogc air z
them as nom lalse indications Of peace 10 true
indications OF war. Wrcrc thee five needle guns
are planted in the earth Cyith bayoncts for rootl
i've Prusstan soldiers nave fallen The men are
,ur'd Dut ihe'r arms, ioI this day At east are ~
4 fcw yards aherl there are three more needle.
plants Then ulnc, then dozen; then close 90 p
ridge whore tic Prussia as llauis Lad though G
they could find cover hut ia'l'd 10 do 80. twenty
s,yop, Passing this ridge, and climbing. not without
uncilty up the steep ascent, | fad khan acks
lying torn orcl on ihe ground. broken a,cou.
trenehts battered helmc,s. bood.silincd clothes
ana bodies rigid in tie commissions Of death.
tiu,-t'nH aont are To- he seen here, and looking
down into the plan observe three different maths
OF ascent make az If 10 ,how how difficult they
We're wan hecdIe-guns stncl; IN the turf. Ever
nan VINO Owned one OF these muskvts either dlci
c'-e - mere M wcl' ON stands as sign, or. at
lclft 1911 unable any longer to use IT,
me H,ui1ry 'ology OF he Smch,r'n heights can
% E'''h Understood, Aticr tie lrt ucc4lC-rtu
res'gn, the rcAon of Pu-sln krapsAcis ami ac.
whom tie dead bur.cr.,' under the direction ut
the - sick tenders. have not vet be- able 20
move: tlCn tie FIRST lur OF French tc.d, living
timex l%ind the natural and artificial nr nchmcn's
WLl,h y the last moment, protected ta.rn as they
cot GV,n or drove back regiment aHcr ,rcgi-
Wctt 81 Tire advancing, surprising lrus-
slams; then Prussias and French lying min.
pled together on the eumrt Of the mount
ihen more frchch tnan II17'an,, the French
alone lying across ride In the wood crowning the
ldglts, WHO @ shelter portion al least must nave
ttu-Ll, Ud o!cn sought IA vain; then, on the lett
tide OF TIC battlefield, looaing IRON SlrbrHek
one irscrlplqu "2S Preussen, 90 Franzosen. Grab
No. Az Here rest friends and toes together
says another Inscription, 20 Pruss ians and II
lrouchmcn.' observed that the words land foes
I'D, Ol some charitable or philosophical person,
Dc.u mlrNCI ont
Tie Frcnchcycn on their own spcneren hclgh,s
were 9s If IA 'ornign lnd and the cronnd where
they lay Was sleWCd with letters addressed to such
a one, camp at {. Alors, or such another NJ Mctz
" to he forwarded N s'tie de sOa tt0,tgeHfn |
anu therefore, under tho cHcums taucCs. tCucluu =,
All roproachcd the French soldier, who strsrtutly
thinks less OF his relations than his relations thin
OF MN, with not answering letters and ala were
lull of assurances Of affection.
Some uotiied the enclosure NJ money. and there
was not one IN which sister mother CVprCsso
the least Satisfaction at the prospect OF her brutlc,
or her son dying tor his country. ." Your irieaI
Louis brbari,' says letter from the mother OF Z
private soldier TO Hcr son. has pruposod for
Modesto Let us know as soon as possible whether
vow accept MIN FOR Your brother in-law - 4 certain
monitor OF French soldiers, whose knlpsucks had
been empted, seemed to hav" carried RELIGIOUS books
win them, generally OF the SIMPLEST KIND, from
du The6tie de la Guerre =" living by the side Of on,
poor fellow, and by the side of another maHuscrp
copy of the Air dos Diinns" (dRiDHfG con B,OtCl
from Auber's Premier Jour de Boaheay.