The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-25

THEEUR0PE:AN.W WAR
THE BATTLE or GRAVELOTTE.
Full Particulars by all Eye.
Witness.

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Full Particulars by all Eye
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spttia ~ms y u Tribune (
q ~ / LONDON, August 20.
The following detailed account Of
Thursdays battle ut GravelOttC was re-
Ceivcl this morning in London from our
special correspondent who witnessed Tie
battle at DIE headquarters hid stood .bS
the side Of Bismarck and the King: The
first realization wG,had tl'0nt-a- MlOusSOn
where found myself on the 17th, Of the
extent TO which fighting had been going
oil TWUsday anil Sunday last at the front,
was THO coming in. of the wounded men.
\ At first Il WIS shrmised that these had
been wounded in skirmishcs, but Oh the
10Th, lAtc in the evening, there were signs
that Tue work was becoming warm. Ou
that evening soldiers withgMlstly wounds
walked about the market-plaCG in POnt'A'
MOussOn, surrounded by eager groups o,
their newly arrived comrades, and told q
story Of disaster. Poor lcllQWs,jL surely
was disaster to them, borne away rs
they had been from tic tlel1.wiflontLhAv-
ing heard Of any result, stood among
lthGsC groups, and tho narrative 'Of the
men all amounted 10 their, having beep
sent 10 confront amuGh lGrger force titan
their own, and their division, had been cut
up | WIS struck by the fact that
though there was sonlGg dissatisfaction
suggested by their tone Of voice,
I heard no word uttered by Tlio SItarrat0tS
or listeners which accused any one. They
dweIL rather on the taCt that they had
dealt Il heavy blow, on the fourteenth and
that though tho Tenth Division hGts ns an
available organization, beGli hlemOlishGd,
it had sold its life dear. On the 18th the
wounded from the preceding day begun
to pour into Bonita opsson., They were
brought In in long uncovered carts lying
upon hay. From my window which
overlooked the main street, AMI cOQltnaptl1
cd !uIso IL vi6wHoE the market Rl;Ec| L
counted more than ninety OF these long
carts, eaclI holding on III average more
than ten men. II was strange to see
them us they passed amid files Of French
unable TO conceal their joy on the one
1aIund, and the PrusSinn soldiers ION tho
other; but now came the other side Of the
account. The street begAn' ID swarm
with other wagons and. 9Qther wounded,
the wearcr Of the red trousers, ahd now
and then came a,batch, lQf unHopnded
prisoners. At length arrived carriage
with French General. twas followed
by atE4stcrOwl ,of, Erenclr and for 2 little
time tsseemesl asift tl ere might lIs'a sc!ilS
| lisihil betwGch Inc Inhabitants and tic
Prussians, so earnest were the pOpulaCc,
but il was now at least evident that the
struggle was very severe ut the front. At
midnight, or little after, Oh the 18th, the
trumpcts l0rmilcs around began 10 sound,
This was tue 4iFst time we had. been stare
tied by, such wild, music. Trumpet nm
swcrGd III trumpet through all the bivOu-
acs around the little city for several days.
Previously there had been troops almost
pcrpetually marching through, but now
the tramp through every street and byway
made betweei midnight and dRwna per-
pctual roar. Hastily dressing, | ran out
into the darkness ind managed to get II
seat on wagon going in the direction Of
the front, which was now UNDERSTAND to
bestl mile or two beyond nlej village OF
George, some twelve miles from P"nt:1-
AlOuSson. On our WAY. We met q cUnsld-
cradle batCll Of French prisoners, who
were looked upon with considerable curt
Osity by the continuous line Of herman
soldiers with whom we advanced, but only
oncor} two offensive cries toward the prls-
dncrs were heard. The way was so block;
g cN w 0 nEU a SIX as severn y c s04 reaa
ing on foot better. So got out OF ihe
carriage and beganttn VAL an4 run sNyl y
ly ahead. At MuIlyl@t 04 the Mosglle,
aboutAalr wayato Met, sl5Stoupd vpst'
bodies OF cavalry, UhMns and hlIZ%Irs,
crossing the river by " Ponto.on bridge:
and hurrying n the tPp Of their speed TO-
WIrd GmZc >Hnrrytng my own. steps,, !
soon heard Qe tirst thunder Of we q ca9nE9|n.
made, seemingly coming from the hear Mi
range of hills; on the, right G l',sslng
through Tic village anil ascending The nigh
plRjhhgYDlld, l 3oun! myself suddenly ~
a battlefield strcwn literally rs tar aS my
Eggs cohld ralch With;d9l bodies 9ln!one
or two parts Of the field companies were
still IAFying tho dealt, 'chtelly RF9sSsahs'
wercgtiT 7yiilg n Visit numbers OH tic
iS9 Ge A II i HSFfiSa o. s5is6S f$4;
.hlent ne tc9WERy ggae9 tglhl tshhg0 4nI
when they coached the brow Of the !lll
theyfGTI bt6kVi 6p%tLh avid TMiEfail lANl
rushed forward, A few more steps iA9d
| gained the Summit 1'saNSl the scene
to thrill Their horses " R%6lld be Imi'
cultI.to, iuluginc. q grAnler h battlefield.