The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-15

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Or fair commences here Sept. 18th, nd
continues four days We give some mood
trotting premiums 81 900 for all trotters,
$500 for three-pipute h0reeS $50 for PAGERS,
&c., and no entry Zee charged. We expect
some lively competition, as there are num-
Der of very FIST ones il the shade, which will
probably, all come together right there.
Will give yon an account of the trOts as they
come off, Yours, &C., B.
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STA. VESDREssE. NEAR SEDAN. France.
THURSDAY night September I There win
nc, devil OF a 6eit for that crezA before II
is won or Lost - said Sheridan. strainino his
ewes through the field glass at the hill. which
was not three miles from MS where we stood.
with the sum shining ON it from behind ~.
, At half mast the French C3yalry-this
time, fancy. regiment of carbineers-
maze 1nUNuel O2Sn al the SrolSSl2nS. who.
on their party. were reinforced everv min
ute But they met with the same fate As
their brethren in the iron Jacket, and were
sent with heavy loss to the right-about. %.
The Prlssians took advantage of their
flight to advance their line couple If hun
dred yaads, near the line which the French
infantry held. These adventurous Pr,,ssians
split into tHo bodies, the two bodies having
a break Of hundred wards in their line, .
We were not long in seeing the object of
this movement, for the little white puff from
the crest behind the skirmishers, followed
by cOmmOtion in the dense French masses
showed las that. Yes, Diables De Russians
have contriyed, the Lord only knows how,
to get couple of four-pounders ,,p the
steep ground, and have opened on the
French. -
Something must haze, at this point, been
very wrung with the French infantry. for.
instead If attacking the Prussians, whom
they still outnumbered by at least two to
one, they remained in a column on the hill,
seeing their only hope of retrieving the clav,
vanish from b.icre their eyss-rtill they did
no& stir. ., % .r.,.rr.-s.. ..,,r,-,..,.-,
Then the French cavalry tried 10 do a
llilc. Ba}aklaya .business-trieSl. Of, bu,
without the success Of the immortal six hun
tlred, who took the guns. DOWN came the
cuirrassiers once more, this time riding
they had eut within two hundred wards of
the guns the Pr,,ssians formed a line, IA If
on parade, and waited until that furious
French home had ridden on 10 n point not
fiG,y wards away. ...-'...- =. ,r..,.
They fired. The fire seemed to US tn
empty the saddles of almos, the whole of the
leading squadron. The dead 80 strewed the
cru,nd ~ to block the path of the followin.
s.,ua,lron and close before them the direct
and dangerous road thew meant to follow.
Their d;,sl, at the guns came to a halt.
When once ,bis Inst efIGrt Of the French
borse had bcxn made and had failed though
n,,sheJ oallanflv ,s G,r =. mon ami horsss
cmnId 90 the French ;nf,n,rv also fell
swiftly hcL towards S.,lan. II fe,l hack hr.
,,,,sa !, s.w that IT, cI,.nc., of c,rrv;n~ tho,
fercelv contested hin w.s gona and s,y that
with the prus.;.us LoI,l;ng tho Lonor az
crown;no, !, w;,h ann ,ha;- "~, Er.nch
limo in IL E,ca co,Id mot n,,,cI, l,n..r no
held
In IN instant - tho Er.,c,, retired tho
whole slone If tho ground w,s covered hx
sw,r,,s ~ Pr,ss;.n T;r,;io,,s ,rI," ssa,,oa
IN r;s.. amt of tho cro,,nJ and ,.,sI Gor~.rj
hv h.I,, If cvo-, sI;oh, ro,,o,,,,o., .,,J J.,.,
on the surface a. FAST as The French went
hack ,h.... roclles. onon,;.s f,lLowoJ
After the last des,.,r,,e charge of tho
French c-,v,Irv General Sh.r;J.n r.n,.-ka,I
In mo that no never cav .nv,h;no ON rocI-
los 90 utterly s,ol;sl, a.. ,I,,; i,st ch,rre +,
was sbccr ,;,nr6er
Tio pr,sS;.ns ,a.- N. Er.,ol, ;,s,,,,v
G,,I L.oi .J,..nc.i ILL, 60. ..,,;ji,, ,I.:,
.,.,,;n, s,.,.,Jrn,s x E,:,ch c.v.I,v bs;no
,,r.ss.'J %, rI..ol, turned s,,iJorIv r,u,nS
and ch,r~ci d..sne,.,eIv once a0,;n. I.,t II
WAS ali So nae The dar. ~ b,eaIinc
s,,,.rcs are over and tho thin blms line Soon
II struck me ma most extraordinary thu, nj
this mint the French had neither artillery
nor mitr,iIleurs. and especially these latter
on the hill to cover their Infantry.
The nsition was a most immrtant one
and certainly worth str,in;ny every nerve to
defend.
One thin. was clear enouph-tbat the
French infantry after oncc mcc,;ny the Pms
slams JecIincJ IN trv enncln.;nns with them
again. and that the cavalry were seeking In
encourage them by their EXAMPLE.
AbM,t 2 o'clock in the morning other rein
forcement, came to the Pr,,si,ns over Mi:
long dism,ted hill between Torcv and Sedan.
to support the regiments already established
there An the time that This orea, c,,ntl;,,
WAS ,,o;po On un,ler Fr;,z,s owes and mine
NAV add that another was fought none the
less severe and As murderous for the Baya-
r;ans a. the one have attended to ,l.,.cr;I,c
for the French.
If there was a want Of mitrailleurs ON the
hill above Torcv. there was certainly no want
of them in the Hazailes rayine. ON that side
there was for more than an hour one con-
tinuo,,s roar of muskctry and mitrailIeurs.
Two Bavarian officers told me that the loss
in their regiments was terrific. and that il
was the mitrailleurs which made the havoc.
At five minutes mast . o'clock in the after
noon the French totally abandoned the hill
between For.y and sedan and fell hack On
the E,,,roo,,r Of the canal inst outside tho
az the tovn
Now the hattIe is lost for the French ~
said General Sheridan. to the great delight
of the Pr,,ss;,n officers One wmnld fancy
that the French had aImos, heard his words.
They had hardly been uttered when there
came a I,ll In the firing All alon. the line
or rather circle. as II had now become.
Cunt Rismarcl, cbnse that momeut tn
come and have a talk with his English and
American friends.
was nx;U,s tn know what the Federal
had dome ahont the Threatened
n.u,r,l;tv of Relu;,,m and nv cur;os;,v w,s
s1on ratified
81 have told the Re,y;an Minister of
War; said Count bismarck Chat so LONG
n. ,i,o RoIo,n t,ro,.. Jo ,l,o;r ,,,,,os. q, IL