, 1870-10-06
Tzcutmcnt of thc French S'Eis0Hrt%
Alter SeuNus

Sir. i. Seymour, II. T., scads to thu LaL-
don Telegraph Of September 10. the following
account Of what he saw ~hen he visited the
French prisoners tsken at Sedan:
The riace where the G0,0ap OF 10000 rcis-
onees we're confined was al island to.n1e,i hy
bend III the Ne,ise. marktl on every map.
End by All Artificial canal, which connects the
stream at the two l'eud+. thus forming, AZ it
about two miles long bx ono milo wste. and
contains cuslntr.-t,onse, winch is l,Ow !
French ambulance full OF fa,ni=hei and
Typhoid patients. xntt cue village At the slossh
et.d called 1ses. Just outside The clnal.
oa tho .sGuth, aIs shutting upon IL
~ ,i!!sEe called Claire. viii, oan
| eips'e tlizse across the canal, the Only mems
| OF iuSr..R Or tsie=5 to and from tLt ialasN!.
AT this lA:ilge is, or was, planted = cannon,
| aud larSe Eua.3 Of GaTaElan sul4ierst who
Likewise ossarS The vi,l.se I 1s anl r. ay s COW.
iiualds, rescl!ati Sedan o2 Wednesday, Sept.
:. We saw 1,sse r.:der our wiuaoNs Gu Thurs
day and Ttidsy sevcrat thousands Of French
prisoners, viii. lsugsy and h4lf fstassedl looks.
| WLo threw s'4ernss Ives like fansi=hcd wolves
upon the brad whirh tho inhabitants brought
out to them in baskets. Some sc talked to AZ
they pas.ea eas.s they had ta=:ed 10 find fo.
twe,'y-ftnr l'ou.. but Aslf = biscuit, aaA
| rome had had ITO feoa at all All looked
| started. AID r,sny wrza on1y kslf-c!o.lcd in
| The d1eIcl,ilg RAIN.
Or Saturday last. 10Th i.st-. ne Determined
to ~ to t.,e camp at tilaiIe and a-carialn for
| ourselves ii the aecountr VI. heard OF their
state wc1e really tlut-
Iltle vas 10 difficulty in ea;ss'ng the
sari" ai thu Iaterna.ionsI Ssciety ii Help to
tue Wounded On l.as=in: ,he b7i1so we
found .urs elye. iu fLa EliI.t 6i crowd
OF so1'ir1y, ali askipg FOR bgem: bu:
We p*ssed on. s1d goir;: sou: TIE EASTERN s'.le
Of sl1e :sl,na: "aste 1he Tn:.st toll'~s the
ef,!!1to uf tll.. A.;lsr, it, few '.nnlred xasls
foi,, i ourselves in front af :l,e conu:ry-l,eusc
trfors nus utiuteJ, in S1,scsl Is situated the
I Trench Su.;cts a:ns,ulAtee- There ii anly
the with Of 5lc rost bet~e j: anil the r1Eer.
a.l:l Ut this p;,inr tie liver MAS damned bg
s:,nsir:, 1uaus ",lless lyl:,s :Aluus half euAk
in the stream. in the ssme stare
Of se,u;-dccc.pcsi:irn. Or, VIC drove with,
cut 'len e1oppiu5 at tho ambul1nco, ~ Te
wished to see al for our4elves. Far five day:
ccn:i.l,:o4,elr the re lad been pouring down !
-cr; Of troIieal raln, aud lhe entire island va:
mass If tnul, in whieh rle tcooI>s lad s'er1
lying witltut sLslser-wlic11 was r.navoi1
, a1:c-al1 Wrllua, icnl, Which l cauno. BIZ
think wss avoi :ah:e. The raaa rises with til,
rising VI tho ground a, It nlJi'cs Gown to III,
river TN your night, 70 you command view o
the ~srfS, All! anything ioH..1'.; in il. TAer,
f,elow us. A. well AZ higher np. we're many car
casees OF hor-e -es. and nIs.ier the 1Tpss'c t1rs
tho cosrsc Q: eo:ser iu .li+ rcd trousers. o.
| tue hank below y was heap covered VIII
i ssinea 10 he anosl,cr yi,tin TO tanlln
!, tie it.elf ". I'D not arsi.slly nee. o
t We went: As We ssslde.! the h't!, The renaIs
i. a.f of the islanA gradually oiet.si uls hef,,s
. IT,. ill VIC reached tur1, Of the road at I'll
: aysx, whero tta 1osd winds down to tl,c y,
il, la..e o! Jgss. asnf +ietc the Ereu: III Gct;cr
L I.ceran'l wss luaETerea in ore OF the tast ,
j the l:o:l=es. 1T Ills point VIC stopped Il
!, caTri,Ee. =seio- fewe- soldiers than eisewher
- sua acear talking to some OF :!r':n. II
70 statement from one aud all wa. the esnie.
/. ncns II them lsd l.a.1 more thai. half \ b;
cuit, and some o. them nnn. 1t sit that Gu
Many men }sr1 cut Di.= out tf sne carcaas
Of tbr ho1ree a. they linated down the t!reat
Where tl.f : could re3.h them; but, having l
4. tl4ty <onl1 DO 10 more tlan g!law ut the
r Ll1f isw. We. then l,egaa 10 d;strihut
I, ~ far Is it would 80, tho fm:
- aua,,i'r OF bread No hal with rs. '
H. made = Sergeant Aajor Set into tho ca
well az VIC could to tllosn who looked rue
:. eicL!y and r,or: in want Tho disttibuti
It ever, Ole Of the eoltliers came forward A.
y t!,sEksa u, in tho name ri l.,'se who had a
OF fln-c who l,a1 not received aus. fo7 VIII
o. we lad done. He told III ti.at III the villa
b.l1s- ISer. :t.c 1'ea$n1.fsy--wl,o- tool ere
! .I1tr. Exc al uttssis 2tefsl!tI SsI ruined
at we're Luying bread on .tlei: own account. a
CT selling !, 1t tson' 10 ccus;,ne. to one frst't
a. snal slee. bI; that, eyea llis,s, i, il.a. pri
y. shev euel1 hot get enough to keep l,ols a
u, @eul tcEeshet.
M Escll Gay sume licI u huug1g or o. ext
iNi cure: and 'twas asscFte,1 that several bud
NJ be~id.: stnsc VIC ~a~ were !vl:sG a!,out ;
an island. Or going to lses sc- wen: iett
We house where we were to!t :sse.e n1s brel
~. and tiNdi1g !oaf there NJ bought 4, =
cH gave it aeay in r1nall rices, two oflic,rs. VI
aat He,a III the lsvssss. assisting us tt Do So
We csn,a hack over lie crest ef the is|s1
se- tlsouGls the eeh.se. where VIC saw s->l,ii
II digging nsez ,sir ro;at" zelda Of the 20
e. tnlLed inhabitants :or :he Luudte.:tl, i,
re- rect. We lad Visited the ambulance Of
eS- French Society, and fou,.l ts.cir lps2is4t l
mt Of a'leat- with low fover, tSI'sl1-. and
'u' TIE t'iseaset ari-irg fron wsnt aud rS:.o-ur
'sf+ 70 uon1.lcd Her. they had no bread and
ser eaft, AID were il sore Aaus Ut .9a1E nedicil
'ad necessary Ter csses ct the li"I t!.ey l,.l
3Is tre=t. The medical gentlemen, contiz1nc,t
t!e tsst we lad seen. and said tina; hut l:ttl
cui, f.,unA its Nay to ttis, further end Of
:sa ielard- A. it was nadly 'li=trisu.e1. !
rs was fought foz sui ottaiueA By the ssro
Die eet At Ihe bridge Wlere !. 'vas deliver
a. and ec'.um Eos 10 fas as lSte, VIII
ne. tie G,ea:es; distress existed They caati1u
CT. the eipri-e which VIC Heard Ut IL: deatl:s,
Me the zsla there were maaf nlcre than even va
": Lean' Ct. On orr tei;l-n 70 ss'la,s :ge Il, ;:
hs the Ar.'o-4American ambulance, a very T.
ere II, Il: Gt,rs.n doc.cr, established ia I.ar:l
afas 70 uEn:N We n lated ollat We Ea4l Just r
t;se with all its s!lact!y hc,rars: AID his utter
3eT c1e3u!its witl, ra.ar.l TO the possibility Of
lcd. . fling. asst ll!= a-sntacca tha. it wo7.1L
'so- remes''ed II We mate statement in
'aS- rropsr u1sr:ct, iu,1ncaa T. tn draw up RI
y ttatcIaeEs, CT Is.icA ! append a tFauslatinn
sde the LavasIar. Comlh2utsant et SEDAN. We
Eau cevet. IL rss'!y, however At the tiule
'ase were ST .he camp tlc7s Ncze not more I
de~ 1p,Gto or L., ,00n prisoners. tho number b
us daily !educe.d r. the march OF {, ,9u1 Qt u
bat zach dar to VARIOUS German fer,trrses.
there had been 4. many AZ Gi, 900 or 70 .oo<
ne The following is the statement:
aua AN,iLo-AXEKicAS A4BcLAScp
.aE CAsERSE asFE1p SRpAS, Sept ~
ing Monsieur T. t'o,nm1n.7Ht: We. tbs usl
uis- signed, beiHE members OF the lnternat:
ace* Scc;tty for Help to the Wounded iu Wa..
lo- | tcirg this moment returned from the ca1
s2t- the Frv1cl, r1IsoueEs NJ Claire and n
hs have the honor cf communicating to YOU
.aia faet4 wh:ch h.ye cone Eudc. our not
.oa' That tllerc are . Great numbsr Gs pE.!e
Sps wEo ase aloo=t dying 9: a:uases. and the
= tne hlrcrit Tet Lieu1. which thav arc +urppsc
qea 'sa receise apiece does NJ. always seaca. eae
Tue tividual.
% n Thai therc l. To means Of husine hres'
QUIZ leee they ras :som TT: centiHaes 10 one
ieea for 3 small! bit. WHICH iheE get fFes'a
igef THAI ..,e soldiers arc reduced to -
The ,,;ecr- of III, c,,caa,a cf tte horses winch
egal. annT, the 1;rtr Il, .n-taiu Ifs
The Tl.e:e ,r no -n.a:s Of b7ying t!sa s:.,a
bex: 1uaut;sy CT .ait, ut which there II al al.
sill want al The Ambulance which is ea:afli
! the here. ana whi-I. is irM O: soi.:e.s. fanl
49,, a2d dyiEe.
lis We are ro'd that many soldiers sso al.
ably dead Of hunger. and VIC sen cns corpse
1elt, in the river
no: Ne therefore take the Lbtrtv OF q
7esE- II s,ens could not lie taken. uudsr .1e !.
~. ces possible regulations, 10 establish