The New York herald., 1870-09-06

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nope OF retreatlng, the day. vanishing from before
Sneir eyes; sti they ala not stir. Then the French
cavalry tried to do little Baiakava BUSINESS tried
but without the success OF the immortal six Hun
,drcd," who took guns. Down came the culraSsters
more. this time riding straight for the two fead
pieces; but before they had got within two hundred
yards OF the guns the Prussans formed line, II
on parade, and, waiting until that furious frenca
horse had ridden On TO POINT not ffty yards away,
ehey fred. The IRE seemed Ia us 10 emmy the sad
dies OF almost the whole OF the leading ssasdrNl,
The dead 80 stewed the ground as 10 niock The PAIN
of The following squadron, and close beiNre ,heM
the direct and dangerous road they meant 50 foo~'
Their
DASH AT THE GUNS
came TO n halt. When once tAs last e0oF' q,
ias fsnsa hsrse Ss had a0shss ssn caansy s
far as men anj horses coSld Ec-tae
French infantry also Zen swiftly easS s. 'essrss Sns
oil carrying that nercet contested hi Was snns AM ~
saw that with the PfGssians hol1lnS the h"hor o.
browning II with guns, their own tench ltho "a '.s
face couia not mIcn LONGER he neld. In an instant,
as the French relired. fhe whole s.opc oil te g'ouu
WAS covered oy swarms OF prussian tra lleurs wno
seemed To rise out OF the ground and push forward
by the help OF every slight roughness anu uens oa
Tue snrars As a,ss s. as soowsd n Af,er the iasr
pEsPERArE CHARGE OF THE fRENch cAvALa4.
General sheridan remarked 70 me ne never Sw ssss
ANYTHING reckless, go utterly Iooilsn ms ai AS*
charge: 10 was sheer murder -
TDe Prussians after the French Infantry held
ing sauadrons OF French cavalry, being pressed
closely, turned suddenly around and charged despe-
rateiy once again. But t was all no use. The days
OF breaking squares over, and the thin blue line
soon stopped the Galic onset.
IL struck me most extraordinary that at this
point French had neither arti lery nor mitrai-
euses, especially these latter, On the hill TO cover
their Infantry. The position was most important
one and certainly worth sraning every nerve TO de-
fend One thing clear enough, that the French in
fantry, after once neetng the Prussians. declined
TO try conc lus!ons with tnem again, and that the
example.
10 the Prussians over tns long disputed hill between
Torey and Sedan, TO support the regiments already
established there. All the time that this great con-
may add another was fought, none the less severe
and as murderous ior the Bavalians as the one
have attempted 10 describe for the French. II there
A WAR or xITRAELLrUsEs
on the hill above Torey there was certainly no
want of them Ia the Bazailles ravine. On that side
there was for more JhaD au nOur one continuous
war OF muskeiry and mtrallleuses. TWO Bavarian
officers tod that the loss in the regiments
terrific, ana tnat IL was the InitraiieSes which made
At ilve minutes past two In the afternoon the
French Totally abandoned the the bil between Torey
and Sedan ana fell back on the taubOurg oi Cava,
Just outside the ramDarts OF the town.
''NOw THE BATTLE Is LOST FOR TIE FRENCH,0
SAID General sheridan, to the great delight OF the
rrussian officers. One would fancy that the French
mad almost heard his words. They had hardly been
uttered when there came lull in the firing all along
The line, or rather circle, as II had now become.
Many were the specuatons as to the cause but
nobody seemed TO Givine the truth. You may udge
0f our surprise when, four minutes later, we saw
French officer, escorted by Two uh!ans. coming at a
hard trot up The steep orde path from Sedan TO
posh one OF the Uhals carrying white diister on a
hggot stick as
FLAG or TRUCE.
The messenger turned out to be French colonel
come TO ask terms of surrender. After very short
consultation between the King and General Won
Motke the messenger was told limit in
matter SO important as the surrender OF at least
so 0o0 men and an Important fortress u vas necsS
sary To send an officer Of high rams. ''NOu are
therefore to return 10 Sedan and tell The Governor
Df that town To report himself Immediately to the
King Of Prussia. Ir he does not arrive in an hour
agr guns Will again open fire. You may tell the
Uommandant that there is no use OF his trying to
Ibtain any other terms than unconditional sur
,ender"
The pdrleneatiere rode back with the message
When he was fairly out OF earshot bls mission was
hOst eagerly cauvassed. At hai-9ast six there was
y sudden cry among the members Oi the Kings
Han,
DER KAISER lsT DA"
lll then came loud hurrah. soon we began to
.Dok anXiOuSly for the second nag OF truce. and in
,cn minutes more General Reilly rode up with let
ser for The King OF Prussia.
AS soon as the French general was in sight the
slender eseert Of cutrassiers and dragons we had
s,sn US was % drawn vi up up la line two deep behind the
yartis in front OF them again stood his Majesty King
William, Of Prussia, to receive General Reilly.
That officer as We soon learned, was the bearer OF
aD autograph
LETTER FROM raE EMrEROE NAPOLEON
~ King William. The Emperor OF The French
Er0te:-
As die at the head OF army lag sword
the feet OF your Majesty NE pouvan pas mourn Ia ete
Sss 4 ''m'' * 'F' metre mon sps' aux p'd de ''''s
Why Napoleon ILL., could not die, as did thousands
es his soldiers sword In hand, with his face 10 the
1ue, is not SO Gear.
On receipt OF this most astounding letter there
was u brief consultation between the ktng the
Grown Prince (Who had come over from his hill on
the arrival D, a nag OF trucel Count Bismarck,
General Won Moltke and Won Room. After lew
4 Mnutes consultation the KING sat down on a rush
chair, held as table by two aides-de.camD
to the Emperor, begging hi,n 10 come next
morning to the King OF Prussia's headquarters ut
,Neadres. While this note was beng written Count
bismarck came mp 10 Generals sheridan and For-
syth and myself and heartily shook our hands.
''Let me congratulate you most sincerely, Count
said General Sheridan. II can only compare The sur
render OF Napoleon To that OF General Lee al Appo
ma,tox Court House,
When it came my turn to grasp the Chancellors
hand ! could not help saying after had warmly
congratulated HIM, ''YOu cannot but Ieel prlde.
Count Bismarck. in having contributed 80 largely
To the winning Of io-dsy's victoy.''
am no strategist and have nothing 10 do with the
winning OF battles. What / am proud OF Is that
have not only been on siuc but
baye had 50 large snare-the largest snarc-in the
glory OF the day. that they are with us and not
against us. That is my doing. do not think the
French WI say now that the South Germans viii
not tight for our common Fatherland.''
Lask.d his EXcelloncy whether Louis taken
with his papa. ana was tOld thai one knew, and
] thinK that no one cared, where that small young
was.
When the King had written his letter he himself
handed it To General Reilly, who stood bareipea0ed
10 receive Ii, the Italian and Crimean medals gilt
tering In his breast On the fading Sunlight. queen
Nlcrofia's image ana Snperscrpt1On have not often
been seen On the Unlioims OF men
sURRENDEEING WITHOUT CONDITION.
At twenty minutes to eight General Reilly lelt for
ahe Deleaguered town, escorted by the Chlalls. The
iuster Which had served flag OF truce was
altered to me souvenir OF TINS most memor
A0ie day, bat IL had strong resemblance TO
vther busters, and l declined tue profiered
ceiIc. Then there was general demand for
something 30 drink, and Count Bisnarck'5 aid-de
camp produced two bottles oi Belgian beer. one
o1 Irem hts Excellency shared with General
Sheridan General Forsyth ana myself, saving that
he drank 10 Lhe closer union OF tile three great
IensOnC peoples. As soon as General Reilly was
gone was anxious to be OF TO the Belgian frontier
II the hope or getting message through, but Count
Bismarck and De Camp assured Inc that II was
physically impossible TO 20 tnat night, and