The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-03

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Energetic resistance was encounter
ID. The enemy developed great
strength. and Gen. Manteuffel, of the
First corps. and Gen Stasstrow of the
seventh, were engaged. Promptly
Gen. Gotz's brigade of the Seventh
,orps advanced. The First division
advanced toward Oolomby. and was
soon involved in a very violent con-
test, bat maintained itself until Os-
tens brigade came up, fronting force
far outnumbering it.
Gen. Stasstrow arrived at B o'clock,
10 the east. of Colomby, taking COM
mand in<schief, and advancing the
whole corps. AT six o'clock all of
Glumber's Division was engaged near
Colomby. maintaining itself with diff
feElty against a heavy force of the
enemy. At seven o'clock Kamek's
Division was concentrated at Mai
gelly. At that moment six batteries
were engaged with othsrs in the re-
serve.
To extricate aud sustain Gluner
and Stasstrow, at 5 O'Clock, Wayrach' S
brigade was sent to attack the enc
my's right near Colomby. The brig
ade, with splendid bravery, drove the
enemy, enabling Osten's brigade to
the wood on the north of Co.
lom5y. The twenty seventh brigade
remained intact in reserve. At 8
o clock, the enemy withdre~ at all
points. In the meantime, the Seventh
Corps, with the advance of the First,
under cover of the cavalry,
near to the woods connecting Avoid
with Metz and EtaBg with Metz.
The corps opened the attack, with
the first division near Moutboi, aud
the second near NsisserviIle. The
enemy In force while attempting to
advance on the latter point, was re-
pulsed with force by the prompt SER
vice of the corps of artillery and the
reserves of Infantry. Darkness closed
the fight on the extreme left. The first
division of horse approached Macyle-
Haut, the battery advancing with
pauses to FIRE. The thirty seventh
regiment of the ninth corps, belong
ing to the left wing of the second
army. had advanced on the east on
the same line at the extreme right.
The third division of cavalry ad-
vanced to Ogg, where its battery
opened on the enemy north of Seigruy.
At 8 o'clock the enemy retired at all
points, from the left bank of the No.
selle under the guns of Metz The
pursuit wss stopped by the. fire from
the guns of the fortress. The field
was covered with French dead. Few
prisoners were taken, and but few
owing 10 the activity of the
fortress, the heavy FIRE of which tore
through the Prussian masses.
Gen. Steinmetz, who came in was
Ia tiLae to give orders for the night,
aud on the following day to prepare
for a renewal of the conflict. The
result was that the enemy in one
quarter was driven from the river
bank into the fortress. In another
quarter heavy body was left to re-
treat on Paris and fall into the hands
of the second army, which was NOV
ing rapidly on the left bank of the
Moselle Ia connection with the First
Corps and two divisions of cavalry
on the east of Metz
The army next day moved to the
left without assistance, crossing the
Moselle at Alvey and Borray. On the
18th the corps was beyond Ansue-
MoselIe. The Eighth and Ninth
Corps were at Gorgee, while the Sec
ond army was marching rapidly to
Metz, on the Verdun road, after the
fights of Veonville and
Tne last of the first ar
my this day was to act as the right of
all lines of attack, holding the
left bank of the Moselle which the
second army moved to that front,
would extend north towards the east,
bringing the first and second armies
between Metz aud Paris. On the
18th an offensive movement was made,
the Prussians being In a shell
tered position near Gravelotte, the
Seventh corps contenting itself
with repelling slight recon
hoisance near the forest of Vaux.
At this moment Gen. Steimetz,
who had been accommodating at the
south of Gravelotte, in the forest of
discovered the enemy, three
corps strong, encamped on the heights
north of GraVelotte, and the farms Of
ST. Hubert and Point Dujour were &C.
cupied about noon. Gen. Stsinmetz
heard a heavy cannonade at Vern-
vile, and being advised that the
head of the Ninth Corps was engaged.
gave orders to resume the attack. The
Seventh Corps was deployed south
aud east of the heights of Gravellotte.
A formidable artillery practice fol-
lowed, presenting an imposing spec
tacle. Fifty cannon, augmented to
eighty, opened on the enemy's battery
while advancing steadily along the
high road, where was a mittrailleur,
whence a brisk fire was open
ed on the reconnoitering post, where
strong outposts. well sustained,
we're placed. The enemy made no
serious attack that day. On the 18th
thu first army remained quiet. The
enemy was equally so, while the sec
ond army was advancing to Verre-
vile, Aube, Maine and Aux Chenes,
to renew the fight. up the hill.
Steinmetz and staff remained by the
batteries, under q shower Of
proiectiles; but hardly had an
hours time passed before the
French batteries grew silent. The
French began to retire. The infantry
of the Seventh corps meantime rested
on a woody gorge between Grave
lotte. and Point Dujour, but Galtz
brigade, posted near Ars to guard the
Moselle valley, were actively engaged
in combat. Ii took the village of
Vsux and the Heights of Tussy, where
it sustained itself. In the meantime,
the Seventh and Eighth corps
were coming from Ressonville
to open the attack with a heavy artil
lery practice. while the first division
of cavalry took the first sheltered
position behind it. and the infantry
attacked the enemy in the woods of
Gemraux, and again the enemy's guns
were silenced. The infantry encoun-
tered an obstinate resistance in the
Gemraux woods, where the fight con.
tinued for hours. Owing to the
density of the woods the hostile
forces intermixed, and the Germans
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