The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-08
PRUSSIAN LOSSES.
What the War has Already Cost the Father.
land-OniciaI Statements.

What the wsr Sss 1Ss the Father
The Berlin correspondent OF the Times, writing
under date OF August 22, says:-'At length the first
oficial losses in the field have been made public.
ticipations with which we saw the troops going out
20 the war Although restricted to officers, and re-
ierring only to few Introductory engagements,
from the minds of men, viii just give you few
examples. As you may be aware, Pras-
stSs soS men with on 90 Osers o tness
80 oficers the 74th Regiment Hanoveriaus) lost no
The 77th (also Hanoveriansl on the same occasion
lost rs officers; the seth Rhinelanders) 26; the s2d
Msssian ls tn, the ss Goth GnaTIngans the $50
CNassaaers) 8; the s0th (Hessiansl 3, etc. Still
worse was 1t at Woerth, where the Prussans were
were stationed on the hills and could not be dis
lodged until :eaken In nank by Wurtembergers and
had SO dead and wounded onicers; the seth (Po-
seners) %; the 7th (king's Grenadiers-LOwer Se-
SLAMS and German Posensrs 81 the 47sh Lower
SO; the 57th Gower silesIans) sO the 9Th
NEestphaliansl 2s; the s7th EWestphaliansl
be derived from these statistics In respect OF the
higher grades as TO the number OF casualties among
rank and file need not say. But the most frghtfuf
carnage Of all in the earlier part OF the campaign
was at Spicheren, whose steep and precipitous
heights defended by tearing fire from cannon,
in vain, and at last carried at the point OF the bayo-
net On this spot 10000 Prussians, gradually in
creased 10 zl,OOV btrugRleu against 4OVuO froncn.
Though the official list does not yet extend TO this
saDgninary encounter, there can be no doubt as to
the correctness OF the private Intelligence forwarded
me, which gives the total losses as 2297, Of whom
sli are dead and 14se wounded. Accordingly,
every twelfth man was killed or wounded Some
CON panies left neariy one-half their men ON the
spot as, for instance, the bth Company OF the
4sth (Rhinelanders), which went with $50 men
into the fire and came out with l29 aud
the LIST Company OF the Sth Kings Own, Branden-
burgers). which, on the evening OF the battle con-
signed l0T comrades either TO the grave the hos
pitaL Passing on to the tremendous three days
battle near Metz, we have but private intelligence,
and this only referring 70 individual detachments
vet we know already enough TO imagine the rest.
On the 14th, In the action named after Pange or
Courcelles, the 4Sth (Rhnelanders) lost 81 officers
and s91 rank and file; In other words, about one
third its complement. A rife battalion In the same
locality was by the enemys fre deprived OF OF its
oficers and 2l0 rank and nle-i e, OF a third OF
the ofleers and fourth OF the men. On the l4th
as well as on the 16th-the latter being the battle
OF Mafs-la-TOur or Vionville = the losses
OF the PIussians were comparatively great
er than those OF the French, the former
being on both occasions greatly outnumbered, yet
holding fast the enemy with a bulldogs tenacity,
TO give their main force time 70 come up and engage
him In right earnest. At Mars-la-Tour the best
blood OF the country was split like water. Within
few moments, BY the unexpected unmasking Of 9
mitraiileuse battery, Count Westarp, Count Wes
deleD, Baron Kleist, Henry VII, Prince OF Reuss
n0bemen Of high rank and position were killed
The grand finale at Rezonville or GravelOtte, the
1stb where the Prussian hosts at last assembled il