New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-08-31
GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORTS.

wrIssryBURG. WORTH, AND FORBACH DE-
sCRIBED BY THE GERMAN COMMANDERS
THE TROOPS AND OFFICERS ENGAGED.
Our foreign exchanges contain the official
reports OF the opening battles Of the war or the affair
at weissenburg the official report says:
Gasbere belonged the First Corps the cavalry to the
Fifth Corps Except attack undertaken to cover the
retreat sas Most Of the French troops
engagement conducted themselves with mucn spirit ana
become inevitable did they appear as seized by sud
den panic. At this crisis troops OF the H0rps mon
cans knapsacks TENTS &C. and decamped leaving even
provisions behind them the me Frea There %s g No
percepble difference between them ana the European
Tbe Infantry. whose battaons were not above 300
strong opened lire at 1900 PAGES. This makes hitting
e mater of chance and has tendency TO demoraze
sn IN the use Of his weapon our practice Of forming
a nv Columns and outfanking the enemys tiraeurs
has luy ~ onr own invariably declined attack
artillery fired slower, but mueh more eHectVey, lnsh
e ditance Of 500 PAGES against our artillery, but did
no DAMAGE 1t was soon Silenced py our guns
| The battle Of worth is thus descriDeo'
"On the 5th OF August reliable hteigenee was N rr
shall Mac MahOn was busily emgeseu nv, Ira liz he
troops the hills west OF SV railway na con
SEQUENCE of these adyces 1t was resolved 70 ,ose no TIME
in eecting change Oh arG bni not vet executed
The second Bayarian and the fiit frussa o0rps n
| IN
Prenschdor the Eleventh Prussian Corps was 70 "nes
to the right and eneamp at and sbe First
nnshed forward toward the RIVER oaueri anu tnS .,
Eavarian Corps ~ advance INTO me
i"hsann and IampertsOch. The Cavalry DIVISION n re-
manned at schonenburg fronting west Inc toips b.
dsr 1Wjrtemberg and Baden Dnvislohsl narcnou " "'
narswiIer with patrols facing the Haeuehau m
~ Tfth Pr,ssiap Corps on the evening OF the otn,
rshad 10 van from its by0uac al Prenschuori On ~ .c
beht east of Worth On the other sue , oi t lie
numerous camp res OF the enemy were ~ ~ , ~
noht the French Outposts occupying tno ~ the
.h anar onposite Worth and Gunsteu AZ uaw vi ,no
s se commenced along the line oi tue
6th; % tc Prns.ian vanguard TO send BATTALION
s u;r,b Ar o'clock steady firing was healu on 'ae
right Bavarian) flank This and tue nln ~, h aniirs ar
racted gaiust Worth caused us to siaoh Va" hi
tiIls,y III the Filth Prussian Corps on lne ,ttIs
~ tk place and try to relieve tue ~ tba ar
later The Iiuh Corps was ordcred 10 oe Gnerals ia
gssement It being the intention VI e o opres of the
hrsin the battle agaiBet the concentrates LA been 81
asn'v o,iy when Tho change Of front nnn ~, To- 20 ha
fcr,ed and the entire German army E,th hi v,s,n
hronYht into aetun At 7:t6 o'clock inc
TJ,,,tinerl of the Second Bayariah .oiP aar WsrtI
Sndnrcd by the heavy IRE OF the ouipys ,esed,pg nv
had L their biv0iae nj LemDacn au' h.rn eng 90,
Mtt.t,l and I.ng,n.salzbach, sibr s"a 49, sbsv
s %a,rtraied a. far NJ Neschwlller Wh.,o NY
..,xd tvontiue 10 the south. Az Iot .''s 'n'ant
fnus supposing the order to break on no
nirh had bee given Ia the flith lh s,c enemy
,n ycs Withdrew 10 langeh ,,,nad ali hs
,,rg inns no longer pressed on MS el,, I iisth
s,r,,1Rtb with the greatest energy ss rualiy
Prussiaus at Worth Irehivi ce I'm earnest on this
trovn In ly rail Finding the enriny ~ 90 y, nnraah
80, and nc rceiying the Eleventh Pruss,au ~ ~, De-,
yicorousiy in direction Of Gunst1, a. !" defenr
edod u the attack so ~ 10
s s .nsmy N pc@sible before he had tne 70 So"oS
| tssde The twentieth Brigade was ''e ''S' '" ''"''