The New York herald., 1870-10-14
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY OCTOBER ls70-TRIPLE sHEEr

row ways Of the villages ana used tho mitralcuses
with fair judgment aud erect. lint then ther6 came
the steady, inexorabie stride fOrwara Of the land
wchr with the bayonct, lent force from that huge
thigh and back power which Is the leading charac-
teristio, IN, an athletic sense OF thc PrHssian
physlque aud the villages were cleared OF all save
the victors, the dead ana the wounded. To che
aapdwehr must be conceded the honor Of the fray;
Sey it was who checked the rush Of the French ad-
vance by holding the villages tai they had not
man who could stand and nre the needle gun. 10
them also was entrusted the grand nnal advance
which swept the French ont Of the villages. y VI
rsso 10 n BRAVERY or rHE PRUssIAKs. SAs sA1
have seen the Prussian line soldiers nght before
to-day. / saw them chamber up the fAce OF ths
spicheren on their hands and knees; i saw them
oeploy In front OF Colombey and Montoy, In tho
battle Of the 1sth OF Augnst, saw them stand up
against the mitrailieuses on the slopes or Grave
iotte, ana saw them dash back the Frenchmen in
side on tue l2fh Of september. lave learned to
believe the Prnssan linesman do snght that any
soldier IN the world can do hut II was not till yes-
rerday that l gauged the calibre OF the lsndwehr
Were "A . general should never Wish
to command better men, cool IN the eDtrenchments
when they Jay calmly In position. picking up the
bullets That fell among them, resolnte indonitabie
IN their steady, quick march forward ana then ire
sistble in the final bayonet rush with which they
carried the villages 1hsy are troops to delight the
heart Or nfan with asoldicrly instinct. -eri 's
t4Lo ,ais13AeA rEl0EED ATTACK. sfta A fstg1I
The Prussian artillery wass,ill frlng in the moon
hight from the heights above. Olgy aud 81, Julien
were slus0isnly throwing proecsiies on the table,
land, seemingly TO shut mp their lre. An the ground
the rear OF Chary aud forward OF vsny was pited
with shells that had fallen and burst during
'front.' Of Chicoules and Lorne, SO quiet wnen rode
through them In the, morning.. The French
pouring down out OF .ths Bois de Gumour,
made . feigped attack. In. considerable force
up this valley, and the old women and children
in Chlonvilic must have had their equaninity not
little disturbed. All could hear was that In the
front there were many dead ana wounded,
and met q large ambulance tram coming
forward into the ire rom out OF the village
Of vreIny ana Polk flied With men who nad
been killed during the day but all was now quiet
theFe "A little further onI came TO the rear Of Per.
sighy aud Noisseviile.o where met my friends OF
the Fourth, who returned singing and trumphapt.
Tne French, from Metz and the slope In 'front.' OF ST.
Julien, mad thrown some battalops into xoify, and
thence had attempted to storm the Eepe in front
Of Noissevle, but they had been repaisd with con.
siderable osS the Prussian artillery driving them
out of Molly into the woods. "a oasa f..assss
NJ ~ "A MOVEMENT or pHE ARrIuLERv. fNI
\ I was IN time to accompany tentative advanced
the Prussan artillery along. the Chausste, right
under the earth works OF Eitle Bellccroix,s which
was chiefly remarkable from the circumstance thai
81. aJtlien made efor; TO arrest the operation.
4 BEI.GlAE BRPoRr-rHR BATTLE RENEWED sATua.
ss sasa .,llsg DAT--A FRENCH VICTORY. .&
Your special 1t 0stend conu adicts formally the
report that the Germans were victorious in the ac
tions before Metz Of Friday and SATURDAY. No Ger
man ofiHisl account OF those actions has yet beer
published. which Il considered In BeIgInm 70 be de
cslye proof that the French won the advantages o
the connict On b0tn days. The best information Id
Ostsnd gives the figures Of the German losses on
these days before Metz At 900 killed ana wounded
besides great Dumbers Of prisoners Your core
spondent also gives rumors from Namnr OF the In
tended retreat Of the German forces at Metz upon
Z the menaced main trunk Of the German commmi
tions., - ~.A ~
|af8ns lggsf thin RlHDERpESr IN NErz.n ~
q The cattle In aud aronnd Metx are dying by hun
dredu nom the rinderpesr. The bodies cannot b,
burted quick enough TO prevent epideinics. Not
witnstandng thar hard frosts have occurred thrs
| diseases are spreading rapidly The French M
freru the fsstifeauons ~ sA,sz co,l,innea ,ncos
| sanity.