New-York tribune., 1870-10-08
THE GERMAN LOSSES.

Herr Wickedc, writing from Nancy TO the
Cologne Ga-ei refers to the daily arrival OF numerous
soldiers Of the supplementary battalion, who to be
drafted of into various regiments, and says:
"Tns numerous reinforcement, which in the case OF
many regiments already amounts to 600 or 500 men,
very welcome 10 many OF the divisions "a conpensang
the rightfu losses OF the month or August ana IN some
measure ling up ranks when are put 700 hlh. lEcse
losses were very equay distributed according as acc
dent caused the troops To take more or le share IN
sauinary BATTLES Inat az the rrSnenl' Tor eNaupIe
OF the Fourth SaXOn) Army Corps with the exception OF
the Twenty seventh ana ,nIst nave
scarcely been under Hfe ana Tue ebfe slAtn (SeslaD
Corps has suffered only nominal los sesthroug the eneys
bullets The Ffh Division, with the splendid Branden-
burg infantry regiments ana me ~ ana I1tu Dragons
which alone for five hours sustained the attack or three
hostile Army 'H TeIf T mo There are o here s
battalion, wr,h have scarcely 700 men under arms and
at most eight officers, tie others being all dead or
wounded ON the 18th, at Grayeotte, the Infantry
Guard irird frghtfully, quarter OF the men aud
hardly ha It's complement, and only four or six officers
still ON duty and the two regiments Of the Dragon
Guards shattered that they had to be worked
into single regiment, whereas the remaining cavalry
Guards have hardly been under e On the 10th the 5h
Cuir9ssier Regiment suffered iearfuy' SO that IA the
evening II was hardly 200 men strong Of the flIst
Army Corps some regiments have had heavy losses the
ing hardly lOo men, or the Eighth Army Corps, the 10th
hardly mustcrs As TO the losses at Beaumont
and Sedan and elsewhere know nothing certain. The
saxuns had considerable losses likewise some Bayarian
infantry regiments, the Wrtembergers relatively less,
and the Baden troops which before srasbOurg lst
OF all III VIII DC tObfaDN near tue uuln III one cstl-
mates that all the troops up TO the present time have
been weakened by G0O00 killed and wounded, and 10000
$4,000 sick. Prisoners may number 900 or 1000 The
hardsps which many troops have TO undergo are very
great. know, for example that an Infantry regiment
biyouachcd IA days, without ntermissOn, in the open
air, marched daily Ia 10 Is miles, and in "a hours
Q7h and 18th OF August IS miles, with full knapsacks
then fought the whole day at Graycotte, aud after
ward byouacked The strongest constitution h affected
this kind Of thing aud s the sick lists. Other diy
sons have been far comfortable and have had good
quarters: others have seen no enemy, and heard no
shots guard the railways the larger towns All
this depends accident IL Is fortunate that the
weather, the whole Is favorable aud the provisions
sufficient Drnkable wine Is tO be had eVerS where in
France and materially promotes the health Of the
soldiers. This s, moreover, pleasant, welcutvatod
country, and far diet II concerned in uncuvated
countries like the Crmea Algeria Poland, and Hungary
infinitely greater sacIiices aud prvations have To Dc
endured Than, with solitary exceptions perhaps happens
now TIE Losses among the officers relatively thrice
0s heavy "a among the men, This Is inevitable with
the good weapons OF the present day. for the officer mutt
ana viii always gave his men AN lnsprtug example and
cannot shelter himself behind any object IKE the
mon soldier IL has repeatedly been ordered that the stan
officers who have suffered frlghtfuy, should df-uOunt
at the beginning oI the battle and command foot, put
the view OF their troops 10 be obtained hOrseback
would mus be lost aud achyalrouH feeling also repc-h IT,
if we command our batalons and n gimens on hofso
Daok ~ peace, our honor officers requires tal y"
sh9L' d1 the same In war, undisturbed 10y me ehos
bullets, although We thus incur greater danger - 49,
gentcmeu, and whatever may le objected on We 'u'V
feeling Of officers s precious Jewel, ahn ~. "l
invaluable worth to tRc P:dssinn and, lnu,%s % nsvT
German divisions which, 10 h to be hopcu WI, a. a.
ha tasnnerad with. the would lhei'u' e" ~