The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-20
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THE PRINCE INTERVAL FIRES TIE alrAAahth'"'
From La France]
FosBAcH, August 2-T.l5 2. Nd.
The Prince Imperial 10 person hes tito.ai,n
pbof from our mitraileurs, Wnlcn nteIaiiy
naowed nnVa down the Prussians. Viue le Prince
Imperial. l.L..t.- -
now THE PRINCE TALKED TO BIS PAPA.
From the Gaulois.l -.
1ha division of General Froissard engaged at
saarbriicken returned to Metz, bands playing,
and leaving General Bataille with his division
to hold the heights. The Emperor and Prince
Imperial were on the extreme left, where the
enemy's projectiles arrived in considerable
quantities. A superior officer related that the
Prince said smilingly tothe Emperor, Papa, :
the bullets are whistling, a good deal mere.
incidents of the combat, simply replied, yes,
my son." They remained in this exposed Pc,
isition quarter Of an hour. We had SIX Killed
and fifSy-seven wounded The loss OF tne enc
nv is set down this morning at 250 killed. Inc
mitrailleur made fearful havoc. Large trees
were cut clean through at distance L OF SIX
hundred metres: During the action the mar
seillaise"1 was played. t.=sss- -. =
HOW THE PRUss1ANs SUFFERED.
From the Moniteur.l
There were only two Prnssian regiments In
Saarbrucken, and mos: Of the men belonged to
the reserve. Alter their last soldiers had fallen
back. one man remained behind, unsteltered,
and continued firing He fell, riddled 0y
twenty balls. counted seventeen In his. ca
pote. / cut off the bit of hls epaulette on
which was the number. of his regiment 40, IN
memory OF this brave man. At the railway
bridge, the enemy's general, mounted on q
white horse, passed and repassed under nre
with great intrepidity. The ptliiets seemea s.o 70
and sinister rolling noise appeared TO reno
the air; we could see the lanes which they
made In the enemy's lines. By one O'CLOCK the
Prussians had entirely disappeared, leaving us
the field Of battle. The general on the Whlte
horse was the last man to retreat we looh
about fifty prisoners, who did noL aPpe@as @ a. ox az
easy az to the fate that awaited them; tneF ex-
pected to be massacred. handed my gourde
to one man whose majestic nose was orna,
mented by a pair OF spectacles; ne sWanOWeu
INV wine and was profllse In his thanks. Three
cart loads of wounded men passed by; they
were lying on straw, and appeared resigned.
The first cart was filed with Prussians, the
two other with Frenehmen. one naa MS nea1 10
surrounded with bandages, another an arm ID
a sling, third was philosophicaliy smoking
his pipe; none Of them spoke ------
4 DISPATCH FROM TIE EMPERoR's SECRETARY.
The following is the latest official dispatch
Minister of the Interior
YESTERDAY, when the heights OF Saarorucken
were occupied, a battery OF mltraliguIs was
put in position In presence go OF !ne Save
orders % that the battery should not fire unless
in case of necessity. The Prussians, IN point
Of fact were concealed in rayines or IN houses,
or disperspd as light infantry, and We could
not usefllly bring our new artillery into play:
But presently an enemys peloton was percelv-
ed marching In the direction of the right bank
railway. at g distance Of 1000 metres. The
mitraiiieurs were pointed at this peloton, and
In the twinkllng OF an eye the group was dis
persed and half OF them were moved down:
Among the Pruss!an prisoners. were several
volunteers enlisted for year. 1t is well
known that In Prussia this class Of volunteers
belong to families In easy circumstances. They
were very reticent in answering questions put
French over the Prussian gun.
+ An English Account Of the Battle.
correspondence Of the London News.]
The infantry of the brigade is advancing
like an immense serpent, under cover OF the
wood. Following the road, In parallel line,
are are now nc descending the hill. They are in the
plain. The infantry has rapidly deployed IN
skirmishing order. The skirmishers are sus-
tained byt6 battalions massed in the rear.
The artillery takes position on the heights.
They have traversed the valley, and are fol-
lowed by the infantry In mass. Now the In
fantry occupies the heights situated on the
other side of the plain overlooking Saar-
brlcken; it is Joined BY the. artillery, winch at
once opens fire upon the Prussian batteries
established on the other side OF SaaI3rucESh. M
II is IL o'clock. The noise Is horrible, The
division of Bataille massed upon the road from
Forbach to Saarbracken, quits Its position and
comes to the frent under cover Of the woodto
The LETT.
THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE.
Ttcesve o'clock.-A prolonged shout from the
division. "Viue rEntpereur = The Emperor
il there. The cannonade is formidable, and
continues all along the line. a Prusslan battery,
at the entrance Of the wood OF the village OF Ar
neval, is pounding Gway at us terociously. a
section OF infsntry makes rapid charge ana
partly turns it. The Prusslans are on Inc a. can,
thunder. It is the first discharge from the bat
tery of mitrallours. We reach tho heights
above Saarbrucken, the mitrailleurs peppering
away all the time. It is perfectly frightful.
A battalion: Of Prussians is retiring IN
good order by the qu,y of the saar,
IN the town, and. msking, its way TO-
ward the bridge over which the ra'iwaS WY
passes. 1ne pattSIy VI ~ M as i lii,
metres of, covers them. The officer cooilY
his piece. continued crash. The
battalion scatters. "Eh ?" says the Lieuten'
an. Colonel de n, cycling me complaeently,
and as much as to say, "Wbat do you think OF
that 2" I hold out my hand to him. All the
other officers of tie battery surround Us.
Another battalion has shown itself. It takes
the road OF its predecessor. The terrible ec-
CINE is prepared. Another minute to secure
the right adjustment. "Firel" The second
battalion disperses like the first. few balls
aIe sent after them.
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