New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-03

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which was the most shaky point eroe.
number Of foreign officers were riding soou'
tho ground. I must tell you that swo onoo''
have boon sent by every nauoh A.,
these maneuvers All these grsndees reSuo ..
Queens Hotel at Aldcrsho. where they are .v
by Cant Keorth Fraser Of the Life GUARDS. uau w..
good fortune to mako his acquaintance durine '"o
war and Il was partly owing to Hun that on my "'
NJ Aldcrsbot was admitted to food ana snc'to W 'no
hotel which otherwise was reserved eh'ne, ~ 49,
hioh personagcs All this concourse cohUiouto" w MON
ing the scene very striking one; ior 'e VI
costumes and appearance OF the Foreigners was
and the contrast between some OF THESE gen
-, ,h tho tall soldiery but unaffected English Of
eoos 1vas very strtkiDg Prussia was represented w
Gen Won Blumenthal. rather great man. DencVe'
There wero three Frcnchmen, several Belgians some
sNiss n Turk, an Austrian, and, believe. Chnamar.
But TO return to the impending battle Tho srmishers
OF the enemy soon attacked which were at the bot
tom OF the ravne but they soon had to retire up
the SLOPE Unexpectedly, two guns opened fire upon us
from hillOck just In front Of our center This hilock
II 1t did command the Hogs Back. was at least quito
on lovo with IL, 90 that these two guns. themselves
protected by the crest OF this hllock made our center
very uncomfortable Accordingly the three guns Of our
center opened re. do not know what the decision OF
the umpires concerning this little artillery duel but
while it going strong force Of infantry made
flank movement front at the bottom OF the
ravine and endeavored to reinforce our right This
column Of infantry was quite uncovered and such
movement would have been almost impossible
These troops beaten back by decision OF the
umpire, and retraoed their stops must tell you
that the umpires distinguished by vhite brassars
must also tell you that the defending force had re-
ceived orders to twigs Of trees in their headdress
to I've recognized from the enemy. Some OF the
men. instead Of wearing twig, nearly covered their
whole heads and Shoulders with green branches ana
looked like JaoksintheGreen on the LIST of May was
| 40 Annn
IL O'Clock right had been turned Why 1t should
have declared TO be turned nobody has satfacto
| riy explained to me. However 1t was turned, anu'
indeed, we lost three guns which were not recalled
| in time, and which captured by the enemy.
We now retreated valley to the north of Hogs
Back the troops deng behind center protected by
line Of GyafIIeurs the top of the Hogs Back The
enemys tiraileurs, however. drove In this line,
which retreated rapidly behind the Hogs Back This
was occupied In its turn by the skrmshers OF the
enemy who finding line OF fire open upon them from
the other side Of the road pursued us vigorously but
prudeny, as retreat directed toward Fox Hill,
through level country exceedingly wooded and inter
sectcd by thick hedges remarkably frequent intervals
Thes hedges would it is true be great obstruction to
the eilemys skrmshing but they would also give re-
treat * great opportunities Of establishing lines 0f
fire wlich might prove worry murderous.
The SOUTHEASTERN line Of railway lay on our way.
crossed ny two bridges These bridges We sprung after
having CT ossed them; G., stuck up bills declaring
the bridges sprung that delayed the enemy for u
couple OF hours for the line OF railway had been de-
clared in the programme TO be river and impassable
90 bridges would lie required to it, After two
hOurs necessary Of crossing having been OBJ
tanned, tho river passed under the guns from Fox
Hill, which did the enemy some damage but did not
prevent his crossing the river. Fox Hill Is
| an exceedingly strong position. which L have
not time to describe. We had made good
our retreat to Its summit The enemy attempted to
storm it, but failed, and thus ended the day Now an
instance Of what saying Of the utter absence OF
reality there about the arrangements is shown In the
the enemy and occupied Prbrght, passing right
over the defending force. The defending force aban
dOned the position which it had made good aud which
gave it great advantages for the next day, because
| the exigcnCes of the cOmmissariat required IT..
Where were the wagon trains which would
| now, in the ordinary course Of things
follow up the invading force and bring up its supplies
from its Of operatons There no wagon trains
at all. The supplies OF Pirbrght for the Third
Division had been there all ready since the day be-
fore. Where was the Second Division Why, gone to
AldershOt. Why to Adershott when that was sup
posed TO beihe support OF the First Divisons right
Because 1t marked out that it should be 30, and al
though the umpires declared that the First Division had
made good It's Fox HILL the troops were sent to
their where the supplies had been carefully pre-
pared for them. AS the campaign meant as trial
principally for the control department. 1t is as said
simply deceiving the nation.