The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-08-11

Whist 9 cheuce fer M II sne sneA's - 8 &c
II Ths osss.ss spa1. Of an .sni..,s.: y. md.
emily aboat nine O'Clock our Soutiers came Oh
Ipi1s IN crying I'm that s nSon =. snd Ssct
fer We beard cannon on our rtghts aaon8 ~ Be
ilster. We were already Under arn. aua sss I'm
e sss battle
On the hills overlooking thu river, Two 81 hi
hreS divisions. with batteries IN the tn.ervsm 81
bayonets, No conld SEQ tho Prn.aaans, tn "a d
sysde. and the: Rs.s1s1. a.sss shortly
aftcr. We took our place IN lipes bstwsan two =
hills, and then we, Jaw I've or six tnossSna
shoss;n~ "Tatsria.d .1assriasdF This caused
. tremendous tumult. IKE that OF etoeos -
rocks aying north ;n...r. thu mu,hetry opened :
from both sides Of tho river. The valley
through which the Partha flows w:s hled WIN I
The ,ss: sse.s s,:.
they seemed like savage beast J. russeinS ~
on ~. Then but one shout Of zee s5sRs'zTri 81
shook was terrible; thousand. Of: 6.yon1sssI
crossed We drove them back we're ou .s ,
driven back muskets were dubbed; sIe SR I
one mass; tho fallen were tramPieda IPGn,
\ while the thunder Of artillery, tho whistning
Of hGlsts, sua The sS,ok Int tbs Dit Of he'll,
| Despair urged no, and the wish to revenge
Ss0ss tSss t5sy
poIson inoited the Prussians, for they arc the |
,proudest Of men, and their victories % asoi ,s
But the river swept them away and their pride!
Three times they crossed and rushed atas: we
were indeed forced back BY the shoSS o. T TSsg
! numbers and how they shouted then' ihey
seemed to wish to devour use Their officers
Waving their swords in the air, cried "portoartn
Hor,OaTts :" and all advanced nke 5000 val dsnv.
= our Cannon opened huge gaps in their lines
charged sEasn, ana arUx1 t them to man,
Wa " r. NOT Tor one of their batteries before
J. Mockern, which enfladed Us ana 1orceo us "
., This lasted until two O'Clock; half our officers
% were killed OF wounded the colonel, Lo1aln'
s%oI 9Ss sas hf' All along
h were heaps of dead, or wounded men crawling
y away from the struggle. Some. furious, loud
20 their knee; to ire as ssss wss anything
ID seen like IL In the river foated long lines OF
sboE9g the.F b ,aSes each
,ir least attention to the sightno one Of MS knew
10 that the same might not be his condition az
ia 'f'he earnape reached from schoenfem to
ed 4 Grossdorf along the Partha: 80.
" At length the Swedes and Prusslans cesseo
! their attacks, and started farther up the river
re to turn our position, and masses Of Russians
vo came to occupy the places they had left.
~
50 descsaded 20 tue valley, with shouldered a5ms
cir in admirable order Twice they sssailed IT.. q.
:hs g.ssssss Soa Ths
it, oasary attempted to carry the old bride aboy'
IT'D schoenfeid, and tho cannonade increased: o.
nj ali sides as far the eye could reach, We say
only the enemy massing their forces, and wher
sse we had repulsed one of their columns anothe!
Iu- of fresh men took its place. The hght hae
hrs ever to be fought over again:
or Between two and three o'clock, we Learned
ul- that the Swedes and the Rrnssian cavalry has
he crossed the river above Grossdorf, ana WEI
en- about to take us in the rear, . mode wh nc
ILL pleased them much better than ngnupg Aac
, ut to face. Marshal Ney immediately changes
hat division still remained supported on schoen
rhe field but all the others retired from the Partha
ter to stretch along the plain, and the entire arm
The Russians, behind the road to Mockesr
d prepared for q third attack toward thre
!, O'Clock; our officers were making new disgSs
oes tons to receive them when q sort OF ehudde
lay ran from one end of our lines to the other an
our in . few memeuts all knew that the esiEtee
ore thousand sa1ons and the WuEsemDesg essa as
= to turn the forty guns they carried with the ~.
out on their old brother-in-arms OF Dnrutses CIV
This treason, instead Of discouraging ne. I
ear added to our fury, that If we had been aLIowe
oS o count L IS false they had only e he,
left .S S On T 1hs msSs have oss ike
re6 Tarians aud quilted MS before the battle; TIN
at might have remained neutral-migns 5sX s : :
,elp fused to serve, but they deserted us only :
re6 cause fortune was against Ms. II they kne
+ or We were going to win, they would have 90 90
Cd. good de md so e On aorg
won ~ after Jena ana fneoianoi; ttns. sac
ANS every one thought anu ~ IL ~ 10y Mt an
be- are, aud Will ever fenAsn, -: S;.tra.a :,
ting did they eoanoon incl. ur ,aha veicome wi
q Of the enemy. God is just, and SO great v
had their new alies scoFn VI Su then, after 4
unl- vided hait oa1ouy oeImeou Ionrh Of Dr.,
that battle: The frencn nngnC moa .;.dSS
10 of sian, Austrian ane nusstan ~ .;o mt, ev,
been From the time OF tnis ueseLU IT. 90 carr;
der on the allies might crnsh Us by numbers
"a to they should pay dearly for their victory
onr At niGhtfSll, while two thousand pieces
the ARTILLERY were laundering together, we "
4 to attacked for the seventh tune in schoeufe