New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-14

liNCo VI tho 0i tuiOo VI tuC WcslOKh
Carriages convey ed all to q convenient
point, where horses were in readiness for
their use.
The Emperor. accompanied by the King
of Saxony, the hereditary Crown Prince OF
Germany; the Emperor's brother. Prince
Kari of Prussia; Prince Frederick Karl of
Prussia, and other princes of the royal
family, al holding rank in the army; the
Duke of Counaughts the Duke of Coimbra,
Archduke Albtecht of Austria; Prince
George, brother OF the King of Saxony;
Prince Hassan of Egypt anu other royal
personages and high officers, among whom
were the Grand Duke OF Mecklenhurg, and
| the Minister of War, General Won kamecke,
| and Field Marshal General Won Moltke, ar
rived on the ground, and mounted his horse
| about 10 A. M. He proceeded Immediately,
accompanied by brilliant staff and visit
| ing officers, among whom were the most
| distinguished commanders ~ the German
| armies in tie late wars, to visit tue Arrest
body of troops, who received him with
, shout their method OF acknowledging his
"Good morning"
The troops were set ia notion, and all
not in official attendance upOn the Empe-
| ror chose for themselves, according to their
| Judgment, the most interesting points OF
view.
This day the general idea was that a large
| army coming from the southeast, the direc-
| lion OF OcUWeluultL, udu TtdCutu JdueT anu
pushed its advanced corps on the road 10
ward Goldsburg.
The object of this army was to march
north by Liegni and lay siege TO Geogan,
1t was designated as the southern army,
and its advanced corps were represented
by the Sixth corps 20 900 strong. This was
organized into advance guard and main
tody. These again were divided into divi-
sions and brigades,
Divisions were commanded by lieutenant
generals, brigades by major generals, reg;-
ments by colonies, companies by hauptmen
| or captains.
| There are now iu a corps eight regiments
of infantry, Of three baitalions each; each
| battalion of four companies, now l0S to 40
| strong; five regiments OF cavalry OF four
| sQuadrons each; two regiments OF field ar
| tillery of eight batteries each, four guns to
| battery, Or sixty four guns in ALL all
''Krupp" steel breech loading field guns.
The cavalry consisted OF hussars, armed
with sabres, uhlans with larcPs, dragons
with cartiues ard sabrts, cuirassiars armed
with stra ght swords and wearing back and
breast plates and helmets OF steel.
There was u bridge train IN charge OF
company OF pioneers. Th3 pUntUous Wele
of metal, not corrugated.
The troops carried the Mauser rifle or
carbine wien is d bolt gun. oreech-ioader
using the "Berdan" brass cartridge. They
saved the discharged cartridge shells, re-
placing them in the pouch.
To meet aud oppose the northern army,
the Fifth Corps took the part of the s,d.
vance guard OF an army coming from the
direction of Bunzlau, by Haynau, to the
northwest, operating on the flank OF the
southern army ard against its advanced
guard, the Sixth Corps. Its task was to
ascertain the positions and 10 attack them
and compel retreat across the katzbach,
toward Jauer.
On this day the Fifth Corps pushed its
advance across a small brook northwest OF
the Katzbach, running by Fellendort, thus
occupying q line three miles in advance of
the Katzbach. Its object was to cover
the flank during the march on Liegnitz
of the army supposed to be concentrating
on Jauer.
Lines of skirmishers were thrown out by
both parties. Cavalry pa.roled, aud artil-
lery was placed in position, but'the armies
merely felt each other strongly. No serious
conflict took place. About | P. d., the
bugles sounded 'cease firing" and the EN-
peror held military levee in the saddle.
The operations and situations were dis
cussed; the superior officers of both corps
were called around him, and heard, with
the most profound respect, his words of ad
vice or instruction, of criticism or common
dalton. The Emperor and his Generals and
the foreign officers then returned to Lieg
nitz, where, at five O'Clock, the Emperor
gave dinner to some eighty or 100 persons
in the palace of the Princes of Liegnitz,
whose family has been long extinct, and
whose ancient home is now one OF the nu-
merous royal Prussian palaces. We had
the honor to attend this dinner and several
others during the operations. Here. and
afterward in MecBlenburg, the Emperor
held most magnificent and royal court.
entertaining daily at dinner, after the field
exercises of the day were over large
party of officers and the principal people of
the town in which for the time the head
quarters were situated,
The next day-Friday, the seventeenth
of September--the southern army, as ap-
peared from the orders published, was or
dered to continue its concentration on Jauer,
and it's advanced guard, the Sixth Corps,
was to close in upon that place for support,
having in presence OF supposed greater
force abandoned its advanced line on the
FeilendOrf brook, in advance of. the Kat2-
bach. This day presented all the opera
tions of an advance against an enemy yield
ing ouly slowly, and with strong resistance,
to superior force. The Sixth Corps. with
out compromising itself, sought to gain time
for the main southern army to close up and
prepare tor resumption of the offensive.
1t thus compelled the Fifth Corps to develop
it's forces; but it steadily retired during the
x
net charges. About halfpast twelve o'clock,
the Sixth Corps being all across the Katz-
bach, the "cease firing" sounded; the crit
ique and levee were held, and the Emperor
returned to Leignitz, where, as usual, he
entertained a large party-some 3O0-at
dinner in the evening. l had again the
honor Of being present.
On the eighteenth, Saturday, tho Sixth
corps, supposed to have received reinforce
ments, advanced to fight it's way across the
Katzbach, still having the object of protect
upon Lignitz and Glogan. This was the
last day, and it was intended to bring on a
battle near the ground which has been three
times the field of decisive and important
battles in German history. Near here, in
l24l, the Duke of Silesia, at the head of the
Christian chivalry, triumphed over the
MongOl Tartar. Hare Frederic the Great
won decisive battle against the Austrians,
in August 1850, and here, on the thirtieth
the French the victory of Wahlstatt from
which no took the title OF Prince of VAIL
staff. 81, lG .a .s-s
The Sixth Corps had built bridges during
the night, and in the morning maneuvred
to cross the stream. 1t appeared that the
Grand Duke of Meeklenburg- Schwerin, a
general distinguished during the war of
1870, had taken command of the Sixth Corps
on this final day. He sent . small force
from his right to oRoss at Kroitsoh, which
YVES met and strpngly resisted by the
Northern army. and while good deal of
noise was made in this affair, he crossed his
centre and main force further south, turned
or outfianked the Northern army, and
bringing up his Corps artillery, placed it
on the summit of a low ridge, and poured
crushing fire into his opponent. The artil-