Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-20
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| have Witnessed ftnm reasonably anfe
puAlupns, though was incidentally uhot I'd
~ poth occasions, two great hattics-one In
thlH country and one IN Euronc
At urayelOttc whcre tho UerinAns hnat
back the French into Mots--I saw durlna
The action about four or nve nlileq or mo
Hniinan fornation The ncrv rrdutN o. tbs
,No armies were nearly nlpht milcs in
irngth ana the nruwofkH exceeded any.
hmg have ever noticed Ia our political
nl9cgsslon. or az Conev island. / saw the
QUICK destruction OF Getman regiment
81 cavalry almost ns nlhinlv ~ / AID the
htpnrwmi CHARGE or tho Irish brigade al
ee iiS l, had nnwerml glass
ycYei the battle scenes for hours from the
MI the klng OF Prussia and Motto and
h,s9a5 5ls occunicd with tbs srapd German
there never was u student ~ a panorama
muro Interested than l.. The actual battle
Tie rcuerals on the strlcknn Held while the
Striking " going on do not rallnn into the
mouths " Tue enemv'a gnna us much M
they do IA the cyelorAmio business Mhile
tho nght IL on. even 10 the uunitored ar
the real thunder Of thousand CANNON dr.,
lnE shells Is SOLEMN sound that you hardly
realize from nhoct iron or ehecpskln imltn.
liens Tho dead men, aud horses too, arc
dluercnt, the horses especially II
no same grouSl waA fought over
filtered with hhneR,ered aaImal.H nIasa'i "
the month OF August horse killed with
onnuon hhol gets most horrid facial "a.
niersleh when increased after day or
The day after the battle Mt orayelottc-.
AAurgnt IS, 1870 Archibald Forbes, Moncurs
~, conway and myself net fortn 20 et-
nlorc the nold. and Forbea, being an Old All.
lief Insisted on going on tho picket line
was a stranger IN q strnngs land, and ala
not nancy getting mixed IN with the skir-
mlahrra, the rod logged French being In full
view Forbes had such Conscience III French
craftsmanship that he was amused when
badly as you think hut l was mot that
! had views that had rplhnr 90 back 70
my own country mud usalst M saving ii
again. IN q comfortable onico. as 1 might 30
needei, 30 Forbes and ! .e~tcd mud Mr.
conway, who .wns HerenelY unconscious Of
danger but dld not want 10 walk himscif 10
death, cast IN his lot with me. Then Con
way and I separated airhtlv--ha was in.
yeauggllng HQmothlng and was not-and
rode hv with orderloa following, and my
ralned eve detected thF wall Known nnd
nAu9gnihhcd gqnuomen. ~ We would say
In ne perHopnl column hnnceiior lis.
marck ana General phn Rherdan-and
said uutn Sheridan. "liellnf" aud he snid
unto me likewlac. nnd wanted 10 know what
well ~ I cuuld--nnid ihnurht that mart of
me country "ycry Interesting lihii ala
ho! seem 10 SOC ,mVilhne Ia that remark.
but lilannrck had an ear Tor American IN,
NOR and rreeted Il with a Formidable sfniis.
J SAID 20 hhcrldnn3 "plaaaa tel me what
hhlagglnS9e9 yesterday" "Did you Hee the
saw all | could but do mt know nnythlnE
about u, only the French stood IN 10 ID
along here" He said anlrslv, ''Iiut they
were beaten north nf ihis-broken and
driven into tho Notifications. They emit
get away, Hcndduarterr ftho king goes 70,
nleht 70 font Mousson And the crown
prince ~ on the march Tor para" Then I
BEGAN Ia know what ! had witnessed, The
participants In n bnttln seldom SEQ more
Than . fragment Of H. md The aiFht.aeoine
v not IN Important cxnerienoe for Tho Md.
toflau, except IN merely descriptive writ.
inM Eighteen years after tho battle ] "a.
Nifitod tho held and conld not mud my own
place on The hill. thouFh I sought ii dlii.
fehty and there was no chHnpn save 10 The
presence ~ tue monnnicnfA am the ahaenre
y the nrmlos ] talked with sheridan nhout
MS and j. said no vas rrontiy puzzled 10
nhl pOslupna ~ the battle neids where he
recent visits 10 some OF then IN the vriie,
Globe. ~" Ao'A