The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-09
softensd the French brain under the empire
which cola psod In 1870
AT THE TKMrELHor.

from thousand polished surfaces. The
parade ground 10 cut n two hya nnhlic r9ad
taking Its chance OF being swept away In q
charge 81 cavalry. There are ,"ArrinRes nrd
with spectators. You come upon the scene as
suddenly az TIA curtain had gone up, for you
pass IT,. n moment out from atnona the streets
he smooth cx f Of the Tamrciho stretches
before you. II IN almostleE llaln. ainping
on the left into u hill Nearer. on the same
There we're, as far as one could .julgo, two
regiments ofinfantry. nearly all on the rght o!
cavalry on the crest OF tho. hill. and, M pres
Mounted police kept the line: troops excepted.
nobody wasallowcd on any part q the ground.
TO the lct. between the wood and tho rnnd, was
group the Emperor. lie Ind about him q :'afr
that might suffice for the COMMANDER OF an
and scores OF Kilt officers Of various grades the
military members OF various pm bassies anu r..
cations IN Berlin completing the mnnn ~,
at every momont eallsI cd of with messages
for the forces engaged The IN imicry Of war was
from whore we were, and u IN our oagerne4s
to behold or even to identity the imperial iace
and figure VIE yentured loot nr9n tho tatf "a
warn us ta'k with equal i,rmness and civllity.
fot never once did l hear In licrlin or clse-
those nnnoplied guardians OF the public pence
"Would you have the Kindness to keel, In line
such wa" tho address Of ths gallant IL N oc
Up ans down ths front Z tfs snss,stors' .s.,
AMI could imagine the features W, hal seen
nard fae With III It's .o
eohep the OF Unrest the air Of
r"pressible vigor. winch makes him seem al
ways to BIO wanting to do something else: the
to note no fault. no mistake. no spe"k on any
button. no wavering In t tn line v zen ought
to 6 aross sb tse gi az
there Is not much fault to be found. yet they
Say his Majesty never omits to summon about
GERS OF tho regiments and General. u there be
one. and read them. one and II a lecture on
In" exercise OF the morning. He is u terror to
his own soldiers whatever lie may prove to be
to the foe.
SERIOUS BATTLE.
In the next hour we saw battle: ncted from
beginning to end with sense OF reality AMI
seriousness which tho theatre never gives You
Was not on a great scaie it was perfect in each
particular and aspectacle OF extreme beauty.
seldom is II in actual war than any one be.
holder or actor can grasp the whole scene but
here the whole WAS as plainly visible rs u. In
truth. it were performance on tho stage.
real f men, MT no amateurs either. or militia or
mere show troors. which one often has to call
the English; but an ntsIrnl nGTtian Of t the
with the prestige OF victory on its banners;
Under tho scrutiny Of those piercing imperial
ously than IL the contest were real: it was real
to him: to the officers above all Every
thing waG wth the utmost energy
The business they wero set to do presently
Tho wood on the loft was held by a dofanding
force. invisible to us or to the attack ng
troops. Tho hGttalions massed on tho far side
III
was beautiful to see them set out upon this
little campaign; The comnHet masses a Of sol
line, duly dlsiribuisd into advance guard.
mishcrs broke suddenly loose from the front.
the ground. At first they attracted no atten-
fast to his wood. half a milo away. They
srrang. UP after q minute and RIM forward
gnnrd. whom in turn the main body followed.
the reserves standing fast. Whom this move
mont was perceived from the wood .volleys
when they had delivered their .volley In reply.
There was something uncauny and incom-
From both wood and open Held came crash
after crash Of mE ~ and NO smoke they
was quito evident at once that sln okeless pow
der had It's dra " backs as we'll as advantages.
You see better. but you are also ae?n better.
the skilled rihemen in the wood-a, target
wnfn srS ia wRsS
on y thousand helmets. and every gilt button
and steel scabbard and buckle and epaulet was
for us as It was ,dan gorous t., the troops them;
selves; the whole plain sparkled and cleaned
az 9d rs ss%sd with those p0n
their supports went steadily forward: the rush
At the douhle quick was repeated as soon az
yards Of ground gained and held ut every
rush. Presently the reserves also moved up.
at the SINE sb eng bGdy 81 cavalry
the advancing enemy, The right Hank swung
and had become a solid wall Of armed men fac:
Ing this new foe. into which It delivered hail Of
ona the Srsw h the
ed. and cleared that part OF the. ground alto
pearsd. but their fate was the same They
could not live under that fire and had to van lsh
AN IMPOSSIBLE CONTEST.
Nc, more thought. could the infantry have
Noxt us stood little cluster of military critics.
sS al HS these out ss
When finally the. Infantry. advancing In line,
reserves included. and sklrmishers stlll we'll IN
into 1t and the defenders fed In the wake OF
their cavalry and artillery, asked one Of
such ground rs that. infantry could ever have
got near the wood. Never" was his answer.
The strength OF the IRE had shown that the
force in among the trees. was considerable
enough to have a1nlhilated the regiments put
under which An engagement OF this sort takes
place, criticism is thrown away. and We, OF
course. did not know them.
u was possible to occupy the mind with
something besides tactics to enjoy tho brillian-
we had seen bnito IN minature hu as 20 we bsd
What IL called n sham hight IL often q meagre
of battle without interest or beauty
or verisimiiituds. This was SO like the real
thing as to mako one remember the rather
remark OF soldier who 10 not
man" Such remarks arc not meant to be
taken literally. they are only q form Of tho SUI
perlAtive. only n note OF admiration. Whether
the Germans are still the best troops In Europe
is Q point on which. with or without the En-
peror's hOlp. the wor i'll will presently havo an
opportunity Of forming fresh opinions.