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Show After the r IglK. A military correspondent of the Loudon Lou-don Ttb graph observes : "A curious fact I ascertained at Sedan was that many hundreds of bullets extracted from the French soldiers were ehasse-pot ehasse-pot balls. This aro.-e from tbe want of discipline among the French. I met two unfortunate young Englishmen at Sedan who happened to be in the town the day that the gates were shut by the French, and consequently had to remain until the capitulation. They describe the state of confusion iu the town as something fearful. The gunners gun-ners on the walls were firing on their own troops, and no one appeared to have authority. Many of the inhabitants inhabit-ants were killed during the bombardment. bombard-ment. saw three Prussian soldiers marched out of the town to be shot Their offence was that of stealing some bread. Every one seemed to take it as a matter of course ; but it was an awful penalty for the offence. However, How-ever, the Germans do not err on the side of mercy in matters of discipline. The conduct of the Jiavarian troops after tbe battle, however, cannot be excused. They shot down scores of persons, both men and women, be cause a few had fired shots on them from the houses in Bazeilles and Balan. The pries', in the latter village was shot down in the street, and a doctor of the Belgian ambulance told me that he saw twenty women, with their handi tied behind them, taken out into in-to the field and shot. |