Show THE WAS WAR IN df EUROPE details of the battias of arid rodell fodell bridge eff effects cots of the needle gim horrible swum i the gnew york sun at the battle near on the ad dinst ia a which the austrians Aust rians met with each signal defeat the grussi prussians 1 ans were commanded bythe king in person they met the iho austrians Aust rians under auder benedek between horitz and koni Konig gratz the battle lasted twelve hours until jo 10 0 7 clock a tn the battle was favorable to mhd tbd austrians Aust AuW rians jans but after that hour the advantages vall tags v i ere with tho the prussians at 2 p m after an obstinate defence the prussians carried by storm the iho strong position of the austrians Aust rians atter the austri austren inq i ven kero quickly driven out of other and by 7 j pi m the austrians Aust Auit rians were in full ric treAt to K pursued by the prussian I 1 car cavalry alry the Aust austrians rians were in a rout the road was with which they throw threw away abek number of billed and wounded on both sides yaa waa great but bat inato lie extent of the battlefield battle field geld k ila ascertained the to lave captured up to tho the evening of tho the ath fourteen thousand prisoners prison pris eis one hundred and cannon and several flags three austrian are arc reported wounded prince and prince were taken prisoners s roin commander mauder of an austrian corps lost a leg general count luime was shot in the beamand bea dand colonel A fider anil airl another staff officer were hilled tho correspondent of the london times thus sonic of the scones scenes nt attendant upon the deleat of the aus rians at the battle of bridge fanity FAa ity of austrians Aust Au rians fell back from the point p where ivere first ed c d and tho the railway crosses the 1110 road along the line they were pushed by some borao prussian detz detachments but B buhei w hber eido sido iras hero in strong force principal fibbing ya 1 done up on anbo abo rowl but here too the tic needle edle gu gun showed its advantage over tho the old fashioned nad weapons of tho the austrians Aust rians for the latter fell in tu proportion of six to ono Pru prussian tho the iao pis tied over both birdges utter tho the retreating alus t fj 1 latter threw a strong detachment tach ment nt into amargo aI arpe unfinished hoisie which by the chaus chat cc about a quarter or of a milo I 1 beyond the bridga aro ana kaa adaa wado mado p stand but not nofo I 1 duration they had bad lost man many y killed their of 3 many bounded and prisoner atlen aiken but they hoy dead or officers wore were stood till they could gatli gather cir in nil all t the ie from alia 0 stragglers ho had escape escaped ased td by ho houses of the village 0 o and barraged ciarra barr Fiu hus drew olt off ballou bullou t the he pursuing gratz road to the main arby blum r by terminated a contest wh icil foug fought bt on both eides aides ith the greatest vigor and resulted in a clear determination yet forthe for the Fri for when tho the bast last di opplis shots chats cetti ci wed ed there were no austrian gold gol diora lors within abreo bulea alil v of bridge except the wounded and the taken the in a the tic tilty of lie ba tattle tattie t next morning were of the moat boat terrible and heart beart rending reading deterly tiou the he same ante correspondent says saya the road to rodell was ira crowded with bu spital wagons wagon and ambulance cart car bringing hr the wounded d tery every cottage in the way wal was waa converted convert td into te tempo ampo aar adry hospital and the alifi ie village or of S r erzin WA entire mith ith stricken men tho the U alck behrers bearers one of the most L carps which any army pos were at work from the tery bo be idding ar the action As aa tho the combatants parsed these noble minded mm men regardless gard less of the bullets and of personal danger rem removed with equal hand both friend and enemy enemy who were lert m ng on the road and carried thein pre carefully fully to the rear where the medic ill officers seemed to make mak no distinction in in their care for both Aust austrian riall and Pru soldiers soldier not on an duy du Y might le be seen carrying carry ins water for pals P boners of both sides alike and r idi adly y af fordon forden any comfort which hibb if was in in then their own power to give giro to toso who over oter night had been firina birin against their own hearts in the tha tilmage Til y uge jage the be utmost disorder gave evidence cl Q the severity sorority sor erity of the contest contell austrian shakos clothes and arms ams we were re scattered about ini il c confusion Jn fusig dead horses laa lay in re e ditches by tho the roa roadside dide IN white hite coats and cloaks aich bad been thrown off DIT in the light lay jay scattered along the road tho the trees which had formed the austrian barricade were still on the sille side of tho street and held minya a bullet the cottages had been ransa ransacked cled or of their furniture and their beams and roof trees frees had been torn down to form de fences for the door and windows while along the street and upon the banki of the river lay objects m abich aich in the distance looked like bundles of untidy uniforms but which on nearer approach are seen to be the bodies of slain soldiers sometimes Some timea they lie in groups of twos and threes twisted together as if they had bad gripped one another in their mortal agony and sometimes ome times single alg figures i res liy lay on their backs staring with livid countenance and hilt closed hizy eyck straight up ista fisl the hot biorn ingan the dark blue uniform with red real facings facing of pi ili usia and the white with the light blue of Anstr austria iao lie side bide by side bido but the numbers of the latter much preponderate grepo prepo and on cc one part or of the railway y three prussian corpses opposite to nineteen austrian Austri arl form a gis g is ly trophy of the superiority of the neo nee die gun tho medical officers have officially fici ally ll 11 re reported ported that the pw proportion portion of wounded dad au strains ins to wounded iana is ii as fire anro to ono one thus has the needle gun un told both on the battle bold and in the hospital |