. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. nt of the bayonet by the Frankfurt Divis-ion ; General Tiimpling was severely wounded in the hip, butnot mortally. The heat is terrible. The carriage of provisionsis difficult. Our troops suffer from weariness and hunger. Thereare not many traces of war here, except the down-trodden corn-fields. The people are not afraid of the soldiers; they stand intheir Sunday clothes at their doors, with wife and children, inastonishment. At Trautenau the inhabitants murdered twentydefenseless oboists of ours, who had remained behind the frontafter the passag
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. nt of the bayonet by the Frankfurt Divis-ion ; General Tiimpling was severely wounded in the hip, butnot mortally. The heat is terrible. The carriage of provisionsis difficult. Our troops suffer from weariness and hunger. Thereare not many traces of war here, except the down-trodden corn-fields. The people are not afraid of the soldiers; they stand intheir Sunday clothes at their doors, with wife and children, inastonishment. At Trautenau the inhabitants murdered twentydefenseless oboists of ours, who had remained behind the frontafter the passage of their regiments. The criminals are at Glo-gau, before court-martial. At Miinchengratz a brewer enticedtwenty-six of our soldiers into the spirit vault, made them drunk,and set it on fire. The distillery belongs to a convent. Exceptsuch things, we learn little more here than you do in castle, which is very splendid, belongs to Prince Bohan,whom I saw every year at Gastein. * 1 Maccabees iii., 58, 59.—K. R. H. M. 398 Jitschen, not Gitschin, 2d July, have just arrived from Sichrow; the battle-field here wasstill full of corpses, horses, and arms. Our victories are muchgreater than we thought; it seems we have already more thanfifteen thousand prisoners, and with dead and wounded the Aus-trian loss is stated at a higher figure—about twenty thousandmen. Two of their corps are completely dispersed, some regi-ments destroyed to the last man. Till now I have seen moreAustrian prisoners than Prussian soldiers. Send me cigars bythe courier every time—a thousand at a time, if they can be had,price twenty dollars, for the hospitals. All the wounded begthem of me. Then by clubs, or our own resources, subscribe forsome dozens of Kreuzzeitungs for the hospitals—for instance, theone at Eeichenberg; the other places can be learnt at the Minis-try of War. What is Clermont-Tonnere about ? is he not com-ing ? I have no news by the post. Send me a revolve
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