. Battles of the nineteenth century . -ing the sabre - thrusts and cuts of theHussars, till at last he is rescued by a timelycharge of the 5th French Hussars forming hisescort, and many of the Brunswickers straight-wav find death as well as glorv. But now the 6th Cavalry Division of thePrussians—Cuirassiers, Lancers, and Hussars—•led on bv the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,rushes up in turn to repel this cavalr\- counter-stroke of the French which had the effect ofrescuing Bazaine ; and then is seen anothersurging mass of mounted combatants minglingin a murder orrim and great. Presentlvthe eye
. Battles of the nineteenth century . -ing the sabre - thrusts and cuts of theHussars, till at last he is rescued by a timelycharge of the 5th French Hussars forming hisescort, and many of the Brunswickers straight-wav find death as well as glorv. But now the 6th Cavalry Division of thePrussians—Cuirassiers, Lancers, and Hussars—•led on bv the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,rushes up in turn to repel this cavalr\- counter-stroke of the French which had the effect ofrescuing Bazaine ; and then is seen anothersurging mass of mounted combatants minglingin a murder orrim and great. Presentlvthe eye is diverted from this dust-enveloped. COUNT vox MOLTKE. spectacle by the sight of the red-tunicked ZietenHussars—so called after the Great Fredericksgreatest horse-captain—emerging from the dust-clouds and da^hing themselves with a wild cheerat a line of French infantry—Grenadier Guards—in their front. But at about 500 paces distancethev are received with a truly infernal fire fromchassepot, field-gun, and mitrailleuse, and theircolonel—also a Herr von Zieten—falls dead outof the saddle, while Captain von Grimm is mor-tally wounded, andthe horse of theadjutant, Lieutenantvon Winterfeldt, isliterally torn topieces by a bravest menon earth cannot facesuch a fire ; sothe Zieten Hussarswheel round andrush back to theirlines, leaving theground strewn withscarlet uniforms, asif it were an Englishbattlefield. TheFrench fire is tooinurderous ; theGermans must checktheir advance ; thebattle for some littletime after becomesan artillerv duel. It was now twooclock. So far,Alvensleben hadskilfullv deceivedthe en
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