Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 . wnPrince an urgent request to advance in the morning fromMiletin and attack the Austrian right flank at the sametime that the First Army attacked the Austrians infront. By ten oclock at night the troops were in fullmovement. The general staff did not leave Kommenitz until an hourpast midnight. The night was cloudy, but not dark, asthe clouds were thin and the moon occasionally came outdistinctly. The whole country was dotted with the re-mains of the bivouac fires where the First Army had beenencamped. An e
Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 . wnPrince an urgent request to advance in the morning fromMiletin and attack the Austrian right flank at the sametime that the First Army attacked the Austrians infront. By ten oclock at night the troops were in fullmovement. The general staff did not leave Kommenitz until an hourpast midnight. The night was cloudy, but not dark, asthe clouds were thin and the moon occasionally came outdistinctly. The whole country was dotted with the re-mains of the bivouac fires where the First Army had beenencamped. An eye-witness of the scene says these fireslooked like large will-of-the-wisps, as their flames flickeredin the wind, and they stretched out for many a mile, asthe First Army alone contained 150,000 soldiers, andnecessarily the camp of so large a force covered a verywide area. The clouds thickened during the night, andabout daylight there came on a drizzling rain, which con-tinued all the forenoon and for some hours after add to the discomfort of the troops, the wind steadily. 3 312 DECISIVE BATTLES SINCE WATERLOO. increased and considerably affected the soldiers, who hadhad little sleep and scanty food for the past two days. At daylight, the various corps and divisions of the FirstArmy had formed their line for attacking the main body of the army was at Milowitz, which is asmall village on the road from Koeniggratz to Franseky, commanding the 7th division was atCesekwitz, holding the left, while the 4th and 5th divi-sions were at Pristan and Psauch, these divisions formingthe right of the line. General Herewarth von Bittenfeldwith the 8th and part of the 7th corps held the extremeright about ten miles from Milowitz. At four oclock inthe morning the advance began, and the army marchedslowly up the first declivity between Milowitz andDub, five miles nearer Kommenitz. The ground beingsoaked by rain, which had been falling for several hours,wa
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