Italy in the nineteenth century and the making of Austria-Hungary and Germany . ng money in the village shops ; the bare-leggedcountry urchins got taken up for rides on the artillery horses,or were invited, half afraid, to peep into the muzzles of the rifledcannon. Passenger traffic was resumed upon the railroads,and telegraphic messages were regularly sent. The theatre of this War of Seven Weeks was the valley ofthe Elbe. The Elbe flows out of Bohemia, a land walledin with mountain ranges, into Saxony, and continues itsprogress northward through West Prussia. The Austrian army in Bohemia cons
Italy in the nineteenth century and the making of Austria-Hungary and Germany . ng money in the village shops ; the bare-leggedcountry urchins got taken up for rides on the artillery horses,or were invited, half afraid, to peep into the muzzles of the rifledcannon. Passenger traffic was resumed upon the railroads,and telegraphic messages were regularly sent. The theatre of this War of Seven Weeks was the valley ofthe Elbe. The Elbe flows out of Bohemia, a land walledin with mountain ranges, into Saxony, and continues itsprogress northward through West Prussia. The Austrian army in Bohemia consisted of about threehundred and ten thousand men. The Prussian force wasdivided into three armies ; one under the command of theKing; one under the Crown Prince; one under PrinceFrederick Charles, — known as the Red Prince in the three armies consisted of about two hundred andeighty thousand men, but they had about two hundred moreguns than the Austrians. On June 2 2d, a week after the occupation of Dresden,the Prussians began to pour through the mountain passes. PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES. SADOM^A. 279 from Saxony into Bohemia. The day was very hot, andthe dust of the roads was choking, but the men stepped outcheerily, proud of themselves, and with full confidence intheir commanders. On the night of June 22 the divisionof Prince Frederick Charles was at the quiet little village ofZittau. Its resources, says the war correspondent from whom Ihave been quoting, were sorely tried by the sudden inroad ofhungry men. The common room of the inn was filled with amultitude of soldiers hungry with the days march. Each manbrought a large piece of bread and a junk of meat, and, retiringto a side table or bench, cut it up with his pocket-knife andmade a hearty meal. The regimental officers fared no betterthan the men. The campaign had shaken off many outwarddistinctions, though discipline was unimpaired. The next morning, June 23, Prince Frederick Charlesstood on the border line
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