. Battles of the nineteenth century . heGermans by hurling uponit a stupendous mass oftheir cavalry. Three regi-ments of Le Grands Divi-sion, and both regiments ofthe Guards Cavalry Brigade,were seen trotting up tothe west side of the Grayereravine. Opposite to themstood the whole of the Prussian cavalry, concentrated to tlie southof Mars-Ia-Tour, in the first line being the 13thUhlans, 4th Cuirassiers, and 19th Dragoons,and behind them the i6th Dragoons and lothHussars. The 13th Uhlans daslied straightagainst the foremost French cavalry line ; butthe regiment had become somewhat disordered,an
. Battles of the nineteenth century . heGermans by hurling uponit a stupendous mass oftheir cavalry. Three regi-ments of Le Grands Divi-sion, and both regiments ofthe Guards Cavalry Brigade,were seen trotting up tothe west side of the Grayereravine. Opposite to themstood the whole of the Prussian cavalry, concentrated to tlie southof Mars-Ia-Tour, in the first line being the 13thUhlans, 4th Cuirassiers, and 19th Dragoons,and behind them the i6th Dragoons and lothHussars. The 13th Uhlans daslied straightagainst the foremost French cavalry line ; butthe regiment had become somewhat disordered,and the French Hussars rode right through , however, the 10th Hussars turned upfor the second time, and repuls:ed the enemyscavalry. The two evenly-balanced masses ofhorsemen rushed upon each other in an awfulcavalry mclcc. But, as a mighty cloud of dustconcealed the ensuing hand-to-hand encounterof 5,000 men swaying to and fro, it was impos-sible to follow with minuteness the incidents ofthe conflict. in favour ofman, the^ were. MAlISnAL BAZAINE Fortune gradually decidedthe Prussians, for, man toheavier than their opponents. General Mon-taigu was taken prisoner, severely wounded, andGeneral Le Grand fell while leading his Dra-goons to the assistance of the Hussars. This,the greatest cavalry combat of the war, had theeffect of making the French right wing give upall attempts to act on the offensive. But out ofthis gigantic combat of horsemen the victoriousPrussians had again emerged with great loss ;and among those who had fallen was ColonelFinckenstein of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, whohad been the midnightbearer of Moltkes moment-ous message from Gitschinto Koniginhof during theBohemian campaign of1866. Darkness was now ap-proaching, and the battlehad practically been wonby the Germans. Thetroops were utterly ex-hausted, most of the ammu-nition spent, while thehorses had been saddled forfifteen hours without an)-,thing to eat. Some of thebatteries could only bemoved at a slo
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