. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. of the King on the battle-field, and with him cameCount Bismarck, the great Major of Landwehr. Certainly it created a fine impression, to see the faithful FirstCouncillor on the mare Veranda—since that time known as Sa-dowa—on the field of honor, where the bullet whistles, andthe lance is couched, and death is rushing round in every shape —behind the venerable King. Whoever had seen Bismarck onlyunder the cross-fire of the disdainful speech of a political opposi-tion in the debates of the Chamber, firm, half-contemptuous, andmighty, had never see
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. of the King on the battle-field, and with him cameCount Bismarck, the great Major of Landwehr. Certainly it created a fine impression, to see the faithful FirstCouncillor on the mare Veranda—since that time known as Sa-dowa—on the field of honor, where the bullet whistles, andthe lance is couched, and death is rushing round in every shape —behind the venerable King. Whoever had seen Bismarck onlyunder the cross-fire of the disdainful speech of a political opposi-tion in the debates of the Chamber, firm, half-contemptuous, andmighty, had never seen him as a whole ; he was seen to best ad-vantage amidst the bullets of Sadowa. There he sat, his highform upright in the saddle, upon a very tall roan, with a plainpaletot over his uniform, while his piercing eyes scanned eachmovement from beneath his helmet. And thus he sat and rodefor hours, for momentous hours, behind his royal master, in thun-der and in smoke. Behind him again the musical and eallant ADVANCE OF THE SECOND ARMY. 401. Legations Kath von Keudell, also an officer in the Landwehrcavalry. Noon arrived, but no decisive news from the CrownPrince. The battle went burning on, and many a brave heartfeared at that time for beloved Prussia. Dark were the looks inthe neighborhood of the King; old Eoon, and Moltke of thebright face, sat there like two statues of bronze. It was whis-pered that the Prince would have to loose his Brandenburgers—his own beloved third corps, whom he had till now held in re-serve ; his stormers of Diippel—against the foe, which meant thathe would have-to set his last hazard on the die to gain the vic-tory. Suddenly Bismarck lowered the glass through which hehad been observing the country in the direction from which theCrown Prince was approaching, and drew the attention of hisneighbors to certain lines in the far distance. All telescopeswere pointed thitherward, but the lines were pronounced to beploughed fields. There was a deep sil
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