PRUSSIAN & FRENCH BATTLES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 234, 4 October 1870, Page 2

PRUSSIAN & FRENCH BATTLES.

Referring to the battles of 1812, 1814, and 1816, in which the Prussiaus were often exclusively pitted against the French alone, so as to afford test trials of the relative fighting prowess of these two peoples, a well-informed European writer iv the Cincinnati Commercial says : — " There were ten great battles in 1812, namely : Lutzen, May 2ud ; Bautzen, May 20th and 21st ; Lucknau, June 3rd ; Gross-Beeren, August 26th and 27th ; Kulm, August 30th ; Denupwitz, September 6th ; Leipzic, October 16tb, 18th, and 19th j Hanau, October 29th and 30. h ; besides the engagement of Wartenberg, October 3rd ; the combat of Mocker a near Magdeburg, April sth ; and not to be confounded with the battle of Moeckern, October 16tb, which formed an episode in the battle of Leipzic. The combats of Konigswarthe and Weissig, May 18th ; the coral a c - near Weimer, between Tetienborn and Le Fevre Decrouettes, whose date I have forgotteu ; and inumerable smaller fights, impossible to remember. "The only battles in which Prussians alone without being encumbered by Russians or Austrians, fought the French were Lucknau, Gross-Beeren, Katzbach, and Dennewitz, and the engagement of Wartenberg, iv all five of which th^ Prussians were victorious. The battle of Dennewitz, is moreover, the most glorious victory of this century. Forty thousand Prussians, under Bulow, utterly routed 70,000 Frechmen, under Ney. No nation can show such a victory iv the present century. In the year 1814 there were six important battles : La Rothe, February lst; Bar sur Aube, February 27th; Leon, March 9th and 10th ; Montereau, March 15th, I believe; Arcis sur Aube, March 20tb, and Paris, March 30th ; then the engagement of Caronne, March Bth, if I remember right ; the combats of Chempaubert, Vauchamps, Etoges, and Montmirail, besides minor fights, as for instance La Fere Champenots. Of these the Prussians alone engaged the French at Laon, Etoges, and Montmirail — in the first victoriously, in the two latter they were beaten.. Iv 1815 there were two battles, Ligny and Waterloo, and two engagements at Quatrebras and Wav re, besides smaller fights. Of these the Prussians fought alone at Ligny aud Wavre. In the former they were beaten, the latter was undecided.