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GERMAN-FRENCH WAR. 



lire, into the ravine in front of this place, in the neighborhood of Fleigneux and St. Men- 



gradually passed beyond Daigny, and in con- ges, directed, it seemed, against the Bois de la 



nection with the Saxon troops made many Garenne, which lies between Sedan and Gi- 



prisoners. Its artillery maintained an effec- vonne, and against the heights in front of it. 



tive fire upon Daigny and the heights on the The cavalry division hastened to establish a 



other side. About eleven o'clock an uninter- connection with the army of the crown- 



rupted roar of cannon was heard from the prince, thus adding the last link to the iron 



west and northwest, and soon the batteries ring which encircled Sedan and the French 



of the Prussian Crown Prince were discovered army. Several more attempts were made by 



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the French to break through here or there, but 

 every time their decimated columns were re- 

 pulsed with terrible slaughter. On the slope 

 of the height east of Givonne, Prince Augustus 

 of "Wurtemberg, the commander of the Guard, 

 planted eleven batteries, whose destructiveness 

 was terrific. They commanded the Bois de la 

 Garenne and a lawn about 2,400 feet long. 

 On tho heights numerous French columns ap- 



peared, which the army of the crown prince 

 had driven out of the woods. The artillery of 

 the Guard drove them back into the woods, 

 where they, in turn, had again to encounter the 

 batteries of the crown p rince. At half-past 

 two o'clock a general advance of the Guard was 

 ordered, to expel the French from this last 

 refuge, the Bois de la Garenne; but no more 

 fighting was necessary, for already, in the 



