GERMAN IMPERIAL MANOEUVRES. 
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1. The Garde cavalry division will march to-morrow at 9.30 a.m., 
and; passing to the east of Schonefeld, will hang on the right flank of 
the enemy, and prevent him from pushing forward reconnaissances 
alone: the line Wasmannsdorf-Kiekebusch. 
2. The combined brigade will leave Mahlow at 9.30 a.m., will hold 
the road Lichtenrade-Glasow, and hold the defile leading from the 
latter place. 
3. The 1st division will move forward at 9.30 a.m., one brigade 
marching on Weinberg, south-west of Selchow, and the other, followed 
by the corps artillery, on Selchow via Klein-Ziethen. 
4. The 2nd division will march at 9.30 a.m. by Schonefeld and 
Diepensee on Rotzis. 
The rifle battalion ( Garde-Schutzen bataillon) will be detached to 
escort the corps artillery (six batteries). 
5. My position will be at the head of the infantry of the left 
column of the 1st division. 
(Signed) FRIEDRICH FRANZ. 
The outpost services were conducted in every respect as they would 
have been in actual warfare. Constant patrols had been on the move 
during the night on both sides, and these had repeatedly come into 
contact with one another; the two Hussar regiments, viz., the Hussars 
of the Garde and the far-famed Ziethen Hussars, of whom the Duke 
of Connaught is Colonel, and whose uniform he wore throughout the 
manoeuvres, were especially active in patrolling and scouting. Directly 
the signal to commence was given, the space intervening between the 
two outposts was dotted over by them, and as their uniforms are both 
red, it was not easy to distinguish one from the other. The attack 
began by an advance of the combined brigade on the enemy’s left; 
but here little ground was made, for, from the railway to the defile, 
entrenchments had been dug, and these were further protected by a 
stream, which made the position perfectly unassailable by a front attack. 
The 1st division gradually succeeded in pushing back the outposts of 
the enemy and occupying the defiles, and after one failure it carried 
the village of Selchow. At this period the commander of the Garde 
Corps perceiving a gap to exist between the divisions of his enemy, 
attempted by a rapid forward movement to pierce his centre, and this 
he nearly succeeded in doing ; General Schwarzhof averted the 
catastrophe by a very rapid massing of eleven batteries on the 
Hunenberg, six being his corps artillery, four the divisional artillery 
of the 6th division, and one battery of the 5th. He thus repaired 
the gap in his line, and checked the advance of his enemy with an 
overwhelming fire. The advantage of the corps artillery being at 
