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Sackberg, changed direction to the right and took the advancing lines 
of the South in flank; at the same time the cavalry of the North 
charged down on that of the South, which was protecting the right 
flank of its infantry. The counter attack was very well planned and 
carried out, but it was itself taken in flank by two battalions of the 
Southern Force, who had not crossed the railway and who poured in a 
terrific fire, the men being under cover of the railway embankment. 
The umpires decided that the counter attack had failed; that it had 
been delivered too late, not in fact till the South had crossed the 
Schwarzbach and had time to deploy his whole force, and further that 
it could not have advanced against the right flank of the Southern 
Infantry, exposed as it was to the fire of the battalions lining the 
railway. 
With this the Divisional Manoeuvres of the 29th Division terminated, 
and the two opposing Brigades were united, under the Crown Prince of 
Baden, to operate against the 28th Division in the Corps Manoeuvres. 
I was then transferred from the staff of His Royal Highness, to 
which I had been attached, to that of General von Biilow, the Corps 
Commander, to whom I reported myself at Mosbach the same 
afternoon. 
CORPS MANOEUVRES. 
The orders for the Corps Manoeuvres were dated :— 
Karlsruhe, 12. 9. 96. 
General Idea. 
An Eastern Army, operating in its own country, has been driven 
back across the Rhine between Maniz and Worms. 
A Western Army is advancing by Speyer and Germersheim. 
Reinforcements are assembling for the Eastern Army at Wurzburg. 
Special Idea for the East. 
The Eastern Corps which has come by rail by Wiirzburgto reinforce 
and support the left wing of the Eastern Army, has begun to detrain 
its troops on Sept. 13th at Boxberg, Konigshofen and Lauda railway 
stations. The 28tli Cavalry Brigade has assembled on the evening of 
the 13th Sept., at Osterbiirken. The commander of the 28th Infantry 
Brigade receives the same evening the following telegram at Wurzburg 
from the Commander-in-Chief. 
To the 28th Infantry Division, Wurzburg. 
The 28th Cavalry Brigade, supported by the two Jager Battalions, 
will secure the bridges over the Neckar at Neckarelz. My intention is 
to detrain the Army Corps at Adelsheim and Osterbiirken. The 28th 
Infantry Division will cover this operation. The leading portions of 
the 29th will arrive early on Sept. 16th. 
(Signed) General Commanding. 
The 28th Cavalry Brigade accordingly advances to the Neckar on 
the 14th Sept. On the same evening the advanced guard of the 28th 
Infantry Division reaches Berolzheim and the main body goes into 
close quarters (Eng qudrtiere) on the line Boxberg-Unter Enbigheim, 
and throws out an outpost line. 
(Signed) Von Billow. 
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