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ACHIEVEMENTS OE FIELD ARTILLERY. 
and how the stubborn front they showed must at one time have caused 
grave anxiety to their opponents, and made them feel that but for the 
opportune arrival of the Crown Prince, the Prussian infantry, inade¬ 
quately supported as they were by their artillery, would have had to 
renounce their enterprise as hopeless. 
The Prussian 8th Division, which crossed the Bistritz and assaulted 
the wood at the foot of the opposite heights crowned by Austrian 
batteries, was for two hours unable to make any headway against the 
fire which was poured upon them, and tore through their ranks with 
awful effect. The Austrian infantry were no match, evenlwith their 
favourite bayonet, for their opponents, but as they drew back their 
guns tooVup the fight, and the Prussians suffered fearfully and were 
stopped. 
