ACHIEVEMENTS OF FIELD ARTILLERY. 
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four Horse Artillery Batteries and one Field Battery came into action 
to tlie north-west of Beauvilliers, while subsequently the 4th division 
of cavalry, wheeling round with its Horse Artillery, charged the left 
wing of the French, who fell back before the Bavarians until the latter 
gained possession of Morale Ferme. 
This success on the right soon spread to the left, and the Bavarians 
made another counter-stroke from Beauvilliers and Chateau Goury, the 
artillery of the 2nd Division, and the batteries which had come to its 
aid, once more advanced with the infantry, and the French were forced 
back to Loigny. 
But the incidents crowd on one another in this battle with bewilder¬ 
ing rapidity. 
Hardly had this advance of the Bavarians got fairly under weigh 
when an energetic counter-stroke from their opponents forced them 
back once more to Chateau Goury, and even threatened their safety 
there. The artillery were in some cases again forced to oppose the 
rush of the French skirmishers at 300 or 400 metres' range, and 
suffered heavily in their gallant efforts. 1 
But the 1 7th and 22nd Prussian Divisions were now appearing on 
the scene of action, and were soon threatening the right of the French. 
The artillery of the 17th Division was hurried on to engage the enemy, 
and to prevent his gaining possession of Lumeau, while two Horse 
Artillery Batteries, as we have seen, assailed his right flank and stayed 
his progress between Chateau Goury and Lumeau. The infantry fol¬ 
lowed the guns no less ardently, and reinforced the detachments which 
were holding the village against the foe. The guns of the 17th 
Division wheeled to their left as he came on, and smote the left flank 
of his attack on Lumeau with their fire, while those of the 22nd Division 
came into action on the south-east of the village, and the combined fire of 
ISIeuvilliebs 
a 2 Horse Artillery Batteries of 17tli Division. 
b b' Artillery of the 17 th Division. 
c c' 1st and 2nd positions of artillery of 22nd Division. 
the mass of artillery thus formed, taking the enemy in a most vulnerable 
point, had the best possible results. The batteries also accompanied 
1 The 10th Heavy Battery of the 4th Bavarian Regiment of Artillery lost in a short time 2 non¬ 
commissioned officers, 15 men, and 24 horses. Yet were able to hold their ground. 
