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![KOTJ28 AXD KKFKUKKCES. 057 , J^*6.'l Thuj Blated low inclii/1/^ l.'}/521 rnen Ksported on iIm; mu>t/^ loJl of ; i'ro v'At .MAriihal of t}j<j ar/ny of tb/j L'tiU/uiMi -m yimutUiTii. ITift 13,021 m'lmn^ ■■■ \j''.\ihviA V) iinvt Ij^ifAi kiUiA or woumWl. AV><« .{2, />ay'! o^O, Chu:lMifut7JU/a.—Op. cit, p, 87. (jH'nurA li/iheiu^Mai hininn ' timti ■'/),(/)() uihit in Ann of battlft.' The Adjutant-^j'iruiral of th*} .'iv r'iyjTli-A (j':nf:n.l ll/t>ihru:iArii^ agf^rej^ite at thia battk a«! o,o70 officers}, and jV; nj<;n; total Ji4,270. Jiut thiA hi )>'-Mk\cA t/j \m:\ui\<: all Xhh tr'x^pji Jri t!ie '.H.w.' d':{Artrrj';rjt of tlif; OumbfjrlanfL' A vcr)' krge niunl/;r of tt/'; wound<^ <)':niin,\ li/)r/:jii:n.nii hnny ■wirH l/;ft on th/; fi«T'i: t^l';S'^ doubtlfcw-; form part t.h/; 4,04o T':]f)r\fA asi 'ruhininf^.' Tli/; Conf';d>iral<; str';rigth 1% th« number of ri<;ral }}ra^'^.« array after Kinjf nnnforce'l by (}':mTa,l Longstroet'H corpa. Th} ,;iff;d«rat/; 'rn'r-hin-// w<;re ynstftntsm. NoU o80, WiUli^mvi.—Op, cit. p. 1Union rtr'sngth approxiraate. A^'/^e ■'J4, f>w/« -OiKi, lImt,f'A SIMeii vAuAf. war,—' M'Auyal arA Suripeal Ili*- ^Lory of tb<j War of th* Jtel^jliion,' jjart i. vol. iL Intnxluction, ija^re 20, Tbe ri #ggTf;'/af; w'm'ui'fi of th/j OoDfe'ieraU--s inclmies thft armiea surrendta-eiL •ft^ren^fth liar's., -n irt t!«; <twr(uji: tMtd Klnfiujth of th<; Pnirrian OontiDgtjnt, Tli(j \rtitaAjeM, ,U '.'A, jM/jt rjiH), I'nxHif^Darmh PVar of ] 864.—From G«neral-Arzt. J>r, litsUiTitn. (a) Tb'; nurnW of killed on the batlle-lieM. Th'j 8tren<rth <:;i/i.h wa>, f}-'/,'^-''^- i'roprtion of fetnjng^tii actually enga{(wL .Se<i U<;f)ort f;<^n(;ral-Arzt, W)ill<:r. (cj The nunjW of wonmb-A among the Danes njen- in l>r. l>}lfler'« report iB probably the nurnl^r arlmitt>j<l into the l'rui«)an I'l-hr/HpitJilfi, ihe Blightly wounded liaving made their eisf.ape. Thia will ex- ;tin the larfre \>T<)\>')t^vm of kille'l trj wounded among the iJanes. A'«/e ;j7, jnxye'f-!^), Kimi{/griUz.—(a) J'riii*jan«- Li the first iine the full . 'hti;i;^ >dren{rth of the I'TMnifium, comVdtant;4 of all ranks, ii! given, (b) But of he lij.diti/ig hirenjrth aV^ut 80/XKJ in'antry, and 12/XXJ cavalry never came int<) 'ion': thi>i numl/jr i)j (hAiK^-A in the wjcond line, the strength of trwwBenga^red ing given alone, r-;) Aui^triaa* and Saxoni?. The Auiitrian oflifrial acounta .'■.'fui the Hir<-jt'A^t : infantry CAuiitrian and Saxon t^igethor) ]74,W2 ; cavalry ;708- ariiW'irv ]C),'i'2H; t^jtal 21.0,028 : thiB nura>>er Is taken a« the strength in f.e firrd. line, fd) Hut an 0,'5/XXJ were report/.d a« not having been engaged, I'; strength r<AiicM by thi/i numW L« taken in line Ojlonel (>>'^ke, Jl,T^,, who ha« given a Bumiuary of the carapign in Austria of -^I'A including a d'#/;ription of the little of Kt'iny/trTiity., m the Professional 'Hlier?', of the Corjw of l{/<yal Engineers (vol, xv., 1806, page 174) has renwrked : The lowf in this battle were very small, c^^nsidering the nunilxjr of men engaged ;id the duration of the fighting.' No doubt they were m, if the total numbers II fsach hide are regard*;'! as all having lx;en engaged in the conflict, and ihis is .robably the only way in which the subjficl would Ix; reg.-ird'^i by comb.afant /flic n'. Hut, regarded surgically, tliat is, considering the numU-r of the ound'fitr> Ui mnhi'MumaiU attewbid to and cared for, the leases in this battle were ry large. And pwiticafly we know that the losses were so very large that lie'newhsary alt/jntion aoM not possibly )xi given to them, and that many—no .ne can say how many-- lives were lost in consequence. What with the fact hat the Prussians marched on their way to Vienna on the day but one aftor hat on which theVattle was fought, taking with them a large proportion of the innc/.i\ staff, the 7/K)<) wounded Prussians and the enormous number of wounded \ Nstrians and Haxons, who remaine^l in the hands of the victors lying scattered /ver an extensive area, tr>gether formed a multitude out of all proportion to the iinitod Hurtrical staff and attendants who were available for rendering the help • •-luired of them. JMys <;i;i)-red before the need«d aw .^tauce c<juld Le brought U U](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21511421_0703.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
