she recognized the fact that the Ans.nan
batteries were far superior to hers and
immediately se’ to work to improve them,
with the following result in 1870, as des
cribed by Prince Kraft: “I could never
have believed that the instruction given
in time fo peace could have borne such
excellent fruit in spile of the excitement
of action. Standing behind the Captaiu
of a battery, I heard him quietly give the
order; ‘Against infantry in front, 1,900
paces from the right flank, ready! Fire
one gun!’ Then he waited, holding his
field glass to his eye, until the enemy ap
proached the point on which the guns
were laid, and gave the order, “Rapid
firing from the right flank!' T 1 en there
was a hellish sight, foi the advancing
enemy disappeared from view in the
clouds of smoke which ter-* their shells
threw np as they burst and tore their way
through the ranks. After one or two
minutes the attacking enemy came out
on one side of the smoke, it had passed
the point on wtiio'i the gnus were laid,
and in spite of terrible loss, approach! and
with undeniable bravery. Then the
Captain gave the command: “Cease fir
mg! l.SiHi paces —one guu — ccf.si firing!"
And when the guns were now laid, he
cried: ‘At 1.600 paces, from the right
flank, rapid firing! The effect was bril
half, horrible, overwhelming. v 0 attack
could have resist! and it.” Again, we have the
effect of the German guns at St. Vcivat;
“When the he.ao p£ the French column
became vissable over the hill cur trial
shots reached it at a range of 1 900 paces,
and my thirty guns opened a rapid tire,
The enemy’s infantry was enveloped in
the thick rtnake which the shells made
as they burst. But after a very short
time we saw the red-trousers of the mass
es which were approaching through the
cloud. I stopped the tire. A trial shot
was fired at 1,700 spaces range; this was
to show us the point np to which we
should let them advance before reopen
ing the rapid fire. We did the same for
the ranges of 1,600,1,300, 1,100 and 900
paces. 