The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-02 00:00:00

THE COMBAT AT ASPROMONTE.

The France professes to have received some
details of the combat of Asmcomonte :
General CieWon, who had his head-quarters at Reggio,
heard that Garibaldi was directing his march towards the
defiles in question, on his way to join the main body of his
volunteers in the Basilicata, and that he had with
him only a very small number of his partisans.
He immediately organised a column of about
2,030 men, composed exclusively of Piedmontese troops,
almost all of them belonging to the corps of the
Bersaglieri, and gave the command of it to Colonel Pella-
vicini. The royal troops set out in pursuit of the Geri-
baldians, but the latter, who had • start of several hours,
were about to escape, when a soldier was seat oa with • flag
of truce, who succeeded in reaching Garibaldi. The
latter halted. The royal troops came up, made known to
him the decree which had been issued against him, and ad.
vised him to surrender. Garibaldi refused, and a combat
took place. The Garibaldians, being inferior in numbers,
were beaten, and their chief received two wounds. But
for the above stratagem, in a short time longer Garibaldi
would have escaped, and have succeeded in joining the main
body of his troops.
The Journal de Rotten gives another version of
the affair:
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The engagement of Aspromonte was preceded by as inter.
view between Garibaldi and Colonel Pallavicini. The former
presented himself with a flag of truce, when the colonel,
who is not an irregular soldier, as has been stated in a
despatch, declared that be could cot receive the ex-Dictator
except as an enemy. Garibaldi is said to have then returned
to his troops, and the tiring immediately commenced.

Another day's post, however, will probably bring
DB fuller and more authentic accounts.

The Turin correspondent of the Constitutionnel
gives the following details :

Turin, August 30.

This morning, at 2, the Minister of the Interior
received the news of the combat at Aspromonte, and of the
capture of Garibaldi and his volunteers. The first de-
spatch was sent by General Cialdini, dated from Reggio.
Other despatcher followed. From these it appears that
Garibaldi's intention was, if possible, to gain the Tyrol.
Colonel Pallavicino, who commanded the Bersaglieri, know-
ing that Garibaldi was at Aspromonte, resolved to
attack him, and despite the diffizult nature of the
ground, ho led on his regiment of Bersaglieri,
which be bad reinforced by two battalions of the
line. He divided his little corps into three columns, which
ascended the hills towards Aspromonte by three different
paths. Garibaldi was summoned to surrender; on his
refusal, the fight commenced. It was long and deeperate.
The volunteers made a resistance which was not to be
expected from such young and inexperienced troops. The
number of killed is not great, but there are more than 300
wounded on both sides. Garibaldi received two bayonet
wounds; one through his thigh, the other in the foot-
Menotti Garibaldi is also wounded. The position was carried
at the point of the bayonet. As every issue was guarded, re-
treat was impossible, and the result has been the uncon-
ditional surrender of all. Garibaldi asked leave to embark on
board an English steamer ; but Colonel Pallavicino bad no
powers to decide in the matter. He referred to General
Cialdini, who applied for instructions to the government.
A Council of Ministers was immediately convoked. No
decision seems to havelmen come to. Meantime, Garibaldi
is on Ilia way to Speer.* a prisoner on board a man-of-war.
He will be treated with the highest consideration that cir-
cumstances allow. Every precaution has been taken to pre-
vent a demonstration.

M. KOSSUTH AND THE GARTBALDIAN

MOVEMENT.

M. Kossuth has addressed a letter to the Italian
journals, dated Lausanne, 28th ult., in which be
expresses his strong disapproval of Garibaldi's con-
duct, and advises the Hungarians not to obey his
appeal to arms, since the general is not in arms
against Austria, but against his own government,
with a view to a collision with the Emperor of the
French, which would be the ruin of Italy. " His
(Garibaldi's) war cry is ' Rome or death l' It is
with this that he defies the authority of the patriot
King of Italy, throws his country into confusion,
checks its organisation (which alas, bad already
been too much retarded), complicates its finances,
compromises its future, risks the horrors
of a civil war ; and all this for what ? To bring
about a collision with the Emperor of the French—
a collision which would inevitably entail the ruin of
Italy. . . . No one must be astonished if the good
sense of Hungary prefers to wait until a moment
when Austria shall be engaged, or in danger of
being engaged, upon some point, or, at least, until
European conjunctures present to Hungary the pos-
sibility of arming itself and ranging itself in battle.
Every Italian patriot should rejoice at this deter-
mination. Better than any one I know how truly
Hungary has resolved to profit by the first occasion
which shall present itself for getting free from the
Austrian domination."