The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-05 00:00:00

ITALY.

The following official Austrian account of the battle
of Novara is taken from an extraordinary edition of
the Mons Gasitte, of the 30th ult.
An official report, dated head-quarters, Mead,
March 34, midnight, addressed by Field-Marshal'
Radetski to the Ititaiater President, Prince Schwart-
senberg, basks, arrived, and is literally as follows:
" I had the honour of sending your highness a dapliest•
of my last asps" which announced the advance of our army
ea Mortara, with the brilliant affair which took pine there,
sad the subsequent *arming of that town. To-day I have a
much mare imported and &skin victory to onunankate.
The Motile any, whisk was already cut off from what was
in reality their has of retreat, determined, with a form of
60,000 see, wain to try the fortune of war in a position
near Olasio. aim to Novara. The wend division, which
formed the vanguard, under the command of the bran
enteral of the cavalry, d'Aspri, yesterday marched from
Vespolate towards Oleego, and there in the heights
encountered the enemy, whose unexpectet force made
the result of the battle doubtful foe wine hones, as this
division (tad) could not be at ones supported by that which
was follow be its line of march. I had placed the fourth
dirivion on tie'right Said of the enemy, and behind that
the flr.t in order to take him completely in the rear on the
other side Oldie Agoras (Glens.) His Imperial Highness
the Ardishe Albrecht, who commanded the vanguard
division, la Mee hours heroically kept the enemy at bay,
until the penal of the cavalry Baran d'atspd, together
with the sommander of the third divisios, Field-Marshal
iliegon Bone Appel, with as much presence of mind as
simenisrage nip this division on the two wisp a that
by Archduke Albrecht, while I up
the boa to support its centre. Thanks to the
adage and incomparable constancy of my troops,
wa eadleisi is delay the enemy until the fourth division,
moist drareasyste guidance of its commander, Field-
Mazda lefinitrasat Thera, acted se successfully upon
the easeara right wing on the other side of the
that di manasurre made the enemy retreat on all
sides in great and routhke (flichtarliger) disorder, necessi-
tating them to seek shelter in a northern direction in the
mountains.
" I *sabot speak with deep being of the devotion shown
In his Majesty's maybe during these battles, and of the en-
thusiastic bravery of the worthy generals, gallant officers,
and within of my heroic army. Each separate man was
indeed a ben, and to do junks would be to minion all, for
the gallantry shown from the highest to the lowest woe in
every respect worthy of the just cause in which we were
fighting far our Emperor. I congratulate his Majesty on
having such an army. Tirana *nibs, was our watchword
in this battle.
" The merits of Clanwal of cavalry Baron d'Aspn, Field-
Marshal Lieutenant Bard Appel, and Field-Marshal Lieu-
tenant Thorn, whose divisions fought in the first line of
battle, deserve the highest eulogy. Baron d'Aspre, in par-
ticular, has added new bads to those formerly Raked.
" Directly after him comes his Imperial Highness the
Archduke Albrecht, who, in order to try his powers against
the enemy, begged permission of his Majesty to command a
division, although he bad before enjoyed a supreme com-
mand. He skewed the most admirable constancy on this
trying day, and did net yieldone step of his exposed polities.
It would be but justice:to honour this prince of the blood
with the Order of Theresa (the highest military order in
Aus ria). Others who have particularly distinguished them-
'elves are Field-Marshal Lieutenant Count Schaffgotechs, of
the second corps • Field-Marshal lieutenant Color, of the
fourth - and Lriulowsky, of the third ; the Major-benerals
Count Degenfe dt, whose horse was shot under him ; Pride
Frederick Liechtenstein, Count Stadion, who was wended ;
Count Kolowrat, Maurer; Alaskan, who was also wounded;
the Colonels, Baron, Bianchi, of Hindu Regiment; Count
Degenfeldt, of Archduke Leopold's Regiment; the valiant
Benedek, of Grisly Regiment, Count Bielmaasegge of
Baumgarten Regiment, badly wounded.; Weiler, ofA;oh.
Arch-
duke Charles's Infantry Regiment ; and Weiss, of the 9th
Rifle Battalion, with many other distlagnisked dimes whose
names I will mention in a few days.
" Oar trophies are 12 °winds' a standard, and about
2,000 to 3,000 prisoners. The lossof the enemy is, as far as
is yet known-2 generals killed, 18 staff officers killed and
wounded, and from 3,000 to 4,000 men. The regiments and
basilicas in the test line of battle had each from 10 to 20
staff and other officers killed and wounded (se I informed
you yesterday, above 100 officers were killed), amounting to
between 2,000 and 3,000. But it was impossible to keep any
one back. It was not enough not to be the last, every one
wanted to be first. The battle lasted from 10 in thentorning
until an advanced hour of the night.
"After the engagement we over
_and I bed retired to
my head-qaarters, having left Field-mondial Lieut. Hess to
make dknsittoos for pursuing the enemy, the Pisdaiontem
General Canto was announced se the bearer of a flag of
trace, wishing to speak to him (Hess). General Comato en-
pressed a wish, en the part of the King of Sardinia, is lads
a truce, requesting at the same time that hostilities might be
napeeded until lie had informed the Chambsse at d
the same.
" This coffin was Immediately rejected, in ney Amu% by
Field-Marshal lieutenant Hem, and General Condo wash-
formed that hostilities would be carried on night and lay as
before. As to the conditions of a truce, the only aeceytabis
ones were the military occupation of the district between
the Ticino and the Seek until &pesos was concluded, as also
the entire ceeupation of the city of Alemandria, with a
divided occupation of the harem of the same name, and
lastly the withdrawal of the Sardinian Bestir= theAdiatio,
and the speediest negotiations for pesos to be concluded by
ambassadors to be appointed to this end by Austria and

." This morning I learned from the above-mentioned
Piedamitsse general that Charles Albert had abdicated alter
the battle is favour of his eldest son, the Duke of Savoy.
" To-morrow I shall have the honour of send* your
highness the beads of this oonvattiou in detail, as the
fatigue and exhaustion of all aroundme do set permit of any
complete account to-day."'