Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-05 00:00:00

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point of attack, and remains master of the field."
'The correspondent of the same journal, who accompanies
the Austrian army, writes :---" How was it that the French
were ready at six o'clock to make a combined attack against
the Austrians; who, on their part, had but just taken up

positions on the previous evening ? An easy answer can be
given to that question. No sooner was the first Austrian
battalion out of Valleggio on the 23rd, than a balloon was
observed to raise in the air from the vicinity of Monzambano
—a signal, no doubt, for the French, in Castiglione. I have
a full conviction that the Emperor of the French knew on
the evening of the 23rd the
corps ; that he made his pri
on the other hand, the E
unable to ascertain

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accordingly;'-and that

m. of Austria was utterly

distribution Of

the forces of the allies. This it may b
which must be anticipated in every military movement on
Italian soil." • -

said is the result

The above intelligence brings Mr. Coxwell into the field
again. "We gather from recent news," writes that succes-
ful aeronaut, " that a French aeronaut made a successful
ascent at Castelnedolo to observe the Austrians, and that
forty women are busily engaged at Paris in making a new
balloon for the French army. Ever since the Russian
war, and during that calamity, I have laboured
single-handed in endeavouring to provoke the attention
of our Government, of our scientific men, and the
English press, to the importance of aerial observatories.
As the idea just t egins to engage public notice at the pre-
sent moment, it may not he uninteresting to simply correct
one or two erroneous notions as to the modus operandi with
war balloons.. In the -Erostatic Magazine for this year, I
devote a chapter to Balloons for reconnoitering,' but as ex-
tracts may be too lengthy,. I will briefly observe that balloons
may be used with long wire ropes attached (kite fashion)
without being let go, which might endanger their falling in
an enemy's camp. 2. There is no real necessity that the
balloon should be within close range of large or small shot,
as an angle of elevation proportioned to the distance would
afford the required information. 3. Hydrogen gas, gene-

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rated by the decomposition of water, would enable balloons
to be inflated in whatever locality desirabl
also be made the vehicles of laying a temporary electric wir
or thread in any direction required. A large revolving drum
beneath the car might contain many miles of thin wire, and
pay it out as desired. Certain indications would be required
to mark its course, brit this could be easily managed In
this way a netwoyk of electrical communication might be
established. Like spiders, the balloon could spin away in
various directions, and if one part of the web gave way, the
main lines might be depended upon to convey intelligence.''

Balloons may

THE WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA

By the arrival of the Tyne, at Southampton, we have
received our usual despatahes from Buenos Ayres and
Monte Video. They will be found unusually interesting,

as they contain some details concerning the hostilities between

the two governments .
"BUENOS Aynas, May 2( At th ,Ling of the last
packet affairs wore a gloomy pect ; rumbling of the
approaching storm was alrea hear On 6.
the Legislature of this Sta was „our-
breathed a tone alike repr, .chf, ar,
second meeting measures iver,
Government calculated tc bring
affairs to a speedy crisis ; r
with enthusiasm, and, hairy'
on the sth, empowered th'
arms the war de facto•:dec
Argentine Confederation,
a belligerent Power.' T
to all foreign consuls t
notification had already
accredited to the confed
April, such being the sr
previous. Since this, pre
carried forward With the
has authorised the Goya
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