Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-10 00:00:00

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tillE BATTLE OF MAGENTA.

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110,1 YARA., Sunday, June 5, 3 o'clock, p.m.—l bad just
troe," my yesterday's letter when- I was informed that a
battle had been fought on the other side of the
Ger-", on that ground which from Magenta, Abbiate-
Ofs°, Itosate, and Bereguardo extends along the course
t>te. river in the direction of Pavia, I thought it was my
aft/ to go as near as possible to the field or battle, and
Isl",_r a great many difficulties I succeeded in reaching
tll'arti early this morning. I am therefore writing at a
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Aitn fourteen Italian miles from the spot, which has
ess.sed one of the ereatest battles fought in our century

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„'.sides, I am writing under toe effect of the greatest killed ; but further details of the Fiench loss are not known.
(40tien I ever felt in my life. The numberless dead and The Austrians have lost 15,000 men killed and wounded,
e'lrlded I saw this morning have so much affected me that and 5,000 prisoners. Five hundred prisoners marched into
eitn scarcely able to gather my thoughts and send any- Novara at three a.m. this morning. It is most likely the
lr which may be called a systematic narrative of this . Austrians will make another attempt to recover their lost
terrible and glorious battle. You must not forget that j ground. A native of Pavia, who has messengers going and
ti nee the end of May General Gyulai, thinking the object of icoming daily, told me just now that they have dismantled
he allied armies was that of leaning with their left wing on the little fortifications which they had outside Pavia, and
th11"o, near, Torre Barretti, and with their right flank on withdrawn all the guns, and were directing their march
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lora to and surrounding heights of the Appennine defile_, upon The Austrians have lost a great many
top„ General Benedek to Lomeli°, and a brigade of his sth cannon—some say 30, some say 50.
Magenta.
the
d'armee to Bobbin, to oppose equally the crossing of • Juan 5, Evening. —This afternoon (Sunday), I took a
ofe,ro and intercept the road of Piacenza. . The battle carriage, and made an attempt to get to the field of battle,
bygontebello, and the subsequent reconnaissance made but it was impossible, the bridge was so encumbered with
the enemy on our lines, had impressed the carts continuing to bring the wounded into the town, and
Austrian; General-in-Chief with the idea that with the ba,,crgage-waggons and train of the 2nd division,
Qr intended to effect an offensive movement on the Po, which had been engaged at
.Montebello (General Forey's),
41°,8841g the river by the road of the Duchies. The lines of that it was hardly possible to cross, on foot, with the
0,,. Sesia, of the Tessin, and of the Agogna, were, in the certainty of not 'finding the carriage again if I once
Opinion of Count Gyulai but secondary. On the 31st of left, it, 'having paid the driver ten francs in advance. I
tr aY, Marshal Canrobert, coming from Prasolo and Pales- , therefore gave it up, and returned into the town, and went
00: had succeeded in making his junction with our army. Ito sea the wounded in the hospital. The Mayor had
:kit the following day General Niel, who, passing through issued an address to the. inhabitants, asking
,them for
toa."10 and oleggio, had marched on Novara, from Borgo- linen and lint, for the use Of the wounded ; and at all
xv,rilero, had ocCupied that city. By these movements we the doors, women were to be seen making lint and
wii;e the same day in full possession of that tract of land bandages to be sent to the hospital. General Gyulai corn-
of e,h extends from Vercelli to Novara. The right wing ' manded in person. He was in Magenta with 30,000 men.
to the Austrians was therefore forced to retreat,. and obliged They maintained the first attack, but decamped on the
has!',ll back on its centre. Robhio and Mortara were second. There are fifty Austrian Officers prisoners. I had
b,r,`,',,Y evacuated by Zobel, Lichtenstein, and Schwarzen- an account. given me by
To s Corps d'armee during the night of Thursday last. : very dangerously wounded in the affair, but which I did not
a sergeant Of &naves whO was
eortireatened by our forces\ these corps d'armee were thus notice from his;manner in the least until the holpers'came
v,_,Pelled to lean on Vigerauo, Bcreguardo, and Pavia— to take him out of the cart in which he came. I walked by
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4 ICI say, on the nearest point from whielt they: could Li6,sido and talked. tq Wm as he retixrnea from the field.,