The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

AUGUST 1, 1848.

day risked an attack upon the positions at Rivoli and
advanced upon the Mincio, showing an intention to
cross it. _lnformed of these projects the King yester—
day concentrated at Villa Franca several bcdies of troops
and attacked the enemy with complete success. The
Austrians have been obliged to abandon very strong po-
sitions on the hills, notwithstanding an obstinate resist-
ance. Six hundred prisoners and a standard have been
taken. The loss of the Austrians have been greater
than that of the Piedmontese. But I am sorry to in-
form you that the enemy has succeeded in- throwing a
bridge over the Mincio, and crossing it at Salcanza; his
strength is not yet known. I hope this operation will
be prejudicial to him. Our troops are animated by the
best spirit; they are everywhere victorious, unless over-
powered by numbers.

(Signed) " SALASCO."
It will be seen that this last bulletin, although it
declares that the Piedmontese were every where vic-
torious, adds this somewhat compendious exception,
" unless where overpowered by numbers," and that it
admits that the enemy had succeeded in throwing a
bridge over the Mincio, and crossing it at Saleanza,
a feat which the enemy could hardly have been able
to accomplish in the face of a victorious army. The
Ventidue Marzio of Milan, of the 25th, publishes the
following in the official part:—
"The official dispatches received late last night from
the camp, state that on the night between the 22d and
23d, the enemy attacked our lines with superior forces
simultaneously on two points, namely, at the Monte della
Corona di Rivoli, and in the wood (al Bosco) between
Somme. Campagna and Villafranca. The heights of Rivoli
were abandoned by our troops, after a fight of three
hours' duration, owing to the overpowering. numbers of
the enemy. Pineralo's brigade, however, kept its
ground at the Bosco, and drove back the enemy n ith
some loss. On this news reaching the King at head-
quarters, he immediately gave orders for the whole
army to advance on Villafranca, leaving the blockade of
Mantua in charge of the Lombards and a small body of
Piedmontese.

" Yesterday morning, the 24th of July, the enemy,
twenty-five thousand strong, occupied the environs of
Somma Campagna and Oliosi, their outposts stretching
as far as Custoza.

" Our army had scarcely reached the field when every
preparation was made to give battle to the Austrian.
" By order of the Provisional Government,
"G. CARCANO, Segretario."
The non-official part contains the following an-
nouncement :

•‘ The Germans having issued front Verona took up a
splendid position on the surrounding heights. Yester-
day, at four o'clock the Piedmoutese army advance d in
three columns with the intention of dislodging theni, and
in fact (eel infatti), after a hard fought struggle, suc-
ceeded in driving them back, cutting off their retreat to
Verona, thus holding out the hopes of their complete
defeat, it being impossible for them to return to
Verona."

On the 2Gth a Member of the Provisional Go-
vernment of Milan announced from the balcony of
the hotel of the Government that the Austrians had-
been defeated, with the loss of 2,000 men, 50 pieces
of cannon, and seven pairs of colours, but he ad-
mitted at the same time that he had received no
official news from the camp. Until we shall have re-
ceived the official bulletins of both sides it will be
impossible to ascertain the true state of affairs.