The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, J ULY 27, 1866.

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THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.

(From the Special Correspondent of the Times)
HEAD-QUARTERS, VIENNA, July 23.

Early yesterday it was confidently stated that the
rumours which had been afloat concerning an armis-
tice for several days previously were about to be
verified. A great money dealer had uttered oracular
sentences, and had sold gold the day before. M.
Benedetti had been heard to say a few words which
gave an idea that he thought there would be no
more fighting. The Prussians were inactive. The
Archduke Albrecht still remained with the head-
quarters in Vienna. M. von der Pfordten was on
his way to the capital, and so it was considered very
probable that Austria and Prussia would come to
an
fig
btifighting understanding
in
Germany.
which
Twould
momentput an
was endfav 0 tour a tbhl
ee
succeeded in collecting
for Austria.
strengthened She had won a great naval victory as
own stiffly
of her capital.
a pendant to Custozza, and could afford to hold her
close to PreosfibTußhr
on
herself e
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for the
Vienna,
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and prevent his appear-
ingwas their first failure. It was said, too, they had
days •
supplies and transport. Soon after 1 o'clock I was
informed that a suspension of hostilities had been
fiveeir camp, and that they were short of
information in Vienna thanand linwaas,
from the scene of negotiations.
not at all surprising
particular hurry to ' therefore,city
o f 40 inni i
Inc no
complete my arrangements for
going to Presburg,
and who knew
ason ew as more
rrh o likely
newsto gain
was
short of dislocpaticoen
with what hadto those who were acquainted
been done in the way of nego-
tiation,many of the most infl • .
what were the feelings of
influential people in the Empire
in regard to ea
those who desired. on fair terms—on any terms
dishonour and dismemberment and na-
tionalAu
sutsotzrzi
aa
to stand upon with firmness and dignity, and
and Lissa, to V. TpheeacebascoeusldwepreoilnatidtoforC
and to Hungary, as arguments
in favour of theirlen" proposals. Prussia had not only
become more moderate, disclaiming, it was said,
exalted pretensions put forth on her behalf, but had
taken the initiative in certain oblique indications of
a wish to come to an amicable understanding. How-
ever, at 2.30 p.m. I heard
the astonishing news that
the Prussians had attacked the Corps d'Armee of
Count Thun (the in
2d) front of Presburg, and that
a severe conflict had been going on there for several
hours. The officer ' •
who
gave the information at the
same time stated that telegraphic despatches had
been at once sent off
to announce the conclusion of
the agreement for five day 's usl3 ension of hostilities
and that the fighting- s
must have ceased soon after
12 o'clock. Presburg is nearly 40 miles distant.
The railways which runs to it from Vienna, on the
left bank of the Danube, was held in various places
by the Prussians, and no t •
rains had been despatched
for many days. The steamers had stopped running,
and it was not possible to get to the place, even if
the road and bridge of boats to the city were clear,
till nightfall. A suspension of hostilities •
in Vienna,
and a battle 40 miles away at one and the same time,
were embarrassing events to deal
with, but it was
evident that Austrian ant Prussian had renounced
the combat long before I coup
a have reached the
spot, and so I put off my departure till •
this day,
when it is probable the Archduke and '
his headquar-
ters will move from the city towards his army to
await the course of events. It is
plain the Prussians
could not have known of the temporary ti uce, or they
would not have attacked the 2d
Army Corps ' • but
as yet I have no information. It appears that the
Prussians attacked the Austrian position outside
Presburg with great vehemence
in the •
morning, a
skirmish being gradually developed on their side
into an action. But though Count Thun's corps
was not very strong the Austrians
were in great
force near Presburg, and were enabled not only to
hold their own but to drive the Prussians from the
hills or rising ground they got possession of in the
early part of the attack. The engagement took
place at Blumenau, a little village some three miles
north-east of Presburg, On the junction of the road
from Marehegg with the roads which run down the
valley of thelgarch, and then proceed nearly parallel
with the railway from Vienna to Presburg, which
branches off from the Ferdinand Nord Bahn at
Ganserndorf. Probably the details of the engage-
ment, as well as the news of the five days' truce,
were known in London and Paris at least as soon
as they reached us in Vienna. Here we can only
say that the Austrians repulsed the Prussians, and
that when the orders to put an end to the fight were
received they had the advantage, and kept it. There
was a gleam of light on the Austrian arms for once,
it is said, but it was SOOA obscured by the news of
the truce.

ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION.

-
(Front the Times Sliecial Correspondent)
FOIL 11031MERII UM BAY, Tuesday Night,
July 24.

Within 12 or 24 hours at latest, after this letter
has reached the public, the Atlantic Cable, intact
and even far more perfect in its electrical conditions
than when it left England, will be landed on the
shores of Newfoundland. Until it was out of all
danger it was better in the interests of the general
public that some impartial witness should remain
here to record the progress of the undertaking, and,
in case of failure, to explain, as far as possible, its
causes and the probability of its being reparable or
not. Many gentlemen connected with this great
effort have remained for the same reason, though it
isa t troe sbt °oh:Fridaype d
thant
aid-
ing. The telegrams this afternoon from the Great
tghhet
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rani d-
Eastern, though giving latitude and longitude with
tolerable exactness, were, in fact, calculated from
the dead reckoning—i.e., the rate of speed of the
vessel and her course, for the messages told that
weather and sea were calm, but that, as was ex-
pected when she came upon the banks of Newfound-
land, the fogs were very dense, and no observa-
tions could be taken. In this emergency, however,
as in all other matters, every passible source of
failure seems to have been foreseen and provided
against. Thus to-day, in the midst of the fog, the
accompanying vessels attendant upon the Great
Eastern were ahead of her, the Terrible first, the
Medway second, and the Albany third. The Ter-
rible was firing a gun every hour, the Medway at
ten minutes past the hour, the Albany at 20 minutes
past, and the Great Eastern at 30 minutes past.
Thus a complete succession of signals was kept up,
and the position and course of every vessel known.
In case, however, of the fog proving so thick as to
separate the vessels in spite of all precautions,
the latitude upon which the cable will cross each
degree of longitude has been given to all the
officers in charge of the squadron. Thus, any
vessel missing the Great Eastern can at once steam
ahead to a meridian in advance, and then wait in
her track till she comes up. So, also, in case of her
coming upon the coast of Newfoundland in a dense
fog, the Great Eastern is to stop steaming at once ;
or if, for the safety of the ship, it is necessary to
keep back from land while the fog lasts, the cable
is to be cut, moored, and buoyed, and watch buoys
put down to facilitate its being found again. This
is also to be done in case of a gale of wind while
making the splice with the shore end, or in such
weather as tray render it unadvisable for the Great
Eastern to approach the land. To-night is one of
some anxiety to all here, for we know that the Great
Eastern is in a fog, and we also know that the cable
is being laid across a gully where, between two
banks, the water is very deep indeed—possibly, for
all that is known to the contrary, deeper than any
other part yet passed. As has been already ex-
plained in a previous letter, the present route over
which the cable is being laid has not been carefully
sounded. All the depths along the line of the cable
of 1858 are known to within a few fathoms, but it
was south of, this that the cable of last year was laid,
and to avoid all danger in grappling for last year's
line the present rope is being taken at least some 30
miles further south from this again. This, in her
longitude of 45 21, and latitude of 49 44, as sent
here to-night, shows the great ship to be off two of
the foremost banks of Newfoundland, where part of
the gulf streams meet the regular set of summer cur-
rents from the Arctic regions. The ocean eddies
caused by these contrary currents are often marked
in the best maps, and these, in the latitude and lon-
gitude we have given, will show that between the
two banks they have formed is a gully of tremen-
dous depth, marked as having no bottom at 3,000
fathoms. As a matter of course this terrible ravine
has been avoided by passing north of it by some 50
or 60 nautical miles. Nevertheless, where the Great
Eastern is to-night steaming, and it is to be hoped
laying the cable safely at the north end of this gully,
there is known to be at least 2,400 fathoms, or
nearly 15,000 feet of water. Across this depth she
will have to lay the cable till to-morrow (Wednes-
day) evening. Once passed this last and greatest
difficulty, the water shoals gradually to about 1,200
fathoms, and then again deepens to over 2,000.
From this final dip the submarine shore continues
to ascend from 1,500 to 1,200, 900, 700 fathoms,
and so on into Heart's Content Bay.
The telegram to-night showed that the difficulties
of these suddenly deepening waters had been fully
appreciated. The distance run by the latest advices
was about 1,300 nautical miles, and the cable paid
out about 1,500. These returns show a large in-
crease in the usual amount of slack, which, up till
lately, has been maintained from the time of start-
ing at an almost uniform rate of 14 per cent. The
latest news also informs us that to-morrow (Wed-
nesday), at about 2 p.m., the paying out from the
foremost tank will be finished, and the " lead" of
the cable transferred to the tank amidships. After
what has been so successfully accomplished in pass-
ing the run of the cable from the aftermost tank to
that in the extreme forward part of the vessel, not
the slightest apprehension is here entertained that
the comparatively easy operation of taking it back
to the centre of the vessel can be effected with the
most perfect safety. On Friday night, or Saturday
morning, it is expected that the end will be landed
in Newfoundland, but as regards this everything
will depend upon the clearness and state of the
weather.

All the vessels which have been sent out to supply
the squadron with coal have, it is believed, already
arrived at Newfoundland. As soon as the Great
Eastern has completed her work that vessel, with
the Terrible, Albany, and Medway, will at once,
and with all speed, working night and day, pro-
ceed to fill up with fuel. The Terrible and
Albany will be coaled first, and start directly
afterwards for the exact latitude and longitude
in which the cable of last year was
broken. When this precise spot is ascertained
" marked buoys," with which both ships are pro-
vided, will be moored for guidance in grappling.
The Great Eastern and Medway will follow these
ships, but in case of their not joining their consorts
soon after the marked buoys are placed the Albany
will proceed to grapple for the cable of last year.
This vessel, with all the other ships of the squadron,
is equipped with the most perfect hauling in and
paying out machinery, with an ample store of buoys,
marked buoys, wire grappling ropes, and dynamo-
meters to show the strain on all parts of the ropes
and apparatus used. After the buoys are placed the
Albany will at once proceed to " sweep" for the end
of the cable of 1865. This somewhat anxious and
most laborious process is effected by the ships in
search of the wire carefully lowering their grapnels
till the bottom is ascertained with certainty, and
then slowly steaming at right angles across the line
along which the cable has been laid 10 miles each
way to the north and south of it. On the north side
they would have to go more than 20 miles to reach
the defunct wire of 1858, and at least 30 miles to
the south of their proper route to jeopardise that
which it is believed here has just been laid. As,
however, all the vessels sweeping for the wire are ,
strictly limited to a distance of 10 miles north or
south of its ascertained position, there is little fear
of their catching anything but what they are in search
of, for even in the densest fog the dead reckoning of
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