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sively e aablishing the batteries of that division
and thos o of the reserve on the right of my line of
battle, ii order to respond vigorously to the enemy's
artillery placed outside the town, on the Buffalora
road. 1

"At a ;bout seven o'clock the main body of the
enemy's forces made a movement of retreat towards
Rebecce,; Castellano, and Corbetta. A part of theria
went on: the road which leads from Magenta to
Ponte di: Magenta. At that moment the French
artillery , with 40 pieces in battery on the rail-
way pai !allel to the direction of the line of re-
treat of the enemy, were able .to take in flank
and dial ionally the Austrian columns which were
defiling in that direction in the greatest diSorder.
These co lumns must have sustained considerable
losses, rei ceived as they were at that moment with
the greeitest vigour by one of the divisions of the
4th corp E', of which one of the regiments, the 524
of the Line, had co-operated for an instant in the
attack o- p Magenta.
The ftown of Magenta, fallen into our hands at
about h calf--past seven, was at that moment filled
with ni microns detachments of the enemy, who
were entrenched and barricaded in all the houses,
and who defended, themselves with great bravoi7,-
but to ivhom retreat, was impossible. At
.eight.
o'clock
,The fire. 'ceased on • both . sides, and the
enemy's detachments were -obliged to lay down
their 'arms.. The attack of the town by Espintisse's
division, -made at the same time as that of the divi-
sion of La Motterouge, does the greatest-honour to
the regiments of the 2d division. , •
" The 2d.. Zouaves and the 2d foreign regiment
particularly distinguished themselves.
" The ,field of battle, entirely covered with the
enemy's bodies, strewed with arms and effects of
every kind, indicates at once the vigour of our
',roops and the great kisses of. the opposing party

At the present moment I estimate the number of
prisoners I have sent to San Martino at between
5,000 and 6,000. There are more than 10,000,
muskets left On the field of battle. Our losse,
though sensible, are relatively small. Generall
Espinasse, charging in person at the head of
his battalions, fell mortally wounded, as did
also one of his orderly officers in the
town of Magenta. Brilliantly, like him, at
the head of their troops, fell Colonel DrouhOt .of
the 65th, of -the line, and Colonel Chabrierei; of
the 2d fbreign regiment. I must. not omit to men-
tion the Services rendered us by the cavalry in this •
battle. ' They charged the enemy's horse- several
imes, when • attempting to, penetrate tall° ithe in-

tervals—lietween our columns. In.particulaT,-jny
ri
escort m de three. charges on parties. of lrulans.
None of tho Anstilian cavalry held their ground
itgailisf ours:'

" According to , information furnished bb a pri-
soner, an elderly officer of General. Jellaohichi the
enemy had•opposed to us four corps d'grnieo of the
nominal strength of 30,000 men each, but not in
reality more than 25,000 each. These carps were
those of Klam-Gallaz, Lichtenstein, Benedek, and
Zobel, commanded in chief by Field-Marshal
Giulay.
" I need not, Sire, tell you how much I have to
eulogise the vigour and energy, of ,all the troops
whom I have the honour to command, to ,whatever
arm they belong. I include, be it well undcrltood,
the division of Voltigeurs of the Guard, which Was
placed for a short time under my command, and
whose ea-operation was most useful.

" I feel regret at not being able in this report to
give you the names of the officers and soldiers, in
great numbers, who merit to be placed on the
order of the army. The general officers aro all
without exception, in this category, and I may say
the same of all the commanding officers of corps.,
I yesterday • sent to San Martino three Austrian
cannon, which were taken from the enemy on
the 4th.—l am, Sire, &c., "DE NIACMAHOI4."
The report of the marshal commanding 'the 3d
corps is as follows :

" The marshal commanding the 3d corps left
Novara on the 4th ; as soon as he had passed the
bridge over the Ticino (five o'clock in the evening),
and taken the orders of the Emperor, he advanced
rapidly on the scene of action, where the brigade
of Gen. Picard, of the division Renault, having
arrived at four o'clock in the evening, had placed
itself on the right of the Grenadiers of the Guard,
which had with so much bravery carried positions
truly formidable.
" On the arrival of the marshal, the brigade of
Gen. Picard, aided by some battalions of the divi-
sion Vinoy, had already several times taken and
retaken the village of Ponte di Magenta ; but the
ground which extends between that village and the
jetty of the railway presented a counterfort very
close to that jetty, and commanding it in such a
way as to make it in some measure the key of the
position.

" The marshal caused it to be occupied by seve-
ral companies, which were placed there by General
Courtois d'Hurbal and Capt, do Molenes, one of his
orderly officers. He then prolonged his maroh to-
wards the village of Ponte di Magenta, which, after
having been three times taken and re-taken, had
again to be defended, a fourth time, against the re-
turn of the Austrians. Gen. Picard, Col. Bellecourt,
of the 85th, and several other officers, who gave the
troops the example of impetuosity and tenacity,
caused it to be taken anew.

" The enemy felt the importance of this point,
which, if it had remained in their power, would
have led them to the very flank of our line of com-
munication with the bridge of the Ticino. This
circumstance explains their tenacitylin successive
attacks, and the irresistible impetuosity of ours in
offensive returns to retake the position.

" Jannin's brigade, headed by General Renault,
was at last able to debouch, and to advance rapidly
on the Austrian line, supporting itself on the Ponte
di Magenta, in the part of the village on the left
bank of the canal. Taken and retaken several
times, this part of the village, isolated by the
enemy having blown up the bridge over the canal,
remained in the possession of General Renault, who
definitively established himself there. Trochu's
division, which only appeared on the theatre of the
conflict at about eight o'clock in the evening with
its first brigade, established itself in the village of
Ponte di Magenta, and confirmed our success by
strongly occupying the place.
" Great eulogium must be given to the troops,
who, in spite of inferior numbers and of the
fatigue of a long and difficult march, constantly
followed the example of their chiefs of all grades,
and each time energetically charged the enemy
with the bayonet.
" The success has been glorious, but dearly
purchased, as upwards
Among the officers killed
killed and wounded. of 1,100 men have been

•
the documents re. ,
,to the part
division, of the 4th porps,took in the
yesterday at the &bombe .of .the
Ticino ; but think your Majesty ,
interest the summary of the information which I
have been able to procure.
"At the moment it had bivouacked at Trecate,
on arriving from Novara, Vinoy's division wig
called-by the Emperor. The distance from Trecate
to Ponte Nuovo di Magenta was nearly all passed.
at quick step, and I had to-restain rather than ex—
cite the rapidity of the march. It was time the
division should arrive. The great superiority of
the enemy's forees was inflicting loss on the.lmpe-
Hal Guard, which was hard pressed in its positions.
I was obliged to send reinforcements to the points
most threatened. The troops of the division, fight-
ing in groups of two or three battalions, were seve-
ral times in critical positions. In line, we were in
danger of being broken, and when we formed in
columns of attack we were nearly surrounded.
"The enemy were driven from all the positions
which we wanted to occupy, and which remained
strewed with dead and wounded. The second
division made more than 1,000 prisoners.
' "An engagement of so determined a character
has been attended with considerable loss.. From
returns which, have come to hand to the present
moment, and which .are nearly complete, Vinoy's
division has had 11 officers killed and 50 wounded ;
the number of non-e6mmissionecl officers and
pri-
vates is 650. The 85th is the corps that suffered
most. Commandant Delort, of that regiment, fell
bravelV fighting at the head of his battalion;- and
.4.11 the other superior officers are disabled. General de 211artimprey was ,wounded at the head of his.a
brigaile.
-mu
" shall have many acts of bravery to notieeid
tut-,I think if 'my duty •at once to call your •Mal'T
lety's Attention to the brilliant conduct of General
Irmoy.' It is impossible to combine in a higher
;degree the urdour_which _electrifies . the soldier_ an.d_ _- -
the presence of,. mind which provides for difficult
and unforeseen conjectures.
"Every man, Sire, has lone his duty in the 2d
division of the 4th corps: All were happy to fight
under the eyes of your Majesty.--I am, with the.
most profound respect, your Majesty's most devoted
servant and,Snbject, "NIEL."

PRINCE METTERNICH, NAPOLEON 1.,
AND POPE PI US VII.

The following very curious coversation between
Prince ; Metternich and M. Louis Veuillot is ex-
, &acted from the Unit ers, which hiss just published,
in a series of three articles, reminiscences of a visit
which M. Veuillot paid to Prince Metternich at
. Brussels in 1850: •
" On my third visit the conversation on the affairs-
of Itairand the Church was resumed. The Prince
again spoke.of the Catholic sentiments of Austria.
Austria,' he said, like every other nation in the
world, has an interest in the independence of the
Sovereign Pontiff; and she would make an immense
mistake if she did not respect it. It requires no
extraordinary intelligence to understand that this
independence, which is. so important to Us is no less
so IngaOr_peoples. This is what I have 'invariably
endeiVythired to impress upon the min& of all those
with whom I have had occasion to discuss this
matter, which so' deeply concerns all Europe. 1,.
newer resbrt to spiritual reasons to •Sliew the neces-
sity of lie liberty of the Pontiff and the mainten-
4nco'trof ;the pontifical states, because these short-
sightedipoliticians would reject or: deride all such
considerations. What I say tci.them is this :—You
canhot 'dispute with 'facts. You cannot deny that
Europe .lives by Christianity, and that consequently -
the head iof the Christian religion-must of necessity
bc a very{ great and' powerful personage in Europe. '"
It, Must ;be •admitted that this great and-powerful •-7
personage must live somewhere. Therefore he must
either ,live in . his own home or in somebody else's.
If he live with somebody else, he is in the power of
somebody else.. Now, how can I, who have Catholic
subjects, that is to say subjects who acknowledge
the Pope, allow the Pope to have a master without
su Neetiin g - myself to the -utmost- inconvenienee?-
The 'other person, acting through and by the Pope,
who we assume to be dependent upon him, would,
in. very ;Many cases easy to conceive, be mastery, in. ,
my state, and more master than I should be myself.
It is not, lam in the habit of saying, as a Catholic, :
but as, representing the Emperor' of Austria, :JO
that I-desire to see the Pape living at honie and
not 'in another person's house. I would recomr a-71m ?f,I
'mend you not to lose sight of this point,of view in
your polemics. This is the sort of argument which
makes an effect upon men's-minds.'
" Alasl',said I.

--211

A h yes, alas ! Evidence is in vain when offered
to those who will not see it, and to those who, though
they cannot help seeing it, pusiThininiously do their
best To' forget it. I once spoke ou this subject to
Napoleon when the Pope was a prisoner of France
at Savona. Napoleon had a certain affection for me,
and he know that the Pope honoured me with his
confidence. One day he sent for me and said : Will
you do me a service. lam tired of seeing the Pope
in captivity: No good can come of this situation,
and it ought not to be protracted. I wish youwould
go to Savona. The Pope is well disposed towards
you. You will talk to him as a common friend of
both of us, and you Will got him to consent to a plan
which I have drawn up for a settlement of this un-
fortunate business.' I objected that I must have the
permission of the Emperor of Austria before accept-
ing such a mission. Do you refuse me ?' he said.
I think you would in no way compromise yourself
by taking such a step as this in the interest of the
peace of the world.' But,' said I, smiling. ' I
doubt whether peace would result from what ybur
Majesty would propose to the Pope. Will your
Majesty be good enough to tell me your plan.?'
This is it,' said Napoleon, calmly, 'Tor the future
the Holy See would be not at Rome, but at Paris.'
" I could not repress a movement of surprise.
" Yes;' rejoined the great man; I will bring
the Pope to Paris, and there I will establish the seat
of the church. But I mean the Pope to be indepen-
dent. I will give him a handsome residence, in the
environs of Paris ; I will declare all the country for
several leagues round his residence to be neutral
ground. lie shall have his college of cardinals, his
corps diplomatique, his congregations, and his court;
and further, that he may want for nothing, I
will settle upon him six millions of francs a year.
Do you thidk he will refuse that ?'
" lam quite sure that he will, and that all
Europe will support him in his refusal. The Pope
will think, and rightly so, that' he will be as much
a prisoner with your six millions as he is now in
Savona.'
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oyu
him,
ue:m,
rnaoitums r e
in:‘ againstafja.Majesty
tuyr offmo rycheoisps
pi)
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plan.
aAnt‘d‘
m
lNuasr
to
betray a secret to you. The Emperor of Austria
has had a similar idea to your own. He sees that
you will not restore the Pope to Rome, he does not
like to see the Pope in prison, and he idea has
struck him of offering his holiness an asylum.
Your Majesty knows the royal chateau of Schcen-
brun ; the Emperor proposes to offer that to the
Pope, with 10 or 15 square leagues of neutral
ground, and 12 millions of francs a year. If the
Pope accepts this arrangement, will you agree to it?' •
" Napeleon perfectly well understood the drift
of my suggestion ; but he was the strongest, and
was determined to have an answer from the Pope to
his own plan. The Sovereign Pontiff replied, as I
had anticipated he would do, that Savona was just
as good a prison as Paris ; that there, as elsewhere,
he knew that he was the centre of the Church ;
that he had his conscience for free territory, an&
that, as to the six millions a year, they were not
necessary to his wants ; he could live upon twenty
sous a day,.which he would cheerfully receive from
Christian charity."

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