The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-31 00:00:00

by the railway, so that Lieutenant-Field-Marshal
Urban's and Gaal's brigade, which had come up to
his assistance, were compelled, after great loss, but
heroic fighting, to fall back on Montebello. Mean-
time Lieutenant-Field-Marshal Stadion had
brought up Bils's brigade and Hesse's brigade
closer to the right wing of the line of battle. The
enemy now displayed an overwhelming force
against Major-General Gaal and General Braum,
with one battalion of Hesse and one battalion of
Rossbach. After an obstinate fight Montebello
was evacuated. The enemy, who had suffered
considerably, was kept in check by the good
appearance of our troops and by the position taken
by Brigadier Bils's reserve, and made no pursuit.
The corps, scarcely molested in C-asteggio, reached
the tete-du-pont at nightfall, and on the 21st
halted on the other bank of the Po.
" According to the reports, which are not yet
complete, the following troops were engaged at Ge-
nestrello under Lieutenant-Field-Marshal Urban :
The 3d battalion of Jagers, the 3dbattalion of Dora
Miguel, two battalions of Rossbach, one Grenadier
battalion, Hesse, two 6-pounders, four 12-pounders,
of the' Bth Regiment, and a division of Haller 's
Hussars. It was here the fight was most san-
guinary and the greatest loss incurred, the enemy
being three times our strength. At Montebello the
troops engaged were :—Two and a half companies
of Rossbach, one battalion Grenadiers ; 2d bat-
talion of Hesse's Infantry, two battalions Archduke
Charles's Infantry ; one battalion Granger ; One
squardron Haller 's Hussars ; four 6-pounders and
two 12-pounders. The troops engaged at Gine-
strello, when they retreated, came upon a superior
force of the enemy, and had to sustain a second
encounter,
" The Prince of Hesse, who commanded the
Regiment Culoz (Transylvanians), a battalion of
Zobel (recruits of Arad, in Hungary), and three
squadrons of Sicily Lancers, engaged the enemy at
Calcababbio (a little to the west of Casatisma) and
Casove de Lansi. Several times during the action
our infantry attacked the enemy's cavalry with
the bayonet, and threw them into disorder. It
also repeatedly happened that the troops, when
advancing to the attack, reserved their fire until
they were within thirty paces of the enemy. The
Hussars and Lancers made the most dexterous use
of their different weapons. As our artillery ad-
vanced quite close to the enemy its effect was
terrible (furchterlich). Very few of our men were
wounded by the cannon of the enemy, who &Td
over their heads. The enemy's infantry fired well.
The report relative to his cavalry is less favourable.
It was not equal to our Hussars and Lancers, and
avoided every serious attack.
" As the thunder of the cannon had brought
Lieutenant-General Crenneville from Broni, where
he was with a part of the Brigade FehlmaYer:
towards Casteggio, Lieut.-General Stadion
him at Santa Giulietta, in order that he might, if
necessary, support the Brigade Bils, which had .1()
cover the retreat. As there was no pursuit, General.
Crenneville returned in the evening to Stradella.
During the advance and retreat General Prince von posted
Hesse effectually protected the right posteqt
of the
corps.
" It appears that we were opposed to the whole
corps d'armee of Baraguay d'tlilliers and a Flea,
montese brigade. According to the reports received
the French had 1.2 regiments of the Line, some bat...
talions of Chasseurs, and one regiment of Cavalry "
thle
action, and the Sardinians one brigade and .
cavalry regiment Novara.' The reserves, Nage,'
'nforceu•
were very powerful, were continually re'
Theforce Stadion estimates „,,_
force of the enemy at 40,000 men at least. 1.u.7
sacrifice of life was great, but the information
acquired by the reconnaissance is extremely satis-
factory. factory. lam still in expectation of the detailed
reports. Count Stadion speaks highly of the -rad-
very of all the troops engaged. detailed
reports are sent in I will make known to your
Majesty the names of the persons who particularly
distinguished themselves. this
"Unfortunately the sacrifice of life during
glorious battle was very great. 600 wounded men,
When the
20 of whom are officers, have been brought to Pavia.
Major Buttner, of the General Staff, who was on a
special mission at Vaccarizza, and took part in the
expedition, and Major Cantes, of the 3d Jager Bat-
talion,. were killed. Lieutenant-Colonel Spiel-
berger, and Major Piers (this officer, who had his
arm shot off, was probably taken prisoner by the
French), of the Archduke Charles, are probably
dead, as they fell wounded on the field of battle.
" I am proud to be able to say that the troops
have, by their spirit and courage, proved that they
are worthy of your Majesty's favour, and any ex-
pression of satisfaction on the part of their illus-
trious Emperor and Commander will be an incen-
tive to glorious deeds."
[To the foregoing is annexed a list of the killed,
wounded, and missing, but it will suffice to say that
294 men and 20 horses were killed, 718 men and 10
horses wounded, and 283 men missing. By an
official telegram of the 26th inst. from Pavia we
learn that 650 wounded private soldiers and 27
officers are in the hospitals there. 24 of the officers
and 367 of their men are dangerously wounded-
Major-General Braum received a shot under the
left shoulder, and the bullet was cut out on the left
side of the chest, but as no vital organ was injured,
the gallant soldier will be able to return to his
duties in a month or six weeks.]
" The bulletin was preceded by the following ad-
dress to the public :
" ' The delay in the receipt of detailed official
reports from the seat of war has made the public
alarmed for the fate of our gallant troops. Sue",
apprehensions must be combined with very natural
impatience, as private intelligence is generally re-
ceived before the official reports, which must be
obtained from the different detachments, can come
to hand. We have already declared that we °ell-
sider it our duty truthfully to communicate to the
public all the news received from the seat of war'
and in order to do so the necessary' time for collect-
ing and putting together the different data must
be given.
We can only repeat that the official news re-s
ceived from the seat of war shall be made public as
ighest
speedily as possible, as all of us, from the h
fate Cu.
to the lowest, have an equal interest in the
the army.'
Count Gyulai still has his head-quarters at
Garlasco, as is to be seen by the following official
despatch :

" ' GARLASCO, MAY 26.
" ' THE GENERAL OF ARTILLERY COUNT GYULAI
TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL COUNT GRUNNE,
FIRST ADJUTANT-GENERAL TO HIS MAJESTY.
" ' The enemy having posted himself on the right
bank of the Sesia, near Candia, with a body of
troops of about the strength' of a brigade and some
artillery, a battery composed of four 12-ponnders
and four howitzers was formed on our bank of the
river by the Division Reiscbach during the night
Les
iboanttienrytheopeenneemdyi,tss
of the 24th inst. At four o'clock on the morning of
eafilmie;thwatiiinche
ethane
reply was given to it (to the fire) t'lthe
18 1 after
18th discharge.
s2esdthsuciuhset.ont
~ ' The enemy had ten guns—most of which were
16-pounders—but our fire was so effective that he
three times changed his position, and at last quitted
his camp entirely. Eventually the enemy only fired
with five guns. The play f
~ Here the telegraphic o our batteries'—
Garlasco and Pavia, which communication between.
of ' field' (portable) t is maintained by means
terrupted. telegraphs, was suddenly in-

" Garibaldi,
sw. ithTwB,eolovoe nbiaetnt has intrenched him-
self in Varese, where he is closely watched by 2,000
Austrian troop
against him, and, if he is not very adroit,
a ions are advancing
his line
of retreat will be cut off. The tete of Count
Clarn's corps (the Ist) was at Inns Prue k yester-
day, and is probably now crossing the Brenner
on its way to Botzen and Verona. A very cor-
dial reception was given to the Austrian troops a 8
they passed through Saxony and Bavaria. Th„e
11th Corps, under Lieutenant-General Barn;
Czorich, is leaving this city, via Nabresma an",
Casarsa, for Italy. The splendid infantry regimen'
,
Hanover,' which formerly bore the name of Wel-
lington, belongs to the 11th Corps. As a conse-
quence of its heroic conduct at Deutsch-Wagram,
in 1809, it has the privilege of beating the Grena-
diers' March.
" Troops have been sent in all haste from Pesth
to the Servian frontier, as it is believed that a storm
is brewing at Belgrade. The Modencse Govern-
ment has retreated from Reggio to Brescello, on the
Po, and the Piedmontese Commissary has declared
that Massa is incorporated with Sardinia.
" Continuation of the foregoing interrupted
despatch :
" Ceased at 10 minutes past 5, after which time
not a shot was fired by the enemy. Our loss was
one man wounded and one horse killed. Three
other horses were killed.'"

SUICIDE OF AN OFFICER AT SIIORNCLIFFE.
A young lieutenant belonging to the Royal City of Dublin
Militia, stationed at the A range of huts, named Thomas
George Keogh, has committed suicide. The rash act wa
committed very early on Sunday mOrning while the de-
ceased was under close arrest in his room. Various rumours
were circulated with reference to the cause of the arrest. A
IA note had been stolen from one of the officer's quarters,
and it was reported that the deceased was suspected of
being concerned in the abstraction or appropriation of the
missing note, the number of which is not known, but i 10
alleged that the deceased had recently changed a £OO note
at Dover. Yesterday afternoon the county coroner, Mr.
Thomas Thorpe Delasaux, held an inquest on the deceased
in the messroom of the regiment. The evidence did not
confirm any of these rumours. It merely proved that the
deceased had been very much depressed and was in pecu-
niary difficulties. The jury found that the deceased de-
stroyed himself by poison while labouring under a fit of
temporary insanity.