The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY:::-4, 1859,

day's work. It was advancing in four divisions, in
the direction of Peschiera from Pozzolengo and
Madonna della Scoperta, when, at seven in the
morning, its advanced guard encountered the
enemy's advanced posts between San Martino and
Pozzolengo.' The combat commenced, but strong
Austrian reinforcements hurried up, and drove the
Piedmontese farther back than San Martino, even
threatening to cut off their line of retreat. A
brigade of Mollard's division then arrived in all
haste on the field of combat,and assaulted the.heights
on. which the enemy had established themselves.
Twice it attained the summit, and possessed itself
of pieces of cannon ; but twice also it had to yield
to numbers, and abandon its conquest.
" The enemy was gaining ground, in spite of some
brilliant charges of the King's cavalry, when Cue-
chiari's division, debouching in the field of battle
by the road of Rivoltella, came to support General
Mollard. The Sardinian troops rushed forward
again with impetuosity under a murderous fire ; the
church and all the works raised on the right were
carried, and eight pieces of cannon were taken. But
the enemy again succeeded in disengaging the can-
I non, and in re-taking the position.
" At this moment, the 2d brigade of General Cue-
chiari, which had been formed in columns of attack
to the left of the Lugano road, marched against the
church of St. Martino, regained the lost ground,
and carried the heights for the fourth time, without
holding them, for, overwhelmncd by volleys of
grape, andfacing an enemy who was constantly re-
ceiving reinforcements, and incessantly returning
to the charge, it could not hold out till the arrival
of succour from General Mollard's 2d brigade, and
the Piedmontese, being quite exhausted, retreated
in good order along the Rivoltella road.
" It was then the Aosta brigade of Fanti's divi-
sion, which had at first gone towards ,Solferino to
form a junction with. Marshal Baragmay
was sent by the king to support Generals Mollard
and Cacchiari in The attack on San Martino, That
body was checked for a while by the storm ; but
about five in the evening, this brigade and the Pig-
nerol one, supported by a numerous artillery,
marched on the enemy under a terrible fire, and
reached the heights. They took possession of them
foot by foot, field by field, and managed to hold
them by very desperate fighting. The enemy
began to give way, and the Piedmontese artillery,
gaining the ridge, soon crowned it with 24 pieces
of cannon, which the Austrians vainly endeavoured
to capture ; two brilliant charges of the King's
cavalry dispersed them ; volleys of grape threw
their ranks into confusion, and the Sardinian
troops' finally remained masters of the formidable
positions which the enemy had defended for a
whole day with such obstinacy.
"On the other side, the Durando division had
been engaged with the Austrians ever since half-
past five in the morning. At that hour, its advanced
guard had met the enemy at Madonna della See-
perta, and the Sardinian troops had held their
ground till noon against the efforts of an enemy
superior in number, who at 19. st compelled them to
fall back ; but, being then reinforced by the Savoy
brigade, they resumed the offensive, and, repulsing
the Austrians in their turn, made themselves
masters -of Madonna della Scoperta. After this
first success, General de la Marmora sent the Du-
rando division against San Martino, where it did
not arrive in time to assist in taking that position,
for it encountered on the road an Austrian column
with which it had to dispute the passage, and when
this obstacle was overcome, the village of San
Martino was already in the power of the Piedmon-
tese. General de la Marmora had directed, on the
other hand, the Piedmontese brigade of Fanti's
division upon Pozzolengo. This brigade carried
the enemy's positions in front of the village with
great vigour, and having made itself master of
Pozzolengo after a warm attack, repulsed the Aus-
trians, and pursued them to a certain distance,
causing them severe losses."

THE FRENCII SUPPLIES.

A letter from Genoa, dated June 29, says :—The
fact I stated in my last letter, that the French
transport service is so little hurried or overworked,
and its arrangements so complete, and well-timed,
that they are enabled to give their attention day
by day to the articles required for immediate use,
receives an additional illustration from their pre-
sent employment. The industry with which they
have worked on and off at the formation of a coal

depot on the Passo Nuovo has produced a black
mountain which it seems suffices for the time, and

they are thus enabled to employ without confusion
a considerable number of men in the reception anti
disposal of a new supply of siege guns and limbers, of
which, owing no doubt to the time occupied in cross-
ing Lombardy, we have had none for a fortnight.
The cannon are, it seems, wanted at once, for, un-

like the former batch, which lay in the dust an hour
or two before they were moved, they are shifted at

once to their carriages, and dragged to the railway
station without a moment's delay, so that I cannot
say what is the whole number received. I myself
saw two batteries of the same calibre as the last—

12 pounders, namely, rifledfor a 24-pound shot, but
from the quantity of ammunition waggons about I