The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-05 00:00:00

THE AFFAIR AT PER UGIA.

The following is General Schtnid's report :
" As I have already had the honour to report by
telegram tho reduction of the city of Perugia to the
legitimate government of the Holy See, I now pro-
ceed to offer a detailed account of the affair.

" On the 20th of the present month, at 2 a.m., I
left Fuligno with my regiment, accompanied by a
section of indigenous artillery, npicquet of about
60 gendarmes, and 30 of the Financial Guard
(Custom-house), and proceeded slowly and with all
caution to the bridge of St. Giovanni, which a few
hours before had been abandoned by the insurgents.
I continued my route onwards, and, passing the
Tiber, approached the Berge, which appeared de-
serted and uninhabited ; but scarcely had the
mounted gendarmes, who formed the advanced
guard, entered it, when a shot was fired from one
of the closed houses. Without troubling myself
with this suburb, I proceeded about half-a-mile on
the main road, when I met the Cavalier Lattanzi,
the Councillor of State, who was sent forward by
the superior Government to Perugia, to demand
the pacific re-establishment of order anal submission
to the legitimate Sovereign. He informed me that
all endeavours to reduce the factious to their duty
had been in vain, and that they were obstinately
determined to defend the city against every
attack.
" Conscious of the hostile intentions of the
insurgents, and aware besides that reinforcements
were expected from Tuscany, I decided on de-
laying the assault no longer, notwithstanding
the fatigue of the troops in consequence of their
long march. I accordingly directed the men to
deposit their knapsacks, and, forming them in
three columns, advanced towards the city in the
midst of enthusiastic shouts of military ardour.
" The first column, under the command of Major
Teannerat, followed by the artillery, took the new
road ; the second, commanded by Major Dupaquier,
advanced by the old road ; and the third, compose&
of two companies of voltigeurs, occupied the space
between the first two, and passing over some fields
and gardens, fell in with a party of tirailleurs in
ambush, and opening a fire upon them soon drove
them behind their entrenchments. At three in the
afternoon, in spite of the broken state of the roads,
the three columns arrived in front of St. Peter's,
the point agreed upon; and maintained their •
fi
tion in face of a vigorous re from the bemegel
behind their walls and barricades. I endeavoured
diffi-
culty of the
troops, with a few cannon-shot to disperse the rebels, but
withoutoops,
whichsuccess,
a
seeing y
had read theimpatience
considerable
in restraining, I ordered the attack.
"It is impossible for me to describe the courage
and the ardour with which my brave and valorous
troops, calling on the name of the Sovereign Pontiff,
rushed to the lofty walls of the city,and to
the
barricades which impeded th • eir approach to the
gate. And as there were but few ladders, and the
tools of the sappers and • miners were broken at their
first attempt to use them, there
remained no other
means of surmountinn. 6the walls but by the soldiers
climbing on each others' backs. In a few minutes,
however, the flag of the insurgents was torn down,
and the Pontirlea 1 colours were unfolded in their
stead.
"The insurgents, driven back, retreated to the
gate of St. Pietro, where their second line of
defence were
raised,
occupying the houses in the
street. Here a very obstinate combat took place under
a most destructive fire; the troops, enraged at the
vigorous resistance they met with, could no longer
be restrained, and having taken possession of the
barricade, successively became masters, one by one,
of the, houses, from the wineows and roofs of
which they had been fired upon. •
" The enemy then took panic, and finding further
resistance impossible, retreated headlong. towards
the interior of the city, vainly endeavouring a last
defence in various points. Filially, after three
hours and a half of severe fighting* the troops
gained possession of the piazza of Ow fort, in the