The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-09 00:00:00

All the other papers express the same opinion

VIENNA, JULY 8.
The Austrian Correspondence contains the fo:

[owing :
The French frigate Impetueuse bombarded Zara

yesterday.
The fortress returned the fire.
The Impetueuse at last broke off the contest,
appearing to have suffered injury.

TRIESTE, JULY 8,

The Austrian war steamer, Curtatone, backed by
the garrison of the fortress, sustained a successful
contest yesterday in the channel of Zara with the
French frigate Impetuese.

TURIN, JULY 8

Advices have been reocived from Florence. The
French General Wimpfen had arrived there yester-
day and had again left taking the direction of
Rimini, with instructions for the fleet.

The Consults. has been convoked for to-morrow.
After a few words of preamble the Ministers will
present their reports on the management of public
affairs on the law of elective municipalities, the
formation of the town guard, the project for a pub-
lic loan and other administrative questions.
The division Mezzacapo has arrived at Porrenta,
and is expected on the 6th at Bologna.
The Marquis Pepoli has left Bologna for Florence
in order to confer with the Marquis d'Azelio.

AMSTERDAM, JULY 8

Austrian Metalliques have risen 9 per cent.

STOCKHOLM, JULY 8.
His Majesty King Oscar died to-day. He was
born on the 4th of July, 1799,

ATHENS, JULT 7.
Kalergis has been appointed Ambassador to
Paris, and Soutzas Ambassador to St. Petersburg.

The Vienna Gazette at last publishes a long
official account of the battle of Solferino, but the
main facts do not differ from those narrated in the
French account. We give a few extracts to show
how the Austrians represent some of the principal
incidents of the battle. The reason of the Austrian
army assuming the offensive is thus explained :
" The army having been strengthened by all the
available reinforcements, and in a measure enabled
to assume vigorously and with some chance of
success the offensive against the enemy, an at-

tack was decided on, though the Austrians were
still overmatched in number. Moreover, the latest
intelligence we had received of the probable move-
ments and intentions of the enemy made us think
it advisable to hasten the attack as much as pos-
sible. The 23d of June was consequently fixed for
the crossing of the Mincio. The enemy had for
the monient been satisfied with strongly occupying
the line of the Chiese, and did not follow the army
in its retreat across the Mincio. A patrol com-

posed of a squadron of the Emperor's Hussars,
another of the Sicily Hulans, and two pieces of

artillery, under Major Appell, has been charged to
reconnoitre the hilly country between the two
rivers, which it did without encountering any force
except a few isolated detachments."
The resistance at Solferino is thus spoken of :
" In the first rank, the Bels and Puchner brigades

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(Kinsky and Culoz infantry, Ist battalion Ogulins,
and 4th battalion of the Emperor's Chasseurs) gave
proof of admirable bravery and energy, repulsing
with the bayonet until 11 o'clock in the forenoon
all the attacks of an enemy thrice their number,
who continually sent forward fresh troops, placed
new guns in battery, and at a distance of 3,000
paces poured a shower of grenades on Solferino.
Meanwhile, when the enemy, with a strong di-
vision, also penetrated into the valley north of
Solferino and the Quadri valley, thus threaten-
ing to outflank the position of the brigades
above mentioned, it was impossible, even with the
resistance opposed by the Koller and Gaal brigades ,
of the sth corps dames, which came up in the in-
terval, to .restore the combat, which about noon
began to take an unfavourable turn."
The order to abandon the position was accord-
ingly given, and the French remained masters of
the chief point of the whole attack. Speaking of
the cavalry, the report says :
" The Meusdorff division of cavalry, composed of
three brigades, had early in the morning, advanced
in the plain beyond the Val del Termine to take
possession of the open ground favourable to the
movements of cavalry. It attacked the enemy's
batteries placed across the road and the detach.
ments of cavalry, but it had to suffer from a violent
cross fire from four or five batteries, and was com-
pelled to retire. Whilst the ith corps was ad-
vancing this division of cavalry endeavoured to use
its artillery to support the-movements of that body,
but was unable to sustain the enemy's fire from a
greater number of guns."
The attack on the Austrian left by the French is
also admitted to 1-e successful :
" On the left wing the detachments of the first
army sent forward to Medola on the evening of