Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-24
FOREIGN EXTRACTS PEa
STEAM ER EUROPA.
.,hor,,s Dofeat and Abdication

FURTHER FORElIk La RhcA
STEAMER EUROPA.
Charles AIbert's Defeat and Abdication.
In he sitting al The Cnamtet ol Depuues "
Turin, on The 26 h, the Minis'ef oil Inc ln,siioI'
Nj. Ra,;azzi. announced ofic;aliy lha, The Ming,
on the 2ad 81 March, mad abdicaIed his crown ~
favor Of his eldest son, The Duke oil Savoy. ne
added that he had also been informed thai hoslili,
ties were suspended, though ne was not apptiseu
OF the conditions imposed He, consequently,
did no, think il advisable 10 prorogue Parliament,
as had been intended. After some Vehemehl
speeches condemnin, The armIstice, Minister
Buffa then read two bulletins giving Inc details
of The battle. Ire troops were iaiisued win the
long matches and countef.marrhes Oh lne Two
preceding days, but The battle could not DE aeier'
red. The line OF battle extended from Inc bicoc-
ca, near The road 10 M0iora, as lar as me cana
situated little behind Cortenuova, on The sice ol
,he road 10 Yercelh ALI, A. M The Ausirians
attacked the Hcucca on the lell OF the Piedmon-
tese aru,y. The firing soon extended along the
whole line. TIE en wing alter having los'
ground. soon rallied again; and The Auslfiahs
concentrated all their efforts upon The GENRE al
La Ciadclls which was several times taken anu
retaken. The Austlians renewed their efforts On
IN. leu The Blcocca was ultimately lost, and this
dec,ded The day. The reserve OF the Duke OF
Genoa came up; The Duke fought nooly, hao Sc
vera horses killed under him, but his Efforts were
useless The action continued OF The GENRE anu
the left: bu. al night The Piedmontese were lor-
crd IN retreat
Charles Albert was constantly exposed to the
FIRE. where there was the greatest DANGER
Balls were whistng round him, several men al
his side were killed. During The night he con-
tinued to direct the defence, reduced TO the
town. General Durando in vain tried to take
II
rail-" said the King, iii is my last day, let me
die" hen the KING saw that The army could
not hold out AM longer and thai he was forced
10 demand suspension OF hostillties, NJ SAID.
M, task is now accomplished; can no longer
/, render ny Country the services TO which have
consecralcG my life. In vain have hoped TO
find my death in the battle. After matur" re-
Election, | have resolved TO abdicae." The
Dukes OF Savoy and Genoa, Minister Cadcrna,
The General n-chlef and the aides de camp
surrounded him, and entresed h N TO re iuqulsh
tnis design He answered, with hrmness, No
my resolution is taken am no longer King.
The King IS Victor, my SON. lie embraced
al present, and thanked Them for the >sryces
they had rend red 10 him and 10 The State. Al
midnight lie sci out, accompanied BY Two ser
wants ony The principal headquarters Of The
royal army are nj Mono. : statue was then
voted 10 the abdicalcd King, and the Chamber
adjourned.
AUSTRIAN ACCOUNTS or TIE BATTLE
The Milan Gazette of he 18th March pub
fishes several Austrian bulletins of the laIe bal
tie. IL appears that on The 2lsl Tie Austrian ar
: my moved IN close columns in The direction o
Morara-ihe tlis! corps in The direction OF Gam
bolo, and flank column on tie red 10 Vise
$ vano. So soon As heS arrived on these hire,
points the AusIlans onnd the Two divisions q
e Duran.!o and Bes, amounting 10 from 2O,O 900 /,
% 900 men. The frs, corps IL the Austrian
was under the oIiers 0! General Count Wrais
law, and The flank column was comeia nded b,
Marshal Won semnlh, while The division torn
c the advance guard vas commanded by His I'm
!. perial Hishnes> the Archdlse a Ibcfl, who wa
y nearest 10 MoHara. The attack Of he Austrian
h was So impeuous lha! 10 Tie space oflhree hour
T the Piedmoniese were driven back On every poju
z 10 R.sos Sito, Gdmby!o and Muuaia.
5 The coic.nn u Marsha! Wohlsemuih. wh
+ had sustained brilliant Gaghal Al RereeDaR df
Y pushed on 10 VigeVano. To Col de Beanedek
appears, is 10 be especially attributed tue success
tu attack On MoaaIa. $500 prisoners lncut
ing 81 officers, and aft fliceIs; pieces OF ca
. nun, 10 ammunition wagons, 5 500 new muske.
u a yasl quantity OF csIning ami ncccsSafies ,
/ every kind, ami 80 horses, five Of which wer
;. The property OF 20 Duke OF Savoy became H.
! trophies OF that Gay. The loss on the side Of IN
i Ausltians was comparatively very small.
i The bulletin i'om The head quarters OF Nova
) "a dated the 2ih mentions hat tic second diyi
}. sion OF the Austrian army encountered the enc
d my al Olango. The hns'rians soon saw ina
|. they had To do with The main force Ot the epem,
o who were 10000 strong The baIlle was fouoi
). with lie greatest obslinacy the Piedmohlese Al
| M tuuh Lr:n
!. necessarily reniorcements 10 the ground Tn
troops OF the Archaukc Albert performed prod
: eics oil yalor. His Royal HghIess having DE-
= lrlmned not 10 lose an inch Of ground the los
: OF the AusIfians was consequently considerable
on that side The division SchaHgnlche cam
e TO he ait .. The Archduke, bur the Pedmon;rs
: were Sill superior in force on lha! point. Maj
j. shall Radetsky being informed OF lhs STATE OF al
sscc sd G msIees s' M Mai were 50
n even the cO,ps De rsserpe had to be brcush, d
h the ground. Towards O'clock, p NJ, IA bal
iaions made her appearance, ii whom ! ielI in
c 10 Inc line instantly and The other 7 Joined III
e corps de reserUc IN The centre. Al o'clock IN
: fourth Austrian division arrived and occupie
7 the road OF Vercelll. Al this moment Genera
attack was made, and the Piedmon,ese. win
: could no longer keep heir ground, showed symr
y toms ui hesitation and began 10 tan back. Dri
: | ven IRON The natural line CT retreat they yer
e pushed into The mountains. During The re!fea
: continues The tule in Norvara was piaped an
sci 6re 10 in many places BY Sandman lroor
: themselves.
: The necessary dispositions 10 pursue The enc
{ my were about being taken, when The las a
: truce arrived demanding an armislice. The ne1
morning second Difference took place be,wee
T the new King (Victor Emanuel and The Mar
shall, which resulted in The armistcc
, The loss on both sides is great, bu. hal of IN
, Piedmonlese is more serious than on The 81 le =
T the Ausuians. The field OF baue ia covere
T with dead bodies, ard The hospitals at Nuyar
morally crammrd with the wounded. Amons m
: .ilied AMI wounded are many general officers a
we'll as superior officers OF The armies. Man
housands OF prisoners many guns, and a va,
qnanily OF material I'LL into ihc hand. OF the A u,
lri4ns.
: Accounts from Milan SAFE that Marshal Rad
eizsy arrived n tnat cry, with his staff, alter a
absence 0! only II GAYS.
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