Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-07-27
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nMy last letter, Of the l7h, was daIcc al 'ne
Villa Saulucci, on the right OF The ffsn i"a an
nv now write from this celebrated v'iia,
me left, having made what call 'e o" . In
en- j,n, nalsie To-Day along The whole i.n.s 10.
noint Of fact, the extreme lish, IS pusn tn
yond 81. Paul's al be other bank OF INC s;.,a
and the extreme left extends 10 Inc hondu W.
Of the Pontc ILlle; but lake The he'sn'. :,
Santucci and Monte Mario as more PfoliLs"'
no.i,ion on which either firks rests, anu V
iw.en tdese POINTS | have nov visiiea W.
place OF interest occupied BY the tfehch WIFE Wiz
Your will therefore consider that between ~
San.ucci and Monte Mario The Ffehca 5'op,
are masters OF every inch Of ground, anu .ha,
their works are pushed up TO ihe very n vans =
Rome, a! The centre, near Ire Poria 81. ~
z;o where the grand attack is 10 be made Inc
rieht and left tanks are on, o. The ieach OF nte'
wen OF The heaviest guns possessed by The 10
mans; but many OF The camps INTO winch 'ne
centre is divided would BE- exposed, II advantage
had mol been so skill.uy taken oil Inc iIfes-
u!ariies OF the ground, that Dol man can DC
seen from Inc bastons, except those VINO DE pei
forming The advance duly.
"The country al this side, in front oil Rome, is
broken into succession OIL hills ana Valleys
which render The landscape most picturesque.
On lhs Sc hills Inc several villas belonging 70 the
parician families arc blit and every ore OF
them serve mol only as an excellent lookout over
The whole scene CT war, but as KIND 81 lof.lncd-
lion for The lin.e cncampmenIs lhaI ale ts:aoiisn
ed in each vale. No surprise can lake place, as
The whole ground is overlooked al several points,
and even ii The entire Roman garrison made a
sorie with The hope of destroying The batteries,
which in Two or three days will decide their late,
,hp army is so well concentrated that in hall an
hour 20 900 men mieh! be brought TO bear on lnem.
AS 10 minor sallies and fOriorn parties making
DESPERATE attempts 10 interrupt The work IN The
trenches, there is no possi.i lily Of resorlns 10
Them with the Icmo.esl hopes OF success. On
eyery Point The united fire OF masses OF unseen
,irailIeurs can be dirccttd, and no! man could
return within the walls. All attempts oil thai
| kird Lave hitherto proved aburtire; and however
| glowing the descriptions given ~ tho Roman pa,
peTs may be, you may take my word 'hal al
| have tailed, and that all must ia II is only on
The TANKS that the French army can be annoy
Ell. But il strong force comes out on The
South. asains. ST. Paul's and The bridge over
The Lower Tibcr, that position can be strengthen
| ed in five minutes from The Villa Sanlucci,
where Infantry, cavalry, and field artillery are 10
observation; and il a similar attempt be made on
The North, against the lele-de pont OF Pon,e
! Mole, a brigaie is al hand on Monte Mario,
! which is more than sufficient 10 rcpel al enemy
Il distinctly traced today The scene OF Inc lass
.orlie. on the 18Th, Uhen 1000 men and Tour pie
| ces OF artillery tried their ha nd against The van
Guard OF The Ponle Mole The position chosen
hy The Romans was excellent, as They were ena :
| bled 10 plan. their guns on nameion that CON-
manded he bridge; and The Tiber flowing be-
tween item and the Nome Mario protected their
lank; but with these advantages The EXCURSION
| completely failed, and not man Is no" 10 DC
seen on The high road or in the meadows between
The Vatican and the Ponle Mole. On each oil
these points, right and lett, The hali circle OF he
French resIs; the whole oil The country on Inc
Other side is in The hands OF The Romans, and
their communications are perfectly free Tor the
transmission OF news or the bringing IN Of SUP
plies OF every description. ain glad 10 ind hai
notwithstanding The high temperature, The SANTA
rvs ate OF The army is excellent and am as
sured Tia! lie number OF SICK IN lhe hosphal "
less than The usual average. Fever is very rare,
and Inc malaria as YET dds made a. very sign
impression. As The 10Th OF June - generally
fired en- as The day on which every living Soul
who can leayc Ibis vicinity abandons his home !
am struck with aslon;shIen, al finding that The
soldiers who sleep and live OIL OF Doors have
suffered in so light degree. Let lhGz heCry be
what il may, | can only, as pracrca! nan,
stale The iacl that the French army 'has less
son. and lha, the malaria iegeT a Yct.iS paricu>
larly mlld."-"June 20, Night Thd batteries
are working vigorously, bat less way is made
Than was expected. The walls, il j, said, are
faced with pozzolano [Roman cement, and they
are SO hard that eve: The force Of 2lpounders is
resisted by Them. Rev La,le.ies will De opened
tomorrow, as the platforms for which lho engi-
neers waited have just arrived from Civia vec.
CHA. The bridge oil SAHARA a the Confluence cl
The Arno aud Tiber. has been destroyed 5y The
French. and The foundry al PGiia D'AnZ'
whence The Romans drew all their cannon shot
has been destroyed. These two operations helh
| !, ,r;pol, lie. r,-o..ce. ct ,he .iiunviTale.
HEAD QUARTERS, juno %.
81 wrote you on The 18Th that The batteries
had attacked the breach with good effect al only
SO metres distance, ana Oh The ooh that The opc
rations did not advance as rapidly dc WAC hoped
ia consequence OF the extreme hardness ct III.
walls, in the building of which large proper
ton of Iozzalana Roman cement had beer
used have now 10 inform you, that owing L
The iudicious pointing q The guns the woik pro
ceeied much more iavourably on The evening .
The 2ls! and on the morning OF the 22i, so ina
early in The afternoon Of the 22d three b,eachc!
were declared practicable, and il was determined
that an ASSAULT should lake place under cover o.
tie night as soon as the fire OF the garrison hst
ceased Accordingly, al len o'clock, amid tht
most solemn silence, three columns OF attack
each consisting Of 900 grenadiers, nanked By
100 ligh. troops, and followed by three divisions
OF thirty men each, OF sappcTs and miners
mounted the broken wall and gained firm
footing. Their ascent was not al first perceived
but the alarm was speedily given, and The R0
mans on The top Of the breach and on the sdt
parapels, poured in several volleys Of muskery
The column OF attack nobly pushed on lhc
way. and in a short time full possession OF The
ground was Obtained where the breaches hat
been made, in basions Nos and 7, and in
The cur.ain uniting them. The grenadicrs car
rsd every Thing al the point OF the bayonel, and
secured as many as LOG prisoners, the less in
killed and wounded on he parl Of The garrison
moi being yel ascenaiLed a. eev. O'Clock
the position was won; and instantly 800 men
each carrying a eabion, shovel and pick, SCI Il
work, and 10 very shurt time The safety OF The
,roops was assured. The mouth OF the baslions
that is 10 say, line drawn between them
where they begin 10 project from The walls, was
closed, ard al two o'clock alter midnight -four
pieces OF artillery were in position. The srena-
dlcrs and light lto' ps lay down whilst this opc-
ration was going on, tut the FIRE OF the latter
who arc expert n1cmen, was unceasins, ant
covered by Them the working parties rapidly
gained ground. In The meantime, the masked
batteries of the Romans opened IN iIont and
on each flank; but though the ground over
which the troops had passed was literally
| puugtcd up, YET very lille injury was
done, ard only Two captains and thirty rank
and file killed or wounded Tas fire from The
four heavy pieces that were so quickly eslab-
ishcd in battery on he breach, speedily silence1
The guns OF The city, ard, for The present, the
saiely Of the position is assured The ASSAULT
on the breaches was facilitated by Two diversions
made al the same moment at either extremity Of
The line-the FIRST by one battalion, one squad
ron of cavalry, and four pieces Of artillery, be
tween The Porta S. Paolo and The Porla S. Clio
vanni, and The second with three baalions al
The Pona del Popolo, 10 the direction Of The
Villa BorgLese. These false attacks, which
were fully supported. ceased as soon as The
lcdgnent in the breach was effected. Fol- seve
raj days previous 10 he assault, series OF mi
nor opera ions had been successfully made, and
a ng columns bad advanced as far as Mar'no
and TIvuli, cutting of communication with the
city, and taking possession OF large conveys Of
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