The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-24
crrcm the European Times, April 9TH,
ITALY.

Defeat and Abdication OF Charles Albert.
The war so unwisely recommended by
the King Of Sardinia in Italy has terminated
more speedily than could have been expect
ed, and has proved, as was predicted, most
disastrous to him. He has not only been
beaten in the field, but has subsequently
found it necessary to abdicate his throne in
favor Of his son and fly to France.
1t appears that on the morning Of the goth
the Piedmontese headquarters was at Nova
ra. General Chrzanowski had there con-
centrated force Of $4,000 men. These
troops, massed in close columns on the ex-
IRENE frontier, received orders before noon
to march by San Marine upon Buffalora and
Magenta. The Austrian outposts, on per-
ceiving this offensive movement, fell back
on Magenta, exchanging merely some shots
with the Sandman tirailleurs, At the mo-
ment when the courier left Turin, the army
Of Gen. Chrzanowski was only separated
from the Austrian army by the narrow space
of league, which was occupied by the re-
spective ,outposts. Marshal Radetzky had +,
on the 10th, only concentrated force Of
about $4,000 men at Magenta; but all the
other divisions were coming up by forced
marches on the same point. The situation
Of the two armies was, according to the
latest accounts, this: Four Piedmontese d.
visions had passed the Ticino al Novara in
the evening Of the Goth. On the following
day, an Austrian corps d'drmee crossed the
Ticino at Vigevano, where it met with some
slight resistance, but having received rein
forcements, pushed on to Mortara. This
corps darmee would therefore be between
the four divisions with the King, and which
are supposed to be marching by the Novara
road on Milan, and the other divisions re-
naming upon the Tcino on the side Of Pa
via. The probability is, the Piedmontese
troops would have recrossed the Ticino, and
that the battle may take place in the plains
Of Vercelh.
The following bulletin of the Piedmontese
army was published at Turin on the 2lst-
aThe Minister Of War has received the fol-
lowing dispatches from General Chrzanow-
ski sThe King has ordered reconnaissance
ON the road to Milan, on the other side Of
the Ticino, The Duke Of Genoa, at the
head Of the 4th division, has crossed over the
bridge Of Bufalora, near Magenta. AT the
moment when the troops moved, King
CHARLES Albert placed himself al their head,
as he wished TO be the first to set foot on the
territory OF Lombardy As soon as the van
guard Of the Austrians saw this movement,
the videttes fell back of the new bridge Of
Magenta, from which soon issued clouds Of
smoke occasionej by the burning Of the
custom house, The Austrians fell back rap-
idly from Magenta upon Corbetto and Gig
liano, leaving in our hands only one priso-
ner. The King advanced amid the accla-
nations Of the army as far as as Magenta
As soon as he saw the fourth division estab-
lished on the left bank Of the Ticino, he re-
tired to Trecatea, Z where he has fixed his
headquarters, The bligades Of Piedmont
and PigneFol effected their ,moveue ht with
great ardor,n ~ rss III n ,iS
The Austrisns, bowey er, were hot slow
to carry the war into The enemy,s country,
having crossed the Ticino at yiFevsno and
pushed forward as far Mortara-- 4. move ,y
ment by which they threatened to separate
the right wing Of the army Of Charles Al
bert from the centre and left. The Austri-
ans attacked the Piedmontese army near
Voghera, and after driving back the Pied
montese, forced them to break up the bridge
Of boats which they had upon the river. It
is probable that the successful attack by the
Austrians at vigevano, and the subsequent
march to Mortara, were made at the same
moment This movement, which placed the
armyof Radstzky on the tanks Of the CEN
tire and left Of Charles Albert's army, proved
Of enormous advantage to him in the two
battles that subsequently, took place on the
22nd and Oath. The bad conduct Of the
Lombard division in the service Of Piedmont