The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-09
AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.
The following is the Austrian official account of

AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.
The following is the Austrian official account Of
the battle:--
VERONA, June rs, 1859.
The day before yesterday our right wing &C.
cupied Pozzolenga, solferino and Cavriana, and
the left wing pressed forward a. far as Gudizzolo
and Cas-Ciofffedo, but were driven back by the
enemy.
collision took place between the two entire
armies at ten A. H. yesterday. Our left, under
General Wimpfen, advanced as far as Chiese. In
the afternoon there was concentrated assault on
the heroically defended town Of Solferino. Our
right wing repulsed the Piedmontese, but, on the
other hand, the order of our centre could not be
restored, and our losses are extraordinarily
heapy. The developement of powerful masses Of
the enemy against left wing and the advance of
his main body against Volta caused our retreat,
which began late in the evening.
VIENNA, June Is, 1859.
Austrian correspondence contains the following
The day before yesterday the Austrian army
crossed the Minco at four points, and yesterday
came upon the superior force of the enemy in the
CHEESE after an obstinate combat Of t,oelue
hours our army aoiadre,o across the Mincto.
Our headquarters are now at Villa Franco.
The London Times says that the Austrians have
most candidly admitted their defeat and that his
tory scarcely records bulletin in which such
disaster is more explicitly avowed.
A message from Cavriana announces that the EN-
peror Napoleon on the day of the battle was con-
stantly in the hottest Of the fire. General Larry,
who accompanied him, had his horse killed under
him.
The Moniteur says that the battle will take the
name of the battle of Solferino.
Official Austrian correspondence of the 9th Of
June contains the following: THE Emperor Of
Austria will soon return to Vienna on account of
important business. The command in chief of the
army which is preparing for battle is given to Gen.
Hess.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times
says it was expected that another battle would be
fought before the siege operations would come on.
Forty thousand men were embark ng in Algeria
for the Adriatic, and at Paris news was expected
of the occupation of Venice by the French
A despatch from Berne says that 600 Piedmon-
tese with 100 volunteers Lad arrived at Tirano,
and advanced towards Bormio, at the foot of the
Stelvio Pass.
Patriotic demonstrations by the working classes
: in Paris were universal.
Large reinforcements for the French army were
constantly quitting France for Italy.
A despatch & ON Vienna says that the attack of
the French on Venice and Tagliamento about forty
five miles northeast Of Venice, was expected to
take place on the 2Sth of June.
The Austrian reserves, numbering 900 men,
were on their way to Italy. They are considered
the flower Of the Austrian army Not man
them has served less than eight years.
The Austrians have sunk five small vessels,
large frigate, and three steamers, in the port of
MalamoccO, to prevent the passage Of the French
squadron.
Prince Napoleon arrived a. Parma on the 25th
and was received with enthusiasm.
Prince Eugene, of Savoy, had issued decree ex-
tending the forced currency of the National Bank.