The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-07-14
NEWS by TELEGRAPH,
Addision.I by steamer Canada. :

The people OF Milan have made threatens
ing demonstrations against the sJesuitS,
whom public rumor accuse of keeping up a.
secret correspondence with Austria. ,s
The municipal body of Vienna have offer
ed to maintain peace and order in case it
was necessary to dispatch the garrison at
Vienna TO the seat of war. - -
Enormous masses of French soldiers are
marching into Piedmont via Nice and Mt.
Gents. -..7 - 80 -1F-.a
Napoleon was in perfect health, and the
sanitary condition Of his army was excel.
lent. His headquarters Were at Nallengro,
where Prince Napoleon was expected to ar
rive on the 3Oti ult. IL is reported that at
Solfarino nearly every officer and man OF
the artillery attached to the Imperial Guard
was put hors du combat The Austrian ac-
counts of the battle admit their loss to be
10000 killed, wounded, and missing The
Austrian official report of the battle says
the right wing of the army occupied Pozzo-
lenga, Sloferino, and Carencana.
The left wing marched on the 24th to
Guidizzoli and Castle Coffedro, and repulsed
the advancing enemy on all sides as the i'm
perial army continued its advance towards
Chiese. The enemy, who also had assumed
the offensive with his whole force, rushed
forward such large bodies OF troops that
there was general engagement between
the two armies. 81 49, p @
At 10 o'clock on the morning of the oath,
the right wing which was formed of the I'd
army under Count Schlick, maintained the
position which it had originally occupied in
the first line of battle, until o'clock in the
afternoon, and the corps de drmee, under
Count Wimpfken, continually gained ground.
Toward o'clock, the enemy made a vehe-
ment attack on Solferino, and after sew
eral hours hard fighting, obtained posses
sion of the place, which had been heroically
defended. An attack was then made on
Carirnta, which place was courageously de-
tended until evening by the first and seventh
corps de srsaee, but was eventually left in
the hands or the enemy, while the struggle
for Solferino and Carienta was going on,
the eighth corps de ormes which was on the
the outer flank of the right wing, advanced
and r;pulsed the Sardinisns opposed TO il,
but this advantage did not enable the In
perial army 10 recover the positions that
had been lost in the center. The third and
ninth corps de ormee, which were supported
by the eleventh corps, were engaged on the
left wing, and the reserve cavalry attached
TO this wing made several most brilliant at
tacks, bat unsuccessful.
Heavy losses and the fact that the left
wing OF the first army was unable to make
progress on the right flank Of the enemy.
who directed his main force in the centre
against Villa Latep, led TO the retreat of the
Imperial Royal army. Ii began late in the
evening during violent storm. -
\ correspondent of the London Herald
says 50 little did the French expect n
battle, on the previous night message from
the King asking for supports in case he
should be attacked was refused on the ground
that an attack was not probable At
daybreak, however, the corps of Marshall
ID lIillier's came in sight Of Solferino and
was Immediately attacked by large force
which rushed down 4e hill and fought
with the greatesttury. The Marshal resist
ell the attack ~ the best Of his power and
sent oh his sid-de.camps tor supports. But
! IL was not before three successive charges
that the Austrians were slowly driven hack
and every now and theu there was a pause.
and the French continued 10 gain ground,
heaps OF their own and the enemies dead
marking the line of the fight The Aus
trlans were thus slowly driven out of Sol.
ferino. But all of a sudden they made A
! tremendous burst forward, and the French
were driven down the hill being sdmira.
bly, supported by then artillery, however
they made a stand, aud commenced once more
to advance. IL was like hail storm of bull
lets and balls, and whole files were moves
down by single discharge.
In the meantime az the right and lief
wings the Austrians were getting decd
edly the best of it The Piedmontese wer,
being slowly driven back. Canrobert!
corps was also evidently punished, and hac
there been the skiilful general in the Aus
trian army TO collect aud concentrate thei
forces against the weak points Of the enc
mys line, matters would have assumed an
other course "
IL is represented that not a single Hunga
rian regiment MIS- allowed 20 take part il
the battle, and that the Italian regiment
had all been previously sent To the Tyrol
telegram from Berne says that the Gen
eral Council OF Switzerland had made M. /
mahversions TO the Sandman Governmen
on the subject Of the ill-treatment suifere,
by the Swiss at Milan. The Council ha
also instructed the Swiss diplomatic agent
ia England to eRlighten public opinion as {
the nationality OF the foreign regiments i
the service of the King of Naples.