Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-06-17
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FOREIGN MIELlldEhGe.
A letter from Alessandria of the 22d, in the
Constitutional, gives some further details o.
the combat Of Monticello:
The extensive plain round the village o.
Montebello is dotted here and there with clumps
Of trees, and intersected by strips OF land sowr
with corn or artificial grasses. When the En-
peror arrived the ground was still strewn with
dead bodies. The ElnperorS visit to the field
of battle did not surprise the soldiers, but il
delighted them exceedingly. The wounded
on seeing the Emperor, saluted him with The
loudest WHAT'S, and their comrades, who were
carrying them to the hospital, stopped to raist
the shout of 'Eivc rEmpereur. In their turn,
the soldiers remaining under arms greeted his
Majesty with enthusiastic acclamatlons, and
the officers who have this evening returned
from Eoghcra were unable TO find terms AIDE.
uuatc to express the feelings of satisfaction
which, they said, beamcd from the Emperor
countcnancc. The Austrian prisoners, too, re
gardcd the sovereign of France with mich GU.
rlositv. Monticello, when taken, was defended
by 5000 .tustrians, supported by two batteries
OF artillery. \ body OF 200 French advanced
with the bayonct in order to save their few r..
naming cartridges, and succeeded in their gal.
liant attack. The exact number of our wound.
cd is $50, as | have been informed by 4 sur.
geon, who also stated that very few Of the
wounds were likely to render operations neces.
sarv. The Forcy division, which has thus had
the honor of opening the campaign, is an OBJ
iect of no little envy; there is not a single oil.
Ger who would not wish to have been in the
place of his brethren in arms. The moral ef-
feet has been immense here, and we have no
doubt il will be equally great in France. The
Emperor's ardent desire is gratified, as the
army has shown that it has not dcgcncratcd.-
On his return to AlcSSandria, his Majesty met
with quite an ovation. The inhabitants cheered
him loudly, and the soldiers followed his car.
riagc CRYING out 'Vivc Ia France 'NIvc rEm-
percur.' ] must not omit to state that the
.Austrians did not take a single prisoner from
the French or picdmontcSc.'
4 correspondent of the Uehcts writes as fol-
lows:
"Tarious ruinors have been in circulation as
10 the first cause of the encounter. II has
been said that the national guards Of CaSteggio
barricaded themselves in their houses, and re-
pulsed n strong Austrian patrol with muskct
shots. \ column of .trStrianS afterwards adj
vanced to punish the inhabitants of the village,
who had sent off their >yndic to request the
protection Of the allied troops. 1t was then
that the PiedinonteSe cavalry under General
Sonnaz took mp a position. Having been at
tackled in his turn by a very superior force, he
was obliged to solicit support from the division
of General Forey. This version will give to
the combat of Friday the character of such an
incident rs frequently occurs in war. But the
composition of the cnciny'S columns, their num-
Der, and their tenacity i'll maintaining Monte
bcllo-evervthing leads to the belief that it was
4 prcconccrted plan. Two officers Of the regi-
ment of Noyar, have been woundcd-Capt.
piola and Il Frenchman named Corealis, who
serves rs 4 lieutenant in the Sandman army. As
at Constantine, at the Manclon Vert, andat Nal
! akoir. the French officers led on their men to the
battle cry Of I'm avant,' and all resistance WAS
overcome. This fact explains the relative con-
siderable loss among the officers, but they
have been well avenged, for the streets of the
village were covered with Austrian bodies and
some of the houses were full Of them. We
entered black with powder, and We came out
red with blood said one of the wounded men,
who had. however, fought to the last. Colo
mel Moreli, who was killed, was only .43 years
of aye. lie was, two or three months ago,
q ScIll iii II IlISSiDl W IL wv W I.HS
land, 10 procure horses for the cavalry, and
was considered one of the best officers in that
branch of the service. Colonel dc Bayl, Of the
Novara Light Horse, although always in the
heat of the conflict, escaped without 4 wound.
The news that the division Of Gen. Cialdini had
crossed the Scsia the same day, in front of Yer
celli, is now Official. The Austrians, on that
point, were also repulsed with severe loss
| The campaign has commenced for them under
very sad auspices. The regiment Of Nice
cavalry, in which the Duke dc Charities serves
as Lieutenant. and which has beca for some
, time cncaInpcd ut San-t'era!no, 1T the extreme
advanced posts. followed the movement Of
General Cialdini. The village of Montcbcllo,
it has been stated, was taken three times from
the .Austrians. and it was in the last attack
that General Buerct was killed. Colonel de
Bcllefouds, one the superior officers wounded.
expired the night after the combat"
General Forcy, who is mentioned in such
flattering terms on the occasion Of the attack
on Montebcllo, was born in Paris in 1904, and
entered the military school Of ST. Cyr in ls22,
lie took part IN the expedition to .AlgierS, and
distinguished himself as captain at Medeah.-
He was named Chef dc Battalion in the .ifri-
can Chasseurs in 1910, and after making four
campaigns in Algeria, returned to France in
lS44. In lSiS he was promoted to the rank Of
| General of Brigade, and 1852 to that Of Gene
raj of Division. In 1854 he commanded the
division of the reserve Of the army of the East.
and was temporarily charged with the COM
mand of the troops before Scbastopol. In 1Sj6,
he was placed at the head Of the first division
Of the army Of Paris. General FOrcy has
been since 1854 Grand Officer Of the Legion of
Honor, and in 1851 he co-Opcratcd in the ac-
compliShnment of the conp det"t Of the End
December.
The law of the .lth August, 1852, limits to
twelve the number Of marshals in time Of war;
ut the present moment there are only nine, so
/ that three batons may be given in the present
campaign.
EFFECTS OF RIFLED CANNON AT MONTICELLO.
MARsEILLEs, May 2j-Detailed information
which has been received from the seat of war
relative to the slight artillery action near Val
enza, in which the rihed four-pounderS were
first brought into action, has afforded great
satisfaction to military men, and has qnie;cd
many apprchcnsions, by demonstrating the
practical utility and immense superiority of the
new arm. The range was over $500 metres,
:, 73i yards,J upwards Of mile and a half
The accuracy Of fire was no less surprising
than the range, and the destructive effect was
still more marvellous. Those who have wit
messed the experiments at Eincenne>, when the
solid masonry Notifications were shattered by
a few rounds, and yards ofstonc rcvetmcnt were
tumbled down, were scarcely prepared Tor the
results obtained at NalenZa against earthworkS.
After five rounds, the Notifications OF the Aus
TRANS were reduced to ruins. Ii is believed
that these effects were due mainly to the long
range, and that at short distances the fire
would have been far less destructive, As the
shot would have made Il clean hole. TO nn-
derstand fully the advantages of the riilcd gun,