Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-06-09

the train and hurried bnari. the traveller wen,
eagerly Dc birth in the sleeping car. and took
| there1fsm aesrpetbag containing $274.OOO. His
/ trsasne Hat hfe-none had moIssted 10 And dis
mitsing bis fsfhful courier, be went an he way
rjoiciak a. be success Of his pcrilsus and escl-
onncial Report Of the Battle Of Montebello
The Paris Moniteur publishes General Fo.
rey's oficial req rt If the battle of Mo,,ebeil ,
| - forwarded BY Marshal Baraguey d,li,Iiers ~
= T. II YoorE~A. May 20. 1889 Midnight.
MONSIEUR LIZ MasEcHAL: have the honor to
.spt .yn report VI the engagement of my Divi.-
| ion this day.
Having received information ut 12l p. ~ that
a strong Austris" eolama. with artillery. had oe-
cupied Casieggio and had drire en- out from Monte-
bello the advanced posts of the Piedmontese cav
airy, Immediately pushed forward the out
posts on the Muntshello road with two batiAliaus
of the Seventy fourth destined ~ relieve two bat
tnons Of the Eighty.fourth. encamped on that
road. in front Of voghera IN the Msdura level.
Meantime the rest Of my Division was getting
under arms-s battery Of artillery (Sixth Of the
Eighth kegimsnt led tho way.
On reaching the bridge over the strcamlet Fos-
sagnzzo. the extreme limit of uur out,osts l nr-
dered section II artillery to be placed in battery
supported on the right and the left by two bat
al0ns Vi the Echty. i,,urth their sharp m
Meantime the enc ny had pushed on from Mon
tcbeloto Ginestrelo, and being Informed that he
was advancing against mo in two columns. the
one by the high rjad the othes Ly the railway
road, ordered TIE left battalion Of tho Seventy
fourth to cover thu road 10 Carolina Nuovs, and
the other battalion To take up a position on the
right side OF the rond, behind the Eighty fourth
the movement had scarcely been effected. when
a brisk fusillade opened along the hole line be-
tween our rife'nen and those IF the enemy, who
was advancing upon us, supporting his riHemcn
ny heads pf co h.mns debouchng from Gnestrello
The artillery opened its guns upon them with
success; the en- any replied
~ then ordered my right to advance. The
enemy withdrew before the impetnosity of our
troops but. p ,rceivng that only Ind one batinl
ion on the left Of the road. II strong column was
ordered to attack it. Thanks to the sigor and
frmness of that battalion. commanded by Colonel
Cambrcls. and some happy charges Of the
Piedmonte So cavalry, admirably led by General
Sonnaz, tie Austrinns were driven back
At this noInent Gen Blanchard, followed hy
the Ninety eighth aud battalion of the Ninety
first, (ihe two others had remained Mt Orolo,
where They had an encounter. joined mo, and re-
ceivrd Il Q order to relieve the battalian of the
Seventy 70 urth charged to defend the railway rad
and to e>t ablish himself firmly at Cascinn- Nuova
Reass u,'ed on that side, | again advanced my
right, and lcarred, not without q serious resis-
lance. tho position If Ginestrello. Judging, then,
that by following with the main body of my in
', . "h '"o I'.E9' "'a ',n n's" '"'' W."
my nr,"iery pro'ec'eu ny .he rie"m"h'ese caV"i-
~; s''ula more easily 70. posse's'o" Oh m"h'e-
'i. ny "'".o 'o''''''' ~ '''''" =
The Seventeenth battalion of Chasseurs. sup
For'e', ''y tnc E'gnty iourtn anu oeVen'y-Iourth
placed echeion. attacked the south side nf Mon,
'eoe',o wne'e VI, enemy h"o eh'reheheo .'nSe'' L.
"a ""'" - Imam, o""''' '''" e,S"'" /" 'hc
streets streets vi ''e '"age' wn'en we MAJ 10 carry
n'u'r 1y noum' II was curing 'his combat mat
"'.e Al no"'t. was ''''"iS ""u"ue" II. my sue
AN r an obstinate resistance, the austrans
wer" obliged to yield before the 'mpotn"s'ty of
our 'r"ops' ana; a''hoogh s,r.hgiy ih'rcnrhei II"
'"' '"'."-t"''' :"ey were ur'Se" Out %. 'hu 'aN'
Wv" Nv w. ,o'"' W '''' p"'",,e' "o r'"o'a
''u SOUS vi 90" EmPe'rW'
"ns no" % "s'ock' Thought IL prudent
w." "" :" ''''ow uP 'ne uay SUCCESS my i"r'n'r,a""
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s'r "uronS"rd Is s'ua'ed' "h,nG 'ne Drag w''h
nr guns ana number OF r'f'"men, VITA" drove
"hSN ne 'as. austrian c"iumhS 'ht" .aS'rGG".
'"of''y h.er"arus Sn" tue Aus'f'ahs e"i"mhs
CIV" '''c Nas'eSs'"' ie"'tnS rear-Suafi tierc
"", 'o'"o U! '"' run u ras"''Sma'
=, l cannon. NJ 'e Mare'n"i' praise t"o h'gh'y
oiher in emnlnt;on Nor sLou,I trca- tho
Offices ,f NV s,ntf WIN w,re of the ,r.,ts, .cr-
vice ~ mo
mil have the honor in another ren,,t send
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Wui hucu.
he l,ss Of the enemy must have been cansi IT,.
rnble, 10 Judge hv the number OF killed ioinld,