Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-06-25

to sec the Boulevards in the evening is worth
a trip across the Atlantic, The streets ore ilu-
minated, all countenances are animated, every
body talks Of war, but IT is all done quietly and
with decoram. There is none Of that yelling,
shouting, drunkenness and extravaganza Of ioy.
which would DO manifested in Broadway if the
American arms had won great battle
The Zouaves, especially since the affair Of
Palestro, have become the lions of the day in
Italy Their feats in the field, and even their
words, are the constant subject of conversation
and repetition. During the fight at Paestro,
a certain detached body of Zouaves which had
to pass through several deep and muddy canals
IN their impetous charge ON the enemy's artil
lery, found their Heetnese more impeded by the
weight ofthcir immense baggy trousers, soaked
with water and mud, than by the balls of the
enemy's guns To disembarraas themselves OF
this impodiment was but the work of moment
and thus the Louaves appeared on the field with
flag at hali-mast, which might have been Ia
ken by the Austrians as a demand for quarters
but their actions in no manner oorresponded
with the color Of their flag, and the grape and
canister continued to NOW down their ranks
until they reached and bayuneted the artillery
men on their guns 1t was not ill then that
their Sergeant bethought himself Of the fact
that his men were In the undress uniform not
recognized by the code, aud that he suggested
10 them the propriety-to use a French phrase
of entering into order again.
The Tyrolese sharp shooters in the Austrian
army wear on their bOnnets a tult of plumes
which resemble very much that of the Pied.
montese sharp shooters At the battle of Pal
estro a regiment Of these Tyrolese were hidden
in the wheat, and the Zouaves deceived by the
plumes, and approaching with confidence, re-
celved at thirty steps most murdeTous dis
charge Of balls along the whole line. The sur
PRISE lasted but moment "SdC a tcrTein cried
the Zouaves in one voice: "a Ia baionnette!'-
Their Colonel did not try to oppose the torrent:
the smoke ofthe discharge was not vet dissipa.
ted when the Tyroleans received the human
avalanche, preceded by its thousand steel points,
and were thus precipitated into the canal, where
many huddreds were drowned or bayoneted -
Not a siugle Tyrolean would have escaped, por-
haps, if the Zouaves had had their linen instead
of their woolen pantlaoons, for they could not
swim with these, and the enemy had thrown
away their guns
The Patrte relates the manner in which the
King, VIoToR EMANUEL, was named Corporal
Gan honorary title the reader will understandD
IN the Third Zouayes, after the battle of Pales.
tro The Zouayes had been interring their
comrades who had been killed A deep trench
was dug on an eminence, and when the bodies
had been deposited and the trench filed up, all
present bent ON their kneos and after short
prayer retired, bidding adieu to their dead hreth.
rem in arms. "Uomrades" exclaimed Ser.
geant, as a funeral Grafton, "May God receive
you'll II was your turn to.day--lo-morrow il
may be oursln
After this short and touching ceremony, the
Louaves, about four hundred in number, col.
loo I,Nu Ens2r h.,, -
selves with the abundant provisions they al q.
ways know how to procure for themselves in.
dependent Of their ordinary rations. The
Kings great bravery during the battle naturally
came up for discussion, and various modes were
proposed for properly informing his Majesty OF
their high appreciation of his valor. At last
the proposition was made that he should be
51ae Rvcs. hlRg 'w96 tdRahmI5uIiggiRept Of z9p;
then the nomination was made with great ior.
mality, The oldest Sergeant standing up, sol-
emnly proclaimed in loud voice In the
name of the Third Zouaves, Victor Emanuel
King of Sardinia, is named TO the rank of Cor
pordl in the said Regmentl" The next day
memorandum of these proceedings was drawn
up, signed by all the Zouaves, and sent to the
King, who accepted the title as high compl-
ment.
The courage displayed by Victor Emanuel
was indeed well calculated to excite the enthu-
siasm of such soldiers as the Zouaves seeing
that they could not restrain him at Paestro,
they adopted the plan Of running before him -
Thus his person was in some measure protected
from harm.
The Zouaves are as kind and magnanimous to
their prisoners as they are unequaed and ad.
mirable in their fighting qualities An enemy
who no longer resists is for the Zouave an OBJ.
| iect for protection and commiseration, and one
can conceive Of no nobler quality in a sol
dior than this lie takes pride in binding up
aud relieving the wounds he has Just made =
An Austrian officer at Palestro was seriously
wounded his horse carried him close to the
| French, where with difficulty he was cnging
to his saddle. A Zouave stopped his horse and
! righted him in the saddle, when the Austrian
repaid this act of kindness by placing his pistol
against the Zouave's head and blowing his
brains out The officer was carried prisonor
to the French hospital, where great care will be
taken to cure him in order that he may be pass,
cd before court martial and in his turn shot
One Of the circumstances TO which the Zou.
ave is indebted for his remarkable fighting qual.
tiles is the severe education through which he
passes in the barracks. The gymnastics mpOs-
cd upon him are something formidable. lie il
made 10 run by the hour at the top Of his speed
he jumps, climbs, runs on his hands and feet
and is taught TO do all this day after day, with
musket and fixed bayonet in his hand. He il
taught also 10 fence with his bayonet, and
while he is thus fencing he actually leaps upon
his enemy and stamps him to the ground -
They do not care much about firing, preferIing
tho bayonet and their rapid charges
A story is told in the papers which illustrates
this fact Just before one of the last oombata
they were distributing the cartridges to the dill
erent companies. When it came the turn OF
the Zouaves, they showed all the prudery of a
young girl to whom one offers present. They
shrugged their shoulders, sidled away, said
they didn't care about them and they had 10
force them to accept Then they took car
touche delicately between the end of their fin.
gers, and said, carelessly O. Pardon, Sergeant
1ll only take ouel" What need, in effect, have
they Of cartouehes They 90 almost as rapid.
ly as their balls, and they have their bayonet,
beside.
The Turcos have excited as much curiosity
as the Zouaves. Their commander says thai
with the bayonet or in face of a battery Of ar
tllery they are splendid soldiers their only
fear is of mounted men they do not stand wei
when threatened with cavalry. Il is tho habit
of these savages in their native country 10 cu
off the heads Of their prisoners and the wound
ed on the field Of battle They have beer
taught by their French commanders that thii
will not be permitted under the French flag
At Magenta they were among the first in th,
action, and their mode Of attack lie represented
as something peculiarly wild and savage They
attacked with loud cries, utterng all the oath
in the MOhammedan language. When they
took prisoners they danced and yelled around
them, putting them down on the grOund-bas
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