The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-06-23
THE WAR.

THE WAR.
Sanguinary encounters had taken place
at Palestro.
The Sandman government had issued
the following official bulletins q asa
TURIN, May 81.
A fresh victory was gained by our
troops at ! O'Clock this morning. 25,-
600 Austrians endeayored to retake Pa
lestro. The King commanding the 4th
Division in person, and General Cialdin
at the head of the Sd Regiment of Zou-
ayes. resisted the attack for considera-
BILE time, and then, after having success
fully assumed the offensive, pursued the
enemy, taking 1000 prisoners and cap
turing eight cannon, five of which were
taken by the Zouaves. Four hundred
Austrians were drowned in canal dur
ing the combat at Palistro.
Another fight took place at Confenza,
(nine miles s. S. W., of Novaro, J in the
Province of Lomellino, in which the en-
envy were repulsed by the 10th Division,
after a two hours conflict. Last night the
picket of the enemy endeavored to pass
the Pc at Crevesena, but were repulsed
by the inhabitants. The Austrians have
evacuated Varso, in the Province Of
Robbie. @ III, s5fs IL
Turin, June 1.-The victory gained
yesterday has been followed by second
victorious combat, which took place at 6
O'Clock this evening at Pales;ro, which
the enemy endeavored to re-enter, bu,
was repulsed again by the Division OF
General Cialdini, composed of Zouaves
and Piedmontese cavalry. The King
pressed forward where the fight was most
furious, the Zouaves vainly trying to re-
strain him.
On Tuesday the Austrians attacked
the Sandman vanguard at Sesto Calende
"a village of Lombardy, three miles N
W., of Milan, on the Ticino, and the
fight lasted two hours. Our troops cross
ed the Ticino in pursuit of the enemy.
A numerous Austrian corps d'd,naee
appeared before Varese. but Garibaldi
ordered the National Guard not to resist,
and fell back on Lago Maggiore.
An attack was attempted by our troops
against Laveno, on the Lago Maggiore,
but without result. e.4
Additional details of the battle of Pa
listro state that the Sandman right wing
was at one time overhanked by the Aus
trians, who threatened the bridge of boats
across the Sezia, over which Canrobert
was to effect a junction with the King
At this juncture the Zouaves came to the
rescue, and turned the tide against the
Austrians. The Zouaves lost one off
Ger, twenty men killed, and 200 wound
ed, including ten officers. The Sardn.
ians are believed to have been terribly
cut up, but their loss is not mentioned,
An Austrian General is reported killed
Napoleon subsequently visited the battle
field, and congratulated the Sardinians on
the result.
The Turin dispatch of the Cd SAYS,
that the Austrians on that morning ad
vanced from Robbie toward the French
outposts, but retired after a short fight
The movement was made to conceal the
retreat of the Austrians, who had begun
to evacuate Robbie, carrying with them
about 200 wounded.
On the Sd it was telegraphed from Tu-
rim that the Austrians had Withdrawn to
the eastern bank of the Pc, and had aban-
doned Terre Berilli and the neiohboring
country.
LArER.-It was telegraphed from Tu-
rim, on the Sd, that Garibaldi had sur.
prised and beaten the Austrian at Ware.
Sc, and that the town was again free oil
the enemy, and also that Garibaldi re-
entered Como on the night of the Cd.
General Mel entered Novara on the
lst after slight encounter with the Aus
trian outposts, who shortly fled. The
Emperor arrived there the same evening,
amid the acclamations of the people.
The Austrians endeavored to cross the
Pc at Bassignana (eight miles north east
of Alessandria, but the inhabitants OPP
posed them, firing upon and destroying
an Austrian bark.
The French squadron in the Adriatic
had captured 80 Austrian vessels, the es-
timated value Of which were four millions
francs.