The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-22
OPINIONS OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

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OPINIONS OF THE BRITISH PRESS.
from the London Times, june
The battle of Magenta is great battle and great vic
tory Austeritz can scarcely compete With in the
bers slain and captured, and must pale before it ii
comlare the numbers engaged. Waterloo not more
lavish Of slaughter Lodi not terrible stories of
fierce conflict The great distinction between Msaeuta and
other victories is, that We know who Lodi, ADD We
know no won Austcrtz, and We know who won W alter
loo, L. W do not yet ko,o who won Magenta. Perhaps Il
may hereafter tuin out that Aspen where three days
sa 'glter produced only undecided event, Is
exact parallel TO Magenta than any Of those heer
bered LANES which we have cited. We closed our ooer-
yatons yesterday by saying that could mot assert
whether this great fight vas even then termna
tell whether would be known to history Austrian
or French victory. We can only repeat TO day that The
cne mysay ghteh hung Grer tai, conflict o" Tuesday enre
In the first place, we have no mere Geographic de-
spatches by way Of Parg TIE Emperor Of the French
is silent The Empress, Ike a good wife and tau
spirited woman, puts the best possible face upon tn
matter; che makes all proper demonstrations of great jo
and exuLatiop; she drives ia sort OF quastrumpha
progress through Paris and encourages the popuae to
rejoice. The fireworks forthcoming, the aigs are
hung forth from the windows, the cafes all duly lu
but amid all this out OF door demonstration there
"a horJd scund Of sIeuce'' in the bureau Of the
Suddenly IN his communications. His recent messages
had been dated rom doubtful places; but nov have
no more dispatches of any kind. On Monday he dated
from that very transtory place the French 'headquar
teIs" When the question discussed by all Europe was
Wnerc now are the frenchg Have they catered MianS
Are they wheeling round 70 destroy the Austrian force
concentrated al Pava and Pacenza? there any foun
cation for The current rumor tbat the days fight
went against them and that they had been driven pack
across the Ticin? whle ouch was the general Inquiry
We got despaches containing only vague phrases and
dated from "Headquerters1 These headonarters msnt
have been the east tho of the Ccno at Aeg
ssndra or at Verona The whole point was--where Was
the French Emperor Monday last land that he toes
net yet tell us he gives us LIBERAL guesses loss OF
TIE Ausrans, and vague estimates Of mis- own casuat ~
but he does not ys, tell us in wha. position the French
follow up bis victory We know Sps M has is1a onto 70
twelve miles from Magenta, and that Milan boiling with
enthusiasm TO welcome him But, unhappy, we do no!
yet know that Napoleon has advanced the Occupation
Of that capital and 10 eojoy the triumph that awaits him
there Instead Of occupying the capital OF Lombardy he
bas been satsGed with receiving seven gentlemen,
who, according TO their own account stole aga9
from the city "while the artillery Of the enc
my could have Numbered against them, ana
while the Austrian battaors were still Ia their pubic
paces, and who went into the allied camp TO onr the
homage Of The town of nan and to declare the state Of
their patriotic hearts New, this happened on Monday
The victory OF Magenta TOOK place Saturday ana
mysterious lighting endured all day Sunday The place
where these deputies found the Emperor Of TIE
French and the King Of Sardinia is not stated We rsy
perhaps conclude that the French had been actdnly
and driven across the Tcno Sunday get these
deputies would not have sough to compromise then
by rendering homage &c their berator; but on tie her
hand the emperor was really victor It should have
been IN the castle Of Milan aud not in anonymous
encanipmeIt that he received these ATOMS We
cannot but fear that The silence Of the Eeash teegraphs
isseloquent
Ine Austrian wires the other haud continue to rive
fefh their cautious and cracuar sentences Then clam
70 .acssy ut shy confess no dgeat Oar experience up
TO this time of the Austrian Official accounts has been
that, If they have cot been prodga OF Information thev
have, at least been sober and tolereby ruhfu, They
tell US that on Sunday two Austrian corps were
engaged thg. the allies still attacking but n,aie
no progress thai the loss both sides has been verS
greA that they had four generals md five stall officers
wounded and major killed end that MiIaa Ia
evacuated. They add, also, that the Aus.raus have
the Empress that he was encumberei by ha
All this is probably true, and if true it indicate
aseries Of conflicts 90 SIN holly disputed g,ound With
alternate v.cssltudes OF success and defeat tue hattie
berg probably fed both rides by fresh troops as ft
as they could be pushed to the point of contest Il
at best but hard struggle onwards, lighting By ncl
and winning every yard OF Lonbardy sol at terribI
price paid in French and Sandman lives If there were
anything better than this 10 tell We should not be calcd
upon at such listen to the patriotic ps.tdes
! Ct seven Common Councilmen Of Milan.
Al through ths long drawn and continuous battle we
bave had five dispatches from France from Austria
The French count their sain and wounded right CIR at
good round number told In tnousands and thsv a. 6rs
claimed 10 easy victory at Magenta that cord ony
expect they would wheel round upon Pava End noress
upon that city different memento from that which has
hung over it since Francis lost there all except
bonor The Austrians have claimed no victory,
SfcSd or sustained Every hour viii bring &c items OF in
telgence which in their aggregate, win at length make
Gdenty believed that the victory Of Magenta a VIC
tory in which the French were defeated. Ac we write
the changing complexion Of this alternating event has
taken another tint, and il seerns probable til
this hard fg5t yet undecided, bGt that upon
the whole the French have the beet of II, we cannot
of course estimate with any exacnes the forces OF the
two armies Hitherto the French Emperor has been
sparng Of bic best troops Thosi Sardaisu soldiers who
trained Ia the campaign of the Criroa made
culinary onse.s at M9ntebello; and the z,uaves
have been somewhat Iavishly thrown at the
Austrian lines at Paes.ro. The Austrians the oher
band, to have brought their ieyies rst into
ton and to have exposed their least valuable and least
reliable troops to the onset of the scion II may be that
oil the French and Sandman soldiers good those
who have already fought and that the Austrans
fore The French and sadnans this SeWsVeF tie
event must show If the conflict of that ndecsve cha.
raoer which our adv;es appear to show the victory will
est reserves and go for the longest PERIOD cont
nualy sending good soldiers to the front.
RUSSIAN, OPINION OF THE BATTLE OF MA.
GENTA.
From Le Nord, June
The battle OF Magenta has decided questions and
put an end to many cetanties This victory has
on Europe Ike clap Of thunder A great engagement
was expected but It was believed that should it
advance in the distance and as were, executed before
eyes In the opinion Of the Emperor Napoleon this
seen and perseveripgy prepared while to the Austrian
generals it was surprise and disaster. When &C.
forces we're massed in the south, between AIe.-
sandria ard the ApeDnines, al the Franco Sirdi-
in military history rapidly advanced from the rieHt
to The extremity ofhe left. 1t only at the last mo-
ment that the Ausirans perceived this change position
and their precpae retreat shows that they understood
the mmneace of the danger which menaced hem. Very
little was wanting to prevent Genera Gyusi from getting
out OF the Lomelina at ALL General Mel whom he sup
poeed to be occupied in the direction OF the lake. sud
denly threw himeelf Noyaro. and the French army
eros sed the Ncno without meeting much resistance.
Then Gen Hess sent in all haste by the Emperor Fran
els Joseph to take the command OF the Austrian army
threw all the forces he had under his handlbo 900 men
are spoken oE-on the allied coumns, which deboncnea
! by narrow passes towards the road which LEAFS
from sufslors to Man The shock terrible and the
combat most aaugunary The result stated by telegraph
is deplorabe for humanity but glorious for the French
arms srnnse thing is that i! General de MsMahon
whom the Anatraus thought the ridges Of the Apsn
nns, who nuc have decided the victory by carrying the
village Of Magenta on the flank Of the enemy The En-
peror Francis Joseph who whilst his fine army was being
crushed and routed on the banks Of the Tcro was en-
gagged in organizing the repforceents which arrive from
Vienna must now occupy himself in collecting the bleed
ing and scatered remnant Of Of the most formidable
armies which ever trod the soil Of Upper Italy
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