New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-06

The City Of Washington, which sailed from Lv-
erpool on the 25ih ult, and passed Cape Race On
Thursday evening last, brings intelligence OF more
than usual interest from the seat OF war. The
movement of retreat on the part of the Austrians,
and the allied advance for the rcOccupaton OF the
Lomena, has decidedly commenced, though it
does not seem to be progressing with great rapid
ity, since the Austrian headquarters, which had
been removed to Garlasco, farm near the Iicno,
on the road from Vgcvano to Grapollo, on the 18th,
were still there on the oath. On the south of the
70, however, a conflict has taken place at Monte
bello, a small town on the road from Stradells,
10 Vogtera between body of Stadon'S corps aud
the advanced guard of paraguay d Killers, in
which, according to their own account, the allies
had decidedly the advantage Our reports of this
affair are as yet necessarily of the briefest. The
French cay that Foreys division, 6,0O0 to 1000
strong (ts full strength is TO- 000) with regiment
Of Pie3montese cavalry engaged an Austrian force,
1900 strong the half OF Stations entire corps,
and that after four hours hard fighting they were
repulsed with loss Of 500 to 1000 killed and
have already arrived at Marseiles while
the allied loss was only from 600 to 700.
However the defeat of the Austrians was not so
decisive as to allow the allies to pursue the retreat
M enemy. According to the Austrian version,
Stadion had sent body Of troops across the 10 10
rcconnoiter They had advanced toward 'ogoera
as far as Montebelo, when they encountered
superior French force, and after hot fight,
retired in good order behind the Po. This discre-
"a nf .rin
the exaggerations which always occur in such
matters in the absence of positive official figures.
We must wait for more precise intelligence
before We can Judge as to the Importance and real
features of the fight At any rate, however, it was
merely setto of outposts, and not great field
dsy in which the strength of the opposing armies
and the capacity Of the generals is really tested
While the second act Of the drama has
thus fairly commenced, the materials for
critical examination of the operations during the
first act have receiveda very valuable addition in
the letters Of the correspondents of The London
Times and the Augsburg Gazette at the Austrian
headquarters But for these We should be obliged
to Judge of the Austrian meneuyers BY the Pied
montese bulletins, which, as a matter of course,
were net intended to report the whole truth in the
premises; and BY the Austrian bulletins, which have
scarcely reported anything at all To fill mp the
many deficiencies, We had at first nothing but the
contradictory rumors and surmses a6oat among
the officers and newspaper correspondents now In
Piedmont-rumors the credbility Of which was
very slender indeed. And, as the Austrians had
taken the initiative of the campaign, and up to
their withdrawal from Vercclli had maintained it,
the Allies preserving comparatively passive att
tude, the interest centered in that army of which
we had no information at all, or, at the BEST bat
negative information. II is not, therefore, 10 be
wondered that, in matters Of detail, We have been
led into conclusions which are not now borne out
by fact. 1t is more wonderful, on the contrary,
that We should, on the whole have had the good
luck 10 guess correctly the main features Of the
campaign. There is only one important point in
which we have differed from what is now stated to
have been the original plan Of the Au.trians; but,
whether this plan was distinctly traced from the
beginning as it is now said to have been, or
whether the present - original plan" is but an
afterthought, is still question.
We thought when the first news Of the invasion
Of Piedmont BY the Austrians reached u.s. that their
intention was still. as it evidently had been all
along, to fall by rapid march on the Piedmontese
army and French vanguard before the body of the
French had time to arrive. We are now informed
that this idea had previously been given up. The
AIstrisns sppesr 10 have been under the impres-
sion that the French began to enter the Piedmont
ese territory the oath; and, although no French
regiment put foot on Piedmontese ground before
the 26th, this false report may indeed have induced
hem to abandon all attempts at corp de main
against whatever troops might be in front of them
Consequently, the invasion lost that character Of
rapidy with which the pursuit of the larger object
would have invested it, 1t was merely COM
mencement of hostties, ordered BY the Emperor
and with no further object than to occupy part OF
the hostile territory, to make its resources avaia-
bic for the invaders, and to deprive the defending