Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-24

ERR, and to have put ten thousand AustrianS
hors in combat. The bulletin concludes by
saying that within five days after leaving
Alessandria the French army has been en-
gagged in three actions, has won the bat
tie of Magenta, and has freed Piedmont
from the Austrians, who since the action
of Montebello have lost p 200 men killed
and wounded, 10000 prisoners. and II guns.
No account Of the French loss appears to he
given, except the statement that Marshal
MoMahon lost 500 men, and that the Aou-
ayes and Grenaders each lost 200 men; but
no one. in or out of France will believe that
the French only lost 900 men. The French
army lost &, 900 men; but it il believed IN
Paris, according to the Independent Beige,
that the French had lost 1900 killed and
1000 wounded, and that 1000 men were
missing, or prisoners The fact that the
Austrians made some prisoners is beginning
TO be admitted in the French unofficial ac-
counts; for letter published by the Minis
terial Constitutional says that the number
of French prisoners taken by the AustrIans
did not exceed two hundred, and attempts
to account for their capture by the singular
statement that the head of French column
which was pursuing the Austrlans became
entangled in the mass of its fugitive foes. and
was carried away with them. 1t Is now GER
tain that the Austrihns lost only three or four
guns: for the official statement is that since
the French army left Alessandria the Aus
TRANS have lost II guns. As it has been
previously stated that ten guns were taken
by the Allies in the engagements ut pale'tro,
and one field gun was taken by the French
at Turbigo on Friday, Sd instant, and ~ two
or three guns appear to have been abandoned
by the Austrians at other points, 1t becomes
evident that the guns taken IN the battle "f
Magenta were only four, rs the original lm-
periul telegram stated, and there is ~ truth
in the assertion once made i'll the French
journals that the Austrians lost 81 guns ut
Magenta.
THE ALLIES IN MILAN.-An army CORES
pondent says: After the buttle of Magenta
had been won Victor Emanuel slept on the
field, and next morning received the depu-
tation of the Town Council of Milan, which
came to offer his Majesty the crown of L"m-
hardy As soon HI the news of the great
victory had reached Milan the Austrans fled.
The people, who had barricaded the streets
during the night began to meet on the r.
azza del Broetto, asking for the act of 1878
to be proclaimed You have not forgotten
that in virtue of that act. called JnsiOne, Lom-
hardy WAS united to Piedmont. twas II pro-
nnnriameuto, that in spite Of the Mazziniuns,
the whole Of the Lombard people, now free,
had made.
A deputation was sent t. the town council
lors, but when introduced in the great hall
of the Broletto, those gentlemen were told
that the Mayor Of Milan, Count Sebregon-
di, lad run away. Signori de llerra, de Lee
70, Margarita, Ubaldi Boretti, and Rogier,
all uccessoyi municipdii, went to the balcony
and after proclaiming Victor Emanuel King,
started together with Marquis Guerrierrl
Gonzaga, Count Giulini and Signor Correnti,
for the headquarters Of the King. When the
deputation arrived at the camp, 1t was soon IN
PRODUCED into the royal tent His Majesty was
standing up, the Emperor on his right. The
presence of Napoleon Ill, on such IL solemn
occasion, sufficiently proved that he really
means what he said in his generous procla-
nation: France desires nothing but that
Italy shall be free from the Alps to the
Adriatic" Hence, on the Sth Of June, the
army entered Milan.
Russian OPINION OF THE BATTLE OF Ma
GENTA. = From LIE Nord, June q. The bat
tie of Magenta has decided many questions
and put an end to many uncertainties. This
victory has burst on Europe like a clap OF
thunder. A great engagement was expected
but it WAS believed that we should see 1t 40
vance in the distance, and. rs it were, execu,
ted before our eyes La the opinion of the
Emperor Napoleon, this brilliant affair was,
no doubt II triumph skiltully toreseen and
perservingly prepared; while to the Aus,
trian generals it Wa surprise and a
disaster When General Gyulai believed
that the main body of the allied forces
were massed in the south. between Alessan-
dria and the Apennines, all the Franco
Sandman corps, by one of the finest move
meats recorded in military history rapidly
advanced from the right flank to the extremi-
ty of the left. 1t was only ut the last mo,
ment that the AustrianS perceived this
change OF position: and their precipltate re-
treat shows that they understood the lnlml-
nence of the danger which menaced them
Very little was wanting to prevent General
Gyulai from getting out of the Lomelina at
all General Mel, whom he supposed To be
occupied in the direction of the lake, sudden
ly threw himself on Novara. and the French
army crossed the Ticino without meeting
much resistance.
Then General Hess, sent in all haste by
the Emperor Francis Joseph to take the com.
mand of the Austrian army, threw all the
forces he had under his hand-l5O, 600 men
are spoken of-on the allied columns, which
debouched by narrow passes towards the road
which leads from Buffulora to Milan. The
shock was terrible, and the combat most san
culinary. The result stated by telegraph ls
leporable for humanity, but Z lorious for the
French arms A strange thing it il, that II
is General de Mcmahon, whom the Austrians
thought near the ridges of the Apennines, who
must have decided the victory by carrying
the village of Magenta on the flank Of the
enemy. The Emperor Francis Joseph, who
whilst his fine army was being crushed and
routed on the banks of the Ticino was engag-
ed in organizing the rcintorcements which
arrived from Vienna. must now occupy him
self in collecting the bleeding and scattered
remnant of one of the "stfnrmidable armies
which ever trod the soil Of Upper Italy
The London Times correspondent: at Wen
ma says that the official Austrian bulletin of
the battle Of Magenta had produced an in
describable effect in that capital. For the
moment, says the correspondent, the public
appeared to be stunned. Military men are
INDIGNANT that the finest army Austria ever