Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-07-09

10 children hNl
In addition t&t at the farmhouse, to the
inc other bnsroad from Turbigo, which |
ere uoS'roHuubrc As soon as the Due de
r. % Rnhl;ns WINS had come up ho formed it
lille damage. e, as far as the ground per-
resented as haysg the first division to the left
We, cut pcl3nd to the right, some artillery
bout thirty oiow road, and the fuslcers and
curse .m wruH, de Ia grade as reserves, he adj
III n"I T"Sc wh;c ly against the eucmys position
af,ro ,ho ,yi.1ry, as soon as it came within
( sIgs rrs the e.emy, had to extend itself
through the fields aud vineyards The
r. N9und is full of these latter and trees that
tHc Zine could not advance in compact or.
der, but had to take Il more loose formation
between the skirnishiug line and the rcgu-
lar order of battle. The farm-h house in
advance became the object of murdcrous
fight. The enemy had concentrated "A con
siderable mass of troops around and in it,
and against this the second regiment of the
Foreign SIcgion was sent, who attacked it
with great, elan. The enemy, who saw
himself in danger of losing this paint G
oppai for his rightwing, sent column to
the right to outaank this body, and if pos
siblc, to cut it off. The Sardinians were
| to have been to the left as reserve. as well
as to guard against any such movement,
and the likewise to try aud envelope the
Austrian right wing and rear, and thus to
cut it off from its line of retreat. OWING
as ! said before, to the difficulties of the
narrow road, they had not been able to
come up i'll time, and the result was that
the Secoud regiment of the Foreign Lc-
gion suffered a good deal 1t was, howcv-
er, cxtricatcd from this position by a time
" advance of reserve. AS soon as this was
done the whole line advanced, pressing
back the cncmy's troops step by step. 1t
was all along hand to-hand fight with
rifle and bayorct. Except on the roud
there was no opportunity for the use of ar,
tiIlery The French had some rocket bat
tcrics, however with which they played sue
cesstully on the enemy. 1t was iii such n
| fight that the Supcro Styof the rifle showed
itself over the usual muSkct, with which
the Austrians were armed. Besides this,
the defenders of the position kept as much
as possible in close line, so that every shot
OF their advcrsarics told upon them You
never saw such Il frightful scene of carnage
as on all this ground, which the Austrians
defended inch by inch, but had to leave at
lust. 1t is like the remains of great rag
/ far, siukocs, knapsacks muskets, shoes,
clmkS, tunics, linen all stained with blood
aud speaking of the obstinate resistance
even now. when the greater part of the
wounded have been removed and the dead
mosqy buried. OF how many d.amas OF
hcrosm and fcrocity, and of how many
tragedies of woes and misery must this have
been the scene. But the fiercest fight was
inrthr behind on the railway line, and the
statiof house behind it, and the village
close 'Y Pressed back all along the line
the Aastrians concentrated here all Their
cfortspf resistance. In front of the sta.
ton bgond the line of rails is large long
PIT, extending for some distance to the
right and left, and formed by the excava.
vationsncccSsary for the construction of
,she line Where the pit ccuscs line OF
strong wood railings painted yellow, is put
upior sdnc distance on both sides to pre-
vent pasling across the line. Besides this
the railway bank, which is somewhat rails
ed torm' kind of ready parapct, behind
which tle defenders enjoyed some protcc
ton. The station, as well as the neighbor.
ing buildings and a square, solid campa
nile, wee filed with riflcmcn, while the
8 t%o>ps OF the line masscd themselves in
front ohthem. As the troops came ur
they wer brought out here, and took the
pace of th>ir exhausted comrades. re
carry thiSstrong position, the fusilcers and
chasscursof the 2uardawcrc ordered for.
ward. Ticy broke through, drying the
enemy bebre them, until their course was
arrested " the line of strong wooden rail
ings. Afcw cannon shot would have easi
ly brought them down, but there was nc
place wh2ce to bring them to bear, so moth.
, ing remailcd but to tear it down by main
force andthe axes of the sappcrs.
= ATTAcK ON THE VILLAGE-It was
done, an} the column entered the village
Here ev9y house had become castle held
by desperate garrison; it required reg.
ular combat to take it, and letter aftor let
ter could be written ON the incidents in
which these isolated combats abounded.--
There is no doubt the Austrians fought
desperately, even when everything seemed
lost an incredible number of the officers
being killed, the soldiers were left entirely
, to themselves in these isolated positions
4 iio''i ttuCIC NHS nO TebTeHt. Il HCy
had been told before that they had to cx-
pcct no mercy, as, it was the habit of the
allies to kl! Illfprisoncrs and wounded, Sc
. they fought with this imae aeinary halter
round Their hccks. The wounded crept
Einto the calaIs,t and hid themselves where
they coul2, in order not to fall into the
hands of tie cruel enemy, there to starvc
and to die. Numbers have been found thus