The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-24

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ITO the north OF tte rver 20. the listrict in
mediatelY sAsstsea ~ -lastrians. I'll IL 1 lev1
plain up TO the foot Of the Swiss Alps. wherea
on the Southern side al 10 mountainous, and th
whole space is filled with the shoots or spurs 9
the Lagurian Appenines, sloping away iron
uenoa. 10 this division Of the Kingdom, lie th
strong places Of the Sardinians- Alessandria
Cassel and TOrtona-and on its western edg,
stands Turin itself, the capital Of the State
Within or around these forsresees the Sardini
ans have collected the bulk Of their army-per
haps some u, 900 men-leaving the plains OF th,
north comparatively open to the incursions .
h si.einy. Before the actual commencement
Of hostilities, the Austrians ct Milan stood jus
about % far from the river % the French o
| Briancon did from the mountains, and,A lin,
drawn from one Of these points to the othe
would pass through the common mark Of botl
armies-the royal city Of Turin. Turin, how
ever, 10 about - far again from Bu6alosa, whert
the Austrians crossed the river. az il is from
Susa, where the French halt on crossing th.
Alps. The distance being about seventy milei
in the former case, against thirty-eight in the
latter. But this inequality was more than com
rensated BY relative difficulties of the two roads
for whereas the Austrians have plain country
70 traverse, the French can only reach Susa BY
passing the Alps. In reality, the advantage Of
ground 80 far, was on the side Of the Austrians,
but their operations have been Influenced by
further considerations arising from the position
of the Sandman army before described. The
French, a. they descend upon Susa and push
forward to Turin, are directly confronting the
Austrians on their march towards the same
point from Milan, and if this was all, and there
we're no Sardnians except in the Capital, the
shock Of battle could be participated with great
facility. Sooner or later, in fact very soon in
deed, the belligrents would meet an and engage.
ment on q large scale would ensue.
1t will be observed that the Austrans in their
advance across Piedmont from east to west,
would have on their left flank the whole con-
centrated strength Of the Sandman army, rest
ing on it's finest fortresses. What the chain of
the Tyrol is to Austria in the plains Of Lom-
hardy, the chain of the Legurian Apprentices is
to Sardinia in the plains Of Piedmont, and the
parallel can be carried still further. Exactly as
Germany lies in reserve behind the Tyrol, 40
does a second French force gather strength be-
hind the Apprentices. On the seaboard oil these
mountains stands Genoa, which, as France com
mands the sea, can be reached from Toulon with
the greatest facility. The Sardnians, there
fore, while they cluster in force about their cita.
dels to the south OF the Po have in their rear
the support Of q powerful French army, within
Fifty miles distance. The Austrians are thus
opposed BY two bodies of the enemy, one d.
rectly facing them at Turin, and drawing daily
from the passes Of the Alps and
mother at Cassel and Alessandria fanking their |
march and receiving succors from distinct base |
If operations of Genoa. By crossing their from
Ter at its northern extremity, as they have |
lone they might occupy the northern districts
u Sardinia; aud if they descended thence upon
he 20 they might get the Sandman army in
ront OF them, but thew would then have the
rmy OF the Alps upon their right. They must
dvance IN any case against two lines of foes,
osted at right angles to each other; and for
'mplicity's sake we may consider these lines
0 be represented by the rivers Dora and Bal
ca, running from north to south, andsby Jurea
nd the Po, running from west to east by Gas.
ell, Turin being pretty nearly a. the angle All
he places named lie within q combaratively
mali compass. From Aroma, the point occupi.
d by the Austrians in the north, to Genoa, on
ne seaboard Of the south, the distance is
bout ITO miles, or very nearly the same as
'om Susa to Buffaiora. From Genoa to Ales
andria 1t is only 46 miles, and from Alea-
anris to Turin, less than 60; from Susa to Turin
gain the distance is but SO miles; so that in
ieT Two PTihcipai POSITIONS. OF Turin and
lessandria, the Sardinians are in the one case
0, and the other within so miles of their DOW
rful allies. The Austrians, too, would be
Iually near their resources. Novora is about
miles, and Mortara about 10 miles, and Yer.
Eli but some 20 miles from the Lombard
ontier, and these are the points at which the
rst collision may be anticipated.
The grand feature OF the campaign is the
oube base of operations, from which the Sar
nans and their allies are proceeding, and if
lie Austrians find themselves in strength sutfi.
ent for snch plan, it is not improbable that
icy also may divide their forces so that the
oops now said to be at at Mortara, may ad.
ance towards the West. 1t will not have es.
ped notice that the Austrians are said to be
articularly strong at Mortars, while the I'm
erial Guard, the select corps of the French
my, is at Genoa. These dispositions would
em to indicate that the hardest struggle is
kpected on the line to Genoa rather than ON
he line to Turin, but this is point which can
ardly remain long in the dark In the inter.
al we can only be too sure that a war in SO
arrow field, and between armies so power.
Il, and SO fiercelyi animated, will lose none of
lose horrors from which civilization revolts in
spair.