, 1859-07-06


The expected tattle On the Aiucio is the topic
whicl, now cngrosses universal attention. Tie
.Surd Of June 21st snys:
I'VE arc gu the eve u great evcnts, The
two armies nre facc 10 face. All the corps OF
tho austrian army are concentrating upon the
line Of the Mineio. The provinces Of the empire
have bccn .rnuded Of truops. and tho last COL
uuus are arriviu. by forced marches upon
The sccne OF the contest. The Austrian army
has chosen its position; it occupies line on the
other side Of the Chese, the cesier Of which
rests upon tho heights Of ccstiglene, before
tue left 10 Castel.Goando- On the l!tA the
Emperor Francis Josei:l aeviewc.l the two
corps d'ar1nte cncamped ut Loh-!5.
The allied armies follow the enemy step by
step. combining their movements II Is possl-
bl that the psot Of their operations will be the
l"urg Of Monte, ,chiaro, cracuated precipitately
by ttic Austrian rear guard. French corps Is
advancing bv forced marches in tue ' taItelllhc.
where tue Austrians m7dc flint Of descending
frnn, FOrmio to threaten tic rrar Of the allied
| arn,ics.
The ground chosen by the Austrians for ac-
I cepting battle hns been well studied by their
/ generals; these positions served habstually Tor
| tho grand munGuyrts Of the autumn. Tie lat
| ter fact is not ignored ut the French head quar-
ters. mud precautions lare been taken accord
insly. EI .,,.u ,r;y +, .,..,a ,;,,, -.on,,
chauces--a terrible gatne-without precedent in
the military history Of modern times"
The 4iorf also saYs:
sThc day before yesterday Prince Napoleon
| Was to enter Modcna. By this time military
operations have commenced IN the Adr,a11c
tie Austrians, while the French army marches
to tue Miueio, wish to direct body Of So t0o0
tueu bv the Tyrot upon Milan, but it is not very
likely that!the Austrian Generals willtry one Of
those bold mapGusrcs 10 Which they are so lit
| fs.n 1nnR n
been taken"
Corresponding Of ths "aano rtne.-
Farm, Aondar. Jung ~. r.H
| We afc in daily expectation Of news o1 q
battle OF she Mncio-a great battle, which, il
lost By the Aust.ians, may hasten The solution
Of the great question at issue, and disslpate
tbs dcfuson that they can continue to hold
| | lombasdy aa before. The famous fortresses
riaed cannon; at least, such is the opinion ex;
pressed BY persons who, were not their nstlona
feelings enlisted, would be yer. good authority
Oh such a question. Should = battle, then, u
lost BY the Austrians tue Miaico, it is though
, or hoped that the Neutral Powers may try II
bring about au armistice, with 4 view to m nttc
rior arrangement. There urc various Versions
| or rather conjectures, as to the nature Of iii
arrangement One is thai Austria will be induces
: to abandon her clai1ns to 1ombardy, which ri!
: be annexed to Piedmont, and that VENICE VII
be declared ffee city, .s!th portion o1 se'I RI;
G manner the North Of 1ta1y would be rescue
from the Austr7ans from the Mediterranean
/ 1.-THE 4driatic. There are various other plan
= spoken Of, perhaps with no greater foundation
The attention Of everybody is dIcd on the {,
). pccted battle of the Mtuico-tbe Minsco, who
/. is regarded as the Rubicon Of the modern Cesa
c (Fsoua tbs raf.s Slee1e. June lsh1
J. From peschiera to Mantua the course Of Il
l. 5incio il about sir leagues as the crow flies;
y that limited 4pace the passage must be force
as To n.tempt Ills operation there arc certa
T. point& naturally Indicated By their position.
~ TACT, the pTincipal condition to secure the
+. 1o4eht Of any bridge throKn over rirer il
~ -. ds1ve tue enemy away from the opposite ban
~ It Is not difficult 10 imagine that If spots fous
N the course Of the rires where, on the one han
~ ~ the stream forms An angle towards the atsac
~ ing party and. On the oihc1, the ground is biz
~ enough 10 command the bank occupied By t
sts enemy It would BE- grea. advantage to atsen,
As the passage u such point, because plungil
CO. fire. could then be Concentrated on Tie ener
placed in the middla Of = semi.circle Of hatt,
nb- les. Now, the course Of the Mincio present.
In an army wishing to force it, passage. from I
Tue Milan side, only TWO points combining thrse ,
on ! yaptages-at Mozambano aud Volts, Or Ii,
1ch two pointa the stream suafee IN elbow. Dol
wo iur to ths west, and the ground On ths r;r
rcd hsuk is considerably higher than on tht oth
Tas These two points wers therefore chosen in
,re- wsrs of tbs Revolution, in 1885 and 1900. .
h. slso in tbs campaign Of l64s TO foeca
,ing nasssct Of ths Mincio. Moreover. the :
I'M sesaion Of two fortresses like Pesehiera :!
r*sn Mantus, on 10 short : lins. rahders its dee
tia! au.;er fnr sh4 enemy hare their wings pesf,
aud IL supported, and oan dsboueh unAxpect&
de- from e;ther of thoss toEEsssss. However,