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TIE EUROPA's NEWS,
T II Z W A r .


following official bulletins
Turin, May 31.--A fresh victory was
gained by our troops at : o'clock this NOR
ning. TWENTY-FIVE thousand Austrans en-
deavored to retake Palestro. The King COM
manding the 4th Division in person. and
General Cialdini at the head of the Sd Reei.
ment OF Zouaves resisted the attack for con-
siderable time. and then after having sue
cesSiully assumed the offensive pursued the
enemy, taking 1000 prisoners and carturinc
elrh. cannon. FIVE of which were taken bv
the Louaves Four hundred Austrians were
drowned in canal during the combat at
pal"stro. Another fight took place at Con-
fienza. in the province ofSomolline. in which
the enemy were repulsed by the 4Oth Divis-
ion, after two hours conflict. Last night
the nicket Of the enemy endeavored to pass
the 70 at Cerveseva, hut were repused by
the inhabitants. The Austrians have evac-
uated NarsO in the province of Pobbio.
lCRlN, June 1.-The victory gained yes
tardav has been followed bv second victor
ious combat, which took place at O'Clock
this evening at Palestro. which the enemy
endeavorod TO re-enter, but was renulsed
again by tho Division of General Cialdni,
compos ! Of Zluaves and Piedmontese cav
airy. The King pressed forward where the
fight was most furious. the Zouaves vainlv
TRANS attacked the Sandman vanguard at
Sesto Calande, Il the fight lasted two hours.
Oar troops crossed the Ticino in pursuit of
the enemy.
numerous Austrian corps d'drmee ap-
peared before Narese. but Galbaldi ordered
the Nat onal Guard not to resist, and fell
back on Lago Maggiore.
An attack was attempted by our troops
against Layeno on the Lago Maggiore, but
without result
Additional details Of the battle of Palestro
state that the Sardinan right wing was at
one time oycr-Aanked by the Austrans, who
Threatened the bridge Of boats across Sesia,
over which Canrobert was to effect a junction
with the King At this .juncture the Zoua-
YES came to to the rescue and turned the
tide against the Austrians. The Zouaves
lost one officer, twenty men killed, and two
hundred wounded, including ten officers
Iuc Sardinians are believed to have been
terribly cut ur, but th ir loss is not mention
ed. An Austrian q rll is rerorted killed
Napoleon SU'...H"u.ly visited the battle
field and ted the Sardinians on the
result.
The I.H disputed. OF the 2d says that the
Au't'.'uS oa that morning advanced from
i bio .'w4r!, tine Fir nch outposts, but re-
o. alter a short fight The movement
- n1la o. conceal the retreat OF the Aus.
nts"s who had begun to cvacuate Bobbio,
carrying with them about one thousand
wounded.
On the 81 it was tclegraphed from Turin
that the Austrans had withdrawn to the
Eastern bank Of the Po.
The dispatches published in the Paris
ho"tHr confirm the Sandman Bulletens.
In regard to the part taken by the Zouaves,
they say that they performed wonders One
dispatch says Although unsupported and in
front If the Austrian battery of eight guns,
the Iouaves crossed canal. ascended the
heights, which were very steep. and charged
the Austrians with the bayonet More than
400 Austrians were thrown into the canal,
and six pieces OF cannon were taken by the
IouaveS. The loss OF the French was iuoon-
siderable.
The Austrian accounts Of the Palestro af.
'alr We're not published.
Verona despatch of the Isl saws that the
allies had attacked the vanguard Of the Sew
enth Austrian corps drnlee, hut that their
iarther advance was stopped by the corps
under Gen. Zobel, 4 great number were
reported wounded.
Garibaidi had met with reverses. Vi
emma telegram OF the lst announces, on Off
cial authority, that Garibaldi was driven
back from Sandrie to the mountains, and that
Gen. Urbano, with his troops was pursuing
him. The only issue open to Garbaldi was
the Stelvio
An official telegram from Milan states that
on the lst, Narese was cannonaded and taken
by Urbano, who re-instated the legal anthor-
tiles and levied war contributions on the
city
1t was teleGraphed from Turin on the Sd
that Garibaldi had surprised and beaten the
Austrians at Narese, and that the town was
again free of the enemy, and also that Carl
baldi re-entered Como on the night of the
I'd.
General Neil entered Novara on the lst,
after slight encounter with the Austrian
outposts, who ehortly fled, The Emperor
arrived there the same evening amidst the
acelamations of the people.
The Austrians endeavored to cross the Po
at Basslgnares, but the inhabitants opposed
them, firing upon and destroying an Aus
trian bark,
The French squadron in tho Adriatic had
captured thirty-fve Austrian vessels, the es-
timated value of which were four million
francs