New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-27


men 200 u uch the 81 Greuadie-s were ordered dorn
into the hebis 20 the right Of the road, where, N
scbelors Of ba,islons they sfvsrVt steadily IN spite
Of The BAL Of proje which greeted them in from,
and tag L. ard The difficulties q! The sOf, ground inter-
.ec,ed by di,ch.s They hsd severe lJSses boz this
only animated them TO quicker sivan-e. The grolnd
clO' by the left of the caseway 81 the railway. shcc
at the poin: ~bere they mace Their vay through tee
ieht- is a. said before, only rcs.aHt couple OF
hundred ards from the r.lsn road chosen the
point Of attack although even sleeper than anywhere
el.e and letter prepared for dsense tins ps.nt ga
less e1uosed 10 the Aarkng fr <om the left - yhch
an advauce from Inc main reed would have exposed
the advancing column.
"Wf-n at little distance from the hight vh,cb, BY
the I,er-eciOn ii tie causcwsy of the railway forms
an angie here the order given 20 charge with The
bAyosiet and tie Greneders, throwing DEAN Their
knepsacss climbed up tie s.eep hight snd me next
moment they were on THE top and behind the bern
oade II first Greuadicr who reached ne top rersed
u, his besrssP, and turrah OF Fsrc thmPereuT
Wa the sn~ er from b-s rades, VINO followed ciose
upor his steps and had IN moment possession OF the
place The enemy vss flying across ne ron bridge
which Leads over the cansi, and tsfe Grendflers 20
close after him that the who wss "a nave put the
match TO the mine under the bridge wss bsyoneted
While some threw wafer on the powder II the chsa
Der u the mine the other rushed forward 20 secure
the archwsy through which the railway comes out On
the biehs Oh the other side As sUn a. This was don'
two baitalOns sent tn TIE rgf the other 70
the lett To protect the hsrks While toe third KEEP, with
in the POSITION gained Ths success forced the enemy
likewise 10 abandon the nights N front of he high
road, az sinst which the Zouayes advanced. DE had
10 time to blow up the bridge, and withdrew 20 n
cluster Of houses beyond i, where formerly toe
Austrian custom house and pohce-Oiiice were, and
occupied the vineyards wich skirt both roads from
that poirt The vines had been cleverly eDtulned,
and thus a splendid .elteI formed for the remen,
while the roads Themselves swept by his artillery,
which had taken position further behind, toward Ms
genta. Tie position was highly critical; the two
regim enis had indeed position almost strong a.
no had he'll he I'm hey
any support and the enemy began TO show mssses OF
troops nom all sides. Columns from Robecc2 ad-
vuuced and tired TO take the position in lie let flank
and rear where likewise sote artillery placed 70
now ,wn the continually thinning ranks of the grena-
diers In 'front.' greater and greater masses began 10
chow Themselves while 20 the left hail OF bullets
fred fom the cluster Of houses made the position IN
that direction more and difficult. To get r1 al
any rate of this annoyance the Zouaves were ordered
to take the houses three companies being cent 70 me
support Of the Grelsders and TO take the houses ID
rear: the rest advanced q. the point of the bayonef
dove the defenders, and not only established tne
selves in the houses but cleared the ground in front
and peuetia'ed 10 a farmhouse which hes Lille 20
the right front of the position.
'It was o clock almost, and yet the gallant h,te
band without support from anywhere. ine
enemy haC sufficient force 10 oppose 10 Gen. Mcha,
hons cCrps besice which the broken bridges retarded
bis msrch too much nable his diversion TO have the
desired effect. Tie columns against Buialora iounu
the bridge over the canal broken mp, and the troops
tine TO aniye. In the time the enemy prepared
TO take the oersveion his side, and 10 regain the lost
position. New and new baitalions brought up by the
rav ay the whistle Of which was heard, began To ai-
vance to the attsk Of the position To abandon tue
position dearly bought wouli not only have been to
ack1 owledge defeat but Likewise 10 make the re-
gaining of il in front almost impossible. The enemy
would have had time to blow up the bridge, AMI thus
make the position almost mpr, guable, aud the time
thus allowed wouli have enabled him to bring up a
large part Of his army to defend this position.
"Everytling then bade the two regiments which
AZ the beginning bad numbered pot perhaps than
500 TO GOO defenders each, tn hold out a. long az
remained. And they did it. too, like men, against
all the masses the enemy could bring against them.
On they came, but uselessly for their ranks being
thnIed by the fire from the rules OF the Ionayes and
Grensdiers they were attacked at the point OF the
bay onet and driven back, leaving hundreds on the
fela. The vineyards in front of tie houses and tue
two roads the farm. yard to the SIGHT OF them, were
even to-day, after nasses have been buried, ful OF
their corPses. In vain were all Their attempts hoL
Only did the two regiments succeed in keeping their
position bat they advanced several times IN pur-
suit and in order, to encounter the new masses. On
of these occasions the Zouaves to the iett, and
GreI adiers the right, advanced toward the vlasei
the skirmisheTs in 'front.' who were tn have been 100
wards or so apart from each other The ground COW
cred with trees ade il difficult 10 keep the distance
exactly, and when two guns were advanced to Keep
bsCk new Austrian column, tins latter hah uli5 10
carry of these two gum. One OF them was retaken
sfiefuard in the village Of Magenta, but the other Re,
mains Ices. In return, the GrenadieTs, in spte OF
their small NUMBER succeeded in taking gun and
one lowitzer from the enemy before any succor ar"
rived.
This state of things lasted until 2p. M, but the
tine was drawing near when, 10 spite Of Their her &c
efforts the little band would scarcely have been able
o go much longer. Ii had hsd terrific losses ther
ammunition was beginning to fall and their strength
toe, after two hours Of gigantic tight against ever-h
cressirg odds At this moment cloud OF dust behnd
the road showed the advance OF the long ior
help, and the brigade Picard Of the division Kenant
seen advancing. As soon a. they had arrived the
18th Chasseurs were sent toward the village Of Robec
CO. To the right the d of the line to the ceRter oil the
POSITION while the Goth kept i'll hand to be used ac-
coidrg to circumstances. About the same time The
corps Of Gen. Mcmahon had overcome the difficulties
If the ground and was attacking Magenta, while from
behind battalion arrived after battalion, and several
divisions were sent to the right to surround aud crush
the enemy These forces caniei everything before
them, ana forced the AustIans to precpltae re-
treat that above bose prisoners among them IS OIL
cers Temaired 10 the hands of the Allies. Beside the
two guns taken by the GTenadiers, and which have
seen, good many Others said to have been TAKEN
some say many a. 80. have not seen them, ana
say but even if lot, the day glorious
day fr the Allies. OF the prisoners have seen
batch OF at least % officers myself and one mass OF
100 other prisoners beside several smaller patches
The Losses on either side are supposed to be about
600 k0rs dc oomtGf, without the prisoners Of war
From the lumber Of dead and wounded ] saw, don't
think that there Il much exaggeratiUn IN the. oi
course the two regiments to whom belong in the irst
instance the honor Of the day suffered most severely
The GIenad,rs alone bad 9 officers killed aud III
wounded; don't know about the Zousves; after them
tie regnertsw hich first up TO the andt the
corps Of General MeMahon engaged on the other side.
Two generals are among the deaG-General Claire anu
Genera Espnasie. The former met his fate ia front
of the position, while the latter when bringing up his
division, advanced 10 recOnnoitre corpfeld from
which shots fred aud killed by rife bullet
al the same oHent as his aid.de-camp, who rid
no hfs are lets IL af fHa lr1flf
bat lie or engagement at Ponte di Magenta. You may
rely upon them as true or al essential points
But my letter has already ouigrown itself and
must conclude, so good By.