The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-17

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way there Before another hour had passed the dspos
aoss had been made for the attack Whether these dis
suggested by the position Of the enemy or whether his
Ssesty knew before thst the AastrAns had taken up
her position and were ready 70 dispute the passage q
that the whole had the appearance Of plan formed
,he spot, and the orders were given out At the last
ment.
Before speak of shese dispositions win attempt 70
give you an ides Of the positlon Of the Aastriaus
The Aincio, coming out q the Laso d Garda, runs
both banks runs At right s', snsss almost sOsara
u. Those on the right bank, with wnic
alone We have 10 deal. here come down from the north
vest In eousheriy direction far Castlglione
then, making bend, strike the Nlncio 10 Southeastern
direction Tbe billy country forms thus tolera6ly regu
angles Of which Tomato Peschera, Volta ana Casg
lone. This parseiogram Of hills u about twelve miles In
enfh and nine miles in width and divided almost In
is middle by little stream which runs into the Mncio
fhe his rise gently from the shores Of the LAKE, and At
,sA their highest eevson about the source Of this stream
the or the paraelosram at Rondoleto Pozzo
enRo the left, and 1t Solierno, Monte Oiveto and
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their line Their line itself extended from Pesohiera,
which they leant their extreme right, through this
ing be great road TO Go'to The whole line
than twelve mules in length. Cavrana the centre Of
IT, which the Emperor Of Austria had his head
ton This Of battle protected all the approaches
the hnco, but was just the necessity which felt
protect all The roads leading to the Anco which caused
this long extension and became thus element of weak
ness in the whole position and this length Of line and
approached for the road 70 Goo which is the prn
c'pal passsge, goes off from Cas,gone al considerable
angle towsrcs the southeast.
This weakness was recognized, and the dispositions
taken accordingly. Instead attacking the position in
'front.' where Is Of formidable strength the whole weight
breakog through the line possible gaining one Of
the hncio passages Or at any rate forcing the enemy
out Of the strong position in the bills.
Accordingly the Fourth corps, that comm andcd by
General now Marsha Mel reinforced by part Of the
serve and artillery, received orders TO act in the plain.
d'Hihers to proceed by the road which runs from
Castgone along the base OF the hills, the little vii
aee Of Sroe up 70 soertno One division Of the Second
sge from the hill road In 'front.' while the other was 10
take It quite in the rear by San Cassiano the Tnird
corps, that Of Marshal Oanrobert did not line
but bent back In the direction of Oase Oozsgo while
the Sandman army was 70 execute the left wing flank
break through the line between Peschera and ozzoeeo
and get TO one of the kince passages which In that
direction The Guards remained a. reserve under the
personal direction Of the Emperor who took the command
Of the movement.
THE ALLIED ATTACK ON AND CAPTURE OF soLFKRINo,
Although the billy nature Of the country ia favorable
enough for the line too extended to
look the whole while the Simultaneous character of the
movements made It impossible to follow the details Of
every point must conne myself, therefore, only TO
had time yet to ascertain them. The attack began al
most simultaneously on the right and in the CENTRE
soieno indicated that the battle had begun in the csn
te the Piedmontese guns heard TO the LEFT and
artillery Of General Mel to the right in the direction q
The hill around which the village Of solferino
is built, ID the most prominent object. all along
summit high, square tower, called the "spia (spy)
dltalia for from the top Of you overlook the
plain P Of 9pgs hs from s the Alps e the P THIS
throws out three pateaux-one In the direction Of the
Lake, another towards the plain and third towards Ca
baatons and all the roads leading It run in the open.
ing between the pateaux Al the sdee with the excep-
ton Of that towards The plain, are very precpous and
called Tho Scale al Soiie.no Toward. the TAM he t
p,O.Ches rise BY gradual incline until they reach the
character which the others have It this side which
chosen as the point Of attack The Austrans had
sares. Both sides Of the road up the village ITSELF
covered with vineyards into these they had thrown
ground give them shelter and res scope for their rifles
As for artillery they not only bad some on the road,
but on the different elevated points 70 the right and
wards the village The fight began almost in the plain
just where the road coming from Castglone bends to
the main road Of Goito Two divisions Of First corps
(Forey and Bazanes) had orders TO drive the enemy
from this position while one division Of the Second corps
was 10 take the village in rear by san Oassano The
enemy skrmishers being driven back the Two divisions
Of the First corps advanced and after sharp fusade,
succeeded in dri ring him back towards the village But
only at the village that the real fight began The
entrance TO had been barrcaded aud the high garden
walls which extend to the right and len s! were oopnosd
shower This the
scene Of q most desperate fight, but was at last
forced, and then began one Of those street fights
which seem to become CHARACTERISTIC OF this campaign
every house had been oophoed, and was occupied by
couryards Of these houses the defenders in each
obliged to fight 10 the last or else surrender Twice the
first dvison Of the first corps had succeeded in pene
trang to the church. the enclosure wall Of which just
at the foot Of the great tower and the Of the HILL and
twice had to retire before the reserves which the enc
my brought up. The fight had lasted for than two
hours and the strength OF the soldiers began to fail At
this moment which was about eight O'Clock, the Wolff
and the Chasseurs of the Guard received orders to
relieve them Al the same time the division of the second
corps with the Turcos Chasseurs ndigenes pushed
home It's attack from San Cassano, while the other divs
sion OF the first corps had attained the heights the left
of the road. In less than half hour the enemy
driven out Of his stronghold, and had to retire,
leaving tweveiguns behind He retired in the direction
Of Cavriana, but only step by STEP Looking down from
Soerino towards Cavriana there maze Of hills before
you which can compare TO nothing but the ruins Of
number Of colossal Roman camps formed by nature and
half oblerated by age. one succession Of ascents
and descents the best description Of which heard from
SOLDIER who, describing the battle the height, said
"C'etait une chase lecur sul."
THE FIGHT BECOMES GENERAL-THE SPLENDID TAG
TICS OF THE FRENCH TRIUMPH.
After the taking Of Solferino the engagement
sumed really the shape Of q battle, where tactics
came into play. The taking Of the village was more
due to bravery than science Battles have often been
compared to game Of chess well, l never was
struck by the truth Of this comparison a. yester.
day, during the advance from Soerino to Oavrians-
how body after another moved forward and the
enemy forced back by degrees 1t was in tois fight that
the immense superiority OF the new French ried cannon
showed itself The gh,nees Of the pieces is such that
they could be brought up hills so steep that even infantry
had no small difficulty In scaling them Still the range OF
them and their precision are almost Incredible. You
could zee their shells bursting among the guns and nan
try OF the enemy, while the shells fred from his guns at
the highest elevation were falling short bursting in the
ar Tie attack this succession Of positions made
from the plain at the same time a. from the heights the
oneo Of both being TO gain the heghts Of Cavnana the
cepue OF the Austrian position. While column ad-
yanced by the road which leads along the base Of
me hills 70 Cavrana, the main body followed the
chase recurssnl over hill and dale in Q regular
steeple chase towards the tower Of Cavriana.
While the attack, in what was nov the centre took
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