The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-07-18
EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE WISER.
TWO DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE

blSluTDduceS nave occurred at MeSSlna.
Vienna advices of the Sd, say the Piedmontese
troops had surrounded Peschiera.
MILAN, July l.-Garribaldi is maneuvering to
close the whole valley of the Adige and thus to
isolate Verona from fyrol. .I.
Garribaldi at last accounts was at Tisano with
5000 men. ..., "-
The United States frigate Wabash had left Tri-
este for Messna. aI.. ..... ....... .....
A French squadron of six ships of the line, five
trigates and many gunboats was seen at Curzoa on
the Dalmatian coast
Seven English vessels of war were off Ancona
Prince Windischgratz was expected at Berlin
on the Sd, on a special mission from Vienna, via
Dresden -.
The French rentes were advancing, closing at
63f. 55c. =
1t was reported at Liverpool that the ship Dread
naught had arrived off Cape Clear, in nine days
from New York.
The ship j. i. DimmOck, from New Orleans for
Cronstadt was assisted to get off shore after dis
charging l35 bales of cotton and had been towed
to Elsinore unnjured. Salvage to the amount of
Fl 200 was paid. ....
THE BATTLE OF SOLDERING.
THE FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT.
The French government has published the follow
ing official account of the battle of Solferno,
dated "a. .
|. HEADoUARTERs, CAvRIANA, June %, 1859.
Alter the battle of Magenta and the combat of
Malegnano, the Austrians had precpiated their re-
treat on the Minco, abandoning one after the other
| the lines OF the AIDA, the 0glio, and the Chese
There was every to believe that they intend
| ed to concentrate all their resistance behind the
Mlnclo, and it was important that the allied army
| should occupy, as soon possible the principal
points OF the heights which extend from Lonata as
far as Volta, and which form on the south of the
Lake OF Garda, an agglOmeration of small hills in
many places very abrupt. The last REPORTS receiV-
| ed by the Emperor Napoleon Indicated in fact that
the enemy had abandoned these heights and retir-
! ed behind the river
According TO general order given by the En-
| n he +ha 8 Al
! army OF the King Of Piedmont was to advance on
! tozzoengo Marshal paraguay dHilliers on Solrc-
rino, Marshal the Duke of Magenta, on Cavrisna.
| Gen: Neil on Guiddizzolo, and Marshal Canrobert
on Medole. The Imperial Guard was to march on
Castglione and the two divisions of cavalry of the
line to take position in the plain between Solferi-
no and Medole. 1t had been decided that the move
ments should commence at o'clock in the morn
ing In order to avoid the excessive heat of the dav
Nevertheless, during the 23d, several detachments
of the enemy showed themselves on different points
and the Emperor had received notice of it: but as
| the Austrians were in the habit of making numer-
Gus recOnnOisances his Majesty only regarded
those demonstrations a mark of the care and at
tention which they give to obtaining information
and protecting themselves.
At hve In the morning of the oath, the Emperor
who was at MontechiarO, heard the report of can
non in the plain, and proceeded in all haste toward
Castiglione, where the Imperial Guard were to as
semble During the night the Austrian army, which
! had decided on assuming the offensive had passed
the Mncio at Goito, Valleggio Monzambino and
|
Peschiera, and again occupied the positions which
it had recently abandoned. This was the result of
the plan the execution of which the enemy had pur-
| sued from the time of their leaving Magenta by
retiring successivey from PiacenZa, Pizzipbettone
| Cremona, Ancona, Bologna and Ferrara--in a word
by eyacuating every position in order to accumulate
! their forces on the Mincio They had beside in
| creased their army with the greater part of the
! troops composing the garrisOns of Verona, Mantua
and Peschiera; and it thus they were able to
assemble nne corps d,armee, numbering altogether
from 100000 to 100000 men who advanced towards
the Chiese, covering the plain and the heights
This immense force appeared to be divided into two
armes that on the right, according to notes found
alter the battle on an Austrian officer, was to take
! possession of LonatO and Castiglione and that
! on the left to march on Montechiaro. The Aus
! trans thought that the whole of the allied army
! had not yet crossed the Chese, and their inten-
ton was to drive it back on the right bank of that
river.
The two armies, on their way one against the
other, met therefore suddenly. Scarcely had Mar
! shalS paraguay d'Hilliers and Mcmahon passed
Castiglione when thev found themselves in presence
! of considerable force opposed in advance At the
same instant Gen. Neil encountered the Austrians
near Medole. The Kings army, which was going
to Rivoltella; and, on his part, marshal Canrobert
found the village Of Caste Gofredo occupied bv the
| enemys cavalry.
All the corps of the allied army being at the time
on their march, at a somewhat considerable dis
! tance one from the other, the Emperor first of all
directed his attention to bringing them together
| so that they might mutually support each other
! For that purpose his Majesty went Immediately to
! Marshal the Dnke de Magenta, who was on the
| right, on the plain and who had deploved perpen-
dicularly to the road which leads from Castiglione
! to GoitO. As Gen. Mel did not appear, his Males
ty FASTENED the march of the cavalry of the Impe-
rial Guard, and placed it under the orders of the
! Duke de Magenta, a to operate in the
| plain on the right of the I'd corps. The Empe-
ror at the same time, sent orders to Marshal Can
! robert to support Gen. Neil as much as possible
while recommending him to guard himself on the
an S.~b;n oh
! to information given to his Majesty, was to ad-
! vance from Mantua Azola.
These measures having been taken, the Emperor
repaired to the heights, in the centre of the line of
battle where Marshal paraguay d'HilIiers, too dis
! tant from the Sandman army to be able to act in
conjunction with it, had to struggle in very diff
cult ground against troops which necessarily
| renewed.
The marshal had nevertheless arrived at the foot
of the steep hill which the village of Soferino
is built. That village defended by considerable
! forces entrenched in an old chateau and large
! cemetery, both of which were surrounded bv thick
! and crenelated walls The Marshal had already
! lost great number ofmen, and had more than
once to expose himself by leading the troops of
! Bazaine's and PAdmiraults divisions. Worn out
with fatigue and heat and exposed to a heavy fire
OF musketry, these troops gained ground with much
dllhculty. At this moment the Emperor ordered
Foreys division to advance brigade on the side
! ofthe plain, and the other the height against
the village of Soferino and caused it to be support-
| ed by Camous division of light infantry of the
Guard. lie caused to advance with these troops
the artillery Of the Guard, which, under the com
mand of General de Sevelnges and General Le-
b9ut, took up an uncovered position at about three
! hundred metres from the enemy. This maneuvre
! decided the success in the centre. While Forev's
! division seized on the cemetery, and General Ba-
zaine dashed his troops forward into the village,
! the light infantry and Tihemen of the Imperial
Guard climbed to the foot of the tower command
ing the chateau and possessed themselves of it. The
little hills Solferino successivey carried
and at halfpast three o'clock the Austrians evacu-
ated the position, under the fire of our artillery
! placed on the crests, and left in our hands 1900
| prisoners, fourteen pieces Of cannon and two col
ors. The share of the Imperial Guard in this go-
| rlous trophy was thirteen guns and one color.
While this conflict going on, and while the
| tre was the heaviest, four Austrian columns ad-
vancing between the Kings army and the corps of
| Marshal paraguay d'Hers, endeayoIed to turn
the right of the Pedmontese. Six pieces of artil-
lery, however, ably directed by General Forgeot,
! had opened very heavy fire on the flank OF these
columns, and forced them to retrace their steps in
| disorder.
While the corps of Marshal paraguay d'Hilliers
sustaining the conflict at Solferino the corps of
| the Duke de magenta had deployed in the plain of
| GuidizzOlo in advance of the farm of Casa Marina,
and his line of battle, cutting the road to Manua,
! directed its right toward NJ edOle At nine o'clock
| in the morning he was attacked by a strong Aus
! trian column, preceded by a numerous artillery,
which placed itself in battery at one thousand or
| twelve hundred yards in advance of our front The
| artillery of the first two divisions of ihe second
| corps, advancing Immediately the line of skir-
mishers, opened very sharp fire against the front
of the Austrans, and at the instant the horse
| batteries of Desvauxs and Partonneux's divisions
| took the enemy's cannon echarpe, reduced them
to silence, and soon forced them to fall back. In
mediate after, Desvaux's and Partonneaux's
divisions charged the Austrians and took GOO
| prisoners.
Meantime, a column of two regiments of Aus
trian cavalry had endeavored to turn the left of
the I'd corps, and the Duke de Magenta directed
| against it six squadrnns of light dragons. Three
successful charges of our cavalry repelled that of
the enemy, who left in our hands number of men
and horses.
At 213 o'clock the Duke de Magenta assumed the
offensive in his turn, and ordered General de la
MatterOuge to advance on his left on the side of
| Solierino, in order to carry San Cassana and the
other positions occupied by the enemy.
The village was turned on both sides, and carried
with irresistible vigor by the Algerian rifemen
| and the 45th. The riiemen were Immediately after
sent against the principal counterfor which unites
| Cayriana with San Cassiana, and which was de-
Tended by considerable forces. first height
crowned by kind of redoubt, speedily fell into
the possession of the sharpshooters but the enemy
| by vigorous offensive return, succeeded in dis
! lodging them. They took it again with the aid of
| the 18th and 72d and were driven out once more
| To support this attack, Gen. de la Matterouge was
obliged to march up his brigade of reserve and the
! Duke of Magenta advanced his whole corps
AT the same time the Emperor gave orders to
| Maneque's brigade of vcltigeurs of the guard,
supported by General Melnets grenadiers, to ad-
vance from Sollerino against Cagriana. The enc
my was unable any longer to resist this double at
tack, supported bv the fire of the artillery of the