Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08
Mon,ebello after the Battle.

Montebello after the Battle.
The following description Of the battle.
Geld ofMonte6cllo, bya French correspond
en,, I. graphic aud will be read with inter-
est:
= When we leave voshera, by the route
which run. towards Stridella. by way OF
Gene.trello. Montebello, and Castcsslo. wo
cro.s country where cultivation draws
from the Earth her most abundant products.
We see nothing hut vines, Immense fields Of
waving wheat. which the eye follows until
it loses them asans, the horizon, and mal.
berry trees, ranged in files. like srrnadiers
ON a parade ground.
The Alps, the Po, and the Aprenincs,
close in the horizon. ! do not think it pos.
,ible 10 imagine more beautiful frame Tor
more charming picture.
The Gr.; ob)cc, We meet on the left. after
passing the last houses OF voghcra. among
the almond. trees, is cru,s made OF two
small piece. oi wood, planted in mound Of
earth atty thrown up. \ French soldier
Il, buried there. Il isike the sisnaiure OF
war. We pass this unknown grave, which
% many muletcers and ZIuaves jus,lc a.
gain,t, cartle.-ly trolling song and the
rOli Wandsrs OF into the vide country.
The day alter the battle has taken place.
it mas b. that the Geld Of bauIe has ter.
rlbIc and hear, rendlng aspect. Il !. then
that may b. .ecn 'ylns among the wheat,
stretched upon the mad, fallen across trunks
ui broken tiers, and everywhere writhins in
the agony oi death, those bodies which crl.
cbra ted painter, have sown broadcast, over
- many pictures. Here. too, are artillery
wagons ,pIintered to pieces, and horses
crushed and bleeding. All thu. may be
hat IN three or four days more nearly every
yistagc OF hi. has disappeared. For the
interest Of the recital am sorry that II is
- but II an intelligent aud weIl.iniormed
ciceronc DID not assure you that n week ago
armies butchcred and mangled each other
there, never would you suppose /, irom the
aspect oi the place. The earth says moth
ing there remains only ths moral lmpres.
SION.
You will remember that the combat COM
menced in front Of yoShera, near Genes,rcl-
10. Here and there upon the rOad, and in
the bitches, mulberry branches have been
hacked of by bullets. 4 circular hole in
the trunk ola tree. tells YOU that u ball has
entered there, the angle Of a wal: is chop.
ped oil hers the plaster Of cottage has
fallen down IN scales; a pane OF glass is
missing from window two or three
round holes pierce shutter.
Notwithstanding, the peaceful COW brow
SCI upon the grass m the path, the peasant
woman hangs her linen out To dry; on the
border ol the creek. the labOrer holds the
plow drawn heavily by PAIR of oxen. the
farmers wife spins her nsI, children are
rolling in the dust, and before the door Of
the nn the beggar hold. forth his hand,
whining the customary complaint. Still
we are on the Geld OF combat.
Below there, on the PLAN, that large farm
witnessed the encounter Of Coun, de Stadi.
on's division with Blanchard's brigade
The regiments Commanded by the Count Dc
Stadlon had arrived the same morning, by
forced marches. from Mornrl. The sol
dlers had not eaten. They pressed forward
like men who had a hurried mission To full
Gil. Many never returned to tell OF the OBJ
stacles which arrested their progress.
Upon that slope, in front OF Mon,ebello,
an Austrian battery swept the road. lts
first balls carried off two men, two horses
and 'wo wheels. OF the first French cannon
abOut to take part in the conflict. In that
vast field Of wheat. which extends from the
other side Of the road. and borders upon IL,
the Tyrolean chasseurs, hidden by the tall
grain swept the route. aud decimated the
French bitallions. Invisible among the
thick wheat, they took slow and deadly aim.
How many promising officers Tell upon the
spot.
This knoll. which an undula,ion joins to
the plain Of Moniebello, was climbed by our
nrtillerists. with that enthusiasm and de-
which triumph over every OBJ
,t,cle. IL is there that they succeeded in
two pieces Of artillery which soon
replied with terrible precision to the fire Of
The Austrians.
Here, at the foo. Of the heights which had