Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-07-15
THE BATTLE OF sOLFERIHO.
Ioo Eta: ?r The ConRict-7rem,n,'o'S
W'r'aer Storm in the Hottest Of tie F@gii-
,omg!ct@neS er' tic Victory.
from the LIVERPOOL Courier Ju..a.

Iac Et,a. 9f he C0nRict--7rsm,p,'o"
Wvs'aer >'orm in the Uottcsicy tie f'q'--
,omg!eteness eT tic Victory.
From he Liverpool Courier, JUN. ..
y, four O'Clock in the bright summer morn
ins OF Friday las; nearly $4,000 men stood OF
God'sg green earth to begin the work Of slausht
er For seventeen hours the multitude swayct
to and lro in mortal strife; now here now there
the sirgc ol hattie rolled until night closed il
arouni the rctrcatins cbb. .As i. hell itscl
!;ai broken lo1Sc the peals of thundcr fror
the clouds which blacheneI the ky towar.i
ryclins drowned the roar Of artillery, and th,
;:iai'ing lightning flashed in company with til,
fires Of the cannon. Picture il To- Yourself
The gigantic alps on one side, the hills Of Volt;
on tie other, the river Ch;c>c running on 10 III,
great plain Of Mantua, and in that narrow plac
90, ooD men doing deaths business with al
the iaur'ieronS Implement, Of modern warfare
Cur boasted civilization cores 10 th:s--river
Dyed with human blood: stacks Of corpscs pilcl
upon the plain; shouts Of trump and Sroans o
despair; men mutilatcd for life; misery, mourn
Ing and deSola;vn Verify, the old prophecy
come, true, and the "biril! OF irecdom taikl
place in a bath Of blood
The French have gained an mportan: victo
ry-cl that there canno. be 4 doubt The En-
rcrur writes to tlc Empress from the chamber
which the Emperor Of Austria had occupied
the nigh, before the battle He has prisoners,
cannon and flags. and his positions are ad.
yancci We have. too. the Austrian telegraph.
AMI ~ it the Austrians manfuiiy acknow ledge
defeat, for they have withdrawn behind the
Mincio. AS vet we know rot what is the ac-
tllal Joss OF human lie. Unc would suppose it
to have been awful 1t Waterloo there was
not half the number Of men engaged. Vt Ma
gcnta l5,n6O souls were sent into eternity. We
could hardly lc w:on. one would suppose, in
considering that between forty and fifty thou
sand men were placed liars de '"mb"t. Yet, to
or. surprise, We learn tha; the actual loss of
the enemy in the field was triiling and that OF
the French still less. No general officer is re-
ported 10 have fallen. Thirty cannon and .joo
prisoner, are no great results for combat in
which 81 many men were engaged. The battle
would appcar 20 have been won chiefly by skill
!ul al fortunate tactics. The AustrianS fell
bach, in good order behind the Mincio, blowing
up the bridge Of Goito. There was 10 conm.
son or disorder in their ranks and they SEEM
from the duration Of the combat. to have resisted
stoutly They had everything which could in
ducc men TO fight with courage and resolution.
Their Emperor was amongst them-thcr most
fa,notlS generals directed their morements-ihc
battle field was familiar to them as the scene
Of their autumnal manGuyres. They have
treated, and another is added 10 the ii>t -!
French victories.
The AuStrians according to the Vienna re.
port were the assailantS: they moved forward
from the Mincio, probably by Borghetto. to-
wards the Chicsc, with the little lake Of SolIeri-
no on the right, the hills Of Volta on the left
and the town Of Cavriana IN the centre. Here
thev met the French coming, rs they say, in
superior force, from Monte Chiaro. As at Ma
:,cnta. the mos, sanguinary combat took place
in the town; afterwards nightfal the Austrians
Were driven ou.. ana Tctrcatcd across the Miii-
go lfit he ,rl!.. that the French have crossed
in ,ursuit, the" are between PeSchicra and
Mantua, and within the famed quadrangle. \
few davs will interim Us whether Austria VIII
hazard another throw upon the field, or whc.
,hcr she will retire within her fortrc>ses, and
awa;, the effects Of III unhealthy climate upon
The allied arms.
From the Cor. Constitution June 2ol
The reason why The Austrians crossed the
Iiipcio to fight is attributed to the suggestion
Of tho Prince of Prussia. who said if they gain
cd t1c battle the Intervention Of Prussia would
no. i,, ncrded il the Allies followed the Aus
tr:aas across the water that would alter the
question. The French government does moi
appear alarmed at the military movements o.
Prussia. The garrisops on the entire frontier
havc not been reinforced. Marshal PeliSSlci
has made arrangements with the railways t.
convey thirty thousand troops from Strasblrg
Within twelve hours SO that one hundred thou
and men NAV bc assembled on the Rhine with
in thirty-six hours.
rr.om the LonLon New, June "a:
The second great battle against the Austrian
power in Italy has been fought, and Sccon'
time the AuSl,ianS have been utterly defeated
1t Magenta the victory Was in some rcSpec
due to the incompctcncy of Gyulal--al soiitr'
no tie Austrian army fought nobly under Il;
eye Of Francis Joseph himself but was inaoi
10 resist the overwhelming proves OF tlic ~
lies. We have before observed that tins Da','
would test the courage and endurance ol III
rank and file i'm either host, and the even
proycs that our prediction was not erroneous
IL is abundantly clear that the AUSTRIAN
were thoroughly prepared, for they then y,
selves began the attack; and 1t IS equa!i
clear that an army which continued the stru4
Gle from four clock in the morning untli cisf
in the evening has not only been well hahdie'
INT has fought with determined courage. :
confident was Austria in her military posito
thar only . few hours before the battle DcSa
Irr c.ui..arics solicited the neutral power
10 abstain from interfering with the progre'
,,, tho c,mpaign. Aud no doubt the cnormot
nrrparar;pn which thcy had, and the unqnc
toned ability of their military officers to a &C
l,,nt:ccrcc justified this confidence. But the ph
seal superiority of the allies. ana that spirit
enthusiasm which u jus; cause alone can /
S;,ire, oatwcigiIci every advantage. The graz
dciails-eyen the plan Of the battle-arc st
unknown. But thus much is clear: the .iu
;riau. themselves re-crossed the river Miner
rI,o>e Their own ground, and advanced TO Il
a,tacL. They must, therefore. have been co
li,len, Of success, and they certainly iouS
with pcr>ercring courage. Their iinc OF bat'
occupied .ifteen miles They must. therefor
have ,ad an enormous army. Int tleir ioss.
thev themselves say, were eHtiaofol''a. y
heayv"-st the close Of the day thsy 'e''''
behind tie Miucio, and the fFehc', mp
slept in the very room which the -ai>''''.' '.'
pcror had occupied the same morning. A'I'i
sdy il is difficult to imagine greater r.,.i aeie
mr. !, moro impor,ant victory. Inc vitality
ius,ri, !. nrayerbial: but, after Magenta ~
Solierino, the return of the AUSTRIAN AUSTRIAN. hmper nj r
., ,i,I,r or his continued presence on q
o...,, s;,I. nj the Isonso--the true bounda
yarn L.,wnon Italy and Germany-ought to be co
J .;,Ierel hopeless If the Allies consent to tre
, cnr mace. it must be on this bas;s--that I
' ,r.trian> at once retire beyond that natul
i, INIT Had the super subtle Metternich lis
q few weeks longer he might perhaps have
!, gan to suspect that Italy is something ITO
than "a geographical expression" 49,
, Imperfect as the accounts Of the oattie
Solierino still are, it would be idle to at.e."
{ am detailed description Of the engagement