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

, ~, ~ o. Nscfnr. running nearly due Art, the
main road TO Milan, coming rom fon.e Soyo di Ma
rru.a 10 Magenta, and the railway nm, Which, aier
ssyin psss.d the canal leads 70 re c,, and, inter
c,i, Ike two roads passes 20 th western side OF the
Village Of Magenta The Tsil~sy line plays even ;
greater part this pat "a tnc battle than ON tns
other il was the lite OF watch The Ausirlans received
Marshal McMahon'e stack The sta,ionh olse,
comfortable buiiding. and the village tss formed
he p0tas uryat fvr the Austrian center when eN-
tended along the railway far the point OF ineic
ton Of this s,er with the high road The right wing
Ma hs I'D gu The advanced pot 81 tie larm house, 10
the righ, Of the road from Turbigo, which | men
tr,r,-i be A. he Due de hagenta corps
had c,r. up be- formed II Ii hne ot battle, as TAT As
the ground permitted, placing the hrst DIVISION -
tie l.it and the second 20 tue night, some aIlt
kly or The rarro~ rVad and the tosileerS ana
Chasseurs 90 Is Garde as reserves, ne advanced
boldly against the enemy position. lhs lnian'ryi d
econ as i, came within sight Of the enemy, had 10 eA
,srd ;tself through the fields and vineyards. Inc
ground full OF these latter and trees ina; the hue
could not advance in compact order, ont hal 10 tAc
10 more loose formation between the skirmshng lne
and the regular order Of bsttle. The farmhouse IN
advance became the object Of a numerous hgu'.
The enemy had concentrated considerable mas o'
troops around and in i, and against this the ma eg
meni IF the Foreign Legion was sent, VINO @,scAeu
with great SaR The enemy, who saw himself IN dan-
ger OF losing this oat GPpal for hi- night wing sent
column 20 the right TO outiiank this body ana, pos
sible to cut it of The Saruians were 10 have been
10 the left as reserve, web as TO guard against any
such mo, ement and then Likewise 10 try and envelope
tbs Austrian right wing and rear, ana thus
70 out il off from lis line OF retreat owing
az | said before 70 the difficulties of the mar
row road, they hid rot been able 10 core up IN
time and the result that the ID Regiment of the
Foreign Legion suffered a good deal IL was, now
ever exricated from this position by timely advance
of reserve As soon az this was done, the whole line
advanced pressing back the euemy's troops step 10y
step. II al along hand-to-ha hand night win rine
and bayonet. Except on the road, there Was no op,
portunity for the Of artillery. Inc french nah
ZONE rocket batteries, however, with which they
PLAYED successfully on the enemy. IL was IN such
fgit tina, the superiority of the rlte showed rsei
the usual musket, with when the Hhs,r'ans Mele
armed Beside this, the defenders OF the position
kept as much possible 10 close lne SO that every
shot of their adversaIies told upon tbep You never
saw such frghtful scene OF carnage as on al Ihls
ground which the Ausriaps defended inch by nch but
had 10 leave al last II is like the remains OF great
rag fair shakoes knspsacks muskets, shoes closks,
TUNES linen all stained with blood and speaking OF the
obstinate resistance now when the greater part OF
the wounded have been removed and the dead mostly
buried. OF how many dramas OF heroism AMI fe-
rocty and of how many tragedies OF woes and misery
ust this have been the scene But the hercest nght
was further behind the railway line and the station.
house behind IT, and the village close by. Pressed
back all along the line the Austrlans concentrated
here all their Efforts of resistance la front OF the sta
tion beyond the line OF rails is large long PIT, extend
iug for dstsnce To the right and lett ana formed
by the excavations necessary for the construction ot
the line. Where the pit ceases line of strong wood
ratings, painted yellow is put up for some distance on
this the railway bank, which is someahat raised,
forms kind of ready parspet, behind which the de;
Tenders enjoyed come protection Tie station, a. wei
as the neghborng buildings and square, solid Cam
psnile filed with ntiemen, while the troops of
the line massed themselves in front of them. As the
troops came up they brought out here, and
took the place of their exhausted comrades. To
SSy tins rGrE we re' odered forward s
They broke through driving the enemy before
them, until their course was arrested by the
line of strong wooden ratings. few cannon shot
would have easily brought them down, but there was
no place whence to bring them 10 bear, nothing re-
NAMED but to tear down by main force and the
of the Sappers. Ii done and the column entered
the village. Here every house had become castle,
held by u desperate garrison, It required regular
combat TO take H. and letter after letter could be writ
ten the Incidents in which these isolated combats
abounded. There is doubt the Austrians fought
desperately even when everything seemed lost; an
incredible number of officers being killed and wounded,
the soldiers left entirely 10 themselves in these
isolated positions, from which there was retreat.
They had been told before that they had 10 expect
mercy, it the habit Of the allies to kill all prs
oners aud wounded so they fought with this magin-
aIy halter round their necks The wounded crept into
the cellars and bid themselves where they could in
order not to tall into the hands of the cruel enemy there
to starve and to die Numbers have been found thus
concealed, and either dead or exhausted that they
are scarcely expected to recover. Even now, three
days after the battle, numbers are found and brought
into the hospital, or to be buried. | saw myself this
morning taken out of the cellars of the railway station
two poor wretchess Tyrolese JAEGER and soldier of
the Line, the first slightly wounded, and the second
almost dying with fear and exhaustion. They heard |
below the discharge of the muskets found loaded on |
the field of battle and thought it probably series OF
wholesale executions. And yet how different was the |
case Not even toward their own soldiers are the |
French more humane than toward those who fell into
their hands by the chances Of war They nurse them |
ike children handle them geIty.Eke mothers and do |
everything in their power to relieve their sufferngs.
"Wel, by o'clock the mission of the Due dc Ma |
ceu IN wa lied and taka A. III
tack of the latter had saved the couple of regiments
which attacked at the Ponte Nuovo III Magenta the
advance OF this column, with the powerful reserves
which had come up by this time contributed to make
the victory compile and swell the number of prisoners.
IL il well nigh impossible to the number of these
latter, every moment others being brought in but
they must be at least 0O0. The number of dead and
wounded in the whole affair must be quite 10000 for
the French acknowledge themselves tobaye lost 900.
THAT it was splendid and decisive victory there
can be not the slightest doubt. The colOrs Of two
Austrian regiments taken and three guns on this
side. This small number Of guns is explained by the |
that the Austria could bring them little
more than then adyersaries into play, and when they
did, was done very cautiously II they had fore
accident.
The best proof Of the greatness of the victory has
been in the resut-that the Austrians abandoned Mi
ian tie night, leaving 100000 lire in silver and
3, 600 stand Of arms in the citadel. Their retreat was
pIeclpitae that they did Lot even take time to de-
stroy the railway or TO carry of the matsrc for the
next morning the Mianese sent up train to Magenta,
which happens 10 be the last station toward the Tic
no, 10 fetch the wounded. The mass OF their army
retreaed toward Abbiate Grasso, in the direction OF
Loci. They left likewise the line Of Pavia and PA
cenZa, which becomes uItenabe that the Allies
at Milan.
" The Emperor in consideration Of the dieting ushed
part which Gen. Mcmahon had in the battle, has
named him Marshal Of France and Due de Magenta.
Gen. Eegnaut De ST. Angely, commanding the Guards,
has on the same occasion been named Marshal of
FraLee. 1t was he who commanded the whole attack