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M88DgtGAMY.
Description oflsAo Battle of Mac.

Description of3Ac Battle of Magenta
The ACsTRIANs IGNORANT OF THE
MOVEMENTS OF THE AmIEs.-I .poko
with an Austrian field officer who ttok
prominent partin the action, was wounded
and taken prisoner. He says the A,sti-
ans had no idea of an attack on their ight
flank from Tprbigo. In genernl, during
the whole campaign, the great difficulty
they had toicoptend with was want of in
tetigencG Sf$tlle Sniovemchts of the allies
Neither money nor threats could induce
the country sfsofle to dyulge anything,
while, on the other side, such was the vipi.
lance of the 9llics, that spies we're almost
OF no use. Thus it came that they never
could make out where the chief force of
the allies was, aud how far they had adj
vanced with their preparations. This ex-
plains likewise the vaeueipcertitude which
puzzled all Europe so much They had
nothing to go upon, and were obliged to
feel their way about like blind mcu-Grst
towaidss Turin, and then towards the Po
and beyond 1t. The result was, that while
they complained of the ridiculous inactivi-
ty of the allies, these latter concentrated
S''S'i iciSNHO't iCIi vi llIlc, ana tnC
Austrians knew only where the danger
threatened when they saw the allies enter
Novara and appear on the Ticino Then
1T was too late. They left, indeed, their
positions as fast they could evacuated Nor
tara, and abandoned the Po line but they
could no longer concentrate their army in
time to defend the line of the Tcino and
keep the allies out of Iombardy.
FAILURE TO Bow uPrHE BRIDGE OF
BuFFtLoRA.-In complete ignorance of
the movements of the allies, and doubly dc.
celvcd by the inactivity towards Turbigo
and the demonstrations towards Buiialora
the Austrians prepared for tile attack on
this latter side. When the thing came tc
the test, its was found That the tcic dc Dont
formed OH the Sardinian side of the Ticino
ut San Martino was so ill.constructed that
attempting to hold it would have, merely
led to the sacrifice of the troops encased
there. 1t was, therefore. determined to
abandonit, and blow up the stone bridge
OF Buttaiora. The five battulions, which
occupied the tcte de poat, were withdrawn
on the night of the 1st aud I'd, aud an at.
tempt was made to blow up the bridge,
which, as you know, failed. The solid
blocks of granite resisted the small quanti
ty yof powder. This seems not to have been
so much the fault of the engineers so much
as of general direction of the whole cam.
paign. The Austrians seem to have been
sn sure of their success that they never
thought of retreat, and did hot prepare
themselves for the contingency of having to
blow up the bridges.
THE FIGHT ON THE RAILROAD LINE.
In order to have a clear idea of the new
disposition, you must keep in mind the
three roads-that from I}uGalora to Ma.
genta, running nearly dDg East; the main
to Milan, coming from Ponte. Noyo di Ma-
/ gen.a; AID the railway line, which after
having passed the canal leads to the left,
and, inter$cting the twp roads, passes to
the Western side of theyillage of Magon.
Ia. Thertlway fine plays even greater
part in thispart ff thelpttle than on tho
other; 1t wFs the line onIwhich the Aus
TRANS reocited Mlrshal McMahon's attack.
The station house, q considerable building,
a8l the village idelf formed the jooi,t a.
afpw for tho Aultrian eensre, which ex-
tchded along tho hilway as FIR as che point
ofintersection Of This latter With the high
rkd. The figlt wing waSbasod oa che