The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-06-25
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another terrific battle, in which at least
5000 men were killed or wounded The
battle took place at village Of five or six
thousand inhabitants called Magenta, on
the bank of the river Pc, within eight
miles Of the city of Milan, From several
columns Of telegraph reports in reference
to this battle, We extract the following,
which seem to give the most connected
and Ineligible, though still very irdeli-
mite account of the affair. e. - H. /.
The Paris .Eonitem of the 10th inst con-
tains the following details Of the battle Of
Magenta: e.., .rF -
The concentration of our troops on the
Pc deceived the enemy into the belief
that we intended to cross the river in the
forenoon On the 4th, l25,U0O Austrians
We're in position opposite The Emperor
and the grenader division Of the Imperial
Guard was obliged to fight this dispropor
Tomato odds. All our generals displayed
great energy in the subsequent action
Z The Frcnch general, Wimpfea, was woun-
ded Desme and Madpult. commanders
of the arenadiers, were killed The oil
cial bulletin describes the operations Of
Gen. Mcmahon, who lost 800 men. but
put lUOU3 .iustrians hors da CO tat, and
made 5000 prisoners. The Au,tr;ans had
en- their side corps d armes The tuiletin
sums up the results of the FIVE days since
the departure from Allessandr:a Our ar
my had 3 co,nhats, gained one battle, and
freed PIEDMONT from the Austriaus who
Since the battle OF Monticello, had lost
1910 killed and wounded, 1860 prison
ers, and l. cannon.
! The defeat Of the Austrians at Magenta
/ i to
sation in Germany The correspolde,.. OF
( the Dirty Nstes gives the following details
} In less than two hours the allied mo
! narchs had sent G0pGD men AGAINST the
Austr!ans, whose force was 5000, toEc-
ther with powerful artillery, they com
PEELED the AusirIans 10 moe on Il most
Instantaneous ground, as their left was
soon turned by Gen Canroberts cops,
supported by Gen Faut division. and the
Au-trians were Obliged 70 fall on their cen
tire at Abbott Grasso
: The Austrian cca,fe being thus swellcd
by the routed columns or their lef; wing
Were soon in disorder and thousands fell,
crushed by the Preach artillery
General Mcmahon had now reached the
scene, and seem, the moment had come 10
break the d!so,dered centre OF the AustlI-
ans, charged with an impctuos:ty seldom
. "'Ah'r>''i- SiflpIlt'i l'uIs4'N1 '-H.-lft4lr
which stood in reserve and was moving
slowly beside him The shock WAS terri
bic, and the dead and wounded were fall
ing 10y thousands
F The Au<tr.ans were finally routed aid
the victory won.
! Tn" same wIitcr says that % Austrian
Z gus were taken
! The ZouayeS had seven hundred killed
and wounded
4 brigade in Cen. Canrohert', corps Wa
almost Destroyed il M last cha:gc. Tie
Emperor and k;rg were ALWAYS in the
thicAe-t of the Sight The military mea
are unanimous IN praise Of the stra;rgc,.c
combinations Of the Emperor at Ma:iEUou
The AustiiIns were entrenchrl General
paraguay Il Killers WAS sent To di-lodg..
them and took ti,c villscr with but l.tle
los There are no further details
Gen Benedict commanded the iu-tri-
ans. Gen Du, ban ! said 10 have Elected
Z hi, retreat bY Cassido.
/ Il seems TINT Gen. C1n~olo-t was not
wounded nj the battle Of Magenta Al
accounts Cive the great glory O: tie do ~
Gen. Mcmahon. He had 40 crJ~- L. pc
/ ceed TO Megenta. hut ir head III r.ar pr
the battle. rushed on and saved the army.
J The au,triaus have evacuated L,yautq.
( abandoning their material OF war al IL
: king shelter in yes~el- OF the Swiss waters
The Emperor and King Victor E:na.u-
Il attended mass ~ the cathedral IL Nj
len. ON the 9th VIXEN 4 Il Deum Wa. SUM
/ They subsequently, rode through tle city.
and the enthusiasm Of the people WAS IL
: desa-.i-a1.l-
( The King Of Sardinia had issued pro
/ clainat.on TO the Lomhards saying her
+ independence having been secured. a r.
gime liberal and durable -hull be cst4j-
! iished
lie also eulogizes the Emperor Napolcoa
and calls upon the LonUarsls 70 Join tlIe IL
on the battle field
The Duchess of Parma had quilted the
duehy, leaving the government 10 the mt
nicipality, releasing the t.oops from their
oath of allegiance
The municipality have dispatched de
putatiou to the King Of SaTdiui, request
Ing to accept tic eovcrnnlTnt
a Hungarian legion was Organizing in
Turin.
The London Posts Paris correspondent
says that over 400 Of the prisoners are
Italians, who took the earliest opportunity
to give themselves up. They we've always
placed in the front. and were thIeatv.lcd
10y the trouts in the Fear II they did not
fight we'll Many of them offered to JOIN
the Allies but their services have MOI Yet
been accepted.
Austrian transports which arrived with
vessels in tow, have been stopped in Swiss
waters and Surrendered
The Emperor Of Austria has issued q
proclamation to his subjects i'll the Ticino
and Zoraburc calling III III 10 arms TO de
fend the most righteous cause for which
the sword was ever drawn. !e coniidrs
to them the task Of defe ding TIE frontier
against the enemy, who has made !im.ei,
an ally to revolt against the legitimate do
minion established by God
We add few other items as we take
them di:ioint!y from the telegraph reports
General Espinasel. Of the I'd corps "a ar
+ ME, was killed, ard Marshal Canrob, 1T.
commander OF the sd corps, was morsaily
: wounded.
Gen Maurice McNahon, commanding
ID corps d armie had been created Marsh
nj and Duke OF Magenta, a. a reward tor
his bravery ON the battle field
| Five of the French IarshalS and Gener-
ais were wounded
Marshal Count paraguay D Killers has
been super CT d.d in his command Of the
first corps d'armie by Gen Forey,
Four Austrian General, and five staff
officers were wounded at the battle. .
. 1t was believed that proposals OF peace
would follow tie entrance OF the. French
army into Milan. .-.-
. A Turin dispatch of June says there
were 100000 Austrians in the battle, OF
whom 10000 were placed hers d. combat,
) and 1000 taken prisoners The French
lost only 5000 killed and Wounded
Among the killed are Generals Espinasse
and Clerc.
The Times correspondent at Vienna says
the Official Austrian bulletin, announcing
, the battle Of Magenta, produced an indis-
cribable effect at the capital, and every one
for moment alIealeo to tie stunned
Military men are Indignant that the finest