The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-16
Rirhmonh pispatch.
SATURDAY JULY Ia, 1859.
THE GREAT BATTLE!
Anecdotes of the Engngement--Addition /
DciaiisAThe Massacre at Perugia-Count
Gyuini-Ru.sian view Of ihe war.
The mails by the Asna bring some interest
ing accounts Of the late battle of Solferino.-
We extract from letters and papers:

The mails by the Atna bling some interest
ing accounts Of the late battle of Solferino.-
We extract from letters and papers
THEBATTLH.
The Tarcos suffered immensely, rs they dis
tinguishsd themselves by their usual lmpetn-
osity; they lost their colonel, morially wound
| ed, and many Of their officers The Artillery
! of the Guard there lost very great part OF
] their officers, they engaged at half-rife
| shot, and the Tyroese sharp shooters who are
exceedingly good, picked the officers on Mt
| their guns for this reason their loss has been
! very severe.
! The whole cavalry and artillery of the
Guard had not even had their coffee when
! they went into action. SO little was general
affair expected that the officers OF the Grena-
! dicrs and Noitigeurs were looking for quarters
: for the day, when the staff-ofilcer rode into
! CastigliGne anu ordered them forward at once.
General Maurice had been remaining with
! his division OF cavalry rs a reserve at Castene
. dolo not expecting to be called soon, nor
! did Marshal McMahon's officers, when they
! marched At three O'Clock in the morning; but
1T four. firing began to be heard at slow inter-
walls, which continued for some time, and at
half past six the Guard arrived at Castigionc
and was Immediately pushed on, as have be-
fore mentioned. Being on foot, l had no
chance Of reaching good place near the field
of battle in time to be able to distinguish the
different manpuyres. l therefore mounted
the steeple OF the church, from which saw
the fighting going on slowly in the plain.
A cloud OF dust, which grew thicker Us it
approached, ut last showed n column of Aus
trian cavalry and artillery coming from Vol
Ia but Marshal paraguay d'Hillers corps
made n detour from within three miles of Io-
nato, which is easily seen from Castiglione,
where he was encamped and attacked the Aus.
trians the heights, the artillery Of the
Guard coming up into line at full gallop.
General Maurice's division was marching
slowly from Montechiaro, when n colonel
Of the staff brought them up in hurry to Ill
up the gap before mentioned Marshal Nc
49,
left, and supported Marshal paraguay dill
Hers and the fist corps.
General Deyaux's brigade of the first and
third regiments of Chasseurs d'Afrique made
4 charge into n dense wood and at first missed
the square they We're to attack but made
second most successful and brilliant charge
They are allowed to have distinguished them
selves most highly.
The Emperor is constantly under fire At
one time he remained with q battery of artil-
lery of the Guard whose firing had been sue
cessful, and said 10 the officer in command
''Capifdlnr cue rteS conteHf.' Tres content,
SIR" replied the officer. "J'tspere gue rovs ste,
avSsi content de ia jtUtHes qpe jen suis de
part" A Cent Carde behind the Emperor had
his epaulette carried away by a ball.
The Emperor is passing the night at Solferi-
no, n village in advance, and all the cavalry
biyouac the field Of battle.
The firing of the Austrian artillery slack
ened perceptiby about six, and could
that along the line, which must have extend
ed some miles from its extreme points, the
Austrians were falling back but they fought
well, and with great resolution. The Sar-
dinians are pushing on from Tomato. and
trying TO get up To Peschiera in time to cut of
the AustrianS before they cross the Mincio,
near the fortress. as they originally intended.
At present it is not known how the thing will
end The battle was continued I'LL dark; the
last shots were fired about nine.
Between six and seven, the most violent
WhirlWind | ever saw brought such clouds OF
dust along the road and across the fields that
nothing was TO be seen yard or two in front.
1t was soon followed by n delnge of rain, most
violent and most incessant, for more than an
hour, aggravatng trightfully the suftrrings Of
the wounded the field. l walked for two
or three miles along the road to Mantua, and
met about four hundred Austrian prisoners
coming in. The greater part of them We're
Italians who cried ''Eiva III France" as they
marched along. There were some Hungarians,
who seemed to feel acutely their position. The
people of Castiglione have behaved most dis
gracefully. Most OF the houses were shut up,
and the Inhabitants said they had nothing,
when asked for retreshments and wine.
The French behaved with the greatest mod
Grafton and took every refusal, as if it were n
fact that there was such a general want of the
nrcCssarics of life, but it is 4 disgrace 10 the
place that many wounded and tired soldiers,
who had gone into the action in the morning,
having eaten nothing, should be refused at
night even q loaf of bread. was very often
the case. The French artillery, at long range,
beat the AuStrianS and soon silenced their
pieces, but when they caIne nearer the Tyro-
lese. picked of the officers, who We're easily
distinguished. One regiment, 1 think the Sew
enty fourth of the line, has been cut all TO
pieces. There We're many superior officers
killed and wounded.
The beginning and foundation of the Aus
trian movement to-day has been an attempt to
cut off Marshal McMahon's corps, they having
detected the gap left between it and the next TO
it. | am told the Austrians fought better and
displayed more Judgment in their operations
than they have ever shown before since the
and kept up the firing until quite dark; but
unless they were intercepted by the Sardin-
ians there was nothing like 4 rout They
fought thinking ii probable they would lose
! the day: but i'll their style of operations such q
| contingency can be allowed for. Everything in
| the Austrian campaign is calculated and pre-
| arranged. from the first movement OF ALL and
| their army is such a perfect mach that they
| can with confidence make their dispositions
| accordingly but what they want is elan (dash J
| Just what the French soldier has-but the
| want of which at the same time renders them
! more patient under defeat and less sensible to
its effects except so far as their numbers dl-
| minish i'll consequence.
| The Vienna correspondent of the London
Times writing on the Goth ult, says: No ap-
| proxiInate estimate of the killed, wounded and
| missing has yet been forwarded to this city,
I but it is known in high military circles that
| the battle fought on the Minco, on Friday
last was exceedingly bloody. As was yester.
! day stated, ii lasted full twelve hours. After
such Il signal defeat, the Austrians Will, AS a
matter of course, Immediately retire TO the left
bank of the Mincio, Lieutenant General Nei2l,
| the commander of the eleventh corps darniee,
| Yesterday telegraphed to this city that Prince
| Charles WindischgratZ, the Colonel OF the
Thirty fifth regiment OF the line, was among
| the killed; but the military authorities at Vii
| lafranca are unable either to retute or TO con-
| firm the news. The officer in question is the
| neuheyv and son in law of Marshal Windisch-
! gratZ No official news has been received from
| the seat of war since yesterday morning ne
\ trim n &
| in killed. wounded and missing Is here estl-
| mated At 10000 men.
| THE MASSACRE AT PHRrGIA
PARIS June 10, lS59-The RoTnaga is III
| state of violent terment at the news OF the
| German fllibu5ters, called "SWiss Guarus
being let loose on their households, in the alb
| sence of so many thousand volunteers, who
| would have de TERED Antonelli from that san
culinary experiment
A letter in lie Nord to-day from Florence
| (June 23), gives the number murdered In the
| streets OF Perugia AZ 3O0, and adds that what
| Captain (now General y Schmidt urges in e1-
| cuse is that women poured hot oil and red
| charcoal on his men, and it was necessary to
l fling them bodily out of their own windows
down on the street flags; besides, he lost two
| captains and ninety men shot outside the town
! The walls are of immense circuit, as, before
l the city was usurped byPaul III il coun ted
10000 inhabits, and even still has near % O0a
An English family of tourists fell INTO the
I hands of the "Swiss," and We're robbed and
I outraged. These facts are also stated by the
4 Gazette de Cologne. Paris papers are full OF
I mprecations on the employment of such for
eign brigands by the church authorities and
| urge that TO clear Italy of Austrians requires
| supplemental clearance of this mongrel
/ horde OF irresponsible, lawless and native.
landless burglars.
l COUNT GYULAI.
The London Times correspondent writes
| from Vallegio of Count Gyulai in these terms
Count GYulai is still here, much dispirited