The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-19
NEWS FROM EUROPE,
ARRIVAL OF THE BORUSsIA.
The Austrian Side Of Soifcrino- X kossuth In
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The Austrian Side Of soifcrino-K ossu,h In
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| The steamship Borussia, which left South.
| amptou at 10 O'Clock on tho night of the ith of
| July, ti2 hours later than the Weser,) arrived
| In New York Saturday evening The follow
| ing is n summary Of her news:
| Correspondence of the London Times.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLE FROM THE
AUSTRIAN sIDB.
| NERoSA, Sunday. June 26-I sketched yes
terday, rs rapidly rs ! could, the principal in
| cidents of the great battle which, suppose,
| will be called the battle Of Solforino. The
| field having been Loaf tn ua am deprived of
| the advantage, which viii be possessed exelu-
| siyely by those on the other side OF examining
| it; but 1t is still possible for me to enter into
| more particular details than was able, In my
| letter Of yesterday, To do.
| SOlferino is a struggling village, through
| which runs the road 10 San cassiano. On It's
| western side rises the bill called Rocca on
! which stands the tower of which have alrea-
| dy given YOU desert ption. The hill stretches
| In a westerly direction about LOCO raeea the
| spit of 1t descending somewhat abruptly to the
| hamlet, or Contrado Pozza Catcna. This line
of height was occupied at the opening OF the
| action by Bills Brigade of the Division Pallfy
| of the Fifth Corps. 70 the right of the tower
! ON the Rocca, that is, northeast of 1t, Stern
| bergs Division of the Fifth Corps held line
| from the heights OF San Pietro and Roia fac
| ing the enemy on the little stream called Re
| done The first attack on this position was
successfully repused, but the Allies ad-
yanced over the spit of the Monte Carna the
| attack was renewed with incredible fury. The
| hilly position Of the Austrians does not seem
| To have permitted them to make much use of
| their artillery, of which many batteries re-
mancd in reserve. At the footof the Solfcrno
| tower, to the west, they had some guns playing
| on the French crescent in the plain others on
| the east side Of the tower checking the advance
| Of the enemy Their chief dependence was
| not however. on their artillery in these posi-
| tions, but rather on the fire of the infantry,
| which. on its part. had to face the MIME rifle
| Of the Grcnadlers of the Guard, which COM
| mitted dreadful havoc amongst the officers of
| the foremost line.
| The road through Solferino is much
lower level than the hill of Racto or that OF
San Pietro which commanded it on both sides.
The efforts of the French We're directed at an
| early period towards this point, every step
| they took in advance there giving them
| chance of turning the ilanks OF the AuStrlanS
| defending both Solfcrino and San fietro. As
| their masses become more compact and dliii-
cult to repel, they gradually forced their way
up the road, driving back the Austilans both
in flank and front and separating the extreme
left OF the Fifth Corps from its right and CEN
ire. The Brigade Bills rallied again rs the
FIRST Corps under Clam, advanced to its sup
port from Cayriano. The FIRST and Fifth
Corps, thus ighting i'll line together, maintain
ed themselves at the point till past II O'Clock,
when the latter fell back exhausted to The
rear The rest of the First viii the Fifth pre-
ccs.fully till half-past one, when the enemy
began TO make head against them, throwing
back the former to its direct rear on Caprlano,
and the latter to its right, thus cutting OFF
the communication between the Eighth and
the Fifth Corps and the rest of the Aus
train army. At the time, under cover
of their batteries in the Campo di Medole, and
others on the heights OF Monte fenilP, Wnlch
enfladed the road between Volta and San Cas-
siano, the French advanced Il heavy body of
infantry which ut once held in check the
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and outfanked the Austrians on their left on
the height of Rocca. The position at this
! point was thus becoming rapidly untenahlc.-
| Attacked in front and on both tianks, il stood
out the apex of an isosceles triangle, OF
which the front and two sides were closely
pressed by an overpowering enemy. The FIRST
| Corps, which in the morning held Cavriano,
had been forced early into lire; Its only re-
| serve in case of 4 check being the Seventh, 10
bcIs. But il had already been found necessa-
ry to Use up Zobcl i'll the defence OF san Cas-
siano. so that when the First Corps began TO
WELD and fall back from Solferino. there were
no fresh troops TO oppose the enemy. The
| French crowned the heights of Solferino about
| N, and their batteries, placed on the rings OF
| Monte Margan, began. Shelling CaYrlano,
while the First Corps continued TO dispute
the intermediate ground. 1t was at this mo-
ment that the Emperor with his staf left the
Monte R0cCOlo. and took the direction of
cascino on the road east of Cayriano, where
| already several wounded soldiers had found
their way. The Emperor, cool and collected
as veteran, STOOD on the nelSnt OF fi;iiloHni
della Pieye, close by a church surrounded by
cypress trees. till ~ O'Clock. Count SChlick
and his aid-de-camp, his-Highness the Prince
of Nassau, were standing by him ut Madon-
ma delle Pieye. while the masses on the
| plain below We're already retiring. The
French were pressing hard at Cayrianc.-
| They had already gained possession OF an
old bride path called the Strada Cayallara,
! which runs direct from Solferino to Nalleg-
gio and already the road from Madonna della
| Pieye 10 the latter place was becoming exces-
sivcy dangerous. The Emperor now went OH
leisurely to Volto, with few aides -de-camp,
while the ArchdukFs, with the Hereditary
| Grand Duke of Tuscany and his brothers, 1oI-
lowed a by-path, through groves and over
rocks towards Nalleggio. While we quietly
rode on, few of us knew that the enemy, foi-
lowing a parallel direction to our own, were
within half mile of us. The French. on the
other hand. We're happily IN equal ignorance
of our true position, or they would have made
a dash to cut us oft. We struck tho Strada Ca
yaralla Just below the Monte Oliyeto, meeting
the head of Stankovitsch's division of the
First Corps as it was retreating or the road
from Castellaro Lagusello to Volta. The right
of the Fifth Corps was AT tliat tlnne Will
drawn TO Monzambano, while the Eighth. Ben
| edek'S, had fallen back us far as SailonZe,
| north of PoZZolenGo and on the road TO Pes
chiera. 5a O'Clock, Cavriano had been H.
naiiy taken by the French who then made
| Il combined attack on Volta and on the Guid-
dizzolo; but both these attacks We're success
fully repulsed, which enabled the Austrians
/ TO retire their material and guns by bridges at
|
and move of their first army, by the same
road, on the next day.
As we came up to Borghetto heavy banks of
cloud had gathered in the West and lowered
heavy and black over the hills. The bridge of
Nalleggio and its approaches We're encountered
with wagons through which we passed with
difficulty, while the ascent into the village it,
self. was almost choked up with cavalry NOV
ing towards Nillatranea, c2rt-loads of wound
ed and artillery with its head turned towards
the bride of Borghetto As we slowly threaded
our way through these obstacles, n tremen-
dous hurricane of wind, the precursor of the
coming storm, raised 4 dark veil of dust The
sky became completely overcast and black as
| ink. The dust and gravel of the road ratified
( furiously in our faces, casting everything into
darkness. The roar of thunder was mingled
! in sublime confusion with that of cannon,
which appeared to be so close that its reVer-
: berations might be distin guished from that Of
the thunder that rolled around us. thought
that the high wind brought in the sound OF the
fight which ght still be proceeding at CaVri-
ano not knowing that the French We're fol-
lowing us at 20 minutes distance on the Stra-
da Cavaliers. A tremendous down pour OF
? rain inundated me in the streets OF Nallegglo
| before could find refuge in my old quarters.
| Here We're visible some OF the results OF the
battle. Soldiers of every corps and every regl-
ment were gathered together IN The streets efs-
| pr,ngt, or separated from their proper POSITIONS
The people of Nalleggio were all at their
| windows communing together outside the
| houses in spite of the heavy rain. The storm
| disappeared Rs speedily as it had come on, the
| sun shown out again with brightness III tle
| west and still closer came the sounds OF ar
| titlery. 1t was evident now the enemy was
. | threatening the tets de poat at Nalleggio. AT
| all events Valleggio was not exactly the place
| to choose for nights rest, so, without hesi-
= tation, following the example of the Imperial
headquarters, 1--WE had ridden all day without
, food of any kind) l started from Nallegglo
and rode through Ouaderni to tillafranca,