, 1859-06-17
AFTER THE BATTLE.

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AFTER THE BATTLE. !"
Dseu. a. n. a,,,;f ., Observation-Disclosures, u,
af the l1rstsfan Rrfso"<r.--ks@rbsrsfy e{
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Since my last letter, whicl. was written III
great has.e; announcing to you the result Of the
battlc Of A4ntebcl!o, E4avc ascertaincd the tuf
and exactparucut4.s Of All affair that adds gloIy
to the French arms. :, Tile Austrians, number
Ing from seFenteen to twenty thousand made sn
attack upon tic the division Of the army under
the command Of General Forev, who, deceived
By fhe report made to him by the Pitd1nontesc
cavalry, sent some fitc hundred men TO meet
what he supposed to hc about an equal number
/ Of tho enemy. Once The mistake asccrtancd,
!the Jwholeof the ditision tive thousand tour
:hundred, }Rdyanced aat{ engaged the Austriant;
and ia spite Of tue etisr1nons disparity Of num-
: b-ra, the latter were, defeated, and obliged to
retreat with precipitation. =
At the village Of Montebel]o the AustriapB
made star1. Fire thousand Of them, with two
pieces Of cannon, dlspnted the possession Of the
village against the attack Of twelve hundred
French tr9pps- infantry Of the 1iuc. The latter
si,on mt thr ans,r;at;s IN f.,l,t In th;s afi:f:
1he French lad Sir hundred md e;"bteen men
,voa,,deti aH,I t;iied Thc cx,ct nnmhcr of ,te
kslleI Luve osccrtaired to hc three hundred;
i French General. LDrct, and some eight or
nine otiicors were killed and several officers
were wounded. The AustT'ans were great sui,
ferers, having lost ut least fifteen hundred men,
and carried of with them at least one Thousand
wounded. -Thev had one hundred and sixtY
w:adous fuFl Of then, The official bulletin. riy.
i1g:an account Of this nf1air, speak. in the hirh.
e$t Eerms Of the conddSt Of General Forcy, who,
Us have Already mentioned, commanded the
French troops. . =,
leaw daE before vcN erday the Austrian prls-
oneFs urriHa here There were in 4 carriage
tllafprcccded them two officers, one of whom
Ionke.! calmly at thecrowd that pushed and
pressed forward 10 cutch .Iimpsc Of their cue:
i1ucs, The other sat al far hack in the yr}.icla
as LIE could. covering bis face with his hands
lie seemed much moved. Tic privutcs, wlio
wera foot sore cau,e after the officers in larua
transport wagon; and behind them, in double
fe. marched the rest Of tic two hundred that
were. tukc,fnt Montcbello These men looked
Win and hax.ard: they say themselves that tic.
Austrian array is suffering from tue want Of reg
u1nr*su supplies Of food. Some DAYS they have
I,prc thnn sufficient ut other tines nothing
Fer:seyera! tays brfufe the action at Noptebrllo'
fite,aays. The prisoners we're escorted by q
t:Gtacl,ment Of Citaxss71x Chsra{. and tukcn To
tile citadel, where tl,cs| will. presume. remain
.et some time to come; | noticed. that a. thtv
pissed along the square, they cast f,,rtivc cla,I.
Cd; ii the crowd that Dressed around them and
thnt fhey shrank awxt from tl,osr that ware
hear as tbot,rh thcy feared that they would l,c
assaulted Iii fact, Tho 1'ednontcsc did glare Ut
them with DO kindly cxpressjon but the French,
officers NOTICING lie expression Of fear .yinced
Iy the rpot, devils, spoke to them, reassuriur
,tlr1n aud spronisin-..+l,a. no harm or iuiury
should he dane them. | WIS much struck BIZ
tile conduct uf TIC French soldiers on hi, orc;.-
sion. As the Austrian officers passed through
lit streets they sal,,tcd them will !l the defer
encc and anparrul retpcct that tl,cy show 10
tleir uwp officers This was IN ar,ini, t,,nt wns
Spontaneous was 1herrsult Il; ro nr,Icr nnI
p,ucccIyl from a fcclinr Of .rnul hrartr,lurss
md Of sympathy for misfortune. Tie flct is L
at about .eycu iu the eycn;l.r. Al Ten n :r,;n
mr. yed ut thr ,Icnnt, hnr;uTr in H.. 1r,n.n,rt
,xsonns som.s srv..u,y ~ a;,,,t, sus+ r;sr. IT,.
,,era wounded ''''''
in ,,,en,;nnimo thc nn,n,,er NJ nr;,orcrs tatc,;
d, Moutcbeiin, shou,d h1rc sal Inv wcrc "a
the number al two hundred M, ,;mndni md
ran srrrnfy m ;.l,fi. ,i,,t wnr, ,vn,,,,J..,l
,nr,t If ,,c;n da,,rrrnrs1v T n,,,,o,,, ~ ',v;,,
ucceSs to the train. The DEBUT w:is clostJ to
ali but 1rrsons wl,n werr o,a,r,.d f., In. ,,lacr
II, rccriyr Ii. ,ynundrd tntr carr or then, .,nd
,riusi,ori 1hen to the several military hos,,i,s.
;nu nv tauYcondy;{. Which 1 Ind ohta;,.rd from,
". do ycr,ifan. Grand Provost of The army act,d
lis 1,u ozen n+sdn4e in Ibis Instance, and "pt into
;le 1enut and s.w tl,e snId;,rs ,ak;., opf a., tl,o
cars tie 1oor wounded lurn. Many Of them
were bows From, sixteen to twenty. WHO ftad
bern ,,rcssed into thr Austrian srrv;cr Tiny
.:e1r inns, kindly trr,,pd md rrc,.;veI rvery al.
tcntion. Some of them had hut yerv s{-ht
wounds, and were yavlv talking, smoking tic
;i,.urs rrrn to 1Lrn, 6r tbn ,,ti;crx nrc.rui ,nI
rintiur l.nonadc ,l,t wax frni ,hrd f"r ,i,s,m "
S,ijl / nuticcd several tLat wrr. .ian"crm,siv
hurt, One in particular had three serious
wounds: the-ouc nost.so WIS q dc.n cut ~, t]u.
forehead, o., it was lai,I :, piece Of c;,th Tin,
had Gsrn wet mud placed there to coul his head:
:. young French officer who was passing no:
ticed tue poor fellows sptlerngs, anu taking oIf
tho sf,all hit Of dirty c,ut!, lie took from his
poeke, bis Handkerchief and dipping i, in some
cool xater he laid !. upon the icvcrtd brow Of
the PRISONER. The relief was great: the man
opened his eycs, took Ibid Of III. nlicers hand
and pressed it to his Hips. The voun. maj,
passed on Il hastcnrd 70 have Il lo0s 1T one 20
kind.hcartcd, and saw ahat he was decorated
with variStv Of crossca mud medals that proved
that he was Urare as well Is generous, Tie
treatment extended to these wounded Austriaus
is 50 kind that they seem really as,onishtd ut it.
Many Of them sav that their officers had assured
them that the French would treat them will. tic
utmost barb,trity, while, Oh the cvptrarv. t}cv
are attended I'll with atl the care and attention
that the French soldiers meet with m distinc-
tion ia mule between ths wounded Thu ladies'
of Aicssandria aftend,to the wants Of ths
wounded soldiers FRENCH now ut thu ho$,,itals
with. tile greatest care and socituLc; sugar.
lemons liner, and all &he lttlc comforts that
tend 10 rcndsr the sick, room less irkso,ue, are
sent to these mcn, whos haze come to conquer
for Italy independence Ind constitutional gov
ern1neut z.
LII striking contrast With the manner Of the
French IS tic manner with which those SO nm
fortunate rs to fall into tie power Of the .Ars-
trians arc troatcd. Atbastescio, Il village near
Montebello, throug gh which tic Austriaus pass
e,l the day they made tfc nt,ack on the division
Of Gencr:l Forcv, thcy found some Of the fan,i-'
lies still in the place whb Lad not heard Of tic
approac!, Of tie .Austrnns iu time tu cscape,.
III the house Of ono Of these families they found
IN old gun, wlicl lad btcn used bv the head Of
the family IL his qualify Of National Guard,
They executed the whole Of the nine persons
thai formed the family for this reason. Anon.
those nut to death there were two children un-.
der seven years ot uge and three women. The
atrocious barl,ar;ty III. The act uccds no cn,n-
meut. hare BEEN assured of tie fac; by one.
Of de Villagers. who was bidder, in nit-u snrt
Of i,face far teen;n.- f1r,n;n utensils 3rr in III,
sidt nf n lin Frn,n lis hitjin, nlacc hr snw
thrc crcrnt;cr, md ,yhcn tcjjinT No IF n liz
cycs sl,rrI: sna b;s wL,ie frs1,n >bnot viii.
hnrroT ,n1 s,,,n,;,r Tk;s man w,s s,;,J !, ,io.
nj, t,G.n tn: tnstr;,r- 1r,.r,. forced ~ r.,roat
mi ~ ,hcr. ,,assrJ tbronoh lie v;1;,cc h.