Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-08-06


Major General ct the aeS ~ 1Nl sa
years Of his life having been paed % ~ Ia,
His chief Characteristic - soldisR btasO-
pidity. =, ,.,..,.,
GEN. NEm.-Gcn. Neil, wOubdsd hs 11'SAa.
ia, is one Of the aids-de-camp Of The MnpegeF,
and a General Of the EagineeFS. he ASe6
present at several regular sieges. VIZ Ast~ssp,
Constantine, Rome, BOmarSnpd and 6seaeOs
pol. Gen. Neil took IN the present campaign
the command Of corps Gssmes. IL IiILg
The AUSTRIAN OOMMAxDxR-yN.C .CsnI-Ba.
ron Henry dc Hess, who commands de Ace
trian army, has grown old IN the sssviosOf his
country, having seen more winters thun poPy
haps any other officer o. soldier connected
with either army. He was born 10 VIenpa In
1888, and is consequently seventy.tWo years
old. He entered the army as "a. ouzln In
1906, and was for some time on the general
. staff Hewas ct the battle Of Waefam3o1eoo,
! when the Austrians- we're dsfsaEsd BY Napo-
leon Bonaparte, and which battle was followed
by the treaty Of Schronbrunn. He served III
through the continental war, and received ms
| ny foreign decorations He was KHxsttsd 70
the rank Of Colonel in 1879. and next year was
placed at the head Of division Of the staff In
LOmbardy. having earned for himselfthe rep
! utOton OF being one Of the best officers In the
Austrian army. He was created Field Marshal
/ in le42, and continued attached TO the Aus
! trian army in Italy.
From June, 1s40, to July, 1850, he was Sec-
rotary Of War, and during the years 1865 and
1856, he ives employed g negotiat0r ct thO
! Court Of Russia. His mission related to the
/ Eastern question, which he confused ~ much
as he was able for the benefit Of Austria He
obtained Gs . reward for this service the com.
mand Of the fifth corps T0Fmee In Italy Of the
Austrian army, and has the merit Of being the
artisan Of his own military fortuna He 10
looked upon as good stEA1egisk: Radetaky,
whose principal adviser hoWae fora long time,
| held him In the greatest eSteeuA. aAd be shared
in the greater part Of the cd Aasshal's sue
cesses.
GEN. GYULAL-GenerAl Gyulai was born Ut
Pcsth, in 1899. He entered the military SER
I vice in 1s40, and rapidly, Notwithstanding the
peace, obtained promotion. In 1889 he was
created Major General, and In 10Ae q Eiold
Marshal In 1047 he was appointed Governor
Of the Province Of Trieste He isnow theac-
tual Governor Of the Austrio-Italisn proviness
and COmmandor-in Chief Of the troops n L0m-
bardO- ECnet;s. In 1S40 be wss merely Gen
eral Of brigade.
In 1s4S, at the outbreak Of the Hungarian
war, tho government having no cOnndeuUS iA
him on account Of his Hungarian birth, LETT
him at Trieste, with the rank Of military com.
mander Of that important place. He placed
the city 10 state OF defence, e also Pola,
where the dock-yard Of the Austrian hGVy q
situated, and thus saved to Austria her navy,
such IS it is. Since then he hes been employ
ed in public Offices and on diplomatic service.
lie commanded the Austrians il person at the
late battles Of B0nAlOra, Turiego, and Ma
genta. -
GEN. CLAM.GALLAA-GenerA CIam.GSIIaA
whose presence ct the battle Of Maeenta,i q ~
ported. was the chiei who OonaasanieA the
Austrian reinforcement Of 10000 men, who
effected march from Bohemia throuRh H.
varia, and entered Lombardy ~ ths 49, u
the TyrOl, In time to support the AuilSianD e
Magenta. The passage Of his troops thnoneA
the neutral territory Of Bavaris, Il msy b Fo-
membered, gavc rise TO much excitement IN
Germany, and was the cause Of some angry
debate recently in the Frankfort Diet Ofthe
0ntecOdents Of Clam Gallas We know little, but
the curious fact Is related Of him that hs6ro,t
with him, on his hasty Eaarch through the Ty.
rol, splendid stud Of twenty pure Arabian
horses. - 80