Litchfield enquirer., 1859-06-30
THE PASSAGE OF THE TICINO AND THE BAT
 TILE OF MAGENTA

THE PASSAGE OF THE TICINo AND THE BAT
 TILE OF MAGENTA.
 The Paris Moniteur of June 10, publishes the following account of the battle of Magenta:
 " HEADQUARTERS San Martino, June D. "The French army round Alessandria, had great difficulties to overcome. If it marched on Piacen- z it would have had to besiege that fortress, and force passage of the Pc, there 900 metres in width, and that difficult operation would have had to be effected in presence of hostile army of 200 900 men.
 If the Emperor crossed the river at Valenza he would have found the enemy concentrated on the lett bank at Montara, and he could have only at tackled him by separate columns maneuvcriGg in the midst of country intersected by canals and rce-he!ds On both sides, therefore, there was an almost lnsurmount,sble ob> tacle; the Emperor re- solved to obviate it. and he deceived the Austrians by concentrating his forces the right by occupy ing Castcgsio and even Bobbio on the Trebbia
 "On the 31st of May the army received the or der to march to the leit and crossed the Pc at Ca sale, tie bridge of which had remained in our pos session it at once took the read to Vercelli where the passage of the Sesia carried out to protect and cover our rapid March on Novara
 The efforts of the army were directed on the rght on Robbie, and two comhats, glorious for the Sardlnian troops fought on that side, made the en- emy believe we were marching on Montara. Mean time, the French army marching on Navara, and it took position on the very same ground
 
 gave battle. Here it able to meet the enemy if necessary.
 Thus, this bold march had been protected by i0O, 000 men encamped on right flank at Olengn Tn front of Nova1a. Under these circumstances it was then to the reserve that the Emperor had to ntrust the execution of the movement taking place behind the line of battle.
 "O On the 2d of June a division of the Imperial Guard was advanced toward Tu bigo, on the Ticino and not finding any resistance, it threw three brid EIann x,s,, tory intelligence that the enemy had withdrawn to the left bank of the river ordered the Tcino to be crossed at this point by the corps darmee of Gen. McMahon, followed on tho morrow by division of the Sardinian army.ss
 Our troops had scarcely taken position on the Lombard bank when they were attacked by an Aus tran corps from Milan brought up by the railway hey drove it back victoriously in the presence of the Emperor.
 ''on the same day June ? Espinasse's division having advanced on the road fiom Novara to Milan as far as Irecate, from which place it threatened the bridge at Buffalora the enemy hastily evacua- ted the intrenchments it had thrown up at this point, and retired to the left bank attempting to blow up the stone bridge on the river. The at tempt was not successful the two arches attempted were not sufficiently destroyed to prevent the pas sage.
 The 4th of June had been fixed by the Empe- TOT tor the dinitive occupation of the left bank oi the Iicino. Gen. McMahon S corps armee strength ened by the division of the Voltigeurs of the Impe- rial Guard, and followed blythe whole army of the King ct Sardinia, was to advance from Turbigo on Buffaiora and Magenta, while the division of the Gienadiers of the Imperial Guard was to carry the tee-depom of Buffalora on the left bank, and Mar shal Canroberts corps darmee was to advance along the right bank to cross the same point.
 The execution of this plan was frustrated by one ot those incidents which must always be ex- pected in warfare. The army of the King was de- iayed in crossing the rver and only one of his di- visions was able to follow the corps ot Gen McMa- hon at distance.
 The advanc of Epinasses division was also de- layed, and, on the other hand, when Marshal Con- robers's corps left Novara to join the Emperor who had proceeded in person to the bridge at Buffalora it found the road encountered that it only arri- ved very late on the banks of the 1icino.
 '.So matters stood, and the Emperor awaited, not without anxiety, the signal of the arrival of McMa- hons corps at Buffalora, when about 2 o'clock he heard heavy fusilade and cannonade in that quar- ter. The General was coming up.
 - This was the moment to support him by ad- vancing on Magenta. The Emperor at once threw Wimpfen's brigade against the formidable posi- tions occupied by the Austrians in front of the bridge; Le Clerc's brigade followed up the move ment. The nights which border the canal and will lage of Buffdora were soon carried by the impetu- osity of troops but they then found themselves opposed to formidable bodies, whom they could not drive back, and who stopped their advance
 l" Marshal Canrobert's column had not as vet come up and, on the other hand, the cannonade and fusilade which had announced the arrival of