Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-05-26

OF Piedmont, and the parallel can be carried
still further, for exactly as Germany lies in
reserve behind the Tryol, so does second
French force gather in strength behind the
Apprentices. On the seaboard of these
mountains stands Genoa, which, as France
commands the sea, can be reached from
Toulon with the greatest facility. The Sar-
dinians, therefore, while they cluster in
force about their citadels TO the south of the
Po, have in their rear the support Of pow
erful French army within fifty miles dis
tance.
The Austrians are thus opposed by two
bodies of the enemy-one directly facing
them at Turin, and drawing daily reinforce
ments from the passes Of the Alps; and an
other at Casale and AlessaDdria, hanking
their march, and receiving suceors from a
distinct base of operations at Genoa. By
crossing their frontier at its northern ex-
tremity, as they have done, they might occu-
py the northern districts of Sardinia; or, if
they descended thence upon the Po, they
might get the Sandman army in front of
them, but they would then have the army of
the Alps upon their right. They must, in
short, advance in any case against two lines
of foes posted at right angles to each other;
and, for simplicity's sake, we may consider
these lines TO be represented by the river Do
ra Ballea, running north 10 south by ".
res, and the Po, running from west 10 east
by Casale-Turin being pretty nearly al
the angle.
All the places named, be it understood
lie within comparatively small compass
From Aroua, the point occupied by the Aus
TRANS in the north, TO Genoa, on the sea-
board of the south, the distance is about 10
miles, or very nearly the same as from Su-
sa to Buffalora. From Genoa to Aiessan-
dria it is only 46 miles, and from Alessan-
dria to Turin less than 60. From Susa TO
Turin again, the distance is but SO miles;
SO that in their principal positions Of Turin
and Alessandria the Sardinians are. in the
one case, within 40, and IN the other with
In 90 miles of their powerful allies. The
Austrians, too, would be equally near their
resources. NOvaria is about 5 miles, Nor
tara about 10 miles, and Vercelli but some
20 miles from the Lombard frontier, and
these are the points at which the first col
lisiOn may be anticipated. The great fea-
ture, however, Of the campaign, as far as it
can be comprehended at present, is the
double base of operations from which the
Sardinians and their allies are proceeding;
and, if the Austrians find themselves in
strength sufficient for such plan, it is not
improbable that they also may divide their
forces, SO that the troops now said to be at
Mcrta,a may advance towards the south,
and those of Navara towards the west. 1t
will not have escaped notice that the Aus
trians are said to be particularly strong ct
Mortara, while the Imperial Guard, the se-
lect corps of the French army, is at Genoa.
These dispositions would seem TO indicate
q
that the hardest struggles is expected on the
line TO Genoa rather than on the line 10 Tu-
rim, but this is point on which we can
hardly remain long in the dark. In the in
terval we can only be too sure tina, war, in
SO narrow field, and between armies as
powerful and SO fercely animated, will lose
none of those horrors from which civiliza-
tiOn revolts in despair.