The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-30
OLrE1INO.
The Wounded-Tho Field Of Battle
Miscellaneous Incidents-Personai
OheeHYafiQnn. &c.

been the most severe During the whole o
FRIDAY night and all through Saturday ami
Sunday, the wounded Of both armies contin
ued to be brought in. They were removed
ire the field where they lay o. rapidly a
possible, and Brought TO some point wher
theiEs wounds could b dressed All tn
churches and accessible buildings of thi
town, public and private, were occupicd-tht
officers being generally taken TO yprlvat,
houses % far 40 practicable. But for thou.
sands no shelter whatever could be found
and they were from necessity left in the opez
air. AZ fast as their wounds could be dress
cd they were removed to the next town be-
yond-which 10 M0nterchair0, FIVE miles dis
tant-snd from thence to Brescia, twelv,
miles further, that being the first tSWn o
any considerable size and ct all adequate tt
the care ofsuck an immense number Of per
sons. was at Montechairo when the grea
procession began to arrive. At the entTanc,
OF the town stands large building used as
hospital, fronting upon small open spac,
and being placed ut the angle oftwo diverg
ing roads. As the wounded arrived, those O
them that could 80 no further were taken Of
the carts ana left here, while the rest move(
on to Brescia. never saw so heart-rendinJ
sight e was presented in trent Of that hes
pital The army seems not to be provided
with any means of removing the wounded
but relies entirely upon the conveyances they
can procure from the surrounding peasantry
Every thing for miles around had been calleC
into requisiti0n. For the most part they CON
sisted Of the rude, heavy carts Of the farmers
made to carry stone or other ponderous arti
cles over the fields. Each of them had ha
platform six or eight feet wide and twelve OF
fifteen long some hay was spread upon this
and upon that the wounded soldiers were
placed as thickly as they could be laid-with
out shelter Of any kind, or pillows for theil
heads, or blankets for their limbs, except
such as they might happen to have upon them
The weather had been excessively warm
tho storm on the day of the battle being the
last rain that had fallen-and yesterday and
to-day the sky had been perfectly clear and
the air heated with the warmest rays Of an
Italian sun. The roads are perfectly hard
and very dusty and it was utterly impos-
sible for well persons to travel along them
with any comfort without protection Of some
kind from the heat. You can judge then of
the intense suffering which these thousands
ofmaimed and mutilated creatures must have
endured during that fearful journey of ten or
fifteen miles-performed at the slowest pace
of heavy oxen and compelled constantly to
stop by some interruption of the procession,
1t was enough to melt the most obdurate
heart to see the state in which they arrived
The peasants who drove them seemed not to
have the slightest sense Of their condition, or
to take the least pains to alleviate their agony
Some Of the soldiers themselves. whose
wounds were least serious and permitted
them to move about. had cut branches from
the willows and other trees that border the
road, and made of them slight shade for
some of those who could only lie upon their
backs, their faces turned to the brazen and
the burning sky. As far as the eye could
see, . dense cloud of white dust marked the
ofathe advancing train As the
carts came into the town, many of the poor
wretches stretched outtheir hands, piteouslv
crying Tor water, OF for wine, as they were
of thirst. The people Of the village
bad prepared, so far as possible, for their 70.
eeption. Committees had been appointed, q
quantity Of soup had been prepared, and the
young women, and men of the place went to
work to supply the most pressing necessities
Df the poor creatures, who were suffering on
heir behalf. They went about from cart to
cart, asking what each needed, and provided
or them TO the best of their ability. Aus
rians and French were mixed indiscrimi-
,ately, and were treated with precisely the
anne kindness and attention. AZ general
hing the Austrians were very badly wound
ID, and seemed to suffer terribly. They ere
o far as had been convenient, placed upon
he same carss-apd frequently SIX or eight
arts would arrive with none but Austrians
pom them but still more frequently there
IOuld be three or four Austrians upon a cart |
nth twice as many French-and in many
asses | have seen a French soldier assisting
he Austrian who lay by bis side into some |
asier position, or endeavoring to procure for
i'm water or something else of which he |
semed to be in need All differences Of ma.
onality were submerged in the intense and |
agonies of their common late.
pom one cart which came ND Law
n Austrian who had died on the road-and
ose by his side was French soldier Just
Die to raise himself from bis place and beg
II water. As he raised his head he looked |
1er at his companion and said, as if enyyins
% lot, Poor fellow he needs nothing now"
he Austrian lay ut full length upon the cart
Is hands crossed upon his breast and his
ce which was turned directly upward to
70 sun, wearing an expression of intense
lfering. Five or six others, less severely
ounded, We're sitting in 'front.' Upon anoth.
cart lay poor fellow, entirely naked
'ove the waist, except broad bandage which
ID been passed around his body to protect
frishtiui wound received from q mnsket
III IN his side,-the ball seemed to have
ssed entirely through his body his face
81 pale and inexpressibly sad, and he had
Sc strength enough to lift himselfup and
g ior water It was Immediately brought
ID as soon as ms condition was perceived
was nited on the cart IN the blanket on
nlcn ne was iying ana placed In the hall of
hospltal-out ne lived Only few min
es longer As they were lifting him out,
blanket was drawn from underline feet of
otner poor ieilow lying IN the same cart
q the motion extorted from him Q cry Of
goisa more intense than ever heard before ,
nus IS Is utterly useless to multiply mott
Oh individual cases OF suffering Indeed {
would oe impossible to mention hun
sa.n part OF the instances OF dreadful
ony which attracted my special attention
.le .lme ana II each one OF them could
Ue6CflDeQ IN Writing. not even n faint i'm |