The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-06-17
MhP cS THE SEAT or WAR.

We present {" oar readers. with great salts
faction, this morning, All authentic and reliable
map of the north "t iiG!v. exhibiting an cx-
pause Of country, stretching from ,hc Gnlf of
Venice the east t" the Maritime Alps on the
west. aud 'mNracr|! within 'nr parallels Of 43l |
.r,.. il.l tGi deg. nnrlh latitude. Within ihls
field lie he the whole oi ru'.innnta, :inrlnia |
f,nil;ar'v know: ~ Piedmont. i."mbarly, ,
T.u"r y portion Of Tuscany and the dnc!irs
Iri:,. h-: wecn Tuscany aid the river ln Por.
,inrs &C Franco. Sw!:2"i,ani .al Tvrnl SKI,
.he uur"r sncii0r. The immediate seat war is
in the crntre whore will I've found :hr f.:,rvSs"s
and the smaller towna the rivers ..lH ,hc rail
roads. hy the inspection "f which II much clear
er idea Of the operations OF the contcnding
armies can be obtained.
We have seen upon no other newspaper map
the position Of M"ntebelo so clearly defined.
The engagement Mt thi. point, May 81, between
division Of the Fl rst French corps. under Gen.
Fnrey. and division Of the ii f,h Austrian
corps under Count Stadion, has given great
prominence at rr"seut.
We have examined our file. and collatc the
following interesting stntistics Of the forces
marshn!lcd on the plains Of Northern Italy:
The FRENCH hRAY.-'Thc Emperor Napoleon
III. is Commandcr-;n-Chicf.
The army Of Italy Ia undivided into five
corps comm anled, the lst by Marshal Count
hon: the Sd Ivy Marshal Cnnrohert; the 4th by
General cf Division Ni" Aid-de-Cnmp Of the
Emperor: the sth by Prince Napoleon.
Among the Generals of Divisions are Gems
Forcy Lnd,niirault, Baznine Espinasse, De Is
Motto Rouge, BouIbaki, Rcnault, De Fally
and Vinov.
Among the Generals of Brigade notice
Mcssrs. Bsuret. Blanchard and Co.'S. Trochu
Ducrot Batai:lc Coilineau. Picard and Jannin
OF the amount "f the French force it ir i'm.
possible to determine, tut it is probably in tn
vicinity Of 10000 men.
TIIE ct or E'frrr n
nel commands the army i'll chief. Gen. Dell
Narmora is sccon in command. under the i'm
mediate orders of the king. and Col. Petit, VIII
held the rank Of h,ssl Sthajor in the Crime:
with several other officers, compose his stall
The Kings brigade inn j"r and his chief aid
ae-camp ~ Gen. Della Rncca. beneath who's
orders are Col. Righet, anu kicut. Col. Gown
both good soldiers. Grnerai$D 'Aurrona. ca
drrinn. Soinrili. AMI Colonels Sanfrrnt, Cga
M"ruzzo, are the Kings ai'!s-Ge-ra'nr. Mo
uzzo ais" hollis the appointment of Conmssar
Of Store. hing the camraign. Count {
Rohiiant, whose hand was carried away d
ring the canm"rale at Novnrn in 1919. Maj"
Nai, Cas;ci!"r,io. and &c Bi!er, Captain
Baibo. Cocconi,u. Riccnrdi. JucGuier and II
forav, are orderly officers.
Tie army is composed OF twenty regimen
of the l!uc, with complete complements-6'
600 len: hat il: twelve hnttai;ous OF cha
scnrs t5erSdQl.'r,) 5000 H'en; regiment
engineers. tw" of nrt lrrv, from 1000 to 81
men: nine Regiments Cf cavalry, 1900 h"rs
and strong :rausIor; regiment. The nrI
consists, the rc!ur., of S0.n'n) soldiers. or, cnu
ing the free corps wl" have united th"nssei'
under the same !iar. of 81 900 excellent ir
ing In"u, animated with the best I,n$sl'lr sp'i
admiralty organ Zci. and w"rshippinS
kim. who !unv i"n,l them tn the end "f
war: before any ".e OF lhcm will complain
The five Gr;rrm:s ii Dvsi"n nr" Giuvan
DurnEl,,. "a Spanish solder, who il lSiS, III;
M excellent s".;r from Nirr,:cr; HaHti
Ccalini. refugees from Mun,cnn, who d:.
gu:s!,cd :h-r,,.vrs in th.. Cr.,r.. and arc
cessivrv i,,.',IIi:.r with ta" army Castrlho,
n daring I-mr.l; Cucr'ari dc Carrarc, us
refugee nnl Gen. SAr!.irev. vino comma
the cavalry. AMI c"n..u"'e himself -X'r""
vel, during ti.t: cHini1n:Ens Of l"iH and j
General M.na':'a c.';t!.;.nIa The engine
and enjoys !:...:I reputation.
Among the G"u.,n,~ n' Brigade arc iic
DE :;ornaE, Mo:.ayI, Armada, Y N!!amur:ua,
others.
InE Arsrr!,S AEMY-Th" Emperor Jos
IL with his amy. General Cuan: GyUiai Is
Cummn,,!-ru Chief
The following are :hc different coInman
nau: the sea, of war:
Second CORPS Prince E.iwarl Lichtens,
thirl Prize. Edmund Srhwnrizeubnrg;
Cuu:t S;a.;rr seventh, Baron Zrlci; -.
Che.ai-r Won i;.::.l-k: ninth. Count FRI
Schaat.:"'srh..: ir..li, Baron Wernhnrdt !
corps Will probably sc"n he Joined cy the
under c"l,lna' Of Gcn. W!mp.-n.
eight corps will present force o: 800 900
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