Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1859-06-24
From the London Times, May, 1s.
The Austrian Army.

Dee1 aOandOnoQ ana the SeSla fecfOSSeu
| the day before. From intelligence receiv-
ed up to the present time we learn that the
Austrians have retired from Voghera and
Casteggio on the south of the Po, and there
can be little doubt that the invasion OF
| Piedmont may now be considered at an
| end. The consequences Of this movement
seem to have been small indeed in mill
tary point of view. 1t has hurried on the
war, and sc far may have been favorable to
Austria, and it has allowed General Guy
lai to strip the entire east of Piedmont,
as far as the Dora Beltea, Of all kinds of
provisions and forage but the strategical
results have been very trlfling.
From the accounts we publish it would
appear that the Austrians have all the scien-
titic skill and the completeness Of appoint
ment which are attributed to them. They
constructed bridges, mined masonry, dis
covered the mines Of their adversaries,
marched and foraged with all the expert
ence of a veteran army. 1t remains to be
proved whether these qualities are accom-
panied by that vigor and endurance which
will enable them to hold their ground
against force Of French and Piedmontese
which, perhaps, may soon considerably
out number them.
All accounts agree that the incessant
rains, the rising Of the rivers, and the
flooding Of the low grounds have been
more serious obstacles to the Austrans
than the defensive dispositions of the Sar-
dinian generals. For fortnight the troops
of General Gyulai seem TO have roved
where they pleased, from the spurs Of the
Alps, to the plains south of the Po, and
hardly an attempt was made to stop them.
Even the artificial inundations which
can be produced in the low grounds were
not resorted to, and the only powers Of
nature stemmed the tide of invasion,
But the Austlians, though etfecting
great indignation at the three days delay
imposed on them by diplomatic interte-
| renee, may think themselves fortunate IN
having escaped~-the consequences Of a
march on Turin. They would probably
q have missed the Sandman army, which
! would either have sought shelter under
Aleaeasaas f u ~ =.
& the most western limits OF tie 1Singdona
and they would have been taken in the
rear by the French from Alessandria,
while the state of the country would have
prevented retreat, The mere distinction
Of capturing and plundering a capital city
would have been dearly purchased by such
dangers as these.
This great army, over which the Empe-
ror Francis Joseph himself is shortly to
take supreme command, which is directed
by the most distinguished Generals of the
Empire, and which is filled with officers
taken from the noble houses of Germany
is now shortly to be matched against the
democratic levies which own the rule OF
the Emperor Louis Napoleon. Plebian
vigor and ambition are to be pitted against
aristocratic e-Schwartzenbergs and
Stations will command in opposition to
children of the people who have passed
their lives in Barracks and est1naa7aets, or in
the camps of Africa
The campaign will have an unusual inte
rest for ourselves, to whose army is attrib
uted many Of the faults which may dimin
sh the efficiency OF the Austrians. Ye
there is one signal difference between
them. Among us the individual soldier is
of excellent material, and requires only
skillful Generalship, which he sometimes
fails to find F; while the Austrian military
organization is confessedly excellent bu
the men, though robust and active, wan
the spirit which education, nationality, ane
a common language can alone give. The
course of the campaign it is, Of course, i'm
possible to predict.
1t is quite probable that the allies vii
! not respect the neutrality of Parma, al
, though the revolutionary movement il
f that Duchy proved a failure, and thl
Duchess Regent was restored to power b,
| her own army and the people. A small
State has as much right to independenc
and neutrality as large one; but then tn
possession Of Parma and Modena would al
r low the French to turn the position of th
Austrians, and perhaps insure the aban
donment of Milan. Wemay expect, ther
: fore, either that the territory ofthese State
. will be crossed on some pretext, or tha
dist urbance will be fomented to produc
an imitation on the Tuscan revolt.
! The French can afford to allow the neu
| trality of the Papal States, for the 20 il
+ its lower course is almost impossible a
: gainst an enemy but the beginning Of th
e campaign will probably coincide wit
+ some political movements which will Civ
: the French a more extended line of opera
: tions than the course of the Ticino. Th
y Austrians seem to expect an attack O
: their left, for the latest intelligence repre-
q sents them as hard at work in the neigh
. Eberhood of Stradella, on the right bank G
f the Pc, a little below the confluence of th
: Ticino. In this direction, the first bio,
will probably be struck.
Ugly Customer. A man in Philade
L phia, the other morning, found a livel
a little eel in his milk pitcher. The mil