New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-23
AUSTRIAN MOVEMENTS.
Correspondence Of I he London Times.
PARIS Monday, May 9-6


PARIS, Monday May 9-6 P. VI.
The inaction of the Au'trians has surprised every
one, after their peremptory summons to Piedmont A
French General writes that they seem to have reck
lessly thrown away all their adv yantages. They were
irst the ground before the French had yet moved
TO the support Of their allies and to make that support
efficient troops have had 10 be cent in hot haste from
every available quarter. The priority In time, OF
which they do not seem TO have made much use is
more than counterbaanced by the rapdity with which
the French are swarming to the theater OF war; The
artificial inundaOns they must, from their knowledge
of the country, have been prepared for and the Hoods
caused by the heavy rains, well as all other acc
dents of the seasons ought 10 enter into the calcu
lations of the commander of an army which - about
10 maneuyer against an enemy. 30 strange Is THIS
inertness to noyces in warke operations, as To
give rise to the suspicion that the apparently retro
grade movements, mentioned in the MoHHeur
cover some deep strategic plans slowly developed
and which are not obvious To people at such a dis
tance from the scene OF operations.
have heard military men express their astonish-
ment-the same who believed that the Austrians had
by their being first the field the opportunity OF at
tackiDg the PedmOntcse before their auxiaries came
up, beating them, and then, taking mp strong posi-
ton awaiting the French. The official bulletins from
Turin Of the Sth inform that the Ausrlans have ad
vanced from Nercelli on Buronzo and SauZzOla, and
that they continue TO foty themselves on both banks
of the Sesia and at San GermaDO; that a recOnnais
saDCe carried on the t6te dH p0Rt of Casale,
where they were attacked by the Piedmontese, and
retired Private accounts OF the 9TH from the seat of
tIht the AusIiIdns, Ddnk5 OF tnc
Po too swampy for their operations, have recrossed
the river, and are moving on Turin. They add that
the French Generals earnestly desire to them ad
vance that city, in that they express their
confidence that the combined armies viii give good
account of them. Another, and private Dispatch
seems 10 corroborate the fact of movement on Turin.
We fer from the seat of war, and the nforma
tiOn allowed TO trapspire is of meager kind when
there is any Information that we cannot give Opin
ion on what passes just row on the banks 0 the Tcno
u the Pc.
A Vienna letter of the lst says:
Ii seems 10 be understood that the troops who
crossed the Tlcno in three corps the 18th ult. will
be insufficient to give battle with any chance Of suc
20 the combined armies Of France and Piedmont.
Orders have therefore been sert from Vienna TO ad-
into the Sandman territory another corps of
900 men, now concentrated round PQyia. They
will be replaced in their positions by troops drawn
from Bohemia and Hungary, the first portion of which
will be sent OF tomorrow by the Southern Railway.
The military authorities reckon that the last levy or
dered to BE- made throughout the empire will bring out
about 100 600 men. They will be sent to the depots in
Hungary and Bohemia. la those two extensive di.
visions Of the empire there now only six or seven
Italian regiments which were sen. there in March.
These regiments appear to be intended, with those Of
Hungarian origin, TO be Incorporated in three federal
contingents, which Austria must place at the disposal
of the GerDanic Confederation. Orders have been
given to the AustIn Lloyds to suspend the navigation
Of its numerous steamers in foreign waters This will
immense loss to the company l. is said that
the Government intends TO arm certain number of
these steamers with cannOB, and 10 employ them de-
fense of the coasts Of the ACriatic."