The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-10
L H Il DISP TC Fl i.
FRIDAY MoeEIna. ........ ,...~...,JUNE 10. 1882.
THE EUROPEAN WAR.
FURTHER PA R7IcULARS OF THE BATTLE
OF M0sTRRELL0--TkCi CiDEtTy OF TIM
F7ELD-NAP0LEoN Nv THE ARMY BIS
DISPA TfII TO EUGENIE dc, de-

DISPATCH TO EUGENE, de-, dc.
The foreign mails contain further and interest.
log war nows. Tie victory Of the French at Mon
tebeilo from other accounts published, seems to
have been won at & moment when defeat was
upon them, or 50 it IS represented by the Turin
| correspondent of the London Herald. We ex.
tract:
THE BATTLE or MoHrEBgLLo.
| It tsppesrs that during the night from the 19sh
to tho Goth, his Majesty the Emperor was Knocked
up 10 the middle of the night BY an aide.d de camp
from Marshal BAgaguay d. 'Hiliiers, telling him he
expected 10 be attacked at break, or very soon
| after "Ed &c Ia toatf" retorted the Imperial
| Cpmmapder in.Cbef, sec "a stdit rrdiment pas Ia
| psine de rous deraager" (Whas! 10 that aiiy Ii
was hardly worth while to trouble you for such
| messsge) do MT guarantee the truth Of this,
aud very likely 1t Is but one of the many stories
| current 10 camp.
| However that may be, next morning his Majesty
rose early, and, ordering bis horses and escort,
| soon disappeared along the road leading to Maren.
| 20. where be visited the scene OF the battle
| Meanwhile, Marshal paraguay d'Hilliers, whose
corps ia scattered over great extent OF territory.
| i'm mediateIy sent forward about six squadrons of
| cavalry (Piedmontese) to recoHnoitre and check
| the advance of the Austriaus, II possible; and or
| ders were immediately given 10 General Forey to
| get his division nnder ms, and to start immedi-
| ateiy for Monticello and Vaieggio. The utmost
| dispatch used but owing to the bad state OF
the roads and the distance at which one regiment
| was eDcsmped fir, m another, Gen. Forey had to
| start with the seventeenth battalion of Chasseurs,
commanded by n. Rerrusart, and the Seventys
| fourth and Eighty .fourth regiments of the line,
under BrgaGier General Beuret, leaving the other
| regiments of his division-the Ninety first and
Ninety y-eighth foot, to follow. Orders were also
| sent TO General Vinoys division, eucamped at
CantaIupe aud Mezzsna Corte, to hasten to the
| support of General rey.
The Piedmontese cavalry, after occupying Caa-
| teggio. had been driven back by the AustriaGs,
L - At III ,t,nro k,a.,
| brought up by the force under Forey and Beurat
| A fierce contest took place In the streets of the
! village, from whence the French were ultimately
| driven, after two hours hard hghtiGg; but at
this time a reinforce cut made its appearance in
the shape Of n half battery of artillery aud the
| Nrety-fr and Nipety.eishth regiments. The
| village was Iecaptured after much slaughter and
the Austrians fell back along the road TO Cssteg-
eio in perfect order, closely followed by the
| French. The Austraus suffered very severely 10
this retreat aud would have done stil more 30 but
| for the admirable conduct Of their artillery. At
Casteggo they stopped heir retrogr ade movement.
and battalion of rifiemen posted on some well
wooded hills sonth Of the town kept up CALLING
| fire upon the French. The Seventy fourth regi-
| nett q one had about one hundred men, put horse
de combat at Cssteggio by the murdereus rlhes OF
the Tyrolese ageIs. The Icst OF the Austriaus de-
yeloped themselves in fields on the left, despite
several very gallant attempts of the ardinisn
| horse to prevent them The French made . des
pers.e attack TO gain possession of the village
| they we're repulsed, aud retired in considerable
| disorder to Montebello, the Austrisns pursuing
| them, and 1t would have been all up with The di.
vision Forey but for the Ff,y-second regiment
and the Sixth bat ion of Chasseurs, who had Just
| arrived from CantaIupe.
With all this, it seems that Austrisns aud French
entered peil NELL iuto Montebello. where fearful
bu cherry took place, but the upshot OF the matter
was that the Austraus retired, leaving fearful
Dunbsr killed and wounded all along the road.
The Sardinian cavalry, who behaved with de-
gree of n.repidity that is hardly done justice TO
| in the bulletins, attempted to pursue them, but
were too iatigued TO do so efectually.
| The Austrians retired iu perfect order, but eco
| prisoners remained in the viciors' hands. They
must have been greatly surprised, and not little
| reieved, at finding no fresh troops sent in
pursuit. They retired behind the Po moving along
he Piacer "a road. as far as S'radells, and then
crossing to the northern bank Of tn river
The road to PiacepZs is now therefore open to the
French uuIess here be Austrian TO- ce at Castei
| San Giovanni, fact which 10 not as yet cleared
At the beginning Of tho action the Austrians
| bad decided sumerical advantage, but at the
close the advantage Of numbers was wholly on the
| side of the French.
Our bulletins tell that the loss 10 only about
| 500 killed and wounded; but believe this 10
| IN uch below the mark as the number said 10 have
been lost by the Austrians q OO0) is abovsit.
rHs EPHERoR NAP ,LEoN IN THE PiELp.
| A letter from Valenzs, dated the 18th of May
published in the ssut Pubic of Lyons, ssys:
| Twas yesterday st cafe with the officers Of the
30th, at the gate of the Aibergo, when loud cry
| Of 'Tire rEmperean" arose. II was the Emperor,
| who had arrived Unexpectedly on horseback, in u
generals auiform, with kept, and escorted by
| ouly few officers. In few minutes the whole
| population was foot, the str, els were decked
| With flags, and drums were beaten to collect the
| troops His Majesty proceeded slowly by the
street which leads to an emineDce from which the
naked eve can zee the vast plains of the Pc aud
| he Lomellina. The position being within reach
| Of cannon not without danger. | had the
| honor of approaching the Emperor. who, bending
/ ioWn Oh his horses neck, asked me if L were
French. 1 replied that l was journalist who
| had ventured 10 the advanced posts He smiled,
md questioned the positions Of the Aus.
| triaps. showed him defschments Of their troops
on the banks of the river, the village Frescharolo
| aud the horizon Mortara, their headqaarters.-
| His Msjexty, by means of bis glass, could sn
Austrian soldier the watch In the beifry Of the
| church of Frescbarolo, and even distinguish The
| hour by the clock. On the left is the railway
| bridge, of which the enemy has blown up two
| arches, and which he guards with 200 or 800 men
rhk shakos of seutnels on the banks of the river
| could be distinguished here and there. The En-,
| ueror then couversed with some of the Italians;
| Dis Majesty speaks pure Tuscan, and with taci-
| " which surprised his hearers. After inspec
lion, which lasted about twenty minutes, the Em.
peror turned to leavs. As he did so the troops
who were drawn up in liue, waved their sbskos on
their bayonets. and cried out thousand times.
'Viee rEmpercur!" An old italian patriot, who
out with tears streaming down his face, "Fiud
| Nopoleone IL Salrdtore della Italiar' The Empe-
ror seemed much affected, and ted him kindly
TIE AUSTRIAN RIrLEaES AND TIE FRENCH oUrPosrs
A letter received in Msrseilles from yaleuza
bears testimony to the admiral qualities of the
Fyrolese rifienen. Ii i said that they harass
| the French videtses and ou'pos's incessantiy.-
Day and night, it 10 sad their shots are whistliDg
thorough the air. The ground on the o.herside Of
she Pc affords them good cover and they are ever
-. L.,
recon uoitre attended by his aid de camp, and fol-
lowed BY q trumpeter few PAGES bshipd. The
General thought himself beyond range, but while
| he WAS looking about him sharp thug" was
heard and the poor trumpeter fell forward NOR.
tally wounded by q Tyrolese bullet in the loins.
The General bsving discovered his error withs
| drew, aud gave up his recognoissaDce for that
day
French regiment went down to the bank OF the Po
70 wash OCT few things. While engaged in this
peaceful occupation, bullet struck him in the
chest AID he fell in the river, whose tide bore bis
Dody: TO the Austrian side of the Pea bloody tri-
bnte to the nurderous accuracy of,heir fire "As
every instant" says the letter "wounded men are
being brought 10 by the ambulances"
GENERAL ORDERS IN NaPo LEON 8 REarQUARTEss.
Paris letters in the Independence of Brussels
publish some general prescriptions agreed to
by the Emperor of the French and the King OF
Sardisia aud which are to have the effect OF gen
raj orders:
Every evening, at nigh.fall, the King and the
commandment of the different corps drmes, are
to send to the Emperor suceiuct account contain
Jog the number OF men under arms To each army
The important facts which have taksDplace during
the day; and every Intelligence that has been re-
ceived OF the movements OF the enemy Every
day, halt an hour before sunrise, the troops viii
ger under arms, as though they were about to BE-
attacked, and after daylight, when II shall be eer-
tain that the enemy 10 not making any offensive
movement, the troops wilI return TO their bisou"
acs. At that hour the King and the O. mnan-
dsnts OF the corps darmee are to state to tho EN-
peror what they may know of the position OF the
enemy. The commandAnts OF the corps Fdrmee
are 20 pay the stricsest attention that she efil~
GERS have not with them any useless baggage