M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-06-30

The enemy having attempted to adyanc
between thsss two columns, for he purpose
of cutting them of, General Mcmahon lad
rallied the right with the left toward Magen.
10, and this explains why the firing had ceas.
cd at the be ginning the action on the side
Of Bufalora. In l,cl, the AustTiaos. see.
ing themselves pressed on their front and
left, had evacuated the villige Of Dulfslora,
and advanced with the greater part of their
forces against General MeMahon, In front Of
Magenta. The Forly-ffth Regiment OF the
Line rushed intepidly to attack the farm of
CasCina Nuova, which is before the village,
and which was defended by two Hungarian
regiments. Fifteen hundred men of the en-
emy there laid down their arms, and the a g
was taken from the dead of the Colonel. In
the meantime Motlerouge's division was
pressed hard by considerable forces that
threatened to separate it from E,pinosse's d.
vision. General McMihon had drown up in
the second ling the thirteen battallions of
the voltisuers OF tde guard, under the com.
mand OF the brave General CamOu, who, al.
vancing 10 the first line, SUSTAINED at the cen.
ter the efforts Of the enemy, and enabled the
divisions oil Ii Motto erouge aud Espinasse to
resume vigorously the offensive.
AT this moment Of a general attack, Gen.
Anger, commanding the artillery Of the Sec
ond corps, placed in battery on the line OF
the railway forty feld-piecCs, which taking
the Austrians as they were defling in great
disorder, in flank and athwart, made fright
ful carnage anon them.
| The combat magenta was terrible The
enemy defended this vi lage with obstinacy.
On both sides it was felt this was the key oil
the position. Our troops took it house BY
house, and put more than 10 ODO Austriuns
hOrS de cOmbdt. General MnMuhon made
about 5,OOo prisoners, smong whom were an
entire regiment, the Second Chusseurs a
Pied, commanded by Colonel H;user. But
the Gensrafs corp; itself suffered much;--
| 800 Of his men wee killed or wounded
In the attack on the village, General Espin-
asse and Lieutenant Froiierond fell mortally
wounded. Like them Colonel Drouhot, Of
the Sixty.filth ofthe line and Colonel Cha
briere, of the Second Foreign. Regiment, fell
at the head of their troops,
On theother side, the divisions Vtnoy anil
Regnault performed prodigies Of vaor, under
the orders of Marshal Canrobert and General
Neil. Nlnoy's division, which left Novara
in The morning, had only Just arIiyed at Ire
cate, where it was biyouac, whenit was sent
for by the Emperor. Ii advanced rapidly "a
pas dc course as for rs Ponte di Magenta,
driving the enemy from his petitions, aud
taking more than one thousand prisoners;
but becoming engaged with superior forces
it sustained severe loss; eleven of its Officers
were killed and fifty wounded six hundred
and fifty sub-officeTs and soldiers were put
horS de combat. The eighty fifth of The line
Especially suffered; its commanding officer
was killed, fighting brdvely at .he head of his
regiment, AMI the other sup,rior Off ers were
wounded. General MaItmprey was
struck by ball as he was leading his brig
ode.
The troops OF Marshal Clnrobsrt also sus.
lained regretable los; Coon'l de Sennevlle,
the chief Of his staff was killed at his side
Colonel Charlier, oil the Nineteenth, fell NOR.
tally wounded, struck. by five balls and sever
al officers of Regnaul's division were placed
horS de combat, while the village Of Ponte di
Magenta Was taken seren times in success
sion.
Finally, about G l-2 in the evening. The
French army remained master OF the fell Of
battle, and the enemy Withdrew, leaving in
our hands four guns, of which two were ta-
ken by the denariicrs Of the Guard, two flags,
and seven thousand prisoners, The number
of Ausrians placed hOra de combat may be
estimated at about twenty thousand. On the
iiel of battle twelve thmsunl muskets an |
thirty thousand knaPsacks hlve been picked
up.
The Austrian corps engaged against Us
were those of Ulam-Gallas bel ,Schwar zen-
berg AMI Lich!cnsten, Field-mdrsIlal Gyul4i
Commanded in chief.
Thus, in five days after leaving Alessandria
The allied army his delivered three comb,ts,
won battle, cleared Piedmont Of the Aus.
trims, and opened the gates OF Milan. Since
the battle o. Montebello the Auslrians have
lost twenty five thousand men killed and
wounded, ten thousand prisoners. aud seyen.
teen guns.