The weekly Arizonian., 1859-07-14
Latest War News. GREAT BATTLE NEAR MILAN. AUSTRTANS A DEFEA TEDi

A desperate battle was fought at Magenta on the 4th ult,, between the allied army under the Emperor Napoleon and the Austrian army un- der Gen. Hess, in which unlimited forces were engaged on both sides.
 The Emperor Napoleon in his dispatches to the Empress at the Tuileries, claims decisive victory, saying that his army took seven thou- sand prisoners disabled twelve thousand men, and captured three cannon and two standards. He estimates the loss of his own army at three thousand, but it was rumored in Paris that the French loss was between nine thousand and twelve thousand. It is reported that there were from one hundred and and fifty thousand to one hundred and eighty thousand Austrians and one hundred and thirty thousand French engaged in the battle. The Austrans have evacuated Milan.
 It appears that on the 4th inst, the French troops were under orders to cross the Ticino at Turbgo
 The Emperor in his official bulletin says :-- "The order was we'll executed though the en- emy in great force offered determined resis- tance The roadway was narrow, and during two hours the Imperial Guard sustained unsup- ported the shock of the enemy. In the mean time Gen. McMahon made himself master of Magenta, and after the most sanguinary COL hicts the enemy were repulsed at every point It is said that the Austrians, in the precipita- ton of their evacuation of Milan, left their can- non and treasure behind. The Emperor says that the troops have captured l2,000 Austrian muskets. E
 It was still undecided on the night of the 9th ult, as to who gained the victory. Great losses on both sides are reported. Gen. Espinosel, of the second corps d'drmee, was killed, and Mar shal Canrobert, commander of the third corps, was mortally wounded.
 General Maurice McMahon, commanding the second corps q armee, had been created Marshal and Duke de Magenta, as reward for his bra very on the battle field.
 Five of the French Marshals and Generals were wounded.
 Marshal Count Paraguay D'Hilliers has been superseded in his command of the first corps q armee, by Gen. Forey.
 Four Austrian Generals and five staff officers were wounded at the battle. There had been general revolt at Milan, and the people had declared in favor of the King of Sardinia.
 The Austrians had retired from Milan, but the city had not yet been occupied by the French.
 The Austrian official bulletin says: The conflict was desperate between the lst and 3d army corps, and the enemy in considerable force The contest was undecided, and con- tinued on Sunday. Our troops threw themselves on the enemy with an .ardor and perseverance worthy of the most glorious feats of the Impe- rial arms.
 A Vienna dispatch, (uuauthenticated) in the | Frankfort papers, says that through the oppor- tune arrival of Count Clair Gallas and his corps, the Austrians were victorious, and after bot | fight the French were thrown block over the Ticino.
 The latest news by the Europa reporting the Austrians in retrest across the Ticino, is fully confirmed. | The French crossed the Ticino at Ruffalora and Tubigo. There was considerable fighting at both places. r
 The city of Paris had been illuminated in honor of the victory of the French arms at Magenta.
 The following dispatch from the French En- peror to the Empress, was received and made public in Paris
 "Milan is insurgent. The Austrians have evacuated the city and castle, leaving in their precipitation the cannon and treasure of the army behind them. We are encountered with prisoners and have l2,0O0 Austrian muskets" l
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