Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-06-12


Trs Two sBATTLEs At MoNFxEztLo "A brief
tslgiaphic desratsh from Cape Race deferibrs AZ
engagenenl on thsZl Of May. be ween me Fran c.
Safdinisn Army asa the Au.triass At Mon ebsHs a
small town in Fisdmeal about tweLty-aTe miles
Northeast from Ae lndiia, and ret far from be
segndaiy Inc beiween Sardinia ca Lombardl. TIE
narrative furnished is by means ga isfsetars; The
French snd Aus nan eposis eorliei asle tie cause
aud nature OF the eBcoun er aud the number If
troops gagged; but thsre is go reason 10 doubi that
a probationary battle has been Tough Whsh has re-
suited ia the defeat Of he Ausirians aud their re-
treat beyond the Pe. /. Is represented that ssme
1900 French, aided BY q regiment of Ssrdinisn
cavalry, asieF coUttr OF about four hours. heat
back 900 AUstrians, Of whom taey sIsM from
1 200 to l,500 and took 200 prisoners How fsr
fhgse dstEis aud figures viii be yegide 81 future
bulletins ears DE- seen: hut ~ presen., there
IS n reason 70 decbt III y the Allies haYs gained
The FIST sEd mcst substantial victory ever sac adj
saueei guard Of the Aastriens
Jast hf y-nine years ego this moath that is, on
she Oh OF June. 1850, battle was fought Gu the
same field between zine thousand French, uEder
the command of General Lannes, tbenceforWsrj the
Duke of MontebellO, and fifteen thousand chosen
troops Of he Anstriaes; theis right, Alison tells
us, resting On thu heighis which termed the roots
Of tae APpenir their left extending be plain
where their splendid cavalry coUli act wi eiIest
The French Infantry advanced with great .illn ~,
ubdsr shower Of grapeshot and muskeTy, 20 stlrm
the Austrian ba eries; they carried the heghis Of
hevetts; but, there sailed By six fresh regimtntl
we're driven back With great slaughter into tie
The plain where, after lterrfs cor Aict fresh di
vision III der Victor arrived which ensbed the
French 70 rally their forces and prepare fresh at
tack. The troops both sides fought with The ut
most courage and pertinsety the AustIisus, TO gain
time FIR the concentration CT their forces; the Re-
pGbieaae, 10 avoid being driven back, vita Tuinous
loss. into the PJ. After several mutual advantages
ard rrpuses, Napoleon arrived with bis receive the
conre and left Of the Aus riaEsWas broken through,
and 'the Imreraiist7," IS the narrative, which We
greatly abridged, concludes, retired in good order
and With msasafel steps."
Alison, after recouuting the feIrsul losses OF the
Austriaus. who moutnsd over some three thousand
biled and Wcanded, IDS that hs moral EieteTy of
the French was immense and cOunterhslaBeed al
their losses. The spirit Of The army, weakeaed by
previous disasters, retired; AID il IS rsl-tsd
that Napoleon, 10 raversing the field Of batIle late
10 jhe evening, found the troops lying he ground
and exhaust d With fatigue. but animated viii
their ancient enthusiasm Such was tie first bat
tie Of Monticello as described BY 40 snti-NlpclsOn-
ie hiseriao; aud the m-sgre accounts of he second
engagement, in the same field, fGGgh jIst ifI7-Iine
Yeas afterwards, TO in iieae that the French
rooTs n0w in Italy have rot lost their aneitnt Ere
and impttaofity, and that the Second Napoleon, if
he has not the genius ard military skin Of le First
Emperor, knows how 20 make use Of the IN spirs
ti'n Of hs uame and the prestige Of mis- great bat
tes--H 7. Journal Of Commerce, June T.