Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-07-12

THE WAR.
Details by the Vanderbilt
THE ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES.
c,ssANo. on the Banks of the AIDA,

CAssANo, on the Banks of the Adda,l
June 10. 1850. j.
Another promenade miItajre has
brought us over the AIDA. Although the
Austrians have succeeded this time better
than before, in destroying the bridges over
the river, not only at Lodi, but like wise at
this place and Vaprio, this measure has
as YOU see, not very much retarded the
prorress of the Allies. Provided as they
are with a numerous p~ontoon train, calcu-
lated especially for this country, with Its
numerous rivers and canals intersectlnS
the road, a few hours were sufficient to re-
establish the means Of communication.
| AS for defending the banks Of The AIDA,
the Austrian ms could scarcely think OF It,
except in a very desperate case. The rea-
son of this is simple enough. The right,
or Lombard bank of the river, commands
the opposite bank almost all along its
course. A crest or plateu of from 40 to
100 feet in hight skirts the right bank,
now approaching the river quiet close ana
now receding a little distance from IL
The other side, on the contrary, Is an un-
interrupted plain. which the eye can follow
almost to the banks of the next tributary
of the AIDA and Po-the Serio. 1t Is
something like that OF San MARITIME and
Turbigo on the Ticino, with the difference
however, that there is no canal and CORES
pondinr elevation on the opposite n
There is, indeed, a canal alongside this
river, which f~ertilizes the district OF LODI,
hut il is on this side of it, ond at this
point so close to it that it looks more like
) a little branch than a separate stream, only
a narrow bank intervening between the
! two.
r The AIDA is the last line of defense
1 which exists up to the Mincio; there are,
E indeed, here and there positions which
possess a certain strength, but they are
a isolated points only, where the defender
y NAV offer IA battle under favorable condl-
e lions, if he be SO inclined. All the diff
ferent roads which come from west
and south, after passing the AIDA, unite
}, in two main roads, one in the north by
t Brescia to Verona, and the other by Plz-
o ziphettone and Cremona toward Mantua.
These Two roads, or one of them, at any
e rate, must always be the line of operations
,r for an army marchiug to the east, but
d there are so many by-roads and cross
roads connecting the two. that for an army
II used to forced marches, nothing Is easiel
than to deceive the enemy on the object
a of its operations. The more one APP
b, p;oaches the Mincio the easier this be-
comes, for the two main roads converge
Whether the Austrians will receive u;
in the famous Rectangle of Foitresses, Oh
will meet us on the road, remains To bt
seen. We know tLat they have received
Great achievements, and likewise tina
others are still on the road; it will proba
bly, depend on whether they are able tt
bring tn, m up in lime. On the othe
hand, the Allies have likewise taken thei
= measures to oppose to these efforts on TIL
part of the enemy, others on tier side.
. Whatever one may say about the rapid
a. ity with which the French appeared on In
Id scene of action in I:aly, France was no
On prepared for the war; Tie regiments whic.
had to leave in hot haste Were on a peac
III footing, except those which came tron
~ Algeria. They had scarcely m'r9 tina
ce one-half Of their strength, the rest bein
on what is called cdnge TenOaretu6te-
n that is, after serving three or four years
ny the men are allowed to go on turlouSl
which is renewed at short periods, UNI
he they have served their time. 1t Is onI
he since the war has begun that these me
if have been called in, and most Of thel
have by this time arrived: Their numb
lite alone will add quite a third to the force
on and then 1t must be remembered that the'
ter are not recruits, but seasoned soldier
IAN most of them dating from the Chimes
campaign. -.
IS Thus both parties are preparing WI
ice equal vlgor for the great occasion. In u
meantime, until it happens, the Ailied a
mics, at any rate, have an agreeable ,'n
he of it in this fertile and beautiful Lo:n?a
we plain, through which they are maTch'n
asst 1t is like an agreeable promenade IN
'mJ mark. Although the country betwe'
+ha Milan and the AIDA is similar to til
further west, yet the richness OF the We
citation, combined with the perfection
ble cultivation, gives it an entirely dltfere
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