Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-16
Position of the European Berligerent,


The Ticino, rising in the bps near tb-
sources of the Rhine AMI the DanuLe after
spreading out into Lag Ma ggorc in the m
per part of its course. flows nearly Jro
south. and enters the Po at Payia. II i.,bs
dividing line between the kingdom of S,r,l;.
mia and the Lombardo-N enetian pos>e.>i,,.
of Austria the former lying To the Yves, &
it. and the latter 10 the east. The Sa.;,
Sandman river, flows in parallel dire,ti.,
to the Ticino, and ~ far ~ W. can juj,.
from the maps. about ten or fifteen mil.
from it, The Austrans before they m,vsI
were lying on the eastern side Of the T,.,r,
The telegram says the Sandman, are Iv,.
| ut Sesia, which seems to br "A town an H.
| western bank Of the river Of that name
The same telegram says the Austran> hy,.
! crossed the Ticino. at Bullalora. and moy,S
in the direction Of Novarn This town H..
. considerably to the south Of that wbi,.b :.
put down rs Sesia on the maps. and il ~,
! report be true, 1t is very easy 10 see the IA.
iect of the movement in question. WeviI
explain it, according to our view.
n Railroad. commencing al Genoa, run,
nearly due north between the Sesia and tie
Ticno, passing through the towns of Ale,
sandra, Mortara aud Noyara. and term
mates at Aroma on the Lago Maggiore. Az
Novara 1t connects with another Railroad
from Turin. If the main body Of tho Sar
dinians lies AZ Sesa the occupation of the
junction at Novara. will prevent them from
receiving relniorcementS coming either from
Genoa or Turin. Ii will also cut them ~
from Turin. to which Novara, is considrra
bly, nearer than Sesa. The Sandman army
will thus be isolated. and exposed to de-.
structicn, while the capital of Sardinia will
be placed. III measure AT the mercy of the
Austrlans. In order tO prevent such a "a.
tastrophe, the Sardiniaus will be compelled
to fall back, in the direction of Turin. A.
Alessandra, a few days march Ia the south
of Novara, the Railroad from Genoa To Ale,
sandra. and that from Alessandria Ia Turin
connect nearly ut right angles, the Turin
road running from that point nearly due
west to Turin. II the Austrians should
have taken possession of Novara. the French,
coming by rail from Genoa, will, it is to be-
presumed, take the Turin road To Turin. il
it be not already broken up before their ar.
rival. In case either of these catastrophe-
should happen, or if the Sardnians should
be cut off from their capital. it seems proba.
bic, that they will retreat in the direction Of
Mount Gents, over which the French are a.
ready said to be pouring. This would leave
an Austrian force between Turin and Genoa.
and, of course, between the French forces
arriving at that point. aud those now eros
sing the A ps. II would give the Austrian.
n central position and enable them TO keep
their vast army together in one body.
The New York Tribune reasons that Aus
tria can hold all the fortre,seS in Lombariy
worth holding with $1,000 men, which will
leave 49, 900 for the invasion Of Piedmont
Against these Sardinia cannot bring more
than 90, 600 men: nor can France, it argues,
add more than 10000 to the number AT the
time they will DE most needed on the LIT
May,-and even these much scattered. With
these inadequate and scattered forces it is rra
soned that France will have to accept bat
tie rs soon offered.
The Times looks more favora5ly upon
the French alliance, and concludes rs fol
lows:
1.-The flooding of the country Of the Ticino,
which liz level full of swamps and rice fields,
and cut up by many water courses, would
impede very seriousl y the Austrian advance,
and make the moment of the first collision
quite uncertain. But the blood of France
and Italy would seem to be thoroughly up,
and the war will unquestionably he carried
on ina fercer temper and with more vindic-
tive feeling on either side than any contest
which Europe has seen since the great Ia
tional war of lSl3-l4."
The News concludes that England is in
most perplexed condition. and quotes Car
lysle's work (vol. ill.,, p. 422), closing it, r..
marks with II passage from it, which it is
disposed to apply warningly To Britain;
pretend what We will, if you run into au-
other food of blood and war, the sinew- Of
this nation, being wasted by the last. You
must sink and perish utterly"