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INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.
The Great Battle of Magenta.
INTERESTING DETAILS.
| Official French Account.
From the Paris Monteur, June 10TH
The 4th of June had been fixed by the EN-
peror for the definite occupation of the left
bank of the Ticino. Gen. McMahon's corps
d'armes, strengthened by the division of the
Voltigeurs of the Imperial Guard. and follow
ed by the whole army of the King of Sardinia,
was to advance from Turbigo on Buffalora
and Magenta, while the division of the Gren-
adiers of the Imperial Guard was to carry the
tete-depont of Buffalora on the left bank, and
Marshal Canyobert's corps Garme was to ad
vance along the right bank to cross at the
| same point.
The execution of this plan was frustrated
by one of those incidents which must always
be expected in warfare. The army of the
King was delayed in crossing the river, and
only one of his divisions was able to follow the
corps of Gen. McMahon at distance.
The advance of Eepinasses division was
also delayed, and, on the other hand, when
Marshal Canrobert's corps left Noyara to Join
the Emperor, who had proceeded in person to
the bridge at Buifalora, it found the road so
encountered that it only arrived very late on
the banks of the Ticino.
| So maftarc cfoo6 opd tho FnpnrOr owoit
ed not without anxiety, the signal of the ar
rival of General McMahon's corps at Buffalo
ra, when about two o'clock he heard fusilade
and cannonade in that quarter. The Gener-
al was coming up.
This was the moment to support him by
advancing on Magenta. The Emperor at once
threw Wimpffen's brigade against the forlnid-
able positions occupied by the Austriana in
front of the bridge; LIE Clerc's brigade follow
ed up the movement. The heights which
border the canal and village of Butfalora were
soon carried by the impetuosity of our troops,
but they soon found themselves opposed to
formidable bodies, whom they could not drive
back, and who stopped their advance.
| Marshal Canrobert's column had not vet
come up, and, on the other hand, the cannon
ade and fusilade which had announced the
arrival of Gen. Mcmahon had completely
| ceased Had the Generals column been re
pulsed, and would the division of the Grena-
diers of the Guards have to sustain alone the
whole strength of the enemy?
This is the proper place to explain the ma
neuver of the Au >trians.
When they learned on the night of the I'd
of June that the French army had made itself
master of the passage of the Ticino at Turb-
go, they rapidly recrossed the river at Vige-
vano with three of their corps Tarme, who
burned the bridges behind them. On the
morning of the 4th they were opposite the
Emperor 125, GOO strong, and it was against
such disproportionate force that the division
of the Grenadiers Of the Guard, with whom
was the Emperor, had to compete.
At this critical moment General Regnaud
Saint Jean d'Angely displayed immense ener-
gy, as did also the Generals under his orders.
General Of Division Mellinet had two horses
shot under him, General LIE Clerc fell mortal
ly wounded, Gen. Wimpffen was wounded in
the head, Commandants Desme and Maus-
nuy, of the Grenaders of the Guard, were
killed; the Zouaves lost 200 men, and the
Grenadiers suffered a loss not less considera-
BILE.
Finally, after long expectation of four
hours, during which Mellinet's Division sus-
tanned without flinching the attacks of the en-
emy, Picard's brigade, dby Marshal Canro-
bert, arrived on the field of battle Shortly
afterwards Vinoy' division joined, of General
Niers corps, which the Emperor had sent for,
and finally Renault's and Trochu's Divisions
of Canroberts corps.
At the same time Gen. McMahon's cannon
became again audible in the distance The
Generals corps, retarded in its advance, and
less numerous than it should have been, had
advanced in two columns on Magenta and
Buffalora.
The enemy having attempted to cut in be-
Il tween these two columns, Gen. Mcmahon
ordered his right column to fall back on his
left, toward Magenta, and this explains the
cessation in the firing at the commencement,
of the action on the Buhalora side.
} In fact, the Austrians finding themselves
hard pressed on their center and left, had
evacuated the village of Buffalora, and had
brought the greater portion of their forces to
bear against General McMahon before Magen.
, ia. The 45th of ehe Line boldly attacked the
) farm of Cascina Nuovo, on the outskirts o
the village, and which was defended by two
Hungarian regiments. Fifteen hundred mer
of the enemy laid down their arms, and the
colors were taken away from the Colonel
body. However, Moterouge's Division found
itself hard pressed by considerable force
which threatened to separate it from Epinas
se's Division. General Mcmahon had placed
in the second line the thirteen battalions Of
the Voltigeurs of the Guard under the com
mand of the brave General Camou, who, ad
, vancing to the front, sustained the shock Of
: the enemy, and gave time to Moterouge's anG
E Espnasse's Divisions vigorously to assume
the offensive.
At this moment of general attack, General
Anger, commanding the artillery of the 2nd
corps, opened fire with forty guns on the rail
way chausee, which taking the Austrians ir
flank and crossways, made fearful havoc.
! At Magenta the combat was terrible. The
enemy defended the village most obstinately
Both sides felt that it was the key of the po
sition. Our troops took it house by house
causing immense loss to the Austrians. More
r than 10000 were put hors du combat, ant
? Gen. Mcmahon took about 5000 prisoners
S including one whole regiment, the I'd Chas
D seurs a pied, commanded by Col. Hauser.-
: But the Generals corps suffered severely
q 1900 were either killed or wounded. In th,
t attack on the village, Gen. Espinasse and hi
. officer dordonnancs, Lieut.. Froindefond, wer,
!, both killed. While leading on their men, Col
r Drohout, of the 65th of the Line, and Colone
t Chabriene, of the I'd, fell mortally wounded
= On the other side, Vinoy and Renaults Di
J, visions were doing prodigies of valor, unde
: the orders Of Marshal Canrobert and Genera
It Neil, Vinoy's Division, which had left Novar
t, in the morning had scarcely reached Trerate
a where it purposed to bivouac, when it wa
It sent for by the Emperor. It advanced a