Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-22

FRect Of the Flerrh Riaed Cannon-sceneh
on the Battle Field--ihe Dead aud WOund-
The immense superiority of the new French
RiAed Cannon was demonstrated at the battle
of Solferino. The pieces were so light that
they could be taken up hills that infantry had
difficulty 10 scaling, and their range and pre-
cision were almost incredible. Shells from
them burst among the guns and infantry OF the
enemy, while the SHELLS fired by the Austrans
fell short or bursted in the air. A writer from
the battle field cites the following fact 10 illus
trate the power OF the riAed guns
General Desyaux saw in the distance about
thirty squadrons Of cavalry, consisting Of Ital-
ians and dragons, forming into masses, aud
preparing TO thunder down upon the squares of
Renaud's division. The danger was imminent
and grave, for the French troops had their
Aanks compromised, and were in front of an
Austrian battery, which worried them with
grape. Gen. Desvaux pointed out the danger
TO Capt Fist, commander of the eighth battery
Of the Tenth Regiment of ARTILLERY, who at
once established battery ofuaed cannon upon
a small eminenoe in the plain, and fired four
rounds of shells containing forty balls dis
tance of more than two thousand yards The
chantment
/ The captain saw in the first place that wide
gaps had been made in the enemy's ranks, then
all Of a sudden that this terrible mass Of cav
airy was dispersing in every direction, utterly
disordered, and without needing orders OF raj
! lying at the word Of command, Twenty thou
sand of the Austrian cavalry, upon whose aid
every reliance had been placed, were thus ren
dered ueeless, aud it was directly after this
catastrophe, if | am rightly Informed, that the
Emperor Francis Joseph abandoned the camp,
tears of yexation and despair in his eyes
THE PILES OF DEAD AND THuR APPEARANCE.
The plain Of GuidizzOlo is really horrible to
look upon. Even so late as yesterday the dead
were not all buried They were to be seen in
groups of twenty and thirty, huddled together
in one spot, where shell had burst or the
Chasseurs dAfrique had passed. All still
maintained the attitude in which death had
struck them down.
Here was one with upliited arm TO ward of
the blow which had split open his skull, and
splashed his brains far and near Close by wai
another, with his hand upon his breast shiver
ed and rent by the grape, Another seemed t.
be smiling, as if in moGkery of the grim war
rior's approach Some were lying upon thei
backs, with faces turned towards heaven, anC
prayers still seeming to linger upon their lips
Further on, there was Hungarian, who ha,
thrust his clothes into ghastly wound nea
the heart. At his left was Tyrolese, with
the unused cartridge between his teeth To tn,
right, Croat has his head cut off by ball
and the head was by his side with its horribl,
eyes, garing and leering, os it seemed, a! th,
dismenbered body
Two young lads, certainly not more thar
sixteen, were lying in each others arms
Death had surprised them in that attitude or
perhaps feeling themselves about to die, the,
had clung together in last embrace, and ha,
fallen thus never to rise again Upon the bod
Of Bohemian officer we noticed dog, wait
ing, apparently, for his master to get up! w
had not the heart to call off the faithful animal
10y a word or gesture, fohwo felt sure tina
God would reward the devotion of this poo
dumb creature, so touchngly shown amidst tb
carnage which man had waged against his fol
low man.
On every side it was the same Death, il
his most horrible and ghastly form, glared a
us, no meter where we gazed. Enough, how
ever, ON this sad themu.