Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-15
The Rattle Of SOlfsrino

TRANS after hard hattie. taking 1000 pris'
oners. 20 cannon and three 1hgs. The Cor.
g. engaged could not have been Tar less
than $4,000. The editor Of the New York
Times. who was on the ground, describes
The hattie as follows
"CAsTiGLloNE. Friday, June2i. Francis
Joseph has command. and lost, to-day. h'-
fr., battle. We were fortunate enough Co
arrive on the ground in the early part Of
the Sight. and during a portion of the time
were stationed on bill at the very spotoc
curi,d by the Emperor Napoleon during
tlr fret lev hours of the DAY.
Ion the night Of the ga tho whole Aus
TRAN army moved up to the vicinity Of Cas-
tislione. within mile Of the advance camp
Of the Frcush army. They came or 50
noi.rlc.-ly that the trench supposed It to
D. their intention % sweep around and en-.
circle the town. No such attempt how
ever was made. and al O'Clock this morn.
inc the battle Commenced, hut BY which
army the Grst gun was frrd m one thus FAR
has h,sn able 90 inform me. The Austrian
c,ntrc vas on and tovsrds the extremity Of
long tongue Of hiIls-their right On the
same rang, ofhill. close up to the town OF
Ca.uelioue. and their len extended direct
" out acros. the plain to the -ou,h tcrm'ua-
ton Of the tongue % hills.
On thes, bill. we're tw, Villages occu.
pied hy the Aus,rians, all high old TOW
er overlooking the plain and the whole
country arolni.
TIE Austrian position was in a crescent,
wat Magenta about eight mile. long, and
vas exceedingly strong in every point Of
view since the French were Obliged to at.
tack from the plain in iaIl view, aud in
concentrated form.
d" purin. the fr,i hour Of the battle, the
French werr twice driven back BY superior
number. and the impetuo,iiy Of the Aus
trans. Bu; this rc,ro.radr movement was
u', rcpulsc. and the ground lost vas i'm
m,lately rrs,in,i IL vas the first rcsi-
neut Of Zjuavs- ,ha, suGcrl the mos, at
ihrs moment
At ! O'Clock, I saw two cart-loads Of
wounded men ofthi. regiment, as they came
o. che Geld on their way TO the Hospital At
Ca.,islione. and they told tn, that at that
moment not single commissioned oGecr
ofthrtr regiment was on his feet.
The two village. on the line Of hills
bella hy the Aus,rians offered ,he creates,
resistance 90 tie advance Of the French.
one o. these. Solierin1, was taken and re-
taken three times BY Canrohrri's division
and Il 5. aid that At thi. point the dad DO.
Die. actually concealed the ground from
view.
q" Another village nearer % Castislionc,
10 which strange 20 relate. both men and
women 6rrd upon the French, Wa totally
burnt down by Marshal Canrlbert's orders,
The Au.tsians wcrr gradually driven
back over the PLAIN, and from their strong
position on the hill sides, al at O'Clock
they made their last obstinate stand az the
town OF Volta, SIX mile, east 10 CAstislione.
An hours work d,.l,dsci them from ihi'
place. and then AZ O'Clock yiolcut ram.
storm coming up. attended with thunder
and ishtnrn., the retreat Of the Au'trians
e5mmsucsi.
Avay 20 the northeast. towards Pcschi-
era. which Was clearly in view, and aPPn-
ryutly near the borders % the Lake GarlA,
The battle was rasiu. with renewed fury.
TIE P,eim,uts~e. $1,000 strong, command.
81 ty ,ts kipe, Who bad stopped the night
oftle I'd IN advance of Slnato, and who
had come % the Geld Of action in the rear
Of tbe Austrian morning position. bad at
r,h5l he Aus,riaus IN the a4uk as they
rs'r-.tel.
We could src each discharge Of the can.
non. as they yomi,ed forth, in rapid .ucces-
son the death dealing missiles, and when
W shaded our ear, behind the crown Of the
lll "a which We stool. could hear distinct
ly uat only the di.charse Of thc cannon, bat
ths rapid cracking Of the rlasI muskeis o.!
To- infantry.
The Au.,riaus continued 20 recede towards
ibs Nipci,. at Pcschigra, aud i, was report.
90 boz The French army that the bridge a.
that place had been cu,, some said by Gar
ra,ii. some by the people and that the
Austrian retreat bein. thus cut oG, they
wr,l 40 De surrounded. Others pretended
that Garihalli vas on the other side Of the
Like. awaiting the Au.trians on their r.
tr,at. But an these statements may have
b,,1 mere slrmiscs.
We we're unabl, % arrive az even IN ap-
Tr.z. nation Of the casualtis, %, the day.
All che oficsr. who might have been able
O. furnish us correct information, continued
10 The pursuit., Of the enemy, and We were
obliged 90 rely solely on wha; We 'aw with
our .wn eve. and could obtain from the
wounded themselves. From ihess data We
iey. warranted in saying that the French
must have bad 2j,OoO men hor' d combat.
Ne certainly Jaw ourselves 10 600 wounded
men coming from the fields on carts. wag
oIs, mules and litters.'
ST Jouvs. y. =. July II. The royal
Mail steamship Canada from Liverpool Sat.
uriny. - inst, passed Cape Race at $50 OF
sunday lOth. and arrived % Halifax today
The following i. a summary of the new'
TuE wAE The new. ~ the Canait doe