Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-07-22
Correspondence Of the Lcrdon Tines
Description of the Battle Of solfe-ino from :hc
Austrian Side.

Austrian Side.
VERONA. SUNDAY, June 26.-I skctchcd yes.
teriay, rs rapidly a. | could, the principal Incl,
dents Of the great battle which suppose will
be called the battle Of Solfcrino. The field
having been lost 10 us, | am deprived Of the
advantage w~l,:ci. vii he possessed exclusively
bv those on the either side Of examining II; but
II ) -,ill possible fGr me 10 enter into more par.
ticulir detail, il,an was able III !Gy letter u
yesterday to do.
Soiicr;no i, 4 Struggling village. through
which rt:nS the roai 10 Sau tasSiano. On IT'S
Western side rises the hill called l,occa, on
which Stands tie tower Of which | haze alrla.
dy given YOU 4 description. The hill stretches
in Il Westerly direction about l,t0o PAGES, the
silt Of il descending nat abruptly 20 tie
hamlet, Or Co..l!a!o Po21o Catcna.
Tbs line OF height was occupied at the opca.
inc Of the action by Bis Brigade Of the Di-
vision Pal!iy, ug the Fifth Corps. 10 h crisht
OF tic tower oh the Eocca, that *, northeast oI
il. S,cynbcrg's DIVISION Of the Fifth Corps held
a line from the heights OF Fan lIctro and i'"!a.
facing the enemy on tic little stream rallied
Rcdonc. The First attack on this position. "as
successfully r~cpul>cd, but as the Allies All.
yanccd over the spit Of the Monte Carrai, the
ilIlch WIS I.tiCh va WIN IiI'IINipiS 49, IN
ilillv position Of the Austrian, does nn; seem
to have permitted them 20 make nue.! 'i~r "i
their artillery. OF which many Batteries %re'.;Iiii-
cd in reserve. st the foot Of the Sol!crin"
tower to the west they had come guns play In
on the French crescent in the PLAIN; otheIs Oh
the east side Of the tower checking Tie All
vance of the enemy. Their chief dependence
was not, however, on their artillery III these
positions, but rather on the fire Of the inian-
iry, which. on lis part, had to face the Mimic
rifle of the Grcnadlrrs Of the Guard, which
committed dreadful havoc amongst the officers
of the foremost line.
The road through Solfcrino is on a much
lower level than the hill Of Rocco or that ol
San Pic,ro, which command 1t on both sides.
The efforts of the French were directed ri Al
carly period towards this point, every step the!
took in advance there giving them i csiancc vi
turning the TANKS Of the .AuSlriau> ds:cIiding
both S~oIicrino aud San Piciro. As their l;ia>Sc>
became more compact and difficult TO rcrei,
they gradually forced their wa:' up the road.
driving back The AustliaEs BOTH III Hank and
front, and separating the extreme Lett % tie
Fifth Corps from il, right aid center. HE
Brigade Bis rallied again rs the flr>i Corps
under Clam advanced - its support from Cas-
riano. The First aud Fifth Corps, thus tight.
ing in lire together, maintained themselves al
that point till past II o'clock, when Tie latter
fell back exhausted 10 the rear. The rest 0i
the First with the Filth preserved their posi-.
tons against every attack successfully I'LL halt
past one. when The enemy began TO make head
against them, throwing back the former 10 it,
direct rear on Cayriano. aud the latter to it,
right. thus cutting oil the communication be-
tween the Eighth and the Filth Corps and the
rest Of the Austrian army.
At the same time, under cover OF their bat
;cr!cs IN the Campo iii Mcdu!c, and others Oh
the heights Of Monte Fcnilc, which caiila;ed
the road between Volta aud San Ca>siano, the
French advanced a heavy body Of Infantry
which It once held in check the Seventh Corps
under Zobel at San CaS>iano, anu outiankcd
the .lustlianS un their lett On the height OF
Rocca. The position at this point was thus
becoming rapidly untcna@ic. Attacked III
front aud OH both TANKS, il stood out on the
apex OF an ~i>oSccles triangle, OF which the front
and two sides were closely pressed 10y an over
powcring enemy. The First Corps, which in
the morning held Cavriano, had becn forged
carly into tire; its only rescrGe in cast Of a
check. being TIE Seventh, ZobelS. But il had
already been found necessary to Use UP Zobcl
in the defence of San C~assiano, so that when
tile First Corps began to yield and fall back
from Soilcrino, there were no fresh troops 10
oppose the enemy. The French crowned the
heights Of Soiferino about l.. and their bate.
ries, placed on the range Of siontc Marsan, be-
gan, Smelling CsYriano, while the FIst Corps
continued 10 dispute the intermediate ground.
1t wrs at this moment that the Emperor with