Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-07-15


and villages, some Of which are very available
points in battle field, and, 1t appears, occu-
pied conspicuous positions in the recent action.
This loc alton has for many years been the great
review ground Of the Austrian army in Italy,
and il has assembled there once or twice year
for review sometimes in numbers as large as
seventy or eighty thousand men, The whole
ground, then, was familiar to both officers and
men. They had fought many a sham battle on
the field Of the late bloody contest: had prob
ably taken and retaken in mock combat every
one of the positions which they were compelled
to attack and defend on the oath ofJune in the
face Of hostile batallions This fact no doubt
it was, ~ much as any other, which induced
the Austrian Generals to meet the enemy at
that spot rather than on the other side Of the
MinciO; and it must have given the Austrian
troops great advantage over their sdversaries,
| a circumstance which renders their defeat .
worse one, and the victory for the enemy still
more glorious.
Effect Of the Victories Of the Emperor i'm
France.
Correspondence Of the London Times
MARsRILLEs, June 25-S. 30 d. m.
The news Of the battle of Cavriana was re-
ceiyed this morning by telegraph, and was
posted up at the corners of the streets and on
the public buildings at 10 O'Clock The greatest
enthusiasm and excitement were created by the
publication of the dispatch. However great is
the curiosity Of the people, there has been no
disposition to quarrel with the meagrenese of
the telegram, for it is remarked that the dis
patch was sent of within an hour and quarter
after the conclusion of the battle. Flags were
immediately hoisted, and preparations made
for general illumination, on the invitation of
the police. which is now beginning. This
crowning victory, rs il is reported to be, has
won over many to the Imperial cause-for there
are or were many Legtimists here-and created
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not be expected, and which has, perhaps, never
been witnessed since the days of his uncle.
The maryelOusly rapid successes of his Majesty
have invested him with the prestige of military
glory-all that was wanting, il was said, TO
rivet his hold upon the loyalty and devotion of
the nation; 1t is universally believed-and
certainly with every appearance of truth when
the blunders of the Crimea are remembered
that the admirable and faultless organization
OF the French advance and the expulsion of the
Austrians from Piedmont and Lombardy have
been due entirely to the Emperor. To his un-
ceasing supervision, even Of the minutest de-
tails and to his strategicaI knowledge, France
is believed to be indebted for her recent vic
tories. An individual who had the indiscre-
tion to say in public that Z" il was all very we'll
to talk about the Emperor, but il was his Gen-
erals who devised the plans and gained the
victory, was silenced in a manner he little
anticipated. However great may be the ma
tional Penchant for demigremenf there is not
the slightest disposition to detract from the
Emperor's credit, to which he is held to be
fairly entitled. 1t is certainly a marvellous
instance in the history Of military operations
for commander who previously never wit
messed shot fired in earnest, nor had the
slightest practical knowledge of the art of war,
whose whole knowledge Of military stategy has
been derived from books,-it is marvellous,
and calculated to destroy all existing ideas, to
see him defeat the highly-educated and prac-
ticed veterans of the Austrian armies when
'aiily matched, and command the genera s of
tae First Napoleon as well as the celebrities of
African campaigns.
Besides the feelings of satisfaction at success,
there Is vague sentiment of surprise and as
tonlshment which gradually merges into un-
limited confidence, and resuscitates belief in
the star or destiny of the Bonapartes to such q
degree that were the Emperor to declare war
against England tomorrow he would have the
cordial and enthusiastic support of the nation,
with but numerically insignificant exceptions