Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-06-03
Correspondence Of the London Times,
Tho Austrian Army in Piedmont.

DETAILED ACCOUNT oT ITS MOVEMENTS.
AUSTRIAN HEADQUARTERS, |
MoRrARA. May 10
Your correspondent at Vienna hns probably
kept you informed VI those mov emcnls Of this army
which arc of sufficient Importance To be commu-
nicated by telegraph. will, however. reoapitu-
late briefly what has been done since the begin.
ming, Us Geographic dispatches are not famous for
either extreme nccuracyor even for consistency
one with another.
The first Austrian troops crossed tho Tcino on
the 10Th April, 5 davs after the French had pass
ed tho western frontier of Sardinia. This delay. as
you know. was in deiercnce to tho wish Of tho
British Cabinet.
A brigade of tho 9th Corps, under Gen Feste
tics. bad the honor Of leading tho way. IL crossed
at Pavia, and pushed tho same day through
Garlasco to the rcrdoppio river. followed by tho
entire Sd Corps. under Prince Schwarsenberg. to
Gropco.
Tha 7th Corps, under Baron ZDbsl, had como
up from Bergamo aud Brc.cia to Rho, intending
to cross tho Ticno further north. then make do.
mon stration nt Bufalora. and then turned south
ward through Ahbiatc Crosse towards the bridge
ut Vigevano, which. however, it fuund blown up.
1t was therefore obliged to cross at Bercgnnrdo
on a ponloon bridge constructed by tho engineers
This it did ON the 10Th, reaching Gambola the
same day.
On the following day tho Both, the 9Th Corps,
under Crunt Sadion. passed the same bridge. and
the 9th Corps, under the renowned ien. Bencdck.
crossed at Pasa the 7th pushing On to Mortara,
md the Sd to Garlasco
On the lst Of May tho 2d Corps. under Prince
Lchtcnstein. crossed at pavia 50 that it took 3
days for the whole five corps d'nrmee to cross tho
Ticino.
On the night of the lst Of May tho line extend
ed along the Agogna river from Nespola On the
north To San Nazznro aud thence TO the eastward
along the Po the Sd Corps till keeping the cen
Ri. - Al. 0At
and I'd on its lett. This relative position having
been kept until now. need not detail tho daily
marches. but will briefly say ,ha, the line was
gradually advanced and extended in this order un-
ill the day before yesterday. the Sth, when tho
headquarters of the Commnndcr-in. Chief, Gen.
Gyulai, were ut Vrrcel. and the whole country
north of the Po as far M Biclln and Craglia on
tho northwest. and tho Dora Baltca on the west,
was occupied by the Austrians almost without OPP
position. The Picdmontese dug trenches across
and otherwise injured the roads. and placed bnt-
terics to defend lhem but did not do so At Yer
cell they mined the magnificent railway bridge
across the Sesia. but the Austrians discovered
and Withdrew tho gunpowdcr The non-resstancc
is very remarkable. for the nature Of the country
is such that tho advance Of nm army can be most
easily impcdcd. The roads in most
artifcially raised. the fields each being dead
fat and kept under water for tho cultivation OF
rice, besides which, numerous canals nt several
different levels each other in every concciv-
able way.
The chief opposition occurred at Valenzn, where
there were two fine bridges across the Po The
one the Pfedmontese had themselves destroyed.
and the other the Austrinns determined to destroy
Tor them so, the Sd and 4th they made great
demonstration as il to cross the river both there
and opposite Frassinetto. and succeeded in mining
the bridge. On the 4rh, also, Gen. Bcnedek. the
enemy 3 attention being drawn to the abovc-nam-
int dol nj In
with 10000 men, on bridge constructed by the
engineers, corps which in Austria has reached
u wonderful degree of efficiency. He pushed on
to Voghera, and reconnoitercd Tortonn with
powerful detachment. In retiring he blew up the
railway bridge of Pontecurone, which must be n
serious blow to the allies In the night Of tho
4th TO tho 9Th the Po fifteen feet and destroy
ed General Benedek's bridge over the Po, thus is
olating him entirely. In twenty-four hours, how.
ever, another bridge was constructed over which
he retired on tho 9th. carrying off vast stores Of
bread: tobacco. salt, rice meal, corn, hay, &c,
from Voghera.
At yalenza the unparalleled rise of the Po fill
ed the first mines formed, and it was not till the
9Th of May that tho bridge was destroyed At
Frassinetto the intended deception was completely
successful Quantities Of Boards, DC, were order.
cd with great ostentation Mt Gambia, md some
hundreds of abarers. On the third of May some
lancers led the way across q ford of the Scsia to
an lsland betWen tnnL TlVeT ana tH0 IO four
companies of grcnadicrs followed, and half q
rocket battery. the whole under Colonel Puchner.
The Island is thickly covered with brushwood. so
the smallness of their number was concealed from
the enemy who opened heavy fire on the south
orn band of the ro This was answered by the
rocket battery and the grcnndiers, who extended
themselves along the bank As the Piedmontese
fancy they did much mischief that day. few ac-
curate figures may be useful. The Austrinns lost
en- tha Sd. before midnight, one man killed md
eight wounded; of the latter, one has since died.
At night Captain Dawyer. an Irshman. led over
another battalion to tho Island. and noise Of
hammering was kept up till morning. Us IL bridges
for the passage of n large army were being CON-
structed. During the entire night the loss tn the
Austrisns was only three men wounded. Here,
too the rapid rise Of the Sesia, which took place
a few hours before that of the Po nearly caused q
loss. but happily the whole force was Withdrawn
in safety, o,oing 10 the voluntary erertions Of the
Hedmontcse laborers who saved many drowning
men. This circumstance clearly proves how un-
true are the statements made about the snimosi-
ty Of the Italians against the Austrisns. have
myself been only three days In Piedmont on this
occasion, but have already ridden one hundred
and forty miles, and stoppsd ss nearly every vii
lsge. snd 70 an @cnglishman the natives would not