Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-07-13

from Liverpool on the ID, arrived here this fore,
noon Minging the regular dispatches of the Asso-
London papers.
was believed in some Partisan quarters that
the French loss in the battle of Solfe,i no amounted
TO loUo or $500 men, divided follows: Mar
shall Neils corps 600 to 600; Marsb,I HiIlisr,,.
corps nearly 500; Marshal McMabon,. corns
1850; Marshal Canrobert's corps loo: has,drs
many casualties in the artillery and other special
corps.
The French people are said TO he dissatisfied
with the scantiness of the details vet published
in the Moniteur. The Patrie says that the Empe-
Diem is reported to be dead. The Austrfans had
seven generals and very many superior officers
wounded. gen. Greschke was killed.
Some of the French regiment were nearly cut to
pieces The Piedmontese suffered 30 severely
to be incapable Of forming line of battle.
The Vienna correspondent Of the Times, writ
ing on the 29th says, that some days must elapse
before complete returns Of the losses Of the Aus
TRANS could be received. The same writer SAYS
the Italian regiments in the Austrian army have
become very difficult to manage. The men de-
sert scores and ffties, and in the neighborhood
of Trieste, whole battalion has raised In favor of
Victor Emanuel. vessel on the coast, under
American colors, had been detected in taking de-
serters on board after dark.
The people OF Milan have made a threatening
demonstration against the Jesuits, whom public
ence with Austria.
The municipal body of Vienna have offered to
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to dispatch the garrison Of Vienna to the seat Of
war
Enormous masses Of French soldiers are march
ing into Piedmont rtd the Nice aud Mt. Cents
routes.
The Emperor Napoleon was in perfect health.
and the sanitary condition Of the army excellent.
The headquarters of the French army Were at
vallegio, where Prince Napoleon was expected
to arrive on the Both.
reported that at the battle Of Soferino nearly
every officer and man Of the artillery and Impe-
rial guard was put hOrs de combat
Austrian accounts admit the loss of twenty thou
sand killed, wounded and missing. An Austrian
official report saws: The rig ht wing of the army
occupied Bozzolengo, Solferino, and Cavriana
The left wing marched on the oath to Guidizzolo
and Castel Geofredo. and repulsed the advancing
enemy on all sides. As the Imperial army con
tnued its advance towards Chiese the enemy.
who had also assumed the offensive, with his
whole force pushed forward such large bodies Of
troops that there was general engagement be-
tween the two armies at 10 O'Clock, or thereabout
on the morning Of the oath.
''The rig hit wing was formed Of the second ar
my under Count Schlick who maintained the no.
sition II had originally occupied in the first line of
battle until O'Clock p. m. and the first army the
left wing, under Count Wimpfen, continually
gained ground in the direction of Chiese To-
ward O'Clock the enemy made vehement attack
Solferno and after several hours of hard fp ht-
ing obtained possession of the place, which had
been heroically defended by the fifty corps Oar
meen
''An attack was then made on Cavriana which
place was cOurageOusly defended until evening by
the first and seventh corps 'armee, but was even
tually left in the hands of the enemy. While the
struggle for Solferino and Cavriana was going on
the Gig nth corps d'armee, which was on the outer
Hank of the right wing, advanced, and repulsed
the sandman troops opposed to it, but this advan-
tage did not enable the imperial army to recover
the positions that had been lost in the centre The
third and ninth corps, which were supported by
the eleventh corps were engaged on the left wing;
and the reserve cavalry attached this wing made
several most brilliant attacks.
" There Were unusually heavy losses; and the
fact that the left wing Of the first army was unable
to make progress on the right flank, the enemy
having directed his main force in the centre
against Volta, led to the retreat of the imperial
royal army 1t began late in the evening, during
a very violent Storm
The correspondent of the London Herald saws so
little did the French expect battle that on the
previous night, a message from the King asking
for supports In case he should be attacked, was
met with REFUSAL on the ground that an attack
by the Austrans was not probable At daybreak
however, the corps of Marshal d'Hilliers came
in sight of SolferinO, and was immediately set
upon by large Austrian force, which rushed down
the hill and fought with the greatest fury The
Marshal resisted TO the best of his power and sent
OF an ad-de-camp for supports; but il was not be-
fore three hours of fighful carnage the corps
Of Gen. Mel made lbs appearance. when the Aus
TRANS Were slowly driven back and every now
and then there was a pause and the French con-
tinued to gain ground heaps Of their own and
the enemy's corpses markin the d fluctuations Of
the fight.
The Austrians We're thus slowly driven out of
Solferino, but all of a sudden they made trenen-
dous burst forward and the French were driven
down the hill. Admirably supported by their ar
ullery, however, they made a stand and com
menced once more to advance A hail-storm of
bullets and balls, and whole files were moved
down by single discharge. Meanwhile at the
right and left wings the Austrians were decidedly
getting the best of it,
The Piedmontese Were slowly driven back.
Marshal Canro6ert's corps was also heavily pun
q lnd and had fhara laaaK,
the Austrian army to collect and concentrate their
forces against the weak points in the enemy's
line. matters would have assumed a very different
aspect.
Ihe French commander ito whom the credit OF
the day is entirely due, whether IL be Gen. Neil
Mcmahon or the Emperor himself sent forward
the Imperial guard and strong division Of infan-
try into line against the Austrian centre and sue
ceeded for time I'm breaking it,
instead OF bringing up their forces TO repel this
forminable attack the supporters were sent 10 the
Desperate attempts were made 70 recapture Solfe-
rino. but the French strongly held it, and the
bugles began to sound general retreat.
An attempt was made by the cavalry to pursue
them, which led to an encounter between the
French Chasseurs and the Austrian Hulans, in
about
1t is stated that not single Hungarian regiment
was allowed totake part in the battle and that the
the Tyrol.
l"cutN tuOusdnu COrpstS are Sdl0 10 have been
buried after the battle, and many more were left
lying in the bitches and corn fields
BERLIN.-Vienna letters confidently speak of
negotiations having been opened by Prussia with
England and Russia, for the purpose of establish
ing, If possible. basis for a combn ned medi ation
The military commission of the Frankfort Diet
Is said to have approved the demand to move an
army OF observation on the Rhine.
The French are making immense naval prep
arations in the Adriatic. Five ships Of the line
eight frigates, six war steamers, thirteen floating
batteries, nine gunboats, nine briggs and two
three-masted schooners, were at Antivari They
have many troops and enormous supplies on
board. The Admiral was about TO open sealed
orders. The real difficulty is in getting rid of
the Austrians without injury to the Inhabitants of
the city of Venice
The Brest fleet is composed of nine liners, two
heavy frigates, and one floating battery
Two London papers state that there has been a
meeting at Paris Of inferior diplomatic agents of
France in the Levant and that they have been dis
patched to their posts by orders from the Emperor
IL is presumed that they have orders to aid In the
getting up an insurrection in Turkey, In the in
terest Of Russia.
Garibaldi has received orders to occupy the I'M |
per valtelline, and he was expected at Torano
with 800 men, and where 500 Piedmontese had |
already arrived.
Skirmishes have taken place near Bormio be- |
tween the French corps Of Mallettino and the |