Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-06-14

fallen into our hands. ~
As regards myself, M. le Marechal, }
am happy that my division has been the
first engaged with the enemy. This glo
rious baptism, which recalls one OF the
npblest names Of the Empire, viii. trust {
mark one of those stages mentioned in the
order of the day of the Emperor. L am,
With respect, Nile eMAREcnAL, your very
humble and very OBJ, dent servant, the
General commanding the first divsionl of
the corps. Signed: FoREY.
Austrian Atrocities, ~
In relation to the cruelLies and depreda-
tons of the Austrians, the correspondent
of the News writes: =, a ,...l,-., f,sl b..
Now that the Austrians have left Yer
celli and Tortona, we have the full de-
tails of their barbarous exploits. 1t would
occupy some columns of. your paper were
| to record the endless lisr Of their atroci-
ties. What is more shameful is, that
these outrages of the Croals and Lancers.
and Bohemian Infantry, were encouraged
by Generals and officers. ...,sas.,,.-.,
AT Vercelli. uhee Chief of the Austrian
Commissanes actually stole carriage and
Two horses belonging to Count Mela. The
p3or coachman mho had driven him to
Mortara, thought 1t was has, duty to re-
monstiate, when he was threatened with
the bastnado. The coachmau then asked
to have the cloak restored and the answer
was: ''The cloak viii be useful for my
servant" You would scarcely believe,
that the Austrian Official had the impu-
deuce TO write to Colnt Mela, thanking
him for the carriage lie had thus stolen.
An old peasant of The farm of Azea
Vecchia. belonging to Signor LaIghi. was
shot by II Croa1 because he could not move
quickly enough. q. ,.... ....t
| A boy fifteen years old has been sub
iected to the basLipadp at a place called
! tCappuccinna in the neghborhood of Yer
cell. The poor !aI has been removed to
the hospital, and thereis but little hope
OF saving his lte.. obi ,.ar,.,-.. NJ
At Cocolabio, a small hamlet three
miles from Voghera, a young gill has
been violated by an officer belonging to
the Ugolin Croat regiment. The poor
creature could not stand the shame Of
the Sclavonic brutality, and threw hersel
INTO well, out of WHICH she has been, Ia
ken, half dead. Every bushel of corn,
every sack of -four has been taken away,
and every cask of wine ,empted and
wasted, the poor peasants being thus left
starving and helpless. ..s ..,.-sl .......
Further Foreign News.
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London in which he criticised the policy
of England, and expressed his confidence
in he promises of Louis Napoleon.
| The following is from the London
'Herald," regarding the battle Of Monte
beo: "The Piedmontes cavalry after oc-
cupying Casteggio had been driven back
by the Austriaus, who followed 1t into
Montebello, where they weie brought up
by force under Forey and bauret. A
fierce contest took place in the streets of
the village from whence the French were
, ultimately driven after two hours hard
! fighting; but at this time Il reinforcement
made lis appearance in the shape of half a
battery Of artillery and the 91st and 98th
irepim2nts. The village was recaptured
after much slaughter, and the Austrians
fell back in perfect ORDER closely followed
by the French. The Austrians suffered
very severely in this retreat aud would
| have done still more so but for the admi-
rable conduct of their artillery at Cas-
teggiu They stopped their retro2rade
movement, and a battalion of ritlemen,
posted on some well wooded hills south Of
the town, kept up CALLING fire against
| the French. The 74th regiment alone
had about one hundred men put hors du
combat at Casteggio, by the m urderous ri
Aes of the Tyroez Jagers. The rest of
| the Austrians developed themselves in
fields on the left, despite several very gal
liant attempts Of the Sardinian horse to
prevent them. The French made des
perate attack to obtain possession Of the
village. but they were repulsed, and re-
tired in considerable disorder to Monte
belo, the Auslrlans pursuing them; and
it would have been all up with the divis-
ion hut for the SGD reUiment and the 9Th
battalion of Chas>eurs, who had just
rived from CanIaloup. With all this, it
seems the Austi ians and French entered
pel nell into Montebelo, where a fearful
butchery took place; but the upshot of the
matter was that the Austrans retired,
leaving fearful number of killed and
wounded all aloag the road. 81. 1906 O..
The Austrlaus retired i'll perfect order,
but 200 prisoners remained in the victor's
hands They must have been greatly
surprised, and not a little relieved at lind
ing no fresh troops were sent in. pursuit.
They retired beliud the Po, moving along
as far as Stradella, and then crossing over
to the Northern hank of the river. The
road to Piacenza is now, therefore. open to
the French, unless there be an Austrian
force at Castel San Giovanni, a fact which
is not as yet cleared up. t. .s....
AT the Beginning Of the action the Aus
TRANS had decided numerical advantage,
but at the close the advantage Of numbers
was wholly on the side of the French
Our bulletins tell us that the loss is only
about 500 killed and wounded, but be-
lleve this is much below the mark, as the
number said to have been lost by Aus
trians $500, is above it." -fr,
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