The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-30


ne e into Wide expanse Of smaller his, and Int
the rolling surface which makes that portion or the psa
me Asstrans had taken position these hIs planting
cannon upon those nearest Caseone which they could
that little vi.ge-snd had sla oned their i'm menso
array all over the surrounding plain Asnearis
nov learn the Francis Joseph had collected here
not less IMAM 20 GOO troops and commanded them per-
son His evident purpose 10 . stand here, and
rsk the fortunes Of the upon the OF the day
menoed the attack as light this mornus By
placing cannon upon the hills stn nearer TO Csstgioas
them the heights bsyond He took hs Va stssd upoa
me highest OF tnesea steep sharp backed ridge whoh
plain and from that point directed lbs sntre movement
o nm army during the carly portion Of the day
Mr. BRICKS LUCID ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHT.
they 70 the town and s 81 si ny ~
small villages OF the plain below The first OF these was
rne,S nsy lad sharp and protracted easa
and fought here a: they did throughout tue day. witi
the utmost dsspsssaon they we're three times drvsa
upon they their windows. and the FreSos
they found impossible hold their ground any o.esr.
they fell bach slowly and steadily, until they ths
directly southeast from Castgions. and IL only about
mile from the river Mncio from which, no viewer, IL %.
n he town and ovsroosos on tbs 'S saass
and southeast sdes the Ausans had planted very for
midsble batteries, and
FIELD.
When arrived upon the field aud went at to the
hoe as % S SsS - as OF
low his victorious troops. these batteries blazing
away upon the French -no were stationed tho PLAIN
below wds too far ~ 81 Observe iuh ANY accuracy the
snocevive steps Ge ocioa but could distinctly SEQ the
troops stationed upon the broad pain and moving up in
mssses towards the 'front.' where the artillery posicd
es, srraoes required But they reached
this point they were speedily enveiopcd In the OF
the cannon aud stAppeved ron observation. Bat tho
nv the king NJ
the Auttrsn FIRE. sod by the falling back OF their smoke
and corresponding dyapce on the part Of tina, which
rose nom the French artillery
MR.. BRICK oErs MIXED UP AGAIN
The csrnonsdng at that point lasted for hour
but Ia precisely wnat direction The AustGns Refreshed
was not posaole from The position occupied, see
wss sfraii 10 change II, mo- cover, because although
eb easily have gone cirecs, closely upon the
oeid could nos have found any ennence upoo the osn
fioui which could have had s~oep,og and
view Part Of the Austrian force pooaply crossed the
hpcio river, which hoss soutn from the lower
OF Lake 6arda, and omptes into the Po.
Me. BRICKS VISIBLE cANvoSADrYG.
Jur' before ngavall tremendous canncnaiin9 iis
tincty utabie In the drectoo OF Han,ua and was cup
posed by two French officers that Prace
asfautDg that fortress OF the plan Of
enemy in the open ucld But see M reason TO suppose
that this true Prince Napoleon could scarcely nays
reached Manua by this tine, as he In Florence only
week ego.
MR.. BRICKS CELEBRATED RETREAT TO BREscrA.
Fatgred by bic TREMENDOUS military operations, Nv.
Brick went TO eccp In cafe at Cssone was spced
lily reused by evident and unusual commo.ou-and
looking up we cav running down the street with
Zouaves and ober soldiers runpiug as the rest
stepped into the street and ASKED three soldiers
in succehrion what was the matter. Each gave the
fame reply" Je ne s1is pJs"but never stopped his
running in the least. Presently shouted loudly AZ
his spent breath would permit "Intun tebssses" (hey
he yeplid, "Les Autichiens" This certainly rather
startling nation, and b1cted up BY general
flight Of the Whole mobile population ws began 10 hiak
,cds hms for " 10 De mor.n9 also We accordingly
stated OF al round pace, but were compelled 10 stop
bens run over by the ad Sing crowd Frenca monuto
officers came tearing down the street, spurring their
horses into dead run over toe pavement. Shutters
win go,d deal alscry than they had been hung
out the day before Eyeryboay who had cart sod bore
mounted It and started. saw Zouave, who had been |
mppg through the street a momeu. before se,ze a
borse which stood at the entrance OF stable yard with
out saddle, brdle even halter leap on his bscs and
boldiug by the mane, kick and haoo him keen gal.
op down the street Every body running for d. ar
life We vent with the crowd until we cleared the 90 VA
reached the high to Tomato Fren ,h oilrer.
whom recognized as one had Ia command OF the
guard Of the wounded came dssnne along en- grand 9al
tharep con dit" was bis only reply. Folio wing
CLOSE to bis heels came one o. the args wagons
man TO whom I bad the surgeoos OF the
I@peral household especially deerep,a the day before
Mkt came open cbaise With civilians whou
was ashng the horse and the other fighting on the sodes
who were trying their best 70 climb up behind. BY ,hs
walk; the in the chaiss ouchiugly sympa,ho,
and consopey shouted to that Certainly los
and et directly in THIS DECIDED 10 qu, rai
ling altogether as II was quite hopeless 10 away from
covery Of wind induced cooler view Of tbs whole A.
fair, and we were already beginning its arocal
character when our eowsrdy oschmsn came pufOg and
blowing behind US, his face swelling with fear aud red
with heat he raised his eyes and clasped his hands in
pity as he paced Nv, and coon turned of from the
and buried his staiwart form 10 field Of wheat This
quite reconced us TO the desperate state Of ta!ugs
and laughing at bis sorrows We entirely forgot our
own. Reasoning the case, moreover, as We walked
along, We thought just possible that corps Of Aus
trian horse might have dashed in from Peschiers 70
rescue the prisoners, OF whom there 5000 in Cas-
tglone; but anything beyood this seemed quite mpoa
be The whole body Of fugitves upon our road was ft
charo showed thai ia that direction the panic VA no
anated As We had agreed 10 meet "MalakoG on hisre
turn from Bresea OF Montecharo, struck into cD
roads leading through the farms and country distrs
aud after couple Of hours brisk waking reached na
place We found II in the very height Of the fever, nd
upon the landlord Of the inn to open his Civ IN
possession Of the rooms we had previously engaged
pure panic ever saw-and the most striking feature
was the rapidty with which IL increased in force nd
produced the most serious resuss when overlook he
trains of wounded on the road to Brescia Tuey pre
'umbed hesdopg from the carts into the ROADSIDE lnd
many OF them were run by the ARTERY
wagons os they were utterly concealed from ght
by the dense Cloud Of duet which hung YER
the road: Of it's results at Brescia our regar
correspondent, who the spot will give sde
tailed account have since tried very hard to nndous
how 1t originated, but with only Indifferent success Al
first We were told that squadron Of Pied montese cya-
~, who were promenadDg the country In the dreca Of
Csstgiope had been mistaken for Austrisns but anD
Ger in the camp Of Cen Canrobcrt, which vstedthe
next day-upon the farihes extreme OF the Hed or at-
tle-tod inat II came from five Austrian soldiers yho
had concealed themselves in the bushes tho kh.
and now came in TO surrender. They said TO ave
stated that the Austrian army rapidly pminQ In
full force and would soon be possession Of Castebpc
In that camp no alarm have been created bat
when the runor reached the ammunition train mia or
50 in the rear set hem scsmperng Off in the nan,er
have rebeareed They their horses all the WV 70
sresc'a-sone seventeen miles-and reached ther Vt
about three O'Clock Why they did no. communcat, th,
alsIm 70 the cops Of Chasseurs d'Afrique through
which they passed, why their officers did not paus
for further inquiry among the my s,eries Of STAN
pede On reaching Brescia, ~ soon they found ou
tnat their alarm was groupdess, they returned bu
as they were separated from their camp they wer,
entirely without provisions of any kind, reacne,
CastigioDe on Sunday at about noon-both horse
and men completely exhausted Several of the TO- mer