The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-05
Malegnano and Canopica.

The following letter, in the New York Times
relates few facts which are of importance. The
letter 10 dated Paris, June IL:
Since the grand battle Of Magenta, three othel
battles have been fought, each resulting in fayol
of the French and Sandman arms. The FIRST o.
these was at Malegnany, the second at Canon
lea, and third between Bergamo and the river
Oglio.
The affair at Malegnano, town twelve miles
southeast Of Milan, on the road to Lodi (called
by the French Marignanl, was fought between
the armies Of Marshal paraguay D'Hilliers, on
the French side, and General Benedek, on the
Austrian side. Napoleon, finding that the Aus
trian army was in full retreat toward the AIDA
sent Bsrsgnay D'Hilliers to cut them off in the
direction Of Lodi. General Guylai, in turn, had
sent Gen. Benedek in that direction to cover his
retreat, and to hold the French in check while
he crossed the AIDA at Pizzghettope, on the
road to Cremona. Gen. Bepedek, with $4,000
men entrenched himself strongly at Maegnano,
and awaited the French attack. The combat
lasted niue hours, and resulted in the retreat Of
the Austrians, leaving the place in the bands Of
the French. AS at Montebel!o, the latter par,
of the fight took place in the streets OF the viii
lage. The Austrians barricaded themselves in
the houses and we're dislodged by the Zouaves
by the bayonet, house by house. The French
bulletin claims not to have had more than
$4,000 men engaged; but Gen. Forey's division,
which was present and formed the right wing,
was not called into action. The two divisions
engaged were those Of the brave Gen. BZaine
Ito which the regiment of Z0uaves Of the Bara-
quay D'Hiilers corps darmie is attacbed) aud
Gen. LAmirault. The Austrisns lost 800
killed and wounded, and 1000 prisoners; the
French 500 in killed and wounded In the night
q body of Croats attempted to take the town
from the French, but they were surrounded and
cut of.
Canonica, where another of the battles was
fought, is village On the east side of the AIDA,
twenty miles northeast Of Milan, on the road to
Bergamo. To this point the famous Gen. Ur-
ban, who had been sent to the determination
OF Garbaldi at Como, had retreated; and here
Marshal Csnrobert, sent by Napoleon for the
purpose, caught up with the retreating General
and offered him battle. A Vienna dispatch says
the battle was bloody one. We only know at
Paris that Canrobert remained master of the
field, and that the Austrians retreated in great
haste toward Brescia.
From Como, Garibaldi followed Gen. Urban
nearly to Monza, and thus falling out of the line
of country for which he had reserved himself
the conquest, he abandoned the pursuit, and,
striking north east to Briyio, crossed the AIDA
at that point, and on the 8sh entered Bergamo
without resistance. The Austrians Immediately
sent a force from Brescia toward Bergamo,
either to dislodge him from the latter place, or
to impede his further progress east. Gafibaldi
sent out portion of his force D meet the Aus
TRANS, and, after sharp enga cement, put them
to fight. We have no further details, but We
would scarcely be astonished here if this bold
and able chief were already at Brescia, within
twenty miles Of the great fortress Of Peschiera,
and at point where one line OF communication
from the Tyrol with the Austrian base of oper
atoms is cut of. He will hardly retain this,
however, without struggle, tor its possession
to the Austrians is of the first importance, and
we may expect to hear OF some sanguinary bat
ties in that direction.
A body of $50 Austrians were cut off in the
neighborhood of Lake Msggiore, as was expect
ed, by the rapid move of the French upon Milan
and Canonica, and these men, to save them
selves from capture, passed into Swiss territory,
where they were sent into the interior, as is the
custom.