New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-27

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20 S;scted the Sd and 5th Corps dArnee 20 AXE the
,v In his tight flank, should he attempt 70 make sn
s,,aek from San Martino. II was already known 70
- ON the preceding day that the enemy hsd cre7ssa
a. Ten O. near Turbigo, and expected the main az
tack would be made from that place. me . -.
G%don. helopgiSg to the LIT Corps had been sent t
ward Turbgo, and being tracked there, 'Nu
snen.ly at Bnffslora obliged 70 retiea'' 10
ordered Iieut.-Gen Count Clam 70 nalnaa ~. a..
position at Magenta, and desired inc o'nei VII
vance with all speed. -. -oor and ba. |
ps superior in force, be suoceelea ~ and ~
session Of the dam Of the Navgho "a 1'ne aHI 80 ~
Ponte q magenta. 'ac,ad fcoypGrfJ ground en.bed
s gun n.abb himself there lat Ponte ii Magenta az
n nnn About this time had gone with my stan
Magenta and was making my r. Sue av the d.
x;sion under Lieut. Gen. Baron Reischacb was orierei
10 Tetake POpte d Magenta. rode TO Rooecco 10
point TO the 81 corps the way TO me enemy ign'
dark Shortly after my arrival at Robecco the re,
taking OF Ponie di Magenta aud the capture OF hed
gun were announced 10 me. - -,
80 The columns OF tie Sd corps, which were full Of
sopfdence now advanced Gen. Ramtning led ms
bugade along the east bank of the Navigio. The
bngade HaItung passed between the caha anu Gar
pepgago and the brigade DGrfeld followed them as
se.eIye Gen Wetzlsr's brigade was directed toward
sbe road which is in the low ground near the Ticino.
While these bigades advancing, the diVisloa IN
der Lieut. Gen. Reischach was again repulsed, al
shough t-and more particularly the brigahe un1ef
Gen. Lebzetern-had gallantly withstood severa az
tseks The brigade Lebzeltern, with the infantry
regiment Kaiser at its head, made splendid attack on
Bufalora. -. p,
troops into his line of battle the appearance VI ihe 81
Corps on his flank at Grst produceds very good effect
The brigade Hartung being supported 10y MaJm.Sgh'
Uurfeld several times stormed Ponte Vecchio 81 Ma
y.pta The position taken, lost taken again and
ut ia remained in the hands Of the enemy The heaps
of corpses' (eicheR-massea) proved the determined
Iftey several attacks had been made by that gal
Lnt regiment the King Of the Bel gians, Gen. Ram
ming brigade obliged to fall back on Robecco
vhefe IL remained. Toward evening the 9TH Corps
reached the field Of battle and the brigade Prince OF
Hesse made several gallant but Intellectual atempt 10
prevent the enemys advancing on Magenta. ms
last place being attacked by superior orce ana also
by troops coming from the north, the exhausted troops
pIder Count Clam and Prince Licbtenstein were at
hst obliged 10 evacuate il. The division under Lieut.
Gen. Lila then advanced and occupied Corbelta,
through which place the retreat was TO be made.
+" As the day had begun TO close in, had Robecco
strongly occupied and prepared for fresh attack in
the morning Of the 5h. The enormous loss OF the
enemy led us to hope that he was much shaken
lerseiutert and the courage all occasions displayed
by cur troops induced to believe that renewed at
tack would be successful
{" As we have prisoners belonging to nearly oil the
regiments Of the French army ii must be concluded
that all the eDemys were brought into acton
On our side, the Jth and 9Th Corps and division OF
Abe Sd Corps were not engaged, and being tesh
troops could have turned the scale in our favor AL
this had taken into consideration, and only waited
for an account Of the exact positions OF the troops ana
iLeir losses order TO make arrangements for renew
ing the attack. ~
lArm6e which had suffered most from the first at
tacks Of the enemy, had already moved to the rear,
and could not again be brought to the field OF battle,
tnlese they made fatguing march during the nght:
The troops in question continued their march NJ
o'clock in the morning, that they must have reached
their destination by the time at which should have
been prepared to send them to the front again Under
such circumstances, it was necessary to make re-
treat and il my aim to keep the corps which were
sti ready for action intact, order that they might
protect the others.
Accordingly, at in the morning the gallant reg
ment Grand Duke of Hesse once more stormed Ponte
d Magenta in order to facilitate the rerograde move
men IL was the last effort OF brave reglment-says
Lieut. Gen. Prince Schwsrzenberg 10 his report
which on the preceding day had had - officers
wounded, and staff officer and nine captains killed
without opse hesitatDg to attack and without display
ing irresCiuton when repulsed
1.-THE enemy having been driven back to Magenta,
m orderly retreat was made believe | can conf
IDENTIFY conclude that the enemy, in spite OF his SUPERB
ery, paid high price for the possession of Magenta
acknowledge that 1t did not yield to brave and nu
perically superior force until after heroic contest
"I am not able TO give any nearer details concerning
the action, az, under the circumstances timely returns
from the different troops could not he acquired be-
heve to be the truth in saying that we had be-
tween 1900 and 600 killed and wounded, and that the
enemy certainly had half as many more Lieut.. Cen
eral Baron Reshach was shot through the hip, aud
Generals Lebzelten and Durfeld through the arm. l
Ni not neglect to forward to your Majesty more de-
tailed account soon as the separate reports have
come in, and to mention the names of those who par
tcuarly distinguished themselves.
"GYULN, Felizeugmeister.
-Headqusrters Belgioso June g. 1859"
II is almost impossible to give you correct idea Of
The impression which the foregoing bulletin has pro-
duced here. For the moment the public appears to be
stunned, but the military world loudly expresses its in
dignation that the finest army Austria ever had
intrusted to such arrant bungler Count Gyula
has proved himself to be. Such a candid confession of
incapacity has perhaps never been made by the COM
mander Of an army ON the 81 Count Gyulai learnt
that part Of the SardoFrench army had crossed the
Tcino at Turbgo, and he sent division to oppose
its further progress the following day he is informed
that strong bodies of the enemy are marching toward
Magenta, and he leaves Count Clam with the 2d Corps
d Armte and goo of his own men, to receive the
shock, whileshe the right faux Of the enemy
with the Sd and 5th Corps. In the afternoon the
Feldzeugmeister manages to bring the Sd Corps iLto
action; and towards evening brigade of the Nj
Corps makes lis appearance on the field of battle
Instead Of immediately sending the division Of
LieutensntGeneral Lila 10 the assistance of the
exhausted troops" of Clam and Lichen-
stein Count Gyuai places as reserve
IN CoYbeito. The Commander Of the Second
Austrian Army had two fresh corps the 9TH and the
9Th and division at hs disposal. but il his
with 10 keep them Intact, and accordingly he at >
in the morning of the 9TH inst ordered regiment
which had had 81 officers either killed or wounded on
tie preceding day again to storm Ponte di Ma
gepta. Well might Prince Sehwarzenberg the CON-
mander of the I'd Corps, remark that the final
effort of a gallant regiment. The fact that Coun,
Clam and Prince Edward Lichtenstein took their corps
the let and 2d to the without waiting FOR the
orders OF Count Gyuah eynces their contempt for his
qualifications a conmander-iu.chief. Never"
said a veteran commander to ME a few hours ago
"was great and gallant army 50 badly handled
When in February last wrote that "fautess patent
Heather boots and well.waxed moIstachcs were the
"prominent characteristics of Count Gyuai," was
accused of having malsned him. bat people now COM
pliment me my perspicacty. Authentic informa-