New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-02

uuu r. attack fret, snd afer X nso VIC" GU
esgtd the Aus,rians, the frst column was 20 as
sault TIE tridges
Abcut noon the attack wss commenced oy
McMshon With superior forces he drove the
division of Gordon before him toward Magenta,
snd about o'clock the erenidiers Of the Guard,
Who bad driven in tse Austrian oatPosts As Tar as
the car al, attacked the bridges Of Buf,lora aud
Msp-nts There we're at the tune French
b,ea6es On the batile-fel', against wbst Lous
Napoleon calls l25OOO Austrians, bat what 10
reality was confined to s brigades q Of the let
srd 3 of The % corp.), or less than 30 900 men;
for even Reiscbach's 2 bIigades stood, as yet, at
Corbetto The French, bS svolent effort, carried
the bridges over the canal. Gyulai who WAS a.
Msgeuts, ordered Reischsch. to advance sud retske
the bridge Of Magenta, which he did; bat Buifa-
lora seems to have remained 10 the hands Of the
French. The battle came 10 a stand; McMsbons
corps as well as the gIeDaders, had beer success
fully rvpulsed; but al-o. even available of the
Austiians Vas engaged. Where were tie other
corPsl They were everywhere except where they
we're wanted The 2d division Of the LET corps
vas still on the road from Germany, and could not
reason ably be expected to arrive. The remaining
brigsde of the 2d corps, for Gyulai distinctly says
in bis report, there wele only brigades OF the
I'd engaged. is not accounted for. The I'd d.
vision Of the 7th c0rps, that Of Gen Lillla. was
Csstelletto, 6 or 7 miles from Maseut.. The
Cd corps was at Abbi,te-Grasso, 5 miles from
Magenta. The 5th corps was on the march 10
Abtiate-Cir Cirasso, having come probably from Berc-
euar6o. and when the battle began Was at least
NILE from Msgents. The 9Th corps was on the
march from BiDasco TO Bestnzzo 10 or IL miles
distant. and the Och was actually on the 70, below
Pawn. 90 or 25 miles from the scene of action BY
this precious scattering Of his troops Gyulal
brought himself into tie awkward Predicanent
that with brgades he had TO resist the shock of the
tw o FieI CD heads Of columns from noon to some
where about or 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and
the sc seven brigades would not have been able 10
do 60 If il had had not been for the fact that the
French marching on two roads only, with enormous
masses of troops, could move but slowly.
While Relscbsch held the bridge Of Magenta
and ok oue of the new French rfed guns, Gyulai
hurried to Robecco, yill,ge ON the canal about
three miles below Bufaors, to hurry on the march
Of the Sd and 5th corps and to point out to them
their directions Of attack. -Four bngades OF the
Sd corps were now thrown forward, the front line
under Harturg aud R,muing, aud with Durield IN
reserve all three along the canal, and Wetz'r
along the Ticino. They were to attack the right
Hapk Of the French. But in the mean tme the
latter bad slso obtained reenforcement, PIcard's
brigade (of Reusult's division, aud Canroberts
corp.) arrived to support the srenadlers aud drove
Rei.cbach back over the bridge. They were fol
lowed by yinoys division (Neil's corps), Janin's
brigsde (Renault's dyisioD) and Trochu's division
(Canroberts corps). Thus the French concentrated
ou this point six brigsdes in addition to the two
brigades of grenndiers, while Of the four Austrian
br, gades the Sd corps, only two or three we're
actually engsged. In spite Of these odds, the Aus
trlaDs again took aud retook the bridge Of Magenta
over and over again; but at last it remained 10 the
hands of the French.
While this vas going on at the bridges, McMa-
hon had prepared second attack upon the troops
opposed TO HIM, consisting of four or Ave brigades
If the lst and I'd corps His two divisions again
advanced in two columns npun Magenta, follo~e
in second line, by Camori's division Of yotigeurs
Of the guard The divisions of E.pina.se aud La
Motterouge (McMahon's corps having been Effect
uslly stopped by the Austrans, the voltigears ad-
vsbced to support them. The struggle nOw reached
its crisis The first Of the French column had
parsed the bridge of Magenta, and also advanced
sguDst the village, which was slrrady hard pressed
BY McMnbon's column. TIE 9Th Austrian corps
having at last wade its appearance On the battle
field, the Prince Of Hess's brigade, almost as
pightfall, made ire.h attempt to drive the French
back over the bridge, but in vain. 1t was, indeed,
too much to expect tbat weak brigade (it had al
ready fought at Montebello,) should have arrested
and buried back that torrent of troops which came
pouring over the bridge Of Magenta. Tue Aus
triaDs in Magenta, assall-d in 'front.' flank aud
rear and having been under fire, without rest,
since the beginning Of the action, at last
gave way rbd after a violent struggle, Ma
eeDta was occupied BY the French about nightialL
Gyulai withdrew his troops through COrbettO,
which had been occupied in the meau,ime By ILL
las division from Carbelletto, and through Robec
CO, which was also strongly held b; the Sd corps,
the 9Th corps biyouscking between the two places.
He intended to continue The struggle on the 9TH OF
June, but there appears to have beon some blum
deriDg Nth regard TO orders given, foe in the mid
die of the night be learned that the lst aud I'd
corps had, according to orders, as they under
stood it, retired several miles from the field of bat
tie, ard were to continue their retreat at 3 o'clock
in the morning. This intelligence decided Guylal
to desist from another battle. A brigade Of the Sd
corps agaio assaulted Magenta to cover the retreat