, 1859-06-25
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Great Battle at Magenta.
INTERESTING DETAILS.

StfebRtaeped pF tue division oI Tie o1t'hcuFS |
Of The Imperial Guard, and followed BY the whole
army Of the King Of Sardinia, was to advance
from Turbigo on Buffaiora and Magenta. while
the division Of the Grenadiers Of the Imperial
Guard was to carry the t<tt dfI9ist Vi Duifalora |
On the left bank, and Marsha! Canrobcr's corps |
d'armee was to advance along the right bauk to |
Cross at the same point. |
The execution Of this plan was frustrated by |
one Of those incidents which must always be-
expected in warfare. TIL army Of the King
was delayed in crossing the river, and only one
Of hs divisions was able to follox the corps Of
Gen. McMalon At distance.
The advance Of Espsnasse's division was also
delayed, and, On the other hand, when Marshal
Cau7obert's corps left Novara to join tue En-
perur, who had proceeded in person to the
bridge ut Bufulora, it found the road So encu..s-
bered that it only arrived very late on the banks
Of the Ticino.
So matters stood, and the Emperor awaited,
not without anxiety, the signal Of the arrival Ut
General McMuhoi's corps at Eulfalora, when
about two O'clock ht heard heavy ttslla'sc atl:l
cannonade in that quarter The General was
coming up.
This was the moment to support lin: by adj
yancing ou Ma..entl The Emperor at once
threw WinlpfItn's brigade against tie tormid-
able positions occupied by the Austri;:s in tront
If the bridge; lie 'Clerc's brigade followed W
the movement. The heights which border th..
caual aud village Of Hu!lalora were soon carried
found themselves opposed to formidable bodies,
whoul the could not drive back, aud who stopped
their advance.
Marshal Canrobert's column had not yet come
up, aud, on the other hand, the cannonade nnd
fllsIIade which had announced the arrival Of Gen
McMahon had completely ceased. Had tue
Generals columns been repulscd, anu would the
division Of tue Grtnadiers Of the Guards Aave
:" sustain alone the whole strength Of the enc.
my2
This is the proper place to explain the ma
neuEer Of the Austrians.
When they leu. ned ou tue night Of the I'll Of
June that the French army had made itself
master Of the passage Of the Ticino ut Tnrbi1o,
they rapidly rec-ossed the river 1t |igeyAno
with three Of tllcir corps u drnst. who burntd
the bridges behind tl,eus. On the morning Of
the 4th they were opposite the Emperor l.3.'"J
strong, and it was against such disproportion
ate force that the division Of the trenatieEs Of
the Guard, With whom was the Emperor, lad to
compete
AT this critical moment Gen. Reynaud Saint
Jean dAngeiy displayed initnense eneryy, ms
] did also the Generals under his orders. Gene
ral Of Division Mcllines had Two horses shot un-
| der him. Gen. lie C1crc fe!! 1nortally wounded,
| Gen Wimptfen was wounded in thc head, Com
mundants Desme aud Maudhuy, OF tile GreDaj-
iers Of the Guard, were killed; the Iouares lost
| !bu men, and tie trenadlei, suffered Il los:s
| not less considerable.
Finally, after lung expectation Of ions hours.
during which Melinct'- Division sustained with
out fltnching the attacks Of the euerny Picard :
brigade. led by Marshal Canrnb-rt, arriEed on
the field Of battle. Shortly :ttcr~art Einoy's
Division joined, Of Gen. Nicrs corps, whicl, til,
Emperor lad sent for and llnally lsenault' .n'!
Trochu's Divisions Of C4urober,'s corps.
At the same time Gen. McMal,on's r:u,o1l
| became again audible in thc distances. TIN
Generals corps, retarded in it, advance. ant
less numerous Than it should hare been, l'al
,.'sanced III 1wo columns on Magenta and l'uf
falora-
he enemy having attempted to Gu, in he
tween these two columns, ten. McMahon or
Icred his right column to fall hack oa his left
toward Magenta. and this explains the cessation
in the tlrin., III tte commencement OF the actor
On the But!alora side.
In fact, the Aussrians finding themselves 1,ar.
pressed On their center and lett. had eyarua.c.
| the village Of Dutfafora, aud had brought tIl'
t greater porsion Of their iorccs to bear a.t!p>
General McMahon before Magenta The i:ifi
Of the Line boldly attacked the farm Of ta,c!n
Nuovo, on the outskirts Of .h: village and whicl
| was defended by two Hungarian regiments
Fifteen hundred men of the enemy laid ,luw1
their arms. aud the colors werc taken away irs1!
the Colorers body. However, Mn,tcrougc'
Division fund itself hard pressed by co'lsid
| erable furce, wliici. t!rcatc::ed IL separate
from Espina:se's Division. ten Ncsiaton la
placeti ia second line tho Is b.lailons Of til
, | the brave General Camou. who. advancing /
The trout, sustained the shock uf the clelnv, at
:, gave time to Mot1creugc's and Espnassc's u
visions vigorously to assume the offensive
At this moment Of gen raj attack, t;cncr;
Auger, commanding the artillery Of the eu
Corps, opened fire With forry suns on the raj
way chAusee, which taking the .tust,ians i
faux and crassways, made fearful Aarcc,
. At Magenta the comb It w2s terrible. Til
, enemy defended the village mos; obssinate>'
: Both sides felt that it WAS The key OF the nos
tion. Our troops took it house bv ho,,st, eau
: ing immense loss to the Austrians. More th.
i 14,!t0 were put kors du combat, and Gen. VI
= Mahon took about 5000 prisoners, includi,t
:. one whole regiment. the ii tla$senrs Il F't'
# commanded by Col. llauser. But the General
i corps suffered consid derably; ,rH' were eilh'
Killed or wounded. III theaitacH III the villa.
ten. Espiuasse and his etStt.r i'"rd,,aha..
Lieut.. froidc'oud. were bush killed. Viii
). leading on ttcir men, Cot. Drou!,o,, Of the '
:, If the Line. una Col. Chabrtnc, Of the :d, ic
!, | noEtaIly wounded.
= visions were dong prodI.ies of waller. under tt
>. orders Of Marshal Canroberf and General Nit
:, vinoy's Division. which iaL LETT NoyAr.I in Ii
i morning, lad scarcely reached Treratc. vile
= it pu1poscl 10 blvouac, Wien it Wa. sent for I
. | the Emperor. It advanced ut quick step us T.
i, IS the bridge Of Magenta, driving thu ene;s
r from the positions they occupied, aud TAXI,
= above l,ot'o prisoners; but engaged with :
!; rcrior fnrce@ it suffered heavy irs~-ll office
!. were killed and )" wounded CO" nn'-ennsnli
:, stoned oflcrrs aud men were placed h"*a '"'
- hat. The III. Of the Lilc suffered h!ast. Il
/, pelort fell At the head Of his n,en, and ii! Il
It officers were wounded. Zen. Martimprey !
~ ceived bullet wound while leading un III, u
4. gade-
:, Marshal Canrubert's 5 troops also suffered co
" siderablv. Col. de Sennevilie. tie Chief Of t.
d. staff was killed at his side :<c.l. Cl'arlie.r,.
I, the :',h, fill morraIly wonudca by five bu!lv
=, and many officers OF Repault's Division we
=, placed Aors dn ronshdf, while tile village ii
= bridge Of Magenta we're taken and rrtaken ser
~ | times.
h. Finally, about hafpast eight at night, I
n, French army remained masters ot the hcld
II. battle, and the enemy withdreT. fcavins in o
~ | hands four guns, one Of which Was taken by I
- 20 t;rcnaders Of the Guards. Two flags, aud -
- prisoners. The number Of .tustrians plat'
y hors da combat may be estimated ut 2r."'
y. l2oo" nuskets aud 3''.."H knapsacAs were fuu
,t | On the battlefield.
~, ~ The Austrian corps which fought against
NJ are tbosc Of Cianl-lialtas, Zube', Schwartz.
II berg, aud l.ichstenstcin. Field-Marshal t;yu
&C commanded in person.
- Thus fire days after their t}epartur. ir.
~. Afcssaudril, the allied army had given ths
%. cuusbats. gained battle. cleared Piedmont
1e the Austr,ans, and opened the gates Of Nil:
- Since the combat Of Montebclfo the Aus.ri
u
~. lt.V"' prisoners, and ]. guns.
ed THE EMPEROR AND ruK IMPERIAL GrAEp.
.. lCor7,spcalencc Q. the ra.s Cot. usisare'.1
~ ~ SoyARA, June !, 1>o!.-1 csterd1y, ,aS the &
~ battaons Of tile Nultigeurs OF the Guard, af
10 con1nerin. in first engagement ut Turhi
~ | were pursuin. thrir march towards Milan. il
- | pears thai 41,ial .Au>trlanS 1na.sed in cofun,
~ suddenly cuuntcrnarchcd and, cuuiItnt
~ ~ their numbers advanced against our lead
-, colums, hoping 10 turn them and cheek
80 | concentration Of our army upon Nlian
II they had net taken into their account the dE'
~ ion Of the lr.nadiers and Classeurs Ut
Z: Guard. commanded br General Meiinet. 7
~ division rapidly got together between l}utlal
=. { aud IA .c,1n, not f.r trun the spht where
- - TulcSs fought, and they very soon shuwe'
- trout to the enemy. Towards po"n the Aus
-. aus, after hesi,a1i1g for some time. decided
~ ~. attack. The Zouaycs and Grenadicrs united
w.. not make up more than 1u,Wt, men. but With
- hudginE q foot they held THAR ewn against
~ 7ainly energetic efforts Of te it,'"e' Austria
~. The latter, surprised at such obstinate II
~: tance, retired in good order, formed again. :
49, a. returned to the charge second time. II
W. might as we'll have rushed against br.zen II
-, ps!;. The 2'sard soon became tired ot this i
~. size attitude, and resolved to take the ui:tns
~ It charged and scattered the enemy. Bit
.!cs ~ latter rerceising how small wefc the nuat
M .s of the French came up again and again. -
~ ,"S times in the cut1rsc Of two hours were III
~, ! heroic charges renewed. The Greua'iier>
- Louaves were electrified BY Tie P7esence u
Moc- &C. Emperor, who, sword in hand, supported
Ae' directed them. The emperor, however, is
n. aucn,tv seen to turn his eyes towards the 70
y. where, pursuan. to his orders aud caleutatit
us ~. he expected TO see tile d1islon Of Mel aEd
~ Mnon make their appearances. They arri'
liz liz aud we're salutcd with long brave, which
*. tonishcd and discouraged tue enemy. Gea