The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-06-25

| courage, and when all tnlnSS are ready
he will crush this Briareus foe with the
force of more than Hercules.
Third-Thc movements OF the armies.
! Up to the Goth of May the Austrians oc-
cupied the departments of Lomlllina and
| Nouvarese in Sardinia, between the Po and
Ticino and the Sesia with 10000 strong,
but by this time have. retired out of the
| first and probably beyond the Ticino. On
the 81 of May the advance guard. corps de
OJse1vattone, under General Count Stadion,
to ascertain, as the official reports of Count
Gyulai say, the position and strength OF
the French advance, made a forward
movement and encountered the advanced
corps of Marshall paraguay De llilliers
under command of General Forey, and af
ter contest of about SIX hours the
Austrians were routed with the loss OF
from 1890 to 20OO men killed and wound
ed and 800 prisoners. The French and
Sandman loss amounted to about 100
killed and wounded, and among them a
larger proportion than usual OF officers
This was the battle of Montebello. place
already famous in historic interest as the
ground on which the impetuous and he
roic Lannes won and secured his military
laurels and the Dukedom of Montebello,
previous to the dreadful battle of Moren-
go and the passage of the Lodi. On the
following day the Austrians made another
feint Or demonstration but retired with
out accomplishing any great damage
Again on the 3lst of May the Austrians,
$1,000 strong, made demonstration against
the advance corps OF the left wing, bu.
were after a sharp conflict forced 10 retire
beyond tho town Of Palestro; but on the
morning OF the lst of June they renewed
no L ha haf
Of Palcstro, which is represented by the
kilograms TO have been, for the forces en-
gagged furious in the extreme, but result
ing as before in the defeat Of the Austr-
ans. and with great loss In this battle
the Kin. of Sardinia led in person,
and with Marshall Conrobert and the
celebrated Zoaves distinguished himself
greatly These are the interludes to an
other, but more than Msrcngo, probably
by this time fought at or near Pav!a. The
French did not follow the enemy at Mon
tebello or at Palestro, any further than
their general advance OF the whole line.
The fact that they did not pursue the
Austrians az Montcbcllo has been argued
by some rs evidence that they could not
bv reason of the olearncs. Of their victory.
This Is assumption wIthoutproOi, Tor know
ing the force OF the Austrian army IN
fool hardy, TO pursue the enemy after such
an attack and such victory The exigen-
cies oc the case forbade il. and 70 have
done 30, and this in consequence brought on
prernatureiy it might be a general engage
ment would have subjected the victorious
General Forey To couut-mart;s,l. and if de-
feated, to inevitable disgrace, il not death
as a felon The Au>trians also profess
IN ptf
they say it was only a reconnaissance 10
ascertain, cy III pa, the tue position OF the
allied ARMY Probably the same remarks
stand stercotyped for Palestro. The Aus
TRANS we're satisfied and # ithey sca.ly had
succeeded IN their recouuIsauce a. they
expected to and now say they did, would
they no, have renewed their onward move
ment? IL seems PLAIN that they would.
But being rcpuised and severely repuised,
a. well a. driven from Nuatebcl!o l. Cas-
iiccio, by force Of 9,Dpn .: the utmost,
against 10000. 10 l. fsjn. ai-i tia odds and
ci.o.ce ot position WIN the Au-ir!ans, now
can II hc called. III any sense, success Of
the Austrians? Tie service Of the Napo-
leon or ri:cd cannon. IN the battle Of Mon
tebello Of 1879 is quite conclusive tnat IL
will be found 10 possess IN the fed all the
advantages over the old cannon claimed
for it, as 1t Is there said TO have commit
ted great executor with unusual rapidIty,
and 1T surprising d distances.
Thus, then. the whole Sardo- French
Italian amy in the field conirOnts on
line of about 20 miles North and south the
Austrian army, and daily, from and after
the 2d Of June, We're convergng 10 ! po-
sition between Milan and Payia and the
river Po, though the report seemed preva-
lent that all carts horses, oxen, &c, DC,
had been pressed into service by the Aus
trians south Of the Po 10 Piacenza which,
it true, would imply that If compelled To
retreat the line Of that operation would
be that way, leaving Milan and Payia TO
the let, ra,to 10 NaatuL But the most
direct road from where the Austrians wo
cross the Ticino and from Payia, and
where their centre was located would be to
Brescia by the way of the bridge of Lodi
on the river AIDA, whence it is about equi-
distant TO Matua and Verona Perhaps,
however, the recOliectionS of Lodi will not
be very inspiri,ing to the Austrian troops.
and policy would forbid their going tha:
way. If the Austr ans make a stand at
Milan their retreat would be via the great
military road, crossing the Adda at Soudrid
and thence over Mount Stelvo 10 Pischira
and Verona
Fourti-We come in course TO the Fort
resses OF Austria III Lombardo- Venitian
territory and those in which her army may
find refuge III Parma and Modena while
making their way to the frontiers or vi
emma Those in Lombardy have been for
fJrty years the constant care of Austria, |
and are constructed with great care and up
on most approved scientific principles, and
are believed to lie in some respects unpar-
alelled in the way OF inland Notifications,
the renowned fortresses of the
almost impregnable SebastopoL Milan,
the first city of Importance, with q popu-
lation of $4,000 is not considered strong +,
and properly not fortified city, though it
is always we'll garrisoned Pavia is strong
er, but barely a third class fortified city
according to the joint strength and system
OF earth embankment Notifications. and
has a population OF $1,000, exclusive of
the garrison. Here, or near here, we have
expected to be the first great batt!e ground
between the present contending armies, as
it is the ancient capitol of the Lombard
Kings, and now, in every way sacred ground
if any in Lombardy to the Austrian troops, |
and there, or rather near there, is the
tcte du pont over the Ticino. The bridge
OF Lodi is the next strong point to Pavia,
and with a more direct road than from
Milan on the way to Brecia or Verona -
This bridge is now much stronger and
terrible to pass than in the days OF the |
first Napoleon. Should the Austrians di- |
vide and part 60 through Parma as they |
may, the City of Parma may afford them |
q temporary resting place, as it is pretty |
well fortified Thence eattward Placentia |
il Parma is garrisoned by Austrian troops
From this latter place to Guasttalla in Mo-
dena is fine road, and the place is both
strongly fortified and well garrisoned. The