Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-06-10
THE RATTLE OF MONTICELLO.
Official Reportg General Forey. Commander
Of the allies.

Official Report@ General Forey, Commander
Of the allies.
PARIS. May "a, ls59.-The Moniteur this
morning contains an official report Of Gen. TO
rev. first division first corps d'armee, transmit
ted by Marshal paraguay d'Hiliiers. IhIs re-
mort, which relates to the battle OF Monteoeiio'
yoGmEnA, May -.Kidnight.-Monsieur lie
Marechal Il have the honor of giving you an
account Of the battle Tough, this day by my
division. ~. e
Beinr informed. at hali.pa>t twelve tins nj
~tcrnoon, that a strong Austrian column, WIN
artillery. had occupied Castegsio, and driven
back from Montebello the outstanding picNcl,
of pied,nontese cavalry, | Immediately has'enea
I'D to the front. bv the Montebciio roac' WIN
two battalions of the 18th, destined to rciir:e
two battalions of the S+th cantoncd along thiS
road in front of voghera, on the Madura emf
hence. Meanwhile, the rest ol MY ul''s''''
took up arms, and a battery Of artillery ltic
9Th OF the Sth regiment marched al It's h'.t',
Arriving at the bridge thrown across 'nr
brook ~FOssagazza, the extreme limit o' eur
front posts, ] caused Il section OF artillery 10 d,
placed in battery, supported on the iiSnt anu
left by two battalions of the eiGhty-iourth. i''
ing the brook with their sharpstooter>.
During this time the enemy had pushed on
from Monticello to C;incsticllo, and having
been informed that nc WAS coming against TIE
in two columns-one by the high road. the
other along the tramwav-I ordered the left
battalion of the seventy fourth to cover the
causeway at Casino Nuoy;, and the other bat
talon to advance along the right Of the road.
behind the eighty fourth.
This movement was hardly over when n
brisk fire along the whole lin" was opened be-
tween our sharpshooters and those of the enc,
my, who was marching upon u. and support
Ing his sharpshootcrs by the heads Of the col,
umns issuing from GileStrcilo. The artillery
opened fire upon them successfully. the enemy
replying to il.
/ then ordered my right TO move up to Tie
front. The enemy retired before the arior OF
our troops, but pcrcciving tina! | had only one
battalion to the left Of the road, he sent a strong
column against it. Thanks 10 the visor and
~tir:nness OF this battalion, commanded 10y Col
Cambriuls, and to some fortunate charges Of
the Piedmontesc cavalry, admirably led on by
Gen. Dc Sonnaz, the .tustrians were obliged &c
retire.
At this moment General Blanchard, followed
by the 9sth and q battalion Of the DIST tthetwc
others were at Orioio, where they have had al
engagement rcioined me, and received Orders
to proceed to the relief Of the battalion of the
T4th charged with the defercc Of the trainway,
and to take up = strong position at Cascin'
Nuoya.
Re.assncd on this side, | again threw for
warl ms right, anil took. not without serious
resistance. the position Of ticncStrcllo. .ludI
Ing, then. thatby following with the bulk Of thu
infantry the line Of h~ill'tols. and the ROAD WILL
my artillery protected ly the PicdmonteSe cay
VARY, ! should the more easily capture Monte.
bello, | organized my columns Of attack Under
Gen. Bcurc:'s command, in this way:
The 18th battalion oil chaSscuiS, supported
bv the S4th and 18th. disposed in cchclons,
moved on towards the south side ol Montebc!
10. where enemy had cntrcnrhed himself
\ hand to hand combat then cnsucd III tn
streets of the village, which had to bc carried
house after house. 1t WIS during this fight that
Gen. Belrct WAS mortally wounded h. M
side.
After an obstinate resistance. the .tllS;rian'
we're forced to yield to the vigor Of our troops,
and although strongly entrenched IN III,
c~hurchyard, this position they saw snatchcd
from them Mt the point of the hayonet, amld
cries of ''yivc rEinpcrcur," \ thousand time
repeated.
II was then half.past six. ! deemed ii pri'
dent not TO push the success Of the day any
further, and halted my troops behind the RI
sing ground on which the churchyard is stu
ated, covering the brow with four guns and na'
mcro,Is sh~arpShootcrs, who drove back the last
-. oal,,,,. int, ro.tnyuin Short In
after this saw the Austrian columns
cvacnate Castcggio, leaving in it 4 rear
suarl, and they retired along the Casa
tisma road. | cannot adequately praise, VI. lc
Mareclial, the energy Of on. troops this day;
all the officers, petty officers, and soldiers have
rivallcd each other in ardor. Nor will | forget
the officers of my staff, who lave ably as
sisted me.
| do not yet know the exact amountol OIL
loss; it is great. especially in superior officers.
estimate it approximately 1T TOO or 700 men,
killed or wounded.
The loss Of the enemy must have been con-
siderable, to judge by the number Of the dead
that have been found, especially in the village
Of Montcbello. We have made about 200 pri'
soners, amongst whom 4 Colonel and several
officers. Several tumhrilS have also fallen into
our possession.
As for myself, Monsieur le Marcchal. | am
happy that my division has been the first en-
gagged with the enemy. This glorious baptism
which recalls one Of the greatest names Of the
empire will mark, | hope, one Of the series sig
nalizcd in the Empcror'S order q; the day. !
am, with respect, Monsieur Marechal, yonr
most humble and obedicnt servant. the Gene
raj commanding the First Division of the First
corps. f"REi.
i. S.-Accoriins to information brought to
Inc from every side, the force Of the enemy can.
no. be below Is. 0n1 {" $4,000 men ami II !
were to bclicTc the reports Of the prisoners, II
would far exceed this amount.
The Austrian Account CT the Affair.
VIENNA, MAJ 23d. 1S5a.-At nooa on the
n1rt instar. .ihcut Ii coo OF ihr Ernncn.Sar.