Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-11-02
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The Hattie Of vol,uruo.

The following are some incidents Of this
brilliant battle fought and won by Gar;baldi
At break Of the day the royalist Neapolitans
under the command Of Francis H. in person
issued irOm the walls Of Capua. They came
in two corps; one was to attack the Garibal-
dians in their front at the arches Of Santa
Maria the other to make a wide detOur and
attack them in the rear.
A correspondent says went through the
I whole campaign in Lomhardy, was present
/ at Magenta and Solierino, and yesterday !
iancied was there again. Three times were
the positions Of the Garibaldans taken and
retaken at the point Of the bayonet The
I grape swept men down numerically. No
| quarter was asked or given. With mine
OWE eyes I saw wounded men bayoneted,
and the stiletto and pistol used in a fight
which commenced with the rife Except
the Sieilians and the Neapolitans of the city
Of Naples, every man did his duty with en-
thusiasm. A strange and fearful circumstance,
il we consider the character Of the Italians,
they fought without uttering a shout, almost
in silence. Il was a lovely day, the sun shin
ing in all its glory, and the ground adorned
with rich produce. At noon the tide of
battle turned in iavor of the Garibsldians.
Fresh battalions and new guns came up
from Caserta and Naples, and jsined in the
battle. The Garibaldians, when the battle
The Garibaldians, when the battle commen-
ced, were not 5000 strong; they had now
] 1900 men in the battle. Garibaldi seemed
ubiquitous. he watched every phase Of the
battle, keeping 1000 men in reserve on his
left to throw into Capua if the vicissitudes OF
the struggle should offer him a propiious op-
portuuity. He was much moved, red and
wet from perspiration, and his voice altered
from emotion.
The battle ragged till noon, after which
time fortune seemed TO favor the patriots
At threa in the afternoon the royalists give
way everywhere, and escaped from the charge
Of the bayonet to Capua Even the boys at
tackled and killed them. There was a fright
ful massacre.
It is to be feared that the battle cost the
life of a man Of real merit, the young and
amiable Count Arrivabene, heir to one ofthe
noblest names in the Milanese nephew Of
Count ArTivabene, Senator OF Sardinia
Count Arriyabene was the correspondent Of
the Daily News, and was with the army in
that capacity. When, and at one OF the most
critical and hopeless momsnts Of the day,
Garibaldi asked for a hundred .resolute men,
Arrivabene drew his sword and rode forward
with the General and his brave companions
BE was not seen aflerward. Itisjust possible
that he may have been made prisoner. Such
is the hope of all who knew him. The
anxiety felt regarding his fate was universal.
The day after, the battle is thus described:
Night came on and silence reigned through
out except when it was broken at intervals
by the piercing cries of the wounded, who
were calling for help. Many (says the cor
respondent Of the Debats) died tor want Of
adequate ambulance accommodation, and the
peasantry took advantage Of the darkness TO
rife the dead. The next day was spent in
collecting the wounded; and dressing their
wounds. Miss White, in a fantastic dress,
devoted herself entirely to this mission. The
hospital Of Santa Maria, was full, and train
after tain brought wounded men into Caserta.
There was $50 in the hospital at Santa Maria
on the ID, and as many more in that OF Caserta
without speaking Of those who were carried
into Naples. These, however, were not very
numerous.
The field Of battle was dotted with soldiers,
who were either looking after the wounded or
giving slight covering Of earth to the dead.
Still, however, on the 9rd there remained
many bodies, most of them of the royalist
party, exposed on the field. They were re-
cognized by the tattOoing on their bodies the
scapular ofthe Immaculate Conception around
their necks, and by their kepis. The dead
horses were LEFT decompOsing in the sun,
which shone with kind Of calm funereal
splendOr.