New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-16
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rnE BATTLE OF Me1. azzo.

THE BATTLE OF MELAzz0.
The Government Of the Dictator Garibald has
caused the two following bulletins to be published.
NATIONAL CAMP OF MERr, July 2o-This morn
ing, ats O'Clock, an exchange of nusket shut took
place it was thought at first to be an affair Of ont
posts, but it soon became general action. The
Royalists had artillery; side there was none.
The struggle was terrible, the Royalists being un-
der cover while men were fighting in the open.
At one moment the position appeared difficult, but
At the magic name Of ofGarbaldi cur men rushed on
like lions and carried the position, and at twenty.
five minutes past three our troops entered Melazzo
after capturing five pieces Of artillery. three OF
which were taken in the action outside tile walls,
and the two others at the entrance. The Eeloce
steamer cannonaded the fort, where the RoYalists
shut themselves in constantly pursued by the bay
onet they were crowded there in barrel of
anchoyies. Our then took the first gate Of the
fort and bastion, and our dag is floating over one
tower.
We have a heavy loss to depIore; that Of the \
Royalists is enormous. The surrender Of the fort
and the entire column is considered certain. A
enforcement, with rifles, cannon, has this instant
arrived for lls. The soldiers Of Spadafora are re
tiring upon Gesso.
JELr 22.-Y Yesterday, at 6 A. NJ the battle COM
menced at Melazzo, and was not over before P.
NJ The struggle was terrible. There was fighting
along the whole line. There great carnage
of the Bourbonists, who fought with much obsti-
macy so that it became necessary to gain ground
| foot by foot under shower of grape. The field
OF battle, covered with dead bodies of the enemy,
/ and with baggage Of every kind and i've guns,
/ was at last conquered, amid cries Of z Long live
Italy! Long live Garibald! ~
Ouryoung men We'd in enthusiasm with the brave
! men of Garibaldis legion, which was the first in
the combat, and the first to charge with the bayo-
net, to storm Melazzo, and also seize the first and
second redoubt of the fortress, still pressing the
! Bourbonists close with the bay0net.
1 Our loss has not been excessive. The legion of
/ Garibaldi has had few of its men wounded our
young men have also suffered very little, but the
loss Of the continental soldiers has been considera-
| BILE. Enormous loss, enormous damage has been
| inflicted upon the enemy, who in flying was driven
into the redouhts, and from them into the rest Of
hetortress. He was pursued thiher, and the water
| conduts were cut off.
| This morning, the 2lst, the Bosco presented him
self to the Dictator, and requested leave 10 quit
with the honors of war. No. replied G,afibaldi
| You shall leave dsarmed, if you please.
| Fabrezziand fnterlonato have marched to Gesso-
| by order of the Generalissimo. Tie enemy oeeu-
sina
The Dictator, in cavalry engagement at Me-
lazzo cut off with q blow OF his sabre the sword
arm of the major OF the Neapotan corps chat
was pursuing him; after which the NeapolitAn
/ cavalry We're dispersed and destroyed inst pun
/ ishment of their tratricidal obstinacy.
| The Presse publishes a letter from AleNanlre
Dumas, describing the engagement at Melazzo, Of
which he was an eyewitness. The following is an
/ extraet
At dawn oil the Goth all the troops were in move
ment to attack the Neapolitans, who had come out
of the fort and village of Melazzo. which they oetu
4 pied. Malenchini commanded the left General
Mediei and CoseDz the center: while the right was
4 composed of few companies oaly intended to
cover the center and LETT wing from surprise.
Garibald was in the center. where the action was
expected to be sharpest. The firing began on the
left from the Neapoiitan outposts, concealed in a
reedbed half way between Meri and Meazza. A
quarter of an hour later the center attacked the
Neapolitan line, and drove it from its firstposton.
The right meanwhile disodged the Neapolitaus
from some houses which they occupied. As the
difficulties of the ground prevented reinforcements
from arriving Bosco, with 5000 men, turned npon
the 800 or GOO who had driven him back. The
latter at first obliged to retire before the s-
peror numbers of the enemy; but, when other
troops came up to their aid they again attacked
the enemy, many of whom were still concealed
among reeds and protected by fig trees, so that
charge with the bayonet was impossible. Medicf#
while advancing at the head Of his men, had
horse killed under him. Cosenz was struck in the
neck by spent bull, and fell: he was for mo-
ment supposed to be mortally wounded, but he
was only stunned, and almost instantly he was on
his legs again, shouting { Fi1a fia{iG q Carl.
badi, at the head OF the Genoese CaFbinaers and
some Guides, attempted to take the enemy in the
flank, but suddenly came on gun placed In the
center of the road, and which he determined to
attack. When within twenty PAGES. the cannon
loaded with grape, was fired by the Kings troops
The effect was terrible; only five or six men re-
maned standing. Garbaldi had part OF lis boot
and his stirrup carried away; his horse was also
| wounded and he was compelled to aght. Major
| Breda and his trumpeter were killed by his side
Misori's horse fell dead under him; Stateila was
left standing unhurt in the midst of the iron storm;
| all the others were killed or wounded. The gun
which had done all this mischief was taken soon
after. Then the Neapalltan infantry opened and
gave passage to charge of 80 cavalry for the pur-
| pose OF retaking the piece,
Colonel Donon's men, who had been but little
| under fire, threw themselves to the sides of the
| road, instead of receiving the charge ON their
bayonets. The cavalry came like whirlwind, the
sicians firing from both sides Thus assailed both
| right and left the p0mmau0Rr of the Mammalian
| cavalry stopped, and wanted to turn back but
found the passage barred by General GarIbaldi.
Mlsori, Statella and five or six men, The General
seized the officer bride and cried ont Surrender
The officer replied with a blow OF his sabre which
Garibaldi paFried, and by back stroke ciit the
officers check open. The latter fell from his horse
Meanwhile, three or four sabres were raised against
the General, who wounded one Of his assailants
with thrust of his sabre, while Misori killed tive
others and the horse of q third with his revolver
stateila brought down one antagonist, while an
other, who spfang at Misoris throat was killed by
the fourth shot of his revolver. While the struggle
was drawing to close Garibaldi rallied his seat,
tered men, charging with them, and either took or
killed the rest of the fifty horsemen Seconded by
his center, lie next charged tile Neapelitans. Ra-
yarians and Swiss with the bay0net. The Neapoli-
tans fled at once but the Bavarians and sHiss made
short stand before they gave way. This decided
the fate of the day.
FROM NORM LorlsfASA.--The Bienyilo Baptist
of the 9th, says:
Weather warm and dry--dustY and smoky. II
seems that somebody is trying to help the sun to
burn the world up. as they set fire 70 the woods NJ
season of the year wlennn good can result from
it, The area of the present drought is larger than
we have beea thinking, as it extends from the very
coast in Florida to Tennessee, though not with
equal severity. Our latest exchanges, with few
exceptions, everywhere complain Of the excessive
heat and lronght IN many places stock IS dying
for want Of water. Slch Is not farzrum being tse
case right here " dit, Lebanon,