, 1860-11-01
BATTLE OF TIE yOLTURNO.

BATTLE OF TIE yoLTURN0.
Full Particulars Of the Great Flight
brilliant Affair Of the next day In |
which Gnrtbaldl sgas Wounded.
The following description Of the battle is
furnished BY the spcc!al correspondent Of the |
London Times, who himself commanded one Of |
Garlbald' brisadcB: |
SANTA MARIA. Oct.e,
Yesterday was fought and won By Garibaldi |
the battlc Of ths Fo!turno, the greatest battle
his military career,
4ou must concelrc our position as forming
a large scmicrc1e, following tie hill line along
the Volturno as far is Limatola, and then
bending back, while 3anta Maria, Cascrta, and
1laddalont form tho chsrd Of this arc
while, the scmi-circle Is quite three times that
Wi, on an this long line the Neapollt.n.
attacked with all their forces yesterday at
dawn
Garibaldl, as usual, started before dawn from
Cascrta BY the railway to Santa Maria. When
he arrived the firing had already begun. The
three places. Capua, Santa Maria, and the spur
Of St. Angelo, form almost IN equilateral tri-
angle, which is indicated By three roads which
connect these pEaces- They run with little
curves almost etfaight-that frem Capua to
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sl1lhes across tue country ana goes stralsnt
toward Inc village OF 81. Angelo, which lies On
INC fetrea11ng slopes Of the heights. Inls vas
e CHOSEN " thc NeaPolltans as the center OF
thcir oPera!fons against TINS punt while thcy
sent one column bs the Htain road toward the
nsht, ana anotntr 70 the nEht ACROSS lac
country 10 taHe tae slAsSSc on the otner nank.
| Anc u5'toau nIicu runs a1ect from Capoa
| 70 g. AnSelo lnteIseels thc foaa IRON santa
aiaIlA 10 tne RIVER }ust Nhcfc Inc roaa Turns
up 10 q. AnsGlo- IL o!dcf 10 spard thls posi-
f9nu rt eois pun. anu a!nea win 1ouf guns.
tnc my sonntly asas thS 1se1 IL SO LOW tnot eve,
| mvln tue tAnl.atious u ING ground
Ini y VIII "A!te ln1st, MiicA mahes lt'ess
uiieuit .3a! 10 sec, even at httle daslance- oe
sue tnls, the torrents Which come aown irom
oeptn, tct3 sleep, Alu covered WIN olusn-
Too9; NniGn atc a1F noW, ana serve as ioads'
Inc Neapohtans. advancing py these, ana TAX
~ aasautae y. .aa o. tne mist, approaSned qn;tc
S.oss 10 ~ tnG u.tllsaue, anu cat1leu u At Tue
ntsl oasel' dtlsing our men across tac maln
poSltloa tney came out ana lofmea IN an open
1ela, wu4e4 Aes along tnc lo3a, IN regular Of
dcs oI patIe. lncir !elt had oeen c4uaAy snc-
ceselul, u!tsln? ou!s l1onl t1e l1ench 9c1e TUG :
r.'e., ana iosG'ng laem oack on INC n15nts o.
o. Si Angeao; n & ans comm ~ 70 Ing r'Snt aalE
4t'le hiA commanoins 81. angelo;
| II *a5 AZ lnls slitiea moment tnat oafoalol
arrived. He had taken With Lis stall carriages
u santa Aasla, aug was coming on In Tue ihaih
roao towards a. angelo. lhe balls and grape
were iisinT about, but inc ears'a:;cs stu pro
hood Of st. Angelo they were in sight Of the
Ncapoi,tans, VINO were drawn up there in line
OF battle fortunately, close to this spot Was
enc OF me torrents damned IN Which formed =
covered way. IN this the carriages turned
down, except the Last, which was struck By a
cannon ea;n 9al!ana renamed onthe road: Ih1oas
this road Gafloaldi advanced, revolver IN hand,
TOWARDS st. angelo, anu arrived just tn time
to glrenc# courage tothe defenders. The oh.
| 1cct was 70 drise away tne column IN the real
on the Hills to the Lett OF St Angelo; this vas
easily done by throwing some sEir1nisher6 on
tue lights above those occupied by the intru
ders. There sas, fortunately, some artillery
IN front, which was turned to good account
but, as usual, it Wis the bayonct which decl
dcd. The Seapolitans tried to penetrate BY 9
cavalry attack, but were bearen back, chiefly
by the coolness Of the Calabresc, who behavcc
splendidly. After three or four hours fight
iny, whatever could be got together OF ayaila
bic men were carried forward, and the Neapol
itans not only driven back from their position
on the great road, but likewise the barricalt
relaken. This was about o'clock.
During this time the fight had been equall,,
mnuded there, was obliged to contlne bis de
fence to the Immediate vicinity Ut the town
holding the main road to Capu1 and the slsc'
I between and the railway. Some light earth
works which he had thrown up lately wcr,
. | Of good service But the enemy brought III
Campo before Capua. The shells aud sho
flew into the honses Of Santa Marin, and til
inhabitants left in masses Dispatch after dis
patch was sent to Caserta, where the resery
. | was, to ask for rcinforcements. But the rein
forccmcnts were likewise claimed on auothc
side. Early in the morning II column ha,
shown itself toward Castle Monroe, but vi
easily driven back, and did not renew its at
| tack Morc serious was the advance a.,,:,i1,s
Afatldaloni, ,wllerc column of4000 or 5OGu lnel
attacked Bixio 1t was . hari tight, for thcr
were not more than :..oo0 to 2e5tv men to pr
: pose on IL long line where the hills had to b
kept OH both sides. But the struggle va
soon decided. By mon the news calnc tha
the enemy had not only been driven bac
! from their position, hut had likewise been 70
l lowed up 10 the river. part Of their force
!, were cut off, and threw themselves into th
. mountains between Casctra aud aladtAlonl
!. Then there was little breathing time at la:
, on our side, aud the whole effort could bc d
: rccted against Capua- There were but tw
: brigades remaining i'll reserve, ono the Ailan.
! almost skeleton Of not 1000, and the othe
= the Eber, equally weakened BY detachn,cn,
sent in different directions Tic first was SET
on by rail; The second went BY the road, al,
!. both arrived almost at the same time, about