Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-07
Affairs in Italy.
From tho Baltimore L ychnnge.l ]

....... FROM tue DhlllinOre NSnnuEe.l r-a
The Star of Garibaldi is once more in
the ascendant. He has not only cast him.
SEN loose from all affiliation with the MAJ.
1nian faction, het be has gloriously re-
trievcd his partial defeat at Caserta by sig.
Dgi victory on the banks of the Volturno.
Capua, indeed, still holds out, and the
port of Gaeta, which is also occupied by
the boyalists, COSTUMES to offer to the fu-
gitive King an outlet ot escape whenever
his position becomes no longer tenable.-
The offensive movement BY which he
sought 10 recover possession of his Capital
was wisely planned and ably executed
! The foyaists were thirty thousand strong
whilst the entire force Of the Gariboldians
did not number more than fiheen thous,
and and of these, as the event proved
the Sicilian and Neapolitan recruits were
not to be depended upon. "They made
n great deal Of noise" says an eye>witress
"but they showed no stomach for fight.
| ing" The position held by the troops Of
the Liberator were also weak when com.
pared with those around Capua. lfthese
were forced there was nothing 10 preyen,
the young King from re>cnterns Naples
in triumph.
For several hours after the battle com.
menced the fortunes of the day were in
his favor. The GariGaldians were driven
! from the heights they occupied battery
defending enc of the most important
points was captured and spiked, but foi
the personal daring OF Gayibaldi, and ihC
extraordinary exertions which were made
| by his chief officers, the courage OF his
troops would have given way under the
tremendous FIRE to which they were expo
| sed, ard the constant reinforcement that
| the enemy received from Capua. The re
serves on both sides we're brought into ac
ton, and so closely was the battle contes
I ted, that there were times whom itseemed
almost impossible 10 prevent the Neapoli,
tans from bearing down all opposition
AS it was, the final result of the conflict
Amounted TO nothing more, on the part o
the Garibaldians, than their capture O.
the positions which they had lost carly II
the day. The Neapolitans, though driver
back, had evidently not yet lost all hop
of success, Tor the next morning they
made desperate attack upon Caserta, tht
head quarters Of Garibaldi-captured b,
surprise the brracks and some adjacent
houses, and might have succeeded in hol
ding the town and in clearing the road tC
Naples had not the Piedmontese troops
m garrison at Naples promptly responded
to the call of Garibaldi. -f
The arrival " rail of these fresh and
well disciplined soldiers, speedily changed
the aspect of affairs. In brief space Of
time the Neapolitans were routed. A
part of them flying in the directions OF
Madaloni were STACKED ana scattered bv
the volunteers who held that post under
Slxio, and some prisoners were made
Five hundred others surrendered TO the
Piedmontese, aud two battnlicns whilst
retreating eastwardly towards the river
were intercepted by the B:igan
Saulis and captured almost to man. The
remainder being cut off from returning
to Capua took TO the mountains. A dis
version in favor Of the latter was attempt-
ed the following day, but met with no
success. So that OF the five thousand men
who surprised and nearly carried Caserta
on the morning Of the Cd of October, not
moro than few hundred succeeded in re-
entering Capua.' As three thousand Nea.
politans are reported to have been placed
horS dn combat in the battle of Volturno.
they must have lost in that engagement
and in those of the two subsequent DAYS,
Including the twenty-five hundred pris,
oners taken by the Garibaldianso and The