Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-07
Affairs in italy.
From the Baltimore Exchan 9,

From the Baltimore f ychnnge.
The Star Of Garibaldi is once more in
the ascendant He has not only cast him.
self loose from all affiliation with the MAJ.
zinian faction, but he hes gloriously re-
trieved his partial defeat at Caserta by sig.
nal victory OH The banks Of the Volturno
Capua, indeed, still holds out. and the
port of Gaeta, which is also occupied by
the loyalists, continues to offer TO the fu-
gitivo King an outlet OF 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 loyalsts were thirty thousand strong
whilst tie entire force of the Garibaldians
did not number more than fifteen thous.
aud and of these, as the event proved,
the Sicilan and Neapolitan recruits were
not to be depended upon. They made
q great deal of noise" says an eye-wtress
"but they showed no stomach for fight
ing" The position held by the troops OF
the Liberator we're also weak when COM
pared with those around Capua. If these
were forced there was nothing TO prevent
the young King from re,entering Naples
in triumph. .r
For several hours after the battle COM
Imenced the fortunes of the day were in
his favor. The,Garibaldians were driven
from the heights they occupied n battery
defending ono of the most important
points was captured and spiked, but for
the personal daring Of Garbaldi, and the
extraordinary exertions which were made
by his chief officers, the courage OF his
troops wouldlhaye given way under the
tremendous fire to which they were expo.
scd and The constant reinforcement that
abe enemy received from Capua. The re-
serves on both sides we're brought into ac-
tion, and so closely was The battle contes-
ted, that there were times when itseemed
almost impossible TO prevent the Ncapoli-
tans from bearing down all opposition
As ii was, the final result Of the conflict
amounted TO nothing moro, on the part OF
the Garibaldians, than their capture OF
the positions which they had lost early in
the day. Tho Neapohtans, though driven
back, had evidently not yet lost all hop
of success, for the next morning they
made desperate attack upon Caserta, the
head quarters of Garibaldi- captured by
surprise the barracks and some adjacent
houses, and might have succeeded in hol-
ding the town and in clearing the road to
Naples had not the Piedmontese troops
in garrison at Naples promptly responded
10 the call ofGaribaldi. r..l -....F
The arrival W 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 attacked ano scattered bv
the volunteers who held that post under
8ixio, and some prisoners were made
Five hundred Others surrendered to the
Piedmontese, aud two battalions whilst
retreating eastwardly towards the river
were intercepted by the B:igano
Sauhs and captured almost to man, The
remainder being cut off from returning
to Capua took TO the nnountains A SdfS
version in favor OF the latter was attempts
ed the following day, but met with no
success. So that of the five thousand men
who surprised and nearly carried Caserta
on tlie morning OF the I'd OF October not
moro than few hundred succeeded i'm reN
entering Capuao As three thousand Nea-
politens are reported TO have been placed
horS d,i combat in the battle aof Volhirno
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 Guribaldfans and the