The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-30

BATTLE or VOLTURNO.
We have our foreign files to the 18th inst. Th
telegraph has anticipated most of the news, but th
details we give below of the battle of Voturno ar,
interesting.
THE BATTLE OF THE VoLTURNO.
From tie LONDON @ Times Special corre3spondent ESP
which runs direct from Capua to st. Angelo inter
sects the road from Santa Maria to the river ius
where the road turns up to st. Angelo. In order
to guard this position barricade was constructed
little beyo"d this point and armed with four guns
The country near the river is so low that every
morning the exhalations of the ground cover il
with a white mist, which makes it very difficult tC
see, at little distance. Besides this, the tor
rents which down from the hills have artificial
beds of fifteen to twenty feet in depth very steep
and covered with brushwood, which are dry now
and serve roads. The Neapolitans advancing by
these, and taking advantage ofthe mist approached
quite close to the barricade, and carried it at the
hrst onset, driving our men across the main road
towards St. Angelo. Having taking this position,
they came out and formed in an open field, which
lies along the road, in regular order of battle
Their left had been equally successful driving ours
from the trench near the river, and forcing them
back on the heights of st. Angelo. The column to
the right again had not only passed the road, but
had gone up little hill commanding St. Angelo.
1t was at this critical moment that Garibaldi ar
rived. He had taken with his staff carriages at
Santa Maria, and was coming on in the main road
towards st. Angelo. The balls and grape were
flying about, but the carriages still proceeded
When they arrived in the neighborhood of ST. An
gelo they were in sight of the Neapolitans, who
were drawn up there in line of battle. Fortunate
ly, close to this spot was one of the torrents
damned in, which formed a covered way. In this
the carriages turned down, except the last, which
was struck by cannon ball, and remained on the
road Through this road Garibaldi advanced, re-
volver in hand, towards st. Angelo, and just ar
rived in time to give new courage to the defenders
The object was to drive away the column in the
rear of the hills to the left of st. Angelo; this was
easily done by throwing some skirmishes on the
heights above those occupied by the intruders.-
There was, fortunately, some artillery in front,
which was turned to good account, but, usual,
it was the bayonet which decided. The Neapoli-
tans tried to penetrate by cavalry attack, but
were beaten back, chiefly by the GOODNESS of the
Calabrese, who behaved spendidly. After three
or four hours fighting, whatever could be got to-
gether of available men were carried forward, and
the Neapotans not only driven back from their
position the great road, but likewise the barri-
cade retaken. This about O'Clock.
During this time the fight had been equally
hot at Santa Maria. General Milvitz, who com
manded there, was obliged to confne his defence
to the immediate vicinity of the town, holding the
main road to Capua and the space between it and
the railway. Some light earth works which he
had thrown up lately were of good service. But
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he kept in reserve in the Campo before Capua. The
shells and shot flew into the houses of Santa Maria
and the inhabitants left in Despatch after
despatch was sent to Caserta, where the reserve
was, to ask for reinforcements But the reinforce
ments were likewise claimed on another side. Ear
ly in the morning column had shown itself tow
ards Castel Morone, but was easily driven back,
and did not renew its attack. More serious was
the advance against Maddaoni, where a column of
1900 1000 men attacked Bixio. Itwas hard fight
for there were not more than 1000 to $500 men
to oppose on long line where the hills had to be
kept on both sides. But the struggle was soon de-
cided By noon the news came that the enemy had
not only been driven back from their position, but
had likewise been followed up to the river. A
part of their forces cut off, and threw them
selves into the mountains between Caserta and
Maddaloni.
Then there was little breathing time at least on
our side, and the whole effort could be directed
against Capua. There but two brgades re-
naming in reserve, one the MilanO, almost skee-
ton of not 1000, and the other the Eber, equally
weakened by detachmentS sent in different direc-
tions The first was sent on by rail; the second
went by the road, and both arrived almost at the
time-about p. NJ And it was time. The
Neapotan bullets and balls were coming free ly
into Santa Maria, while Garbaldi sent orders to let
any dsposabe troops advance quickly as pos
sible towards st. Angelo. The defence of Santa
Maria was quite confined to the outskirts of the
town, where the PiedmOntese artillerymen were
behaving beautifully. The first thing was to Op-
pose this, and battalion of Bersaglieri, and one
of the regiments of the Brigade Eber, were sent to
advance, while the Brigade Mano was sent by the
Porta ST. Angelo to take the enemy on the left
flank. But before this occurred the newly formed
Hungarian Hussars had been sent out by the Porto
Capua to drive back the eDemy's cavalry, which
ranged close to the gate. Although not more than
60 horsemen, they charged and drove back the two
squadrons, cutting them down and taking a number
O prisoners.
The infantry soon followed, and General Turr
took the command of that side. Although mostly
fresh troops, with the execution of the cadreS com
posed of the Caeciator of the first expedition they
went on like old soldiers. The enemy who had
evidently all day long the idea of intimdatng our
troops with his cavalry charged; but the Picciott
guided by the soldiers of Calatafim formed groups
and not only stood firing but bayonets of the horse
men. After this it was almost nothing but advance
with the bayonet until the Convent of the Capu-
chins and the Cemetery. the two chief positions of
the NeapOlitans, were permanently taken.
While this was going that side the rest of
the Brigade Eber, the last reserve, was called by
the Dictator towards st. Angelo. Scarcely out of
the gates it fell in with Garibaldi, who accOmpa-
MED only by few officers was waiting for further
reinforcements to fall on the flank of the enemy,
who, on Withdrawing from st. Angelo, had taken
to the woods, and occupied some houses with his
artillery.
After the first defeat in the morning the enemy
had returned with new forces to carry st. Angelo.
Not only did all his field guns scatter death in every
direction but likewise three batteries from the OPP
posite bank and the mOrtars from the fortress
began to open a tremendous fire, under the protec-
tion of which the Neapolitans advanced, between
ten and eleven A. NJ. They carried once more the
position of the barricade, and occupied even the
first houses leading up towards ST. Angelo. Medici
and Colonel Spangaro, besides Garibaldi, did every
thing to steady the wavering troops, who, seeing
themselves much outnumbered, and attacked by
such formidable artillery, began to think the day
lost. For hours the fight lasted, continued ad-
vance retreat on both sides, but still the Neapol
itans could not gain much ground This was, per-
haps the most strongly contested spot on the whole
line, and only in the afternoon the advantage be-
gan to show on our side. The Neapolitans had
again to clear the road but they still held bar
ricades and woods on both sides of it. With great
trouble two skirmshing lines were formed and
sent to threaten their left and right, and then a
hundred men were collected behind the first house,
and these made rush at the cry of "Viva Garibal-
di," and carried the position about P. NJ, which
was kept, as well as the guns which were in it.
Garibaldi returned towards Santa Maria and
brought on the rest of the Brigade Eber to COM
plete the success which had been gained. Scarcely
halfa mile from Santa Maria open space lies on
the left of the road, through which detached bar
rack is visible. Here the Neapolitans had placed
some guns, while their infantry lined the woods.
As soon as they the column they opened fire.
Garibad, not needing, still advanced, until he
came to the first body. Here he gave orders to
the Hungarian Legion and the Swiss Company to
advance and drive them away. The two threw
themselves INTO tne WOODS, ana, scarcely using
their firearms, advanced with their bayonets,
driving the Neapoitans before them like sheep.
A cavalry charge of several squadrOns followed,
and did good deal of harm to the little body of
brave fellows, but did not hinder them from fol-
lowing up their and pushing forward to the
very edge of the Campo before Capua.
Garbaldi still advanced with the few remaining
companies in the direction of St. Angelo, sending
off one after another to continue the work of the
Hungarians. Medici had, in the meantime, also
pushed in advance, and by A P. NJ. the Neapolitans
were flying in all directions, and had occu-
pied the edge of the wood at half mile from Ca
pua, where they remained all night, and still.
1t was as complete a defeat as ever any army suf-
fered. l do not think the Neapoitans will take the
line, quite 10000, to which could scarcely op-
pose 900.
The losses were not so serious as might have been
expected. Aany wounded, but few dead.
We have five guns, which were left by the Nea
politans early in the day, but could only be Sc
cured in the evening. Two British sailors distin-
guished themselves in removing them.
THE SECOND ENGAGEMENT.
The special correspondent of the Times writes,
under date of the I'd and 4th instant, second let
ter from Santa Maria. From this letter we make
the following extracts:
As is often the case with Victories the mos
tangible fruits of that of yesterday were reaped
the whole day of the battle almost superhumar
activity and energy, had retired for few hours OF
rest in the modest little chamber of the parish
priest of St. Angelo, when, about ten P NJ, te!e
graphic despatch arrived from Caserta informing
him that Neapoitan force had made its appear
that body of them had occupied Monte
Briano and above the cascade of the park, which
is not mile from the palace.
The NeapOlitans, who were in possession of the