Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-11-01
THE BATTLE OF voLTrpxo

The last arrival brings full detail. Of the
Battle Of Yolturno, fought On the LIST Of Dc
tober. 1t was a sanguinary and hard fought
battle, commencing at dawn, when the Me-
poIitan Royal forces, SO, O00 strong attack
Garibaldi's army, Of half that number. at
number Of points, and continuing till
o'clock in the afternoon. when the the Nss
poltans were flying in all directions. IL wa
the greatest battle in point Of numbers. thus
far fought by Garibaldi during his militar-
career, and was not gained without serious
losses, amounting in killed and WOUNDED t.
4,500 men; the losses Of the royalists in Kill
ed and wounded were not as great, bus
large numbers were taken prisoners
a correspondent Of the De5ats thus da=-
cribes one of the mos, critical and brilliant
episodes Of the day
The most brilliant episode Of the action
Of the Ist Of October, was the re-cauture Of
the battery at the foot Of Mount S1n-Anse-
10 When I left santa Maria. / knew thai
this battery had been very much disable. lr
the morning Gari0aldI arrived at mn
O'Clock. when the enemy was thunderlr- O.
il with all his strength because II took hIu
IN flank, and was causing him severe loss
The triple battery cOUrageOuslT resisted the
attack. and never Stacked IRE, when al az
once the one situated at the loot of the hill
became silent. The rJvalIsts. % the mum
Der Of :. 500, got round the hill. and. rush
ing upon the guns, spiked five of them. and
killed several Of the men O their pieces -
GariDlldi. on the Slu-Iammar1 side. soon
observed the silence Of his fdv0rita battery
and an aide-de-camp from Gen. AIiiwItz soon
informed him of the disaster, which would
probably have lost him the battle. Garlbal
di at once started of. crossed oanta-AlarIa-
followed by Medicl and ms stat and. col
Letting what men he could, cried out ln
voice which caused all 10 shudder. Nv ar
going TO die. but the Italians must win rra
dav. al all other points We have conquer
Followed by 100 men, a. rapid pace, Gar
baldi. leading the way In q small disabled
carriage, went right Harvard. But lust a=
thew got near the Casino Of san Angelo
some NeapOlIIan classsuTs Who were lying
/ On the ground rose and fell upon them Ioe
/ coachmau drove his horses into ditch and
/ formed barricdCe If the carriage. gar
/ daIdi Jumped up, md -nant. and went up O.
Z the chasseurs, shouting viva Italia -
/ Some Of MS men coming up at the SAM
time, the enemy became demOralizsl. and
took u flight. Garibaldi was slightly
wounded in the stomach, and his tr9user
/ were riddIed by two OF three bullets. -'lt
/ only had another pair, he said, and with
out further remark he continued his marc
towards the battalion of $50 Hungarian
/ commanded by General AIocv0rady d.
/ pointed 20 the NeapolI5aus who were II pos
session Of the battery. and cried out % them
/ Forward nv lads, dlsperse that rabb-a
/ wonder for me This .-rab1le' consisted
+ Of a regiment Of the line. a squadron Of cav
[ airy. a company of chasseuIs, and clmua-
nv Of artillery. The HunEarians. vltn0u-
waiting 10 count the nun beIs Of the advs--
sarv, rushed forward and charged with IT,
bavons- Alter q contest Of twenty miuu-
the battery was re-taken, and once more j
poured its storm Of grape on tie Neapo-
tan troops. who fed in confusion across the
fields The HungarIans ID this enc0unte-
had 80 men put b0rS az c9m5al-the Neap5l
Itans about 200. Gari0aldi did not wait @
dress his wound but hurried elsewhere. The
dav. however, was now Won