The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-07-18
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intact II was also stated from Brescia
that the army had maintained its position;
but there is little doubt thai it hal In with
draw across the MinciO later in the night
The Italians had several of their Generals
wounded, among others. the Kings second
SIN. Prince Amadeus, who has arrived at
BreScia.
The Italians. we are assured, behaved
with greet hernism, and no doubt. although
they lost the. day they came off W thnut los
o. honor. Al alvancs q. o - the Aico.
right into the heart of tn QIIlrilaterai, il
an enterprise which no other European ar
my would, under such circumstances, have
ventured upon; but a frenzy to do some
thing seemed to have possessed the whole
Italian nation, aud the men in commlnl
could think of nothing better than dashIng
their heads against those formidable stone
walls. There may be bravery in so desper-
ate an attempt to take the bull ny the horns.
but We believe it would be impossible for
the King or La Marmora 10 say what re
snlts they expected irem their lll-e0ncelyed
and worse executed a tempt. Ii was a bat
tie in which they staked their very existence
Of their army, while their enemies In the
worst event ran M Other risk than that OF
a safe and ,~eiSurtly retreat b.hind the shell
ter Of their bastions. The least that may
be said of it is that, like the Ba!aklava
charge, &c etIH beau, mas ce n etdTt pas
IL g~uerTe." Ever since 1913 and lS49, the
Au>trians have strained every nerve to
strengthen those four citadels, and have ex-
tended their earthworks so that the line, be-
tween PeScheira and Verona especially. is
va Stintrenched camp. There isevery prob
Il. -, o1so that 1hn ItniIaDs wIra On fhls
occasion nutnurr bered by their enemies, for
the Austrians have from 200, 900 TO $50, 900
uen in Venetia, and as they had in their
hands that most formidable of all engines of
modern warfare, the railway, they had pro
baby masSed three forths at least of their
troops in Nerona ready for the long expect
ed Italian inroad. The Archdube's bale
tins, in fact, never speak of garrisons, but
tell us that the Imperial army" was in
the field.
The king of Italy has fallen back behind
the Mincio, where he is not likely to be pur-
sued; bnt neither. perhaps, will the condi-
ton of his shattered army enable him to
resume the offensive for some time to come.
We have Austrian official assurances that
Cialdini crossed the Pc at PeleSella on the
23rd. The tidings of the Kin 8 retreat,
however, ought to disconcort all the plans
of the commander Of the Fourth Corps, as
he would at Padua, or anywhere else on the
line between Verona and Venice, fall in
with forces with which his 5000 men would
be unable to contend. The Italian feet, We
learn from Florence, steamc from TSranto
on the 23d; but, if its destination is Venice,
Persano is not likely to find any one to co.
operate with him on the m finland. The
failure Of the King on the Ml,cjo ,OiW pro
bably break doUn the nhole enterprise.
But, although the Italians met with so
severe a rebuke at the very outset, they will
find thatthey have not fought in vain. The
mere consciousness that they have fought
not inglorionsly, and against terrible odds,
will end by inspiring thGm with cool conf
dencs for the future, and raise them in
:, their own and the worlds estimation. No
doubt it would have been better for them,
it would have been more conductive to
their internal prosperity. it they could have
pursued a peaceful policy and placed Them
selves in a position to purchase from Aus
tria with gold that province v hich they will
hardly ever wfest from her with iron. Hal
a ! price been put on the ransom of THEN
Venetian brethren, it woaId certainly have
been cheap at the cost OF every penny in
Italian purses or even OF every masterpiece
in Italian galleries; but as it was to be 9th
erwise, il may he as well, perhaps, that the
Italians should have gone through the bap-
tism Of blood. The issue, of the war in
Germany and the force of Euopean public
Enpinion may work out in behalf of Venice
that liberation which, as it would seem, Can
not be effected by Italian arms ter seven
, years warlike preparations. 1t must go
hard with the Italians if, wether in defeat
or victory, they d. not finl "A way where they
, have slIuun So strong a will. .