, 1866-08-24

the safety of the State before a drum
head court. Subioined is a summary of
the contents Of a letteAreceived from an
officer who was on board one of the Aus
trian vessels engaged at LISA on the
"On the 10Th inst. our fotilla left Fa-
sana near Pola. It consisted of two
large frigates, three middle-sized and
two smaller vessels, all of which are
ironclads further, of 16 wooden vessels
viz, a ship of the line, six frigates,
seven gun-boats, and two large steamers.
At II o'clock we were off the island Of
LISA, but the weather being foggy we
were unable distinctly to see the italian
feet. Our orders were to attack the
enemy in three divisions, the iron
clads leading the way. The armour
plated italian ships soon came alongside,
but the wooden vessels kept out of the
range of our guns. Strange to say, the
Italian ironclads did not attempt to run
our wooden ships down. Thought was give
and take for some time no great damage
was done until our flagship (the Ferdi-
nand Maxi attacked the Re d'Italia. For
a quarter of an hour the two vessels ex-
changed broadsidcs at a distance of 800
yards or Whereabouts. Suddenly the
cannonade ceased, and as the smoke rose
[ saw the Ferdinand Max run right into
her adversary, and then retire at full
speed. There was a tremendous breach
in the side of the Italian ship, and as she
lurched over l could plainly see the men
standing on the deck and the sailors
rushing up from the batteries. In less
than five minutes the vessel 'went down
by the head with man and mouse |
saw another i%ronclad engaged with the
Don Juan d'Austria, and after a few
broadSides had been exchanged the form
er suddenly steered off. About half an
hour later the Italian vessel, when at a
distance of about two sea miles from us
blew up. The Kaiser, which the Italians
seemed to take for our flagship, got
roughly handled. One of the Iron-clads
tried to run into tho Austrian ship of the
line, but fortunately failed 10 effect its
purpose. The Kaiser then ran at full
speed against the side of the iron-clad,
but she paid dearly for her rashness, as
her foremost came down on the deck and
carried away the funnel in its fall. The
Affondatore, a monitor, kept close to the
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Italian feet had left our vessel entered
the port of LISA, where the Kaiser was
already at anchor. Two hours later the
second division, which had gone in chase
of the enemy, joined us. We lost two
first-rate officers-the one Captain Erich
of KIint "a Swede), was commander of
Novara; the other, Captain Moll, had
the command of the Drache, an i~ronclad
frigate. Fortunately for us, the Italian
gunners fired very badly"
From Venice we learn hat the news
of the conclusion of a truce between
Austria and Italy was made known to
General Baron Alemann, the governor
of the city, at Ii o'cock in the night Of
the 25th inst. According TO the Austrian
military authorities General Engio, the
Commander of the Italian forces at Mes
ire, sent one of his aides-de-camp TO Fort
Haynau with a letter for Baron Afemann,
in which it was stated that a truce had
been concluded for eight days, and that
it had begun at 4 o'clock in the morning
of the 25th inst. Though the Austrian
and Italian troops are to remain where
they were at the time that hostilities We're
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