The New York herald., 1866-07-11

ne ~inslo vA.SA cover Il to she north and By ths
facility wih whth grea tract OF country " the sousn
six s sven miles south Of Msntaa the tGsde pot Of
Borgsdorte forms not very important outwork OF .ne
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sAn place. with q garrison Of some t~o Thousand men
sa No" to be held In Inc Sss. soa
rom emona and the cities Of the 70 70 Fsor and
vence.
ana sixteen miles east from Peschiera, ccpetes the
square, ana forms the point ddppwi OF TIE rre system
Placed ss,ride the Adige, con- msads once the
roads and ra roads Austria thuph The Tyrol from
Turin and Milan through Brescra and Peschiera aud
from vuna ,hrSrsh org na oy I me Valley O. the
pasSes OF the Carnic Alps on the Other At Verona,
fur her the railroad froph Vienna by Udine, Mestre
(Venice), Padwa and Vi0bnza into Lombardy and the
branch line Mantna are held and this command Of
rommunic<tons ard the extent and nature OF it, de-
fcnces-whch exceedingly strong on the side OF the
weet as we have sadexcoIenty adapt for the place
Of refuge support OF large army which has not re-
c,ose behind the Adige the rrea. Tyroi and the
eailroad run down Verona and beyond the Adige,
trengo erected since 1850 shut the dele against tho
OF light columns, which, thro1g the Stevlo or
Tonae or round the head or across the waters o
flank Of the Qnadrilatcra through the Italian Tyrol
Mana and Verona therefore, at the eytrerntes Of ono
diagonal form the chief strength of The Qiadr lateral
the covering the line Of the Mncio the other that
OF the Adice. B1t Peschcra AMI Iegnago a tho ex.
trsmities OF the other diagonal easily surrounded
or easily taken; and Man'ua may be blockaded
with rorce not much outnumbering its garrison.
In reality therefore, Verona is ne one angle or the
ouadratera which gives 10 tho other sides and angles
what value they have; and thus IL m st be the prime
objective point OF any operations undertaken for the
deveunce OF Venetia from the presence OF the Aus
trians.
In 1859 the allies had bockaded Peschlers, and were
at come peril, confronting the Austrians in Verona
wsen the Interview at villafranca ended tho They
could only advance Verona from the west with their
Adige and with their right flank refused covering their
passages over the Mncio and mepacng Mantua. Pre-
csey what influence tho military difficulties OF bis po.
ton had the decisions of Napoleon ut VafrancA We
do not now ask. They had an influence we do not
donbt for then tho Quadrila.era was serving the pur
pose for which designed and best adapted
against attack from the west.
But that turning OF the QuadrIaterai which, have
said was one OF the effects OF the Convention Of Sep
tember, has olt>rd eryyhiaq The allies, in 1852 had
but one base of opera'ionsTurn and the Ticuo; and
line stretching from the Lake cf Garda to the Po Now
the Italians hare ,o bass Of operationsTurn, tho Tic
no lilan, against the familiar and formidable west face
OF the Quadrateral Florence Bologna Ferrara, against
the southern flank and rear completely opened by
the expulsion AT the Grand Dukes Those two lines Of
communication Of the Enilan way passing from Milan
by Pavia Piacenza Parma, Modena, Bologna, to Anco
a h .Tp0 % On ,ns ne aa S Ss
base nj Florcnce) and by the railway which par
allel with it. II Is not known that the Ausirans have
taken the precautions which. tho course OF events die
ated-bv forfylng the lower Po, and strengthening the
line Of the lower Adiaeaganst tho enterprises Of the
enemy on the southern frontier of Venetia.
Possibly their CONSEQUENCES that their tenure o, vc
netia wns doomed 10 distant tcrmpaon dis Inclined
them to exrend the slender Of the emplre
labor not of love. that to no lost. Ven Is
but one hundred and twenty miles from Florence. The
unprotected lower OF the Po, winch Italy
has at least two passagesnear Ferrara and Poc
sea-and OF the AdiGe great difficulty alone inter-
vene. Forty miles FROM Ferara at radua the one rail-
road that links the Quadriiaera to the heart OF tho
pre be reached the defenders OF Verona forced
to depend the difficult and endaneered roads Of the
Tvrol and the Payc. Mestre and Venice but dozen
miles further; and were heNAustran army only shut up
IN, perforco attached TO the Quadrlaeral co. de
by land and might FREQ the City OF the Doges
from the domination OF the Kaiser.
That achieved the would be easy; Cor with Venice
and with Verona alike would fall tho Of the Aus
trans 10 hold more than a corner OF the province.