New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-17
FLOR ENCE.

a. RIaALDI AT THg BATTLE OF VAL LBDho-ih' 80
rR OF LIssA-CoyFLICTIyG AccouStS-DO
s1nEs CLAIM THE vICToRY-THE AD'ANiAo |
az r,1p srnR or THB AUsTRfANs-Aph'NAN
ovps,No ptAuED AND LIKELY TO BIZ hh@o'hD
,,no,, rYy co,,uAYp-pIsCOURAGEp STATE or
an ,r.,,,v NAVAL SERvIcg--THE REPORT THAT
l.o,-,,,,rn ..cv orr,cRRs DIRECTED THE AUSTRIAN
OPERATIONS AT LISA is CONTRADICTORY
From Our Special Correspondent go ,.ec
7, was nv good fortune to meet yesterday volunteer
n the d Regiment who was at Gaubadis side during his
last battle in Val Ledro My acquaintance is Venetian
exile or to speak accurately, fugitive from the
conscrpton in 1852 and wears medal won in the South
ern war of 1860 lie has recently been attached TO the
person Of Garbad as servant He tells me that the on
carement was a surprise the AustTans having gained
position on the flank of the volunteers through the care
essnes of one of the Colonies The General was proceed
NO down the Valley in his carriage TO inspect ms Hhe'
with no expectation OF meeting an enemy Wheh nc SUI
denly found himself in the midst OF battle pet"eel ts
Alsrans and the 9TH Regiment. ite lhS'aIt! oluolvJ
mn the 9th Regiment commanded by his son Mehot sHu
two companies of the jh but before they coud aIVe ne
eaemv drove back his troops and were on he Oh Vi VP
r tho General himself The cold Man'-thls Is his ute
in camp-canno get out of his carriage without hep pus
when he found his drifting back past nun nc rose w,
uncovered his head, and said very pacldy, MY Do! s
"
surprised by theunexpected presence oil he UeheIn any
thoroughly alarmed by the danger OF losing him. returned
to the charge with unwonted enthusiasm eatHi u
death followed. Eighteen oitcers lncudnG he N..i
Chass were killed and one company whlcn WeA' Inv
the battle 300 strong counted only 10 AT hlsnai
spit this desperate courage the any mus u nav it
had not Mcpotti Garibald arrived IN time 10 SAVE IT.
few peoos of artillery arrived upon the ground Sohesha.
itT in tbe action and after five hours of the bloodeSt
fighting of the the enemy sullenly Withdrew" leaving
the GaTibaldlauS masters of the ground $500
Tbe General dnei uxurously on bread and water some
distance in advance of the held OF baue, saYihg 10 M
staff How delicious dry bread is after victory! ii IL
would but call our dead back TO hie Inc Journals say
that he has arrived at Bresca on the way 10 tC Ioa eu
nortsr Rat nv informant insists that the General can
not have reached Besc and he does not believe he would
hear the fatigue of journey TO Fcara However, zap
tain in the I'd Regiment has just assured me Ihat uaI
bald is actually route for the quarters OF the klng III
is generally supposed that he wishes to add his To the
numerous protests against inglorous peace. But II ID
more probable that he would wish TO sei@e TINS Isl Psc
protest most energeticay against the treatment
his volunteers have received from the war Department.
saw Yesterday, wounded Garbaldino returning nome,
carving with him the miserable old mnsket WIN "nlch
mo lad TONIGHT Ii is very antique Black BeSs very
heavy and perfectly harmless at ~ PAGES III VIII Ne
wonder his children, that in the year 800 inc lush
Government him and thousands OF others against ~
rose marksinen with this antquated mass 81 iron ana
wood The Ioor fellow took II very patiently. AZ Is
good for nothing 10 shoot with hut carries bayonet
He assured me that with the exception OF ABOUT oVV
the whole Garibaldan force is armed with this weapon
The 900 men under Garbadi are not equal to lOoV0
we'll armed men for such campaign as he has undertaken
Each man should be armed with breeehloader ana De
trained the TyToese to lighting on ms own h0oh
The armstice arrested Garadi at the gates OF Fort Tar
dero the last barrier in is way to RiVa at the head OF
Lake Gardahe objective point Of his bloody campaign
The official gazette has asked suspension OF pnDnc
subordinates at the naval battle OF LISA. 1n pubc
naturally axis how long are we TO wait Is not week
long enough for the preparation OF some sort OF report OF
a more complete character than the ten lines when
announced 10 the world that had lost the Re dltala
and the Palesrc and left US to guess whether the uaN
was won or lost y
was mistaken | suppose II stating that Persano had
come here incline TO credit other reports, which say
that he remains board the Anondatore at Aneona but
the confusion IN the accounts 50 eompea aa ,e,e
seems be such thick vail Of obscunty over all the aes
that scarcely trust any report matter from whom 1t
comes could give facts in support OF any one OF 'hree
theories about the battle. LIST, that II brilliant Aus
TRAN victory I'd that the Italians completely veto;
and Sd that neither party can CLAIM to have defeated
the other. Snl in view 81 the fact thai the Italian navy
is the superior in strength, and that Admiral Persano had
twelve ron-clads and eleven lat least wooden vessels
while TeeghoG had only onclads and ai most 10
wooden ships, tho public will accord the latter the
praise of having gnally defeated the plans Of his enemy
perhaps Of having won a brilliant victory. IL Is IN
contestible however that only the hrst Inc oil me
Italian engaged that is 20 say i've onclads against
the whole Austrian feet that the ships having the largest
resisting and ramming Power-the Verese and me Anon
datOre-took part OF very little in the acton While the
Re d Italia and Re di Portogalo American bpilil,
together with the Princess Pa Formidable and Palesiro
all built combine speed with resistance 10 sAotbore
the brunt OF tho action Moreover the Admiral trans
ferred himself from the high deck OF the lie Italia,
where be could survey all the movements OF both fleets
with the water There was no general direction OF the
battle each vessel fought its own account and yet the
officers Of the surviving three vessels In acOnhe Pnn
cess PA, Formidable and Re di Portogallo-believed
themselves victorious when they were sgnaed to deslst
from the econ.
The public is thoroughly enaged and lays about itself
with tremendous energy at everything and everybody IN
any way connected with the Navy and the building Of the
Italian ships Mr. Webb is not spared and the fact that
the Re di Porogallo went safely through terrible fire
from the Austrian vessels is overlooked in the popular
grief for the loss Of her sister ship.
The Government promises inquest with regard 10
which venture two assertions; ]. AS much blame as
possible will be thrown upon the shipbuders; = Per-
sano will be removed from command. Three years ago
Parliament appointed a committee 10 investigate the
affairs of the Naval Department; but the darkness
dense the esprit dH corps in the Offices bitterly hostile
TO light and the influences opposed to investigation SO
powerful, that the committee reteaed IN dsmay from
the gloomy bureau they commissioned TO investigate
and reform.
have reserved for the last the most ludcrous expana
ton of the success of TeteghOh. We Americans are
credited with and blamed for the daing and brilliant
attack Of the AustiaDs. morning paper says it is
credbly informed that the best officers under Teteghof
are Americans, who have sold their naval skill TO the
enemy Of Italy, 1t then proceeds to explain that our
friendship for Austria is due 10 the "eDofmons loans
made to as by Frankfort bankers during the war; You
will not feel complimented by the given for the
fact but can scarcely fail 20 be grateful for the good
opinion of you which prompted the invention OF the story
For my part made haste TO contradict the report in
Milan Journal PRIOR grounds. 1t Is possible that
few Confederate officers have taken service IN the Aus
tran lint 1 vprvf NM dlul ever