New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-19

THE BATTLE OF THE 2iTH OF JUyB-BAD GEyERALsHfP
AND s0LDrERLY HERoIsM--REsULTs or THE BAT
TLB--THE ITALIAN ARMY NOT BRATEg
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AND sOLDrERLY HER0IsM-REsULTS or THE BAT
rLE--THE ITALIAN ARMY NOT BgATEg.
from Our Special Cores pondent
MILAN June 90 1906
The battle of the Oath instant have been mir
ace Of bad gcncralshp and sodiery heroism The Gen
erals seem to have forgotten their Office and in sort IS
boysh enthusiasm We'd with the rank and file in personal
vaor That Of them were hit in corps $4,000
men is proof enough that they overanxous to be in
the fore front of the strife.
There has been no battle in Europe where ground was
more holly concsted-few where enthusiasm and patriot
ism on one side went far toward countcbaaneng
peror numbers and strategy the other. From morning
until light the Italians fought two against three the
encmys ground anked by his fotresses and powed by
hs artillery and there was no yielding No panic all that
time If the Austrans gained anything they did II by
pure force Of superior weight.
The poor Gen Durando of severely wounded. and
his modification great that his friends his life is
in danger. He is good general and did his best that
day to retrieve the error Of La Manoa. But there was
one thing he would not doin the heart OF the Quadr-
lateral the first battle of the he would not retreat
When the plans Of the enemy were fully developed and
lac his little army so fearuy outnumbered he turned
TO his aids and said order the army to retreat but Du-
rando will not report defeat at headquarters, and then
he dashed of toward the enemy. HIS aids went af,er
him. the whole of the center OF the army followed, and
for an hour the Austrian lines were driven back with
terrible loss.
Cernlc, commanding on the Pcschicra flank. was
wildly cnthNsiaStic lie - an Olu ol
three but no boy displayed more rash personal
pluck. He was wounded BY men within forty PAGES Of
him. aud a considerable distance in advance OF his d
vision. l reported him dead last week bat he Is doing
bcicrthan The deeply chagrned Durando Prince Amodco
the boy ligaderGenera 2, was all ddy at the head OF
bis brigade and when wounded the lyroise ChasscuT who
did the deed within speaking distance The youth
may well be proud of his baptism 81 blood His wounds
in the ii lit and the other IN the ePsasre region
than thy were reported But nc was able to
come 10 Nora the 9th. The fact Is that some Milan
ladies' up TO Brcseia and brought him down TO Milan
in triumph. There wild enthusiasm over him. His
boysh bcardcSs face coupled with his true SAVOY va0r
make him the central figure OF that sangnnary struggle.
His brother Prince Ilumbe was not less brave; but
from all the accounts that collect he alone did not forget
that he General =.
On the sd he dashed into ylaanca at the head Of 20
mem but on thar day the enemy were nowhere visible IN
force On the day the battle he seems TO have behaved
with singular coolne.s and kill When tho Austrian cav
airy cane down with great force the night he formed
his men and all others within reach into hollow square,
and thrice Tepulsed The enemy. -
cannot learn that there much else that looked Ike
ceneralship Deceived by repors-said to huve come
hom prcsis-thai the enemy was behind the Adgc, La
Marnora threw the Firs Corps, aud part Of the Third
over the Mincio into rough country too narrow for de-
blowing large army. aud Aanked on three sides by
foriresses brstng with artillery How crampcd was the
location 10 proved BY tie fact that the italian les was