New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-14

was not necessary An Italian face aght with happiness
sunny and brilliant that "store clothes could
improve the PERSONAL appearance of men, women and
children. was delighted, however, with the gay look Of
two ehitsa boy and girlressed In GaTbadino frocks
and caps who paded mp and down the street and were
evidently proud of ny admiration. saw no other people
in the who seemed TO be dressed up Here in the
heart of the QuadrateTal life is terribly pinched; and
the people live upon such fare my party got at the best
inn, the fire IN their eyes is mystery too deep Tor my
philosophy.
We had perforcc 10 visit the private house whore the
two Emperors arranged the amistice Of Vilaranca IN
1859 and the estmabe Boston lady who graeed the party
sat down in the chair which then held the august
fnend Of Italy The people Of the town seemed nS'!
proud of the honor that bit of eOwadice did them ana
large deputation followed along tho street TO me
door and waited until down from the upper room
10 escort us back 10 our inn
aud B. until my next letter, and pass TO the entry OF
the troops about in The afternoon Ihcy consisted OF
part Of Gen. FTenzinis brigade numbering about I,WO
men They had marched that day from Mantua under
those vllainousy heavy knapsaees but they came IN
with springy step and looked nearly as HAPPY as ue
people who welcomed them. have never seen people so
bonndlessy happy They nan up and down Kissed eecn
knew how. The ringing Yankee hurrah II was not, but
il the oudest and best sustained ezra have heard IN
Italy.
men, did the honors of the reception with excellent spirit
and very credtabe discipline They uniformed only
with the National Guard caps their captain sporting be-
sides pair Of the gray pants with red stripes The eee'
nony and the mixed with miscellaneous dis
charge Of rockets along the Whole street aud eiamor
which would have sounded mile Presently
the pageant dissolved and The heroes who had deserved
CusOzza carried of to the cafes ard pr
houses 10 drink the health OF the King and long life to
Italy in bottles OF wine reserved for THIS memorable i's-
uvijy.
AS we moved away in the train we the sky behind
agow with bOnfres and iluminatOns and kIew that
ViafnDca was happier than she had ever been beorei
happier fear than she ever WIZ be again Her iace VIII
brighten under the smiles Of liberty but it will be long
before the prosperity Of which her people dream can spring
out Of the ungenerOus sou OF this eroDese PLAIN
FURTHER DETAILS OP TIE BATTLE or cUSTOzzA HOW
THE BATTLE WAS LOST by TuB ITALIAKs-LA
MARMoRAs DEFICIENCIES AS A GENBRAL-R1LEC-
TONS
From Our Special Correspondent
The history Of the battle Of Cusiozza il the his.
tory Of the Italian war OF 1866 for this is the
only contest which exercised any considerable
influence on the fate of Ycncta. ! hall Dot a..
tempt now 10 decide the battle detail the work has r.
NAMED so long that it is best wait little longer for the
publication of the detailed reports Of al The commanders
limit myself row to some Of The report Of the
field itself
In general il NAV be said that Custozza rather Besi
durq seems 10 condemn the commanders of both armies
aud the AusIans much than the Italians. The hil
Of BeyideTe Is conspicuous object In the landscape
the quadnater thai must descend into valley to
get ont of sight of the ne cedar trees that crown s sum
init. But tho Italian officers came up toward " from the
must have had full m their eyes dung their advance 10
the 'front.' Fighting began the 18th OF june OF o'clock
bon The morning aud collect nom the several reports "h
both sides that neither party occupied BclYdcre IN any
considerable force before and there were 10 cannon
on the hill until oeloek in the afternoon. IL was four IN
the afternoon before the Austrans seem 10 pave discovered
tue extreme importance Of the position and they had been
already three lines driven from the emincnee. The
decisive portion Of the battle Of Cusolza was struggle,
beginning about 10 M, and lasting until about p ID,
between bodies Of infantry which could rot have
numbered at any time more than 1000 or 5000 men on
either side And yet each parry had 10000 men within
sight OF the pot Doubtless the detailed reports OF
division commanders viii show through what scrics Of
bluudes il happened that the key OF the position was
left 20 be lost and won at the caprice of chance.
went up the hill Of CusOzza by the same road thet
Gen GoyOne followed when bringing up his dyi
advanced hour OF the battle he discovered The
importance Of Beyidere. 1t is crcditabe 10 La Momon
that far down the valley 10 the south Of Nacges, he
bad made the same discovery and ordered portion Of
the reserves advance 10 the support Of Che few troops
already there. Monte Tore Belydere and Santa Lucia
three hills facing the plain Of Verona and forming
semeilee With the eoncaye Turned TO that city, That
say, Beyidere lies southwest Of limo drawn through
Monte Tore and Santa Lucia. Ii is mile and q half
nom Monte Tore and Two miles from Santa Lucia, ard
81 least 100 feet higher than either Custom % hill
about Onc-hird of mile exactly behind BeyidcTe Tho
church Of Custozza stands in the valley between the two
hills; and the valley between Monte Tore and Santa
Lucia some fsmhouses while the b'll Of CustOzza
covered with stone buildings, which form sort OF han
lei.
The battle Of the oath ragged on Monte Tore. which YVES
for all practical purposes the Italian right The hill was
twice lost by the Italians but at O'Clock they bad Tccoy
cred IT for the third time and held it firmly. They were
forced 20 eyacuae IT, BY the loss OF Beyidere AZ pm
At BelvideTc, have said, various bodies Of troops
fought for several hours all seeming TO have been sent
there at the caprice of subordinate commanders both
sides About o'clock tho Austrans concentrated there
considerable force, and the hill, the Arc
duke Albert says in his report only by desperate and
persistent fighting. The Italians there in those last fatal
hOub BesaglieI who had marched ID miles, eaten
no hing and fought 10 hours Monte Tore and Beviderc
Remembering that these brave fellows fought under
blazing sky with the mercury at 80 in the shade and you
must onder as did the ground, that, driven from
Bclvee hy weight Of NUMBER they took their stand on
Cusozza and held IL for half hour until the enemys
artillery Bevidefc rendered the position Of Cusozza
unicnable NOV, had the Italians planted 20 pieces OF
teTy the hill 81 Belvdsc, Of the nights which
surround il would have been tenabe by the enemy From
tbs that the Ausirans got gems up there, Monte
Tore Cusozza and even Santa Lucia were no longer
pable of being held
Following along The line Of hills divided by deep valleys
which extend across To- Petehera next 10 Santa
Lucia, Ohos the point toward which Gen. DuTando
advancing with the greater part OF the First Corps Of
he Italian army. series OF fatal errors too numerous
TO be described here eutangcd the divisions with each
Other thrust baggage trains across the roads by which they
advancing, and forced nearly every brigade into
ton before they had any notice Of the presence Of the
enemy. Here il was merely general su-prse tho
unexpecedncss extended TO nearly every soldier in the
ton, who found himeef under fire without word VI
lice from any officer.
Dursndo had orders to seize the railroad between Pes
chera and Verona. He could not have failed had tho
tenth chance of the day been biz side. The enemy
nearly much surprised as he not much by The
fact OF attack by the regOute bearing Of the Italian
SOLDIER II at any point Durando could have eqnaed
the numbers Of the enemy, he must have won
But BY singular chance not tenth part OF his corps
could be gotten 10 the front when they wanted there
1t incxplicabc tangle from beginning 10 end all
that struggle on the LETT and at IN the afternoon the
AusiriaDs had driven Durondo from all the important
points be had held for short time In the morning /
JOINED the opinion on the ground that La Marmora
planned this battle WE'LL and that be would probably have
won il had CaldDi been there the plan La
Mamoa the principal features OF The field aud COM