, 1866-08-11
THE NAVAL ACTION At L1SsA.
Accounts Of the French Press.

THE NAVAL ACTION At LISSA.
Accounts OF the French Prc4$.
The Patrie, under date Of Vienna, July q,
publishes the following account Of the re-
sqnadrons in the Adriatic:
''Adm1rul Tcgcthod, the same who On A{ay
IL, 1861, had to retire before the brAyc little
squadron Of the Danes in the action off He'll
gatc Archlukc Macmillan, lying oil the
purt Of Pola, when signal from s1oop
which had been sent out to cruisc denoted
some movement Of importance, There were
then under stcnln only Two wooden ehlps Of
the line the Kaiser, tllrec-dccker, anil Il two
this moderate force the Admtral put to sea,
and wpe Joined soon af1er by several armorcd
gulbon.s. When In sight Of cara he received
Intelligence that The ttulfan fleet, comprising
twrnty-threc ycs*cle. tnDst Of tlie1n lrotl.
rlatcd. were af,out to attack Lltsa. Three
llcet Of The Austrian Llosd's, hut had recent.
ly been converted lnto ycesrls Of 'vnr, and ~.
nr,uercl coryctte jofncd tho Admlril's
squadron. This iUrcc, VI which thu three.
slrekt.t ka'sur formed tic centre. took up tts
stati1 y s.'n.e tlistaee from Liss tl,e Gas
crippled an 1.nfla,! nrnurcl ttiEatc. Utui
thu si.1u.lrun cUnllng Intu sight, thu tlrilIg,
iHllli un ira null lind, bucni,lu appalling.
Fullr Italian nrn,orcl ynsFcla. two iriva!esst
md Two cnrvettcs. horc dawn ,l,,lrr nill
atpn,i ut,on tIIr Austrian three decker. TliU
nrtit,n hGrnu,u ilsrioua. tha thrrc.Icckor, I'll.
yclu|r.l Il, smlnkr. NppcnrGd like Ru'ne m'Ii'
strutls as!lI!h ktn'h(IilE 1T ltny ngAll.t 1a'"k
Of 1onnla. Ter Ennhrrs. ttAfly all !)Atiiin-
linus. md WIN wc,c tDt untlcr ilro fur tlo
nn,agon'.!s by y Ilro lcss rarid, hut hutter
ui1l,e.l. Tie Admiral. ncring ,hu danger In
wlticl, ttiat ship WIS placed, wctil tn Its nil,
mud tlirrctrd hls uwn ycrsel ut full slce!l nrnn
onc Of t!Ie tnrye ftaliAti frlUates. This f1l-
| yntc, alrcndy daIl,ugcl Ut thu walrr tluc, wns
cry wis heard, 1nus1 clnitor., md ali In.
ltlci,tc gulf stumcd 10 oprn ntnll tho whyes,
and then w1dv spreading cl,clcs were srcl.
ttnn Tic stlrli,cu Of tlln water, which hat!
nEain hceo'i,c sn!mtf'. The sflgatc lsnl been
swallowed! ~. IL cngnl'lnsnt was' koway, ;,
battalion nr lI,rsAv!irrl who were ~, in'nrtl,
climbed III, Into thu tnra. mud wh1le llolllfns
oh by the r1lWs, nt'o.tlcrtl their rll!ca ~ on
II parl.le ground. nnd tc,lt 4 il!Ml y3llr,
ftc.n-twenty Killed aud sixty wounded fall
Ing uru,lntl the Atl.nlEnl, who seemed to bt
iMvulncsal'le. 5cnrcely Ind this event leet
c"nelasle!| when y fearful explosion WV WI
,nents, ] minslei viii porlions of i,anIii
bodies, iesl upon tho decks Of Tho vessc!a
ald nil immense wall of water appearct
The Anstrtah Admiral /. then ioun.
tho thrcc.dcckcr had caused the explosion @
second Italian frIgatc. Thus, two vessel
were destroyed, two crews lost, beside otlc
serious damages to the fleet. On board til
Austrian ships the Killed were numerous
among them being one Of the most d!stin
IrIsLmun, Captain Eric O'Klln {sie). Triest
has been illuminated /; Spalntro, lara IN
Ra.usa, which have furnished the lcet Wit
many Of It's conbatauts, hnvc been deckc
out with flags. This battle will have srca
moral effect, for II is no mystery that III nj
which is seeking to promote annexation
Tie Pafrie also contains the following lc
; ter from Milan, dated July q:
: THE fleet las ut last shaken of its in11nt
hility. After quitting the waters of Aneon
+ it proceeded toward the island Of Liss:
which it bombarhed. The Austrian fec
although inferior in number, offered battle
the Italian squadron. The information a
: ready rtceiycdis very confused, but from de
| interesting facts. II appears that on boal
, the Austrian ships were embarked q numb
: Of Tyrolese sharpshooters, whose fire inilic
ed much damage to the Italians. Two
: the Italian vessels are lost, but ono, tue Pa
c cstro-although the official account is silct
upon the pofnt-was captured by the cnelr
: and Tas blown up by its crew rather th:
haul down its flag. Beside the two yesse
lost, three others were entirely h0rs t1u COZ
bat. The action in its results was inaecisiv
t but the retirement of the Austrians gave
c Appearance Of victory to TIC Italians; y
: strate the superiority Of the French irn
Z plating over that Of other Countries 7
&c Italian squadron comprised seycra! vcsse
l. built md plated III France, not one Of viii
: suffered, notwithstanding the terrible fire
u tic Austrians. On the contrary. MI the Vt
u eels constructed in England are In deplol
IS bic condition, and have their ar1nor-plaii
l. signor Petrucc1li della Gatina, writ
n. from Turin to the De6ats on the I'D, 81
os that the late naval engagement In the Ad
VI attic has excited much astonisment and d
he garrdcd the flcct with pride, aud spared
,e sacrifices in order that # might keep p:
A. with the p1ogrcss Of nayal science aud
~, worthy Of the position occupied by the Iii
ea dom. Sisnor Pctrucclli thinks that TTie
&c should have been attacked, or the sci=c
re Venice commenced. and thus reter5 to
an operations against Lissa:
.et The importance Of Lissa, which Is not c'
Is. marked on most maps, Is very loublf
IS Admiral Pcrsano attacked the Island mi
IS the spur Of public opinion, which accr
H. sudden enterprise, show his drawer.
IN which no one iinpugncd-and dazzle b.
~ brilliant exploit. tie has had at last bal
'oa with Tcgcthotf. What has been the res
y, of that battle? We nrc grlcycd to the hcs
'al The telegram which announced the enga
us l,cnt 10 It's yesterday seems to disguise 4
he feat rather than announce victory, "
~ ~ Ii admits Is almost tlefrat. The Admir-
~ ft,ip-that magnificent and splendid irle
m the Re t1'Italin-Funk, the falestro blown
or the rest Of tue squadron da.naEsd taia "
IN, the cncmy's destroyed. tho empire Of
~, AlrIatic disputed yAltn,ltly, the action Of
nu ilcct against Venice weakened and postlro
lor until The iosscs ana damage Of the Ut
ships nre required; ! c.,f,not ueses.te
The wording Of the despatch adds to lis
lrrent glootu anl sadness. We are c,'nto
1n sa By the announcement e grase losses in,l.e u
ne ron ~ t4s . snsny; Mnt " H. 5s tsy T. g.
Wn ays ssfta iea a y s.o s Of
.nr tosscs secured us Tricsse or opened tho
aA r,,,,cs to t,s, NC should hayc rctntccd {
ey them, But what In my case gould wo L
lly tlpne with this leland III The AdrlatlcS
I,r ptusiSntt Bf,gr, writing on tllc a'.l, says:
n, M Al present ii II Impossible for us to for
for ycry nv exect Idea Of tits bnttlc. The frat
nnt Ill TINT VIC Ind been beaten isreiMrnb
,tic beaten by ssa as well % by land, but
IN. Government aflcrwarl published othcr
NV, fi,rmation subsequently to hand, nccort
eso TO which oau of Tho cncmy's vessels
nc. two ras,llc. wheel eteancrs tad bccn SUM
OF the 1tnltan guns. II this were really 20.
md tl'an ti1c:o u tic itallna., despite tllc n n
arc @ tnat tl1e In XustrIans exclusively i
'ar. steel shot, which went through
up artnor OF the ltalien s' yessets J.,
o tho. tyy wste ~ ~, 81 sl 1oriH "nf'gS lsS na, sa
~, lnucll TO tic tnnnufactnrcrR of Iron I'll
lug Tic conduct Or Admiral lcrsa,,o In at'an
cnt In. thc n.tn'ral't ship TO 90 On tnard H.
out fpnslatore Ii generally blamed, Inc Ano
Icy, totc ts mn. ~ n,ilI ~ , nnlanus nnd
10y prrcIse part II took In tho cnn!!lct u
oo1 kMpwn hut had Il aouc anything at gil
ana limit il would l,avo tcen mentioned.
cal. Atiuudatoro has !ss batte1cs completely
vcl crcd 70 that ths peone on 1oas@ 9inS ass n
~ 'sa;, Persano could not watch the progress OF
free. Il fhe italian papers cxrrcss consider
dig disappointment ut thc very uncertain ~ =
orp. Of tho engagement; The Uiriio sass I'm ~
=. uo' coma, tic return Of the italian aect to
tis, mort had anything bnt IN air OF triumph
at addition to the Re d'1talia, the gunboa
ding rrsc was sunk, and nothing was done b
It's 1etft nd aGao
49,, a stayed near the island protecting the r
ano bafkntion Of the troops, were compel
remain idle for want Of signals from th
miral's ship. Albini did not move unt
1ssia saw the Re d'1taiia 60 down. Lae - -
opc. SAYS ;' I'M aaSnso rMn e+t1,hntin@ snc, had
II III I nre1nent to those who directed tho Q
: Of tfons That it thinks an inquiry ought