National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1866-07-13
FOREIGN NEWS.


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: we find them in our foreign exchanges II
,riyate dispatch received IN railS' u"'o'
Florence, June b says: a
"A great battle was fought yesterday be- n
vcen Verona and Mantua. The King had t
PASSED the Mincio the day before yesterday t
with ten divisions One Of the wings moved
toward Peschera, where it drove back part :
Of the garrison. The great body OF the army $
on Verona under the command OF the
King. At Custozza it met the Austrians rein ,,
forced by the garrison of Verona, and a part OF
the troops en- ecI,elon on the Pc. After des-
pcratc battle, which lasted the whole OF the
dav the Italian army was forced to rc-cross IN"
Mncio. King Victor Emmanuel, after having
effected his retreat, re-cstablishcd his hea.'-
quarters at Brcsca II is asserted that the
chief object of the attack by the army under
the Kings command was to force the Austrians
to quit the line of the Po, that General Cial-
DIM might cross the river with his corps darinee
which was to move on Rovigo. 1t is not known
whether Cialdn succeeded in eilecting pas
sage"
The battle took place at Montcnotta and
Custozza The King moved on Castenaldo, |
on the Adigc The Austrians took Montenotta |
and Custozza by assault, which had been occu-
nicd by eight Italian divisions. They made
1000 prisoners. General Ceralc is severely
wounded Prince Amadus' wound Is slight.
The passage of the Po by General Cialdini Is
confirmed strong Austrian detachment.
descending from Bernie to the Nalteline is
moving toward Milan
The special war correspondence of the Lon
don Times of June &c. received by telegraph
SAYS concerning the battle of Custozza:
The defeat of the Italian army in front Of
Verona was even more complete than the first
Austrian kilograms had led us to apprehend.
We have NOW the bulletins of both parties
and they agree on all essential points. 'Meagre
and vague as Geographic hrevity and technical
reserve necessarily make thcm.thcse dispatches
reflect great honor on the truthfnlncss ,modera-
ton and dignity Of the bcllgercnts ON either
side. There is no paltry attempt on the part
of the Italians to disguise or palliatc the mag
nitudc Of their disaster, no unsocinly eNul-
taton on the part of the Austrians. not one
word of di>parugcmcnt of the foe. BY being
lust and even generous toward one another,
these comhataEts seem 10 act upon the wise
maxim which teaches MS to deal with enemies
as with men who may at some future period
become friends
An Italian army, divided into three corps.
and q rcscrvc--makinG mp force tropl S,o0o
to 90. 600 observation-disclosures the Mincio
: at Goito and other points on Saturday er-
noon. and sending accommodating Spa ieH
toward Pcschiera and Verona, cncam tor
, the night al some place beyond RoN Ella
3, cqudi,tant from the two fortrcsses. 4 the
! ensuing morning an attempt was made upon
those high positions of SOMA, Somma Cam
paigna and Santo Guistina, which commands
4 thc fifteen miles railway line joining the TIVE
e strong holds positions which played a couspic
II uous part in the campaign of 1913. The obirc
z of the Italians was evidently to take posses
sion of the railway so as to isolate pcschier
n and secure basis o! operations against Ncr
ona. The Austriaus, however, were masscdi il
4 great force ut Verona, sailed forth from Tn
q place at daybrcak, and, anticipating the ltaI
!. ian movement tool, up their position upon thos
u / ills, which are now everywhere bristing wit
y hastious and rcdoubts, and may bc looked upo
IL rs mere outworks of the two citadels, extend
+ After severe and bloody, or Ms the Italian
describe il, desperate struggle which Taste
G nearly the whole d8y-thc longest of sunIuc
il days-thc Imperial army was victorious alon
10 the whole line. They stormrd the summit ,
Montcvonto. where the Italians held ont Ia
longest and at the close of the CnCaEem'h
" NJ five o'clock in the afternoon. they also ca
=. ricd the posion of Custozza. spot ntal
~ Italian arms in the encounter with RadclSki
Is July. lslS The victors captured several gun
n and about 1000 prisoners. and behaved, as Il
pr Archduke Albert. bulletin assures us, and {
al we may readily believe, with even more tina
= their ordinary bravery and endurance. &
the same evening the Italian army was oblisC
to- rccross the Mincio.
lc The Italian accounts Of the cngagcmcl
e. present no points of material difference \
III cordn- to them the first army corps was Sc
20 forward t, occupy some positions bctwc'
Pcschicra and roma, but, being surrounds
hy superior forces failed to effect its purpos
and the description given of its LOSSES in {
contest leaves Us little doubt that it was
We hut nimil,ilatcd. The second and third cor
or mahlc-it i. not said for what rcason--to Il
no vance to IL, rescue were still in the cvcni
" almost intact Il was also stated fro
Brcscia that the army had maintained its pc
if ton hpt there is little doubt that il had
VS. viihwIaw across the Mmcio later in the mig
The Italians lad several or their gcncr
woupdcd-among others the King = second 81
VI Prince Amadcu who has arrived at Brcsc
lie, The Italians we are assured. behaved W
lie great hcroisn, and no doubt, although Il
OF lost the day, they came ont without loss of IL
mt or. An advance across the Mncio, right il
In the heart of the Quadrihtcral is an entcrp,
TO rhich no other European army 'comid an
,ri sHch circuB, sidnccs, hare rcni,,rcd upon bu
.cJ frenzy 10 do something seems 10 hare posses
ne whoic haitian mutton, AMI The men Ia e,
moad cooH minis Of nothing better than dc
th ing hcir hcads dgaiRa those tormiddbic ST
.so ,raiis. There may be bravery in 50 dcspcr
;i,o IN attempt 10 take the hull by the horns,
,,n we believe that il would bc impossible for
49,, King or la Marnora 70 say what they exp
Wv ed from their ill-conccivcd and worse cXccu
80 y. attempt, II was u battle in which they sta
''i the very existence of their army. while Il
enemies in the worst event run no other
nd iran mat n a SAFE and cisurciy retreat bch
,ho ne shelter Of hcir bostons. The least I
,or may he said of II is, that, like the lIalall
90, charge. 'C'ctdH bcdu, mdiS &c n'eioH pas
;. Duc,Tc.' Ever since 1913 aud 1910 the Au,
~ aus have strained every ncr to strcngt
those four citadels, and have extended q
W., outwofkS 80 that the line between pcsch
''''' and Verona especially is u vast cntrcnc