, 1866-07-20

feet on both sides, and any advantage
accruing TO the Prussians by the peculi-
arity Of their arms is probably counter
balanced by the excellence of the Hun
garian and Bohemian horse. Little is
heard with respect TO the movements of
the Federal army under Prince Alexan-
der of Hesse /; but as, since the surrender
Of the Hanoverians, the Prussians are
able to concentrate the divisions under
Manteufel, Falkcnstein, and Boyer into
one corps, it is to be presumed that they
will be able to hold their own on the
Main till the destinies of4the Fatherland
are decided On the banks of the Elbe,a5r..a
In Italy King Victor Emmanuel, who,
after the disaster at Custozza, had re-
crossed the Mincio, and drawn up his
army between Goito, Volta, Cavrlana,
and Solferino, has subsequently with
drawn to Cremona and Piacenza, with a
view to unite his forces with those of
Ciald!ni, who, retiring from F%errara, has
gone back to his former quarters at Bo-
logna, Modena, and Parma. 1t is not
easy to foreSee what the next move Of
the Italians may be. A second venture
across the Mincio or the Pc would hard
ly be less desperate, hardly likely 10 turn
out less disastrous, than the first. For
about so miles from the immediate neigh
bourhood Of Mlntua, down nearly to
Ferfara, the Pc is entirely In the hands
of the Austrians, who possess on the
right bank the three districts Of Coma
gu Revere, and Scramble. The Austrians
have, indeed, Withdrawn their troops
across the river, but they are strongly
posted at their tetes de poat at Borgoforte,
San Benedetto, and Ostiglja, the points
to which the principal roads abut res
peclively, the first from Reggie and
Gunstalle, the second from Modena and
Carpi, the third from Modena and Miriam
dola. Were C!aldini to cross the Pc at
any OF these places, or at any of the inter
medlary points, while the King once
more made a simultaneous effort across
the Mincio at Rivalta, both armies might
possibly effect their junction under the
walls of Mantua; but it is not easy to
conceive what they would achieve against
that strongest of all European strong
holds, or what they could gain by ven
turing within the fatal jaws of the Qua
drilateral.
LII ING "tucaGuWtllIe tie ucItat OF GUS
tozza seems TO have crippled the move
ments of the italian Volunteers, and
condemned GaribaIdi himself to inactivity.
Since the advance of some of the Free
Corps from Brescia upon the Lake of
Idro and Popte di Cassero, and their sue
cess against the Austrians at Lodrone,
we hear nothing of their further pro-
greSs in that direction, either by The Val
di Giudicaria TO Riya, on the Lake Of
Garda, or by the upper Val di Chiese 10
Trento. In the mean while the Austri-
ans, finding the passes of the Stelvio and
TonaIe unprotected, have crossed both
of them, from the former occupying
Bormio, in Valtellina, and driving the
Italians down the valley as far as Tirano,
from the other invading Val Camonica
down to Vezza. We hear meanwhile,
that the Garibaldians are swarming on
the right bank of the Lake of Garda ; but
since the King was, by his repulse at
Custozza, compelled to give up his de-
signs on Peschiera, it is difficult 10 see
on what exploit the Volunteers can en-
gage either along the banks of the lake
~ on ifS Uuoforc OP 4lo TAoEon 0ooS