Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
Tho Specials Story.

tljaus when the neWs arrived. lutC at !
night. of the defeat of the Italian army |
at Custozza. The order was that we
were to march back at once to Desen-
zauo. n village or the lower end of the
lake. some cigbt miles from Peschiora
aud Thai wc wore 10 oct thore as tho
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was 50 I''ace. .''a. no ome eouI0 au-
vance rom iesc,.et" wi.ncnI hav;nS
10 nSht ms "HyIa Ih'stsse MhIcn
neafi! cost US our iiVes-i propose"
10 Iriehu WIN whom snare" car
rage, that we should start early tue
following morning LOT tne mus over
Mlncio, ron whieh we snonln n OBTAIN
view y, lhe pas'"',e'. ,, vi Sus'oHln,
ahu pe,hups ou "oie " 81" s""s
u. piI '..u'' n.a o'n '"e 90 "
W. s,ar,o,: AZ sovon n.ssod ouror
&c .,'a C.s;i'.Id;a,,s Iroyo
.ne .ines VI snI Ioulia' ,;i,' .'.,,.' % tor,
10 ,he iooi vi 'he h'iis, mnG'e We @
our carriage a'iu procccueu oH loot.
AS VIC i'a' eApcc'so' We op,"."cu
inc view over the P!aih' put were
rather s'ar''r'i on scei"S pow I,osS
we were 10 iesch'crh. we wa'keo
some distance along the prov OF !he
NILS saIhcreu @oou "eai ot lhior,
mat,oh from thc peasants, h"o cou'u
win our glasses see DouiGs oi ,hs
Austfa'hs moving on the piain' anu
couia even near 'he music oi their
bands. we thcn sent peasant WIN
orders 10 take Inc carriage 10 inc ioot
OF the mn upon when We were, anu
having sat dowh LOT a"hiiG we wen.
down ana loon our places. Inc orlVer
asked me ~ his vile Brcsc'an patols
ifhc should 60 on, and mIsunder-
| standing him to say, "go back" as
sentcd. We were talking over what
we had scrn, and did not observe the
direction he was taking us through
the winding lanes, whea in a shor,
Time, we came up TO Two Vlnuettes oi
the cavalry regiment. the Guides -
They made no observation, and we
passed on; but, knowing that we
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| Upon reaching the Vidcttes' thc!
tiEaf We WTre their prisoners. w,
: a,tcmptcd to explain, but were brie
lv informed that VIC could explain tt
the sergeant.
Our horses heads were again turnct
and ina short time VIC reached the
ser@cant's post, where for the tirsI
time we learned why we were arrest
ed, and saw that our position was Sc
rious.
!, The vidctte's report was rs follows
awe saw these men appear upon The
top of the hill there. They had come
up from beyond, evidently from Pes
clliera. They examined the whole
country with their telescopes, ant
J then went and concealed themselve!
in that clump of trees. After time
. they came down, and presently pasSeC
us in a carriage. We did not thei
arrest them; but when they hat
passed in. they turned back to retur,
! with the information they had OBJ
tai Apd: we therefore arrested them.
, "Spics from Peschicra. evidently
Z. the seargant said. 81 will send then
= on NJ Ou,.c to the ylllaUG.'