St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-18

fame and obtained his title to the Duke
of Magenta. His was the grand success
of the campaign against Austria. On
one memorable day he wrested victory
from the very jaws of threatening de-
feat, and received his title and his rank
| of marshal on the field of battle. He
was one of the dozen heroes of the pc
riod when he made his triumphal entry
| into Milan. Mr.. Browning has paid a
graceful tribute to his kindly, chival-
rous bearing as he carried on his saddle
bow little child whom he saw in dan
ger of death from the tumuItuous
| crowds and the tramping horses.
In April, 1859, Gen. MacMahon was
| appointed to the command of the Second
Army Corps of the Alps, with which he
| passed the Ticino at Turbigo ON the I'd
of June, and took Robecchetto on the
Sd. On the 4th, having been reinforced
| by the Foot guards, he was ordered to
move from Turbigo to Buffalora and
Magenta, while the grenadiers of the
| Imperial guard were to take the tete-de-
| pOnt Of Buffalora and Caurobert to
| come up from Novara. From some
| partly explained cause these maneuverS
| were not punctually executed, and Mac
| MahOn had to fight terrible battle in
| the center (Magenta) until the cOncen-
| trating movement of the other corps
! had been executed and the AustrianS
| driven back with enormous losses. At
| Solferino the marshal's corps stood near
| Cavriana, between Niel's and Baraguey
| d. 'Hilliers' corps. The position of his
| corps became very critical at one mo-
ment, the Forty-tifth regiment and the
| TurcOs having been repulsed in their
| attack and the Austrians advancing
| from GuldiZZolO. This column, how
| ever, was arrested by Gen. Auger, and
the heights of Cavriana finally stormed,
| and at the same time the Austrian army
! began to retreat upon the whole i'm
| mense line of battle.
A French biographical sketch of him
| gives the following additional particu-
lars of the battle of Magenta:
| A DECISIVE MOMENT.
"MacMahon, with force under his
command, had early in the day crossed
| the river further up to execute flank
| movement, and had already marched
| some miles away fran the scene where
the hottest fury of battle was raging.
| The thunder of cannon nevertheless
| reached his ear; he listened eagerly to
that terrible music of war, and with a
warriors instinct interpreted its mean
Ing. With the quick intelligence of a
| great military chief, he saw at once how
matters stood, and, hastily reversing his
orders, he doubled upon the Austrians.
1t was the decisive moment of battle :;
| the fortune of empires was that moment
| weighed in the balance, and the sword
| of DalcasS turned the scale. The might
of the Teuton reeled before the head
long charge of the Gallo legion; the
Austrians were utterly routed and fed
in disorder, leaving 1000 prisoners in
the hands of the conQuerors and 10000
soldiers killed and wounded on the field
of battle"
a RECENT PICTURE OF HIM.
The sketch which we publish of the
marshal is recent one. 1t is taken
| from the Paris Monde Illustre, and rep
| resents the veteran soldier as he APP
| peared at military festival. where he
| received the most enthusiastic ovation,
Even in his Old age, he was as erect as
on the day he commanded at Magenta,
| or earlier when he issued one of his
| characteristic and stirring addresses to
his men just before the attack OIL tie
| Memeln at Sebastopol during the
| Crimean war.
SOLDIERS of the First Division and
Zouaves of the Guard: You are about at
| length to quit your parallels and attack
the enemy hand to hand. In this de-
cisive day the general has contided to
you the most important part-the carry
ing OF the Redan and Malakcff, The key
OF SeDaStOpOOl. SOlQlerS! all the army
has its eyes on you, and your standards
planted on the ramparts of that citadel
must respond TO the signal given for the
general assault. Twenty thousand En-
glish and 10000 French OH the left will
lend you their support by throwing
themselves on that side OF the place.
ZouaVeS, foot chaSSeurs, soldiers of the
Seventh, Twentieth and TWenty-Seventh
of the line, your bravery answers for the
success which is to Immortalize the
numbers of your regiments. In a few
hours the emperor will make known to
France what the soldiers of the Alma
and of Inkermann can do. shall give
you the signal by the cry of 'Viye pEm-
pereur!' Our rallying word will be
.HOnneur ct Patriep"