Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1873-09-11 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE BATTLE OF SOLFERINO. The Emperor of the French having issued his orders to Marshal MacMahon (whom he had created Duke of Magenta), to Marshal Canrobert, General Niel, and the rest, he took ue his position on the heights in the centre of the line of battle. Meantime, Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers had arrived at the foot of the steep hill on which the village of Solferino was bnilt, is village was defended by considerable forces, which were entrenched in an old castle and a large cemetery, both surrounded by thick and crenellated walls. Several other generals had been ordered to conceutrate their forces on the same point. The Ausi flan Emperor was posted on the hill behind Solferino, and in front of the village of Cavriaua, from which, however, he was soon compelled to retire by the shells, which fell thick around him when the battle began to rage. The fighting went on simultaneously along the whole line, so that, in fact, there was a series of battles being fought at the same time at different points of the immensely-extended lines; the horrors ot the scene being increased by a treinendous thunder. Storm which burst ovcr the battlefield, darkening the air, and deluging the combatants with rain. The Times con espoodent, stationed on the heights above Salferina, thus described the progress of the stupendous struggle --" The small putTa of the muskets exploding were but lost in the immensity of the landscape. It was only when volleys of artillery followed each other in rapid succession, that the smoke took a distant form. It was soon lost, however, in the general haze, and only brukeu again by the , white parabola of rockets, of which the Austrians were making ooniderable use. The forms of the men were. lost to the eye in the vast proportions Of the fight; and it was only when heavy masses lay together, and they assumed an aggregate shape, that any conception could be obtained of their presence. With &telescope, one could see, as it were, myriads of men on each side fighting at all points; dead bodies of men and horses strewn on the ground, with the wreck of uniforms and arms; but, to the naked eye, it seemed as if a vast anthill were in motion, urea becoming pigmies, as they doubtless are in encounters of such magnitude." The result was given in a telegram from the Emperor. The battle lasted from four o'clock in the morning till eight o'clock in the evening. The Austrians were compelled to abandon all their positions, aud they withdrew during the night, having blown up the bridge of Goito. The allies took thirty cannon, three flags, and 7,000 prisoners. " General Mel," said the Emperor, "and his corps have covered themselves with glory, as well as the whole army. The Sardinians inflicted considerabls loss on the enemy, after contending with great fury against • superior force." According to the Austrian account, the collision of the two armies took place at 10 a.m. "In the afternoon a concentrated assault of the enemy 'was made upon the heroically-defended town oi Solferino. Our right wing repulsed the Piedinontese ; but, on the' other hand, the order of our centre could not be restored. Losses extraordinarily heavy, a violent thunderstrom, the development of powerful masses of the enemy against our left wing, and the advance of his main imby against Voile, caused our retreat, which began late re the evening." Francis Joseph, as already stated, was compelled tstabandon his position at Cavriana ; and Louis Napoleon proudly announced to the Empress that he had passed the night in the room occupied on the mprniug of the battle by the Emperor of Anstrta.—Etons Cassell's " Ilatatrated History of Eagland" for September.  The prisoner Thomas Adkins, who has confessed to the murder of the policeman May at Einodland, was brought betore the magistrates on Friday, and remanded. It is believed another man was concerned in the murder.  WM. YOUNGER & Co.'s