Year: 1859

Ahe latest accounts leave the Austrian
army retreating, having already abandoned
the north west portion of Lombardy. The
Austrian headquarters is now at Mahtua,
the southwest angle of the parallelogram
of fortresses on the Mincio and Adige, and
in the narrow and strongly fortified defile
between the forts and the rivers we may
expect the decisive battles Of the campaign.
Here the Austrians win have every desra-
Bile advantage of position, and if they can
not check the progress Of the allied forces
at this point, they may as well give up the
contest and make the best terms they can.
Everywhere the people receive the allied
army with joy as their deliverers.


THE RATTLE OF MAGENTA.


Gen. Gyulai, the Austrian commander in
Italy, in his official report of the battle of
Magenta, tells his emperor that the action
was glorious, though the result was 'imper-
feet and makes himself exceedingly COM
Portable because the French and Sardinians
did not 90 beyond Magenta; "they were
driven back to magenta" he says, .and an
orderly retreat was made" In spite of the
ingenuity with which he attempted to con-
ceal the facts, the people at Vienna, how
ever, understood it to be a disastrous de-
feat, and cursed Gyulai as blunderer.
Patent leather boots and well waxed NOUS
taches," they said, are the slorics of
Gyulai." Russell, the correspondent Of The
London Times, gives a long and minute ac-
count of the several engagements which
made up the battle of Magenta The Aus
trians had very strong position Mt the
bridge of Buffalora and the small force of
French grenadiers and Zouaves under Gen.
Wimpien that commenced the attack was
received with formidable fire from the
enemy, and was obliged to fall back and
await reinforcemems -


"'The columns were accordingly with
drawn out of range of the enemys shot un-
til the sound of artillery and musketry TO
the left announced that Gen. McMahon's
corps had come up and was engaged with
the enemy. This was about noon. As
soor as this took place. the new order for
advancing came, and on went the gallant
column. In order not TO expose the men
too much the Third Grenadiers were order
ed down into the fields to the right of the
road, where, in echelons of battalions, they
advanced steadily, in spite of the hail Of
projectiles which greeted them in front and
flank. and the difficulties of the soft ground
interSected by bitches. They had several
losses, but this only animated them TO q
quicker advance. The ground close by the
left of the causeway of the railway, which,
at the point where they made their way
through the nights, is only distant couple
hundred yards from the main road, was
chosen as the point Of attack. Although
even sleeper than anywhere else, and bet
ter prepared for defense, this point was less
exposed to the fianking fire from the left,
TO which an advance from the main road
would have exposed the advancing column.
When at little distance from the hight,
which by the intersection of the causeway
of the railway forms an angle here, the or
der was given to charge with the bayonet.
and the grenadi.rs, throwing down their
knapsacks climbed up the steep hight, and
the next moment they were on the top and
behind the barricade The first grcnadier
who reached the top, raised up his bearskin
and hurrah Of pive { Empereurp was
the answer from his comrades, who follow
ed close upon his steps, and had in mo-
ment possession OF the place. The enemy
was flying across the iron bridge which
leads over the canal, and the grena1iers so
clio after him that the man who was 10
have put the match 10 the mine under the
bridge was bayoneted While some threw
water on the powder in the chamber of the
mine the others rushed forward 10 secure
the archway through which the railway
comes out on the nights on the other side.
As soon this was done two baitallions
were sent, one TO the right, the other to the
left to protect the fianks, while the third
kept within the position gained. This sue
cess forced the enemy likewise to abandon
the nights IL front of the high road, against
which the Zouaves advanced. He had no
time to blow up the bridge, and withdrew
10 cluster of houses beyond it, where for
merry Tue Austrian custom house and pO-
lice office were, and occupied he vineyards
which skirt both roads from that point
The vines had been cleverly entwined, and
thus splendid shelter formed for the rife
men, while the roads themselves were swept
by his artillery which had taken position
further behind towards Magenta. The po-
sition was highly critical; the two regi-
ments had, indeed, position almost as
strong as the Austrians had held before, but
they were without any support, and the
enemy began to show masses of troops from
all sides. Columns from Robecco advanced
and tried to take the position in its left flank
and rear, when likewise some artillery was
placed to NOW doan the continually thin
ming ranks Of the grenadiers. In front
greater and greater masses began to show
themselves, while 10 the left hail of bull
lets fired from the cluster of houses made
the position in that direction more and more
difficuIt To ger rid at any rate of this an
noyance the Zouaves were ordered to rake
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