The New York Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1859, Page 1

i | | | | | THE NEW YORK HERALD. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 17; 1859. NEWS FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE BORUSSI Additional Details of the Battle of Solferino, Blunders of the Emperor of Austria. on the Field. OTHER GREAT BATTLES EXPECTED. Russian Hopes and Intentions from the War. KOSsUTH’S RECEPTION IN ITALY. GRAND TE DBUM IN PARIS, a. &o., ha, ‘The screw steamship Borussta, which left Southampton af ten o'clock at night om the 4th of July, arrived at shis port yesterday evening. Her advices are some twelve hours later than thos» Feseived by the Weser, which appeared in the Heaaw yeaverday morning, as the Borussia brings the Iondou evening editions of some of the papers of her day of de. partare. ‘The latest quotations at tne London Stock Exchango (21 A. M., 4th inst.) were as follows:— Oovsols for money .... . shut. Ditto for account (July 8) + 98 to 9335 ex diy. The Parts Moniteur of the 4th of July publishes a clr- ealar from M. Rouland, the Minister of Public Instruction, te the rectors of academies, enjoining them to have ail the bulictins of the Army of Italy read to the pupils, anc to have them posted up in the schools, as “Youth is opon to weble sentiments, and ite heart is touched by great things and devoted to the dynasties that know how to endertake them,” &0, ‘Tee Paris correspondent of the London Times, writing on the evening of the 4th instant, says:— A private letter from Toulon, dated yesterday, informs ‘es that the naval preparations were never more actively carried op than at present. Similar accounts have been received from Brest. Another division of the Army of Lyons lesves for Italy, and immense quantities of projectiles of every kind coa- ave to be forwarded. Prussia, it ie said, bas given positive arsurances that the recent measures'With respect to her military forces are not taken with a view w hostilities, and that France may remain perfectly tranquil on that score. Something. it was absolutely do to caim the efferves- cence in certain of the German States, bat the advance of ‘an army io the Hhine js not meant a8 a menace, and it ebouid pot be a cause of disquietude tothe French govern- ment. Proporitions are algo said to be m contempia ion, when the proper moment comes, with a view Ww a nettle- ment of the Italien question. England, Prussia and Rus- ‘Bis will take the initiative. ‘The water sawing mills at Bugey (Doubs) are engaged night and in cutting deal aoe ae the supply of tne carpenters of Lyons in making boxes to pace stores for the army of Italy. In addition to which thore is a largo Gompad tor building purposes both at Lyons and in the South of France, so that the timber trade is at present ‘unusually prosperous. ‘The Vienna correspondent of the Landon Times, writing on the lst of Jy, says: There is some:hing unusual going on between France Bussia and Turkey, and it would not surprise me shoul: Tmecehi, the ‘Turkish Ausbassador at tla Prince Kalli 0 | Court, apeske of Austria and of her reverees in Lombardy a clearly shows which way the wind is wing at Constant Count Colioredo, who is now Austrian Ambassador at Rome, is to go to St. Petersburg, and Baron Hubuer, who fs at Naples, has received in-tructions to act as the repre- sentative of this government at Rome, The foregoing piece of news leads me to belfeve that Cardinal Antonelli and bis system are on their last legs, The metallic reserve in the Bank of Vienna on the 28th of June was 79,785,997fle.,and the notes in circ were of the nominal value of 453,762,407ils. In May the siock of specie was 90,016,624fis. A Milan paper says that when King Victor Emanuel visited the citadel of Brescia he was sbown the place where forty: five citizens, taken as hostages in 1849, were barbarously shot by order of the forocious Haynan, and ‘that he forthwith ordered a monument to be erected to them, the expense to be defrayed out of his privy purse. Another paper contains the astounding announcement (headed ““G. U.,”” which can only mean Gasetia Ufficiale) that the Hungarian General Klapka and some other coura, geous patriots have offered the Crown of Hungary to the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, The steamship Africa from New York arrived at Liver” pool Monday morning, July 4. THE BATTLE OF SOLFERINO. Interesting Engiish Account of the Great Confitet. [Cevriana (June 25) correspondence of London Times.) Another name has been added to the number of those places in this little hilly triangle which have been illus trated in the military history of Italy by a battle. Solfe- rino—a name ,yesterday unknown to all but antiquaries ‘and local curiosity hunters—has to day a historical signi- fication. It represents one of the greatest battles of mo- dorn days. It was the first, meeting, tn full force, of the two armies which are fighting for the fate of Italy. Io ail the battles and engagements hitherto fought each eide bad on)y part of its forces on the field, or, at any rate, engaged ; yesterday both brought up what they could. It was, then, the first occasion to judge of their resoective power and ability. Both Emperors were at the heads of their armies, surrounded by their most expe- rienced advisers. What the immediate result of this gigantic duel was you will know long before this letter reaches you; what real influence will be on the warfare we cannot yet jndge ourselves. a fn those few cases where an ‘army is completely broken up by defeat, the result of the reatest battle becomes only clear some timeafter, Al fronen & great and decisive victory, the battle of Solferino Goes not belong to those of the former class. The Aus- trians were beaten, driven from position to position, but open field we bi ‘Toere is some element in the Austrian conncils of don’t understand, bat which gives their operations in this second pase of the cam ‘as uncertain and vaciliating a character ‘they possessed in the first of it. On Monday +y are in fall retreat over the lo, and on Thursday y are back again with all their pemone ir position, fortified it,and are wait rather. Paley to suppose of the credulity of wary taken 1+ £3 Fees 3 5 k Al. thing Father indicate’ that the Nended to wiludraw behind the Minolo, not uo ft, but preparing to defend the advance was as yr, and fecling to the right and When ‘ne Calees ‘was crossed, and the Allied armies d the ground where, if anywhere, the enemy Bel to make his stand, their altitude becamo quite that of en army sdvancing to the battle field. Each body took up the position which it was to occupy in the battle You could see this plainly if you went along the line oc the Allies day before the battle, as during POSITIONS OF THE ARMIES BEPORE ENGAGING. The day before the battlo Posen extended from ‘tho shores of the Lago di Garda at Desenzano all along the weatern edge of the billy ree from Lonato down to fontechiaro,and the King, with as on "or ‘The reconnotssance, day in the direct fome Austrinn posts; this prove? that the place was occu- will remembor, was sent Solferino, and fell in with |, but gave no key as to whether it was only a detach- al left to observe the advance of tho Allies, or whether i was the avant garde of the Austrian army. It looked very suspicious. There was that kind of silence all about he neighborhood which you remark almost always under pithe sr circumstances, the only sign of life and movement ‘being --louds ot Cust tn the direction of the Minsio laerr | Leela to and Mantua. Io the afternoon Mr. Goddard was {79820 another ascent on a larger scale with bis be ist ic Of the high bills which rise close bo- ‘hind Castig! not {elP4 to go away before the ascent took ened] Re Saditdonai Witt x Semme,OM, oF whether {t 0 nm © enemy. At pny rate, there Wag AORN evening at Monto, chiro, where the Guards remained ‘mnosmped,and | progress of the Alles. On this occesion there wern tintpated the word of command, and never was an in the question, bet without the Emperor himself nad this headquarters. fe of brilliant executed by the “nesses | a‘tack made with more ensemile. Ip the attask against the qoarrel is about, One Heen once Yesterday morning # flv showed thie did not the enemy from keep { Solferino, the fire of the Austrisa artill-ry wee mont de- six beligerent Powers, sometimes three ageing bre, ‘Dat ot ie to Geito. ‘five o'clock a'mot every | Structive, Dut so warm was the return Gre of the Frese tometimes two against four; again, one agains five— n°, reconmorspance Over on the right wiog and the seotre. Tho | that several of the batteries bad to renew ‘heir guaers | equally detesting eash other, combining and again attack im shew ae precivitated by a smart shower, whicd began to | three or four times. Tue savalry of the Gaard mai» | ivg each other by turns—but all agreed on one point, Ee " &3 3 i i é i 1 5 8 i tf i 4 Hy i ie 38 it H F i iy 2» fe if ment. I af 3 3884; Liegs 3. 2. i $ i ath, the whole weight ‘wings, with the view of of the attack was throwa on the breakog through the line, ff possible, atd_ gaining one of the Mincio es, OF, at rate, forcing enemy out of the strong position in the bile, Accordingly the Fourth corps, that commanded by General (now Marshal) Nicl, reinforced by part of the re- serve aud artillery, received orders to act in the towards Goito, the First corps, @’Hilliers, was to procee1 by the road which runs Castiglione along the bage of the hills, near the little vil- lage of Grole, up to Solferino. One divigion of the Second corps, that of the Duke de Magenta, was to take this vil- lage from the hill road in front, while the other was to take it quite im the rear by San Cassiano. The Taird corps, that of Marshal anrobert, did not enter in line, vot was bent back in the direction of Castel Oazago, while the hinge army tr — the left wing a flank Movement correspon on the right, wo break through the line between Peachtera and teesaeees, and get to one of the Mincio passages which exist in that direction. The Guards remained as.a reserve, under the personal direction of the Emperor, who took the command of the movement. THE ALLIED ATTACK ON AND CAPTURE OF SOLFERINO, Although the hilly nature of the country is favorable enough for observation, the line was too extended to aver- look the whole, while the simnltaneous character of the movements made {it impossible to follow the detaiis of every point. Imust confine myself, therefore, only to the main features, as far as [saw them myself, or have had time as yet to ascertain them. The attack al- most simultaneously on the right and in the centre, for while the fire of musketry and the advance of columns on Soiferino indicated unat the battle had Ly ig tre, the Piedmontese were heard to the left and the artillery of General Niel to the right, in the dircction of “ge ee Medole. r) around which the of Solferino js built, is the most prominent ject - all this rgey o It is of a conical shape, and hi summit a high, equare tower, called the “Spin a Italia, aod een top of it you 3 Sse plain ipper from the Alps 3 hill is detached the of the : : i im the cen- vriapa, It forms thus, as it were, a high bastions, and all the roads leading to it run ing between the plateaux. All the sides, with the exoep- tion was chosen as the point of prepared for this, and were ready to receive their adver- garies. Both sides of the road, up to Scr itself, are covered with vineyards : into these they had thrown masses of infantry, taking advantage of the nature ef the ground to give them shelter and free scope for their rifles. As for artiMery, they not only bad some Foads but on the different elevated points to the right an left, which abound in the higher paris of the wards the village. The fight began almost in just where the road coming from Castiglione bends ascend the village, and crosses the road from the latter to the main road of Golto. Two divisions of tne First corps (Forey’s and Bazaine’s) had orders to drive the enemy from this position, while one division of the Second corps was to take the Village in rear by San Cassiano. Tae everoy’s skirmishers being driven back, the two divisions of the Firet corps advanced, and, after a sharp fusillade, succeeded in driving him back towards the village. But it was only at the village that the real fight began. The entrance to it had been barricaded, and the high garden walis which extend to the right and left were loopholed for musketry, while on the spur which lies to the right of the road as’ you ascend, a battery was sending down Fp "This became the every house had been loopholed, and was occupied b; the enemy. As there are no gates in the rear of tho courtyards of these houses, the fenders in each were obliged to fight to the last or else surrender. Twice the first division of the first corps had succeeded in pene- trating to the church, the enclosure wall of which is just at the foot of the tower and the top of the hill, ‘and twice it had to retire before the reserves which the ene- my brought up. The fight had lasted for more than two hours, and the strength of the soldiers began to fail. At this moment, which was about eight o’clook, the Volti- geurs and the Chasseurs of the Guard received orders to relieve them. At the same time the division of the second of the road. In less than helf an hour the enemy was driven out of bis stronghold, and had to retire, leaving twelvefguns behind. He retired in the direction of Cavriana, but only step by step. Looking down from Solferino towards Cavriana there is a mazo of hills before you, which I can compare to nothing but the ruins of a umber of colossal Roman campe formed by natare, and haif obliterated by age. Itis one succession of ascents and descents, the best description of which [ hoard from soldier, who, describing the battle on the height, said, “O’était une chasse a l’éoursuil.”” THE FIGHT BECOMES GENBRAL—THE SPLENDID TAQ- TIOS OF THE FRENCH TRIUMPH. After the taking of Solferino the ent as. sumed really the shape of a batde, where tactics came into play. The taking of the village was more due to bravery science. Battles have often been compared to @ game of chess; well, I never was 80 struck by the truth of this comparison as yester- day, during the advance from Solferino to Cavriana— bow one {ter another was moved forward, and the enemy forced back by degrees. It was in tuis fight that the immense superiority of the new French rifled cannon showed itself. The lightness of the pieces is such that they could be brought up hills so steep that even infantry had no small difficulty in ecaltog them. Still the of them and their Sem are almost incredible. You could see their shells bursting among the guns and infan- try of the enomy, while the shells the bighest elevation were fal! short or bursting tn the ir. The attack on this s ion of positions was made from the plain at the same time as from the heights, the ceotre af to Auntfan’pEsiton® Wit che alte St 4 one column ad- vanced by the road which loads from hie guas at along the base of the hills to Gavriana, the main body followed the chasse d Vécurewil over hill and in @ regular steeple chase the tower of Cavriana. towards While the attack, in what was now the centre, took this sbape, the attack of the Fourth corps in tho ‘plain to the right had likewise developed itself’ For a short distance from Castigiiono the country to the right and left of the road is full of vineyards and. mulberry trees, not very closely planted, but sufficient to bo an obstacle to the movements of cavalry and artillery. After twe milos oF 80, howe, tbe trees reoode on bolt sides, and an al- mest naked plain, partly grass, pai ted with corn, stretches out almost from the ‘foot of be eit the main road to the neighborhood of Medole. Thie plain, which extends as far a8 Cavriana, Guiddizzolo, and Cere- sole, became the scene of a most animated artillory and cavalry en, ent, which was very effective, ag seen with a giase from tho heights, Tho infantry took rt in it only to the extreme right, towards Medole and reeole, occupying the vineyards which lie at the en- trance of the plain, and from which the infantry of the enem: been before driven out. As soon as Gen. Niel was able todebouch into the plain from the right the day was gained, for such was the superiority of the French artillery, that the Austrian artillerymen, who it must be acknowledged fought their adverearics with great bravery, were obliged to yield. This was in the afternoon about four o'clock. The centre had come to the hills about Cavriana, and while one column scaled the steep ridge un- der w) the road runs, ancther was gent on the road into the village. From the rapidity with which these columns advanced, you could sec that the Austrians had givon up the idea of resisting avy longer in this position, and were now only anxious to make good their retreat. ‘The position of Cavriana, which is almost as formidable as that of Solterino, was only held until the other troops could bo withdrawn, and was ultimately taken with little lous, In the plain tho Austrian artitlery executed a ‘very good retroat en echelon, while the cavalry wag son} forward to arrest somewhat the the lef, I matt reserve for onother letter, #8 1 conl overiook that part of th ‘a, snd have had ss yet uo time to hear the detaila aod 160 field of battle. Bat when the battle ended on che + smoart canvonade began ou the lef, which mus’ Lave either a renewal of the attank in order to ge'n she p-sBage Ponte di Monza nbavo, or elec it wag an et’ack on 8 Place, for, to judge by the ‘hop guns. The result of the day ie, driving the Auetrians from the Position which they had themselves chosen and fortified wD Overy wey, s0mB to make It almost impregesbie. Iv was the strongest proof of superiority bol oan sree ee ee, the ia wi ey appeared, in all they ave nearly 200 000 men strovg, and, if credited, they up all by railway during the battic. the most formidable pos! bad the ground carefully hog ‘timely retreat. As soon ag Solferino was loat, it was evidently @ losing battle that they were fight ing. were thinking all the time of their retreat, and beld the ground only sufficiently mot to expore themselves to worse evils. So close to the Miucio Lia om t of Say to attempt to old their position, with the riek of pushed back oa the river, or else of being cut off from it. There cau be no misinterpreting the thing, as at . ta, tbat only part of the troops were present, or that were al jcoepting another battle on thie side of the Mineio, or whether they will be satisfied with defend- ing the river line, remaian to be seen. The losses this point alone I saw lying sbout more 1,500 dead, besides a large mass of wounded. In dead the French did not loee very much, but the number of wounded cannot be less than 3,000 to 4,000. only a small proportion, bowever, severely wo among them. What the Avstrien lors was it is not possi- ble to judge, for they took awavas long as they ocoald both dead and wounded, ba made a requisition for 2,000 carte in the villages on the Mincio. General Niel, who commanded the right flanking 0o- Tomp, and whose sxilful management of the artillery con- tributed considerably to the success of the day, has been raised to the rank of Maréchal de France, ‘As s00n as the battle was over orders came to transfer the beadquarters to ee last night the Ey occupied the very room wi his antagonist bad had pre- for bimself. Even the dinner was found all prepar- ed and waiting for the victor. SCENES ON THE BATTLE FIELD OF SOLFERINO— re Pt on: a FRENCH piri, SA . a (June 28) correspoudense of London Ihave visited to-day the plains of Gutdizzolo, where the battle which began at Solferino terminated at a late hour of the n'ght. At ten o’clock, in fact, the Sardinian and French cannon could stil! be heard. The artillery may be said to have done its work for the frat time d the present campaign on that oxcasion. Until then ithad now and then been brought out, but ot last it bas played the princi The power of the rifled on et rer established, I will cite but one fact in support of this asser- tion. General Desvaux saw in the distance sbout thirty squadrons of cava'ry, consisting of Italians and forming into masses, and preparing to thunder down upon the squares of Renaud’s division, The a yes imminent and grave, jor ir compromised. ‘and were in front of an Austrian battery, which worried them with grape. General Desvaux pointed out the dan- EE opt 2 commander of the eighth battery of ‘Tenth regiment of artillery, who at once established a Dattery of rifled cannon upon’a small eminence in the plain, and fired four rounds of shells containin Dalle distance of more than two thousand yards. The eff-ct produced zeemed like the work of enchantment. Tne captain saw in the first pince that wide gaps had been made in the enemy’s rauks, then all of a sudden tnat thie terrible mass of cavi was di inevery direction, utterly disordered, and without heedingorders or rallying pi the wed comepane. banty sncueeas. of the Aus. trian cavalry, upon whose every reliance had been Placed, were thus rendered useless, and it was directly after this informed, that the Francie Jeriyh eigpasoad is the camp, tears of Tein and Gaon ha aren — _ vat AP The plain of Guldizeolo is really horrible to look upov. Even go late as yesterday the dead were not all buried. ‘They were to be seen in groupe of twenty and thirty, hud- died together in one spot, where a shell had exploded or the Chasseurs d’Afrique bad pasted. All still maintained the attitude in which death hed struck them down. Here was one with uplifted arm to ward off the blow which had split open bis skull, and splashed his brains fer and pear. Close by was another, with bis hand upon bis breast shivered and rent by the grape. her seemed to be smiling, as if in mockery of the grim war- rior’s approach. Some were lying upon their backs, with faces turned towarda heaven, and prayers aul! seeming to er upon their Farther on, there was a Hungarian, who had thrust his clothes into a ghastly wound near the heart. At his left was a Tyrolese, with the unused cartridge betwoon his teeth. To the right, a Croat had his head cut off by a Dall, and the head was by his side, with its horrible eyes, es and leering, as it seemed, at the dismem! ody. Two young lads of certainly not more than sixteen were lying in each other’s arms. had surprised them ja that attitude; or, perbaps, feeling themselves about to die, they bad clung togetber in a last embrace, and bad fallen thus never to rise again. Upon the body of a Bohemian officer we noticed a dog, waiting apparently for bis master to get up! We had not the heart to call off the faithful animal by a word or a gesture, for we felt sure that God would roward the devotion of this poor dumb creature, so touchingly shown amiast the carnage which man had waged against his fellow man. ‘On every side it was the same. Death, in his most hor- ible and ghastly form, glared at us, no matter where we gazed. Enovgh, however, on this sad theme. [From the Londen Advertiser (Kossuth’s organ), July 4.) A letter received in Vienna from Lombardy gives the subjoined particulars, which we give, as it is by compari- £0n of various accounts that @ just estimate of this great battle can be formed. Of the horrible scene presented the follor lay itis difficult to give anything like a faithful idea. ters of the ground, which they had won iach by toch after the most pee and heroic efforts, Piedmontese and French ched their tents among vast heaps of carcasses, belong- g to the three armies, and which time did not permit them to bury. At four o’clook in the morning two Piedmontese bat- talions and four or five French were sent out te makea reconnoissance along the whole line, The Austrians issued out suddenly against them, having been ordered to attack the Allies at eight o’clock in the morning. Soon enveloped by numbers, the Allies were driven vack, and these) and particularly the elairew, suffered grost fos, these, and particularly the eclairewrs, suffered great loss. Soon the battle became general. How flerce it was is evident from the time it lasted, and the carnage on sides. At ope moment the Piedmontese, who fermed the lett wing. were completely hemmed in, and the French were driven back to the Chiese. Then, asat Magenta, po- sitions were taken and lost ive or six times over. Tho thunder of artillery was incessant for hours, and at last the bayonet, as on the former occasion, turned the for- tune of the day eventually in favor of tho Allies. The Se- cond division of the Imontese, under Fanti, performed prodigies of valor. ‘When the le was over the Emperor Napoleon sent ‘fan aide de-camp to compliment him on tho bravery and skill he displayed throughout the day. When ordered to charge with the bayonet, to retake the strong positions which had been several times Jost, the colonels of the ro- giments composing the Fanti division placed themselves, mueket in band, at the head of their men, and led the charge; of these colonels threo were left dead on tho field, the fourth was badly wounded. Of the Piedmon- General tese, 200 offlcers are hors ds combat, and from 6,000 to 6 000 men between killed, wounded and prisoners. Tho French loss was computed at about 12,000; that of the Austrians about 20,000 killed, wounded and the last mentioned being ovor 6,000. It is ey on both sides 40,000 are put hors de combat, The the allied armies is excellent, and the great difficulty ex- rienced in defeating the Austrians of course enhances the value of the . The Austrians blew up, on thetr retreat, several of the bridges on the Mincio. SR ee Austria was on tho field, it was ‘Hess who directed the operations, Hees was, in fact, the real Commander in-Chief, The others wore Generais Scblick and Wimpffen. The former had under him Bene- dek and Urban, who, on this occasion, directed the opera- tions agatnat the Piccmontese. It was regretted that the 12,000 men of the division Claldiai, who were at the extreme north ef the Lake Garda, and the volunteers of Garibaldi could not take part im the battle. With them tho dieproy between the Austrian and allied forces would have diminwhed. It was said at Turin that the former had a numerical supe- riority of about 20,000 Victor Emanuel bas his headquarters almost at the foot of Peachiera. Venice will probably soon be invested. FRENCH ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLE. REPORTS FROM THE FRENCH REGIMENTS. (From tho Paris Censtitutionael, Juty 1] All the regimonts of the Guard, infantry and cavalry, Were engeged, but more particularly the Voltigours ‘and the Foot Chameurs. ‘They were anxious, like the liesr and the Zouaves, to have a glorious day to inscribe on their The standard of the battalion of Foot Chasseurs and the oojor of the second Voltiguers will be decorated. ‘The Chassaurs, under General Maneque, displayed extra- ordidary agility in crossing the ditches and ravines during ‘the attack on heights which surround Soiferino Tho Austrions fled in @itorder before them, and while some of the Chasseurs rushed on and took others secured four or five pleces‘of oxnnon. The lone of tho battalion is Severe, but the number of killed is sald not to be £0 considerable as might bave been expected, and the wounds received aro not of a dangerous character. The Firat and second Voitigeurs bad the same work to perform aa the Chasseurs, and they got through it with ¢q ini success. Toelr officers Jed them on, but the men in some measure mendous, The conduct of division of Genera! Vorey, which bad dietingulabod itself so much at ) Wh extraordinary. The Seventeenth Foo: », the Seventy fourth, Ninety: firet and Nioety- eighth cf the tive stacked @ beight in front of Solferino, Oppored to them a whole corps d’armie of tho eremoy, and these brave regimenta renewed the glory of the 20th of The aivision of General Boarbaki could quly play o Secondary part, ba been on the Mantua fond In that Pectid advance it, prevented the advance of 15,000 of the enemy, who ‘Dot and at the ead of the dey tha. with the been "1 (ge Ma ib a which engaged. hvision Gene Renault, coosiating @f We Nivetieth, Finy sixth, Forty first and Twenty- third of the line, and Eighth Foot Chasseurs behaved mott gallantly, and bepolly their loses were not Severe. The Thirty-reventh of the lise, which took pos } peetion of the first houses iu Solferino, has to the His the fleid of battie. The Austrian headquarters quitted ry Cavriana in such ber of documents relative to the plan the baile several complete mapa were left A FRENCH 801! ACCOUNT OF TH ACTION. recetved tu Paris on tho 8d iust. from a foldier wounded at the battle of Jolferioo states that his regiment, which entered the field not 2,000 strong, lost 500 in Killed and inded ; avother regiment of the same brigade, which suifered severely at Magenta, was #0 cut Up at Solferino that it is quite unable to reeume the cam ES ‘until completely reorgaoized. The writer of this ‘speaks in the highest terms of the French artillery, which continued to fire from five in the morning to seven im the afternoon. A regiment of Obasseurs of the Imperial Guard is said to have suffered terribly. The Colonel charged a regi- ‘ment of Austrian Cutrassiers, but the horses of the Chas- sours were oo light to resiat the heavy Cuirassiors, and they were abeotutely ridden down. TAKING OBSERVATIONS FROM A BALLOON. A writer, dating Castelnedolo, June 20, says:— re all these advantages an oxpedient ch is not new indeed, but which ap- pears pow under quite different circumstances. The bro thers Godard, of ceronautic repute, who came out some time ago with their best apparatus, made yes terday in the afternoon their first experiment at Castelno- dole. One of them made an ascent ina small balloon to explore the position of the enemy beyond the Chiese. Havivg first mounted on the campanile to take the bear- ipgs, and make himself somewhat acquainted witn the country, he entered his little skiff and went up in the air with a eye which, according to those who saw the sacent, showed that he was master of his eccentric con- veyance. He rose to a height of from 500 to 700 yards, stopped for a minote or #0, and then descended again with as mech gia 4 ss he had shown in ascending. As you remember, under Napoleon I, attempts were made to acquire information of the enemy’s position by those means, but in the then state of wronautic experience not much Could be made of these means. Now ®ronauts pre- tend to have succeeded in regulating the movements of their balloons with tolerable accuracy, and certataly the many successful ascents 262m proof of a certain prodciency. There will be plenty of opportunities to put this to the test, and if the result should be satisfactory, it will become formidable weapon im the hands of him who knows how to use it best. The greatest difficulty in warfare is ‘that you know the movements of your adversary ouly im Perfectly, or not atall, for each army is surrounded by ‘outposts which hide all that is going on behind, and many ‘® general who is blamed as an imbecile would be judged pag! differently if it was known on what information of enemy’s movements he had based bis plans. Of course ® military genius, who knows his adversary well, cab, even on imperfect {oformation, more or leas divine bis movements, but in nine cases out of ten the ordinary run of generals make their greatest blunders for want of 5 for instance, would not the General at Mortara have given had he been able to peep over the Po and see those endless battalions and squadrons hurry off thence to the Sesia, or if he could have seen them passing thie latter river in thousands, wrilie Spe agit on! He might bave brought up bin twelve hours and attacked. other On the opporite bank of tho If, then, the experiments of Messrs. Godard are 6: ccsshal, the int department of the Allied armies juired @ most fruitful source of information. There are, of course, cannon balls which may atop up this course in a second, but artillery has now and then con- siderable difficulties in touching bodies that move slowly, or not at all, 80 there is very little chanoe of its being able to hurt an object flying through the air. THE FRENCH TE DEUM FOR THE VICTORY OF SOL- FERINO—CURIOUS ANOMALY OF WAR PRAYERS. [Paris gay 3, evening) correspondene of London Timea. } The Empress, by the ladies and officers of the Court, wet to-day in state tothe cathedral of Noire Dame, Siete ae eee ee of jerino. ceremony was fort with all the pomp, ugnal on these pl pod uarde linedthe way from the Tulleries to the church; on the Place Je Carrousel the ground was Ty. soldiers @ the line, Foot Onasseurs, and Nationsle, ‘The sun wis burning hot, and some mea fell out of the ranks and wee borve away fainting under the heat, and from standing for more than an hour under the fierce blaze of a July sun. Two poor fellows—one a drummer and the ar & chiesear-—were lying in the shade on the steps of the Pavilien jot, 8 death; one remained senseless for ashort time. 4 good natured old vendor of cocoa—the favorite beverage of the Parisian gamin—libe rally supplie¢ him with his tiquor, and even bathed bis temples and chest with it unti! he was restored to con sciousness. He would accept no payment except the thanks of me soldier. It was that her Majesty would bave issued from the palace at eleven o'clock, but the State carriages did not begin to move unt a quarter es boar later. lt 1¢ religious Ceremony was atten Prince Jerome, the Priaceas Clotilde, the Princess Mathiize and the other Princes and Princesses of the Emperor’s family ‘having renk gt Court,” by (ha Cardinals, the Miniaters, the Mar- sbals and Admirils, the Governor of the Iovalides, the Commander-in-Obtt of the National Guard of the Seine, the {nights Grand Crosses of the Legion of Honor, such members of the Senate and Legis- lative Cor; as are still in , the members of the Counci) f State, deputatiors from the other great bodies of tu State, the National Guard, the army apd the navy. Al were in full uniform. The embroi- dery and decorsions were splendid. In a werd, the eight was very gen The cortege isusd from the Place de Carrousel and along the Rve de Rivoli, the square of the Hotel de tlle, the Rue d’arole and the Place de Notre Dame. The Empress was receyed at the doors of the ancient cathe ral ty the Metropolitan and his clergy, and when her Majesty and herattendants took taeir places the ser- vice opened. It fas solemn and impressive. In all the churches of Parigand in ie place of worship through. out France the sme thankegiving took place at the samo hour as in the pital. At Notre Dame it was over by twelve o’clock, The Empress returned to the Tuleries fh the same stab she left it, and before one the troops were marchingback to their quarters, ia, tbe of statement in yesterday’s Mom- teur, nearly 14,000 French and 5,525 Piedmontese, in all nearly 19,000, were killed or wounded in the battle of Sol- ferino; of the Austrians probably upwards of 20,000—4n ‘all about 40,010 men, in this single action, encumbered the earth with their dead bodies, or lic crushed and mu- tilated in bospitals. Through this immense carnage, not of that in former or in future battles, Victor waies fio his new territories; and M. Cavour will be epablid to govern a wider realm; Ita'y will ex- ebange the incubus of Austrian rule for other masters (more gente let us hope;)—and therefore Heaven is Gioked ip mlemn prayer and sacrifice. Had Austsia won, she too would have inyoked Heaven's blessing, ard with the self-same rites. To copy the vigor- ous lsnguage of the American Channing:— Wd whane of ‘aggrandizement, no 1 claims, no upcerain fears, no anxiety to establish a balance of pow- er, wil justify a declaration of war. It cau find no justi- fication but in plain; stern necessity, in unquestionable justice, bn persevering wrongs, which all other and lovg tried mets have failed to avert. Torrible is the respon. sibility byyond that of all others, which falis on him wno involves jations in war. He has no excute for rashnoess, passion ot private ends. ‘These wot Byte! some — or bes ears ago. he thougats expressed in them are old Jehiened, ‘ant will have little weight with modern states- men avd ruler, Channing was a fanatic among philen- hropists. Volkire, teo, took a very old world view of such things, which will account for the quaint rudeness of the following skotch:— two Emanuel A genealogist (or minister, as the case may be) proves ton frinco thai te denoeade tn right toe thon aPreeet ts had made a family pact with a house of whose parent which even aa pee! OL RTT ike houre bad some distant pretensions C8, ‘possessor of which died of apoplexy. prince and bis couasil find his right quite clear, gome hundred leagues from him, in vaio that it pamcly, to do a8 much evil as possible. The most marvellous part of this iniquitous that cach leader of there slayers cawes his standard t) be ‘Dastalion on! It is reported. uoscathed. ‘King of Sardinia recetvi + a tri- first bulletin received here, that of Della caused some gloomy apprehensions. Then came the te- graphic despaico from the Emperor to the Ea Claring that the great bettio nad beens viciery, was jubilation, we come to look vg eager pee ie 9 little dumped vee M tJ at marriages and at bis cee te at births, as well as for INTERESTING AUSTRIAN REPORTS. BOW THE TROOPS WENT INTO BAPTLE—THE FIRST BLUNDERS OF THE DAY—FRANCIA JOSEPH A BAD GENERAL—A NUMBER OF OFFICERS WOUNDED— REPORT OF ANOTHER FIGHT—TH@ BMPKROR TO REMAIN WITH THE ARMY—HUNGARIAN POLITICS. (Vienna (Jwy 1) correspondence of Landon Times. } As it is known to me that your correspondent with the Austrian army bas forwarded a detailed account of tac battle of Solferino, it would be a mere loes of time should I attempt to give information relative to the operations ot the two Austrian armies on the 2itb of June, but faces bave come to my knowledge which must be commaui. cated, as they are of ble interest aad impor. tance. Early in the morning of the 24th the Austrians per- ceived by the movements of their adversaries tha: they were aware a general attack was about to be made In- stead of waiting to recetve the abook, the @rensb assumed the offensive, and so suddenly that a part of the Austrian army bed not time to breakfast before the battle begaa. The beat was very oppressive, and in the aftersoon many of the men fell from exhaustion arising from bun- ger, thirst and fatigue. The soldiers displayed “bat, as usual, some # ‘Two corps, the Second and courage and steadin-s, ‘ae were committed ’”’ uth, were not brought into section at all, and for some unknown reason the reserve artillery of ic guns was not moved forward (rom Volta, the Allies bad many more ‘ies in the feild than the Austria, se? more batior Tt {# a delicate matter to touch on, but I feel bound to state that it is generally b&lieved there would have beena ¢raqn battle on the 24th if the Emperor had not been with the army. It is not exactly known what took place, but his ig said at «critical moment to bave or- dered General » Who commanded toe Erghth corps, to fall back. The it commander ‘who had baif an- pibilated the ” obeyed the order, but witn evident reluctance. Count Schlick wished to send a Corps against the fiauk of the French army, but eoula bot obtain permission to do eo. iperor, who behaved with the greatest possible coolness during Ue battle, called out “ Fie! You ougnt to be ashamed of yourselves,” to some troops which displayed a stroagiy marked dishke to the close vicinity of LL. Almost all the correspondents estimate the total loss of the two Austrian srmies at from 20,(00 to 25,000 mea; but it is certain that the slaughter was not eo great on the 24h on the Mincio as it was on the 4tn on the Ticino—if tao number of men engaged is taken into consideration. In a lower received from him this morning, your spscial cor. respondent at the seat of war thus contirms sa opt ion recently expressed by mo in respect to the mili tary qualities of the Croats. ‘Ihave come to the con- clusion that the Croats are the least efficient troops in the Austrian service, Count Nugent (probably the Marshal, who is an octogenarian, is meaot) was riding about on the field on a little pony, and he gave the Croats a ‘rowiag’ for their lukewarm behaviour,” The capnonade of the French was tremondous, as a Part of the Second Army during its retreat bad occasion to remark. In a dey or two we strall have complete lists of tha billed, wounded and hep, ay you will not be far wrong if you suppoge the loss of the’S:cond Army ia wounded alone to have been about 8,000 men No general officers were killed, but Generals ‘Crenveville, Palify, Bomberg and Baitin were wounded. General della Marmame bas in formed the Austrian mititary authorities that he bas had Colonel Prince Windiscbgriitz, who was shot througa the bead while fighting at the bead of his regiment, baried ‘witb the bouors due to his military rank. The eon of Lieutenant General Baron Eynatten, the Chief of the War Department, was deprived of his sight during the batle by a bullet which passed close to his eyes The poor a. man, who bas already been bronght to this city, well, but in total darknegs. The Archdutes Ferdinand, Maximitian snd Leopold are said to bave been in the Emperor’s suite during the action. The Monticur was right tn calling the recent action on the A bavk of the Mincio the ‘battle of Soiferino,” tor that place was tho key of the Austrian position During the last day or two {t bas been reported that a on the left bank of the Miacio, but up to twelve o'clock last night no news of importance had been received from Verona, where the Emperor has bad bie bowie cements = correspoad- ent er ee, Possibility of a retreat behind the Adige, and there ig reason to believe that the main body of a: Austrian ermy is at this very moment et no great distance from that river. Although no tactician, it is evideat to me ‘that the expedition sent against Venice must have great ‘eflcence on the future movements and operations of the Austrian army. Baron Alemann, the Governor of Venice, 1s endeavoring to get rid of all those persoas who have no fixed oscupation, as he is desirous, in case of a siege, DOs to have any drones to feed. eee {hla ene to endesvor to obtain noto- mesns , aod on the 26th of June he publisbed another address to the inbabitan's of Verona. ‘The document has not yet found its way to this city, bat it is KDown to contain the subjoined passage:— Tam necessitated to increase the reverity of the state of siege. ae guficient attention 1s not 2 tere ard guards. Woon the siaro-of ene etna Ca LS D: Mast wear a biacé ane yeliowribaed round his seat The Emperor has resolved to remain with his army in pe bann the day before yesterday he telegraphed to the Archduke Reignier, the President of the Council of the Emp join him without delay. The Prince left imme- and itis believed that he has been sum noned to because Emperor sees the necessity for a change of system. God grant trat his Majesty may di. Tect his attention to internal matters before it is too late The government bas received information that Koseath is in European Turkey, on his way to Hangary, dut it is not alarmed, ‘‘beoause it is arsured that tue peasants will bave nothing at all to do with him.” This. ene od mind T might, perhaps, share, ~-4 =~ caporiens tanga e uned: many meaner ate uneducated en “hinted $0 me that the “Aus trian government may, perhaps, try to play off the emancipated peasants against their former task. masters, but any such attempt would be a total failure. Hungary-is, to ail inteots and purposes, an aristocratic country, and the Austrian government caonot hoo wo Tegain its ipflueace thero unless it can manage to win the upper classes of the people. If Austria bad been content to govern Lombardy by means of the aristocracy of the country it is highly probable that Milan would not now be in the hands of the Sardo French. Count Rechberg bas again been summoned to Italy, and will leave this eve for Verona. His travelliag companions are to M_ Voa Biogelebsn, the Referendary f for German Affairs, and M. Bul, a government counsellor, who has been the man of confidence of no fewer than four Foreign Ministers. Per. sons of Baron Bach’s acquaintance relate that he bs ins to talk of the necessity ‘for some change,” and there littie doubt in my mind that he would consent to re main in office even if the Emperor shouid resolve altogether to overthrow ihe. prcomt system. The Minis- ter of the Interior has powerful friends at Court, but it is as eure thet he will be eacrificed as that I hold a pen in my right band. In fact there are strong indications that the Emperor will svon have to Lid with the Kingdom of Hungary or with Baron Bach. storm has long been brewing, and it is about to burst, THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA AT VOUTA. ‘The Emperor went not far to the rear. Leaving his ‘staff at a farmyard on the road to Volta, he turned back with a chosen few, and looked on while a last effort was made to fight for the posscasion of Cavriana. The last et was made, but to no purpose. Nearer and nearer fell the French shells, tilione actually cracked over the the Emperor, and another burst tn the middie of his staff. The order for a general retreat had in the mean- time been carried out, and whtle the Emperor and the Archduke retired by a cros * t= Vellaeoto the Firet army began to withdraw ¢ treat was made with little diffice etl) Leng) yates ata tc enemy, and prevented a danger army, however, bad to subm centre of the Austrian position: the occupation of Cavriana at Second army bad to repel atta — a, big a8 ~ Cens with great rapidity, cu ‘and forcing the corps on thet gambano and other points ¢ Mincio. The matériel of the Austrian by the speedy construction of Delow Velta, and as night fell possession of Monzambano, V WAR NEWS I FIRST NEWS FROM SOLF NIANB FOUGHT AND SUP) ARMY SUPPLIES—ATTEN [iti'an (June 28) correspon Information concerning th us very siowly, and all thet ceived here will havo been t least as speedily. In proportion to their nur has no desite to be governed by him, and that to give Jaws to people one ought at to have their consent. These reastos do not reach the ears of the prince, whose right is, of course, incontestable, Hoforth with assem les a pumber of men avo nothing to jose. He dresses them up in coarse blue cloth, at 110 sous tho ell; trims their bate with coarse white Sistas; makes them turn to the mgt, and then to the and so marches them off to glory. The other princes who hear talk of these preparations take part in it, each according to his means; abd they cover @ small tract of territory with more mercenary slayers of men than ever Gongis Koan, ‘Timour tho Tartar, or Bazaret bad in his train. Peo dwe'iing far off hear it said that Sighting ts about to beg ‘and that there ia a chance of gaining five or six sous a jay Mf they wish to be of tho party. They also divide thom. selves into two bands, a8 mowers do, and go and sell their sorvioes to any ho wants to om- ploy them, These miuititudes furiously against enoh other, nos only without having any interest S [inet to have suffered + ench, although the latter tain, and one battalion of t’ ihilated. 1 Completely ann! ‘the Austrians, who had lor and made every preparatic barricades and cover whence to shower & advancing foe. In respect of the loss, it was doubt! that of Magenta, but, as Teeults, it ig agother ques alone js said to amount tc terrible lory it g 4 v0 been croolly punts’ diers. In this last were lunteers. One of these Yesterday said that of temperatare is now greatly ch: bot as it doubtiess will be in July an fate gs Ga ‘7 apy Teas moet tryiog to the troops, Om day before the battle, = friend, om whose correctness I can perfectly rely, wrote to me from Brescia thet the Ailies were sending 160 sick men dl Oay into that e There are about twelve there, which were all full at that date, and cowveote were berg applied to the reception of the sick Beds and va- rious bospitai requisites were beiug advertised for. toloiers of the line are represented as very much op: eseed by the immense weight they bave to carry anor @ burning sun, end the cavairy hed an unusnai namder of eore backed borses Many cavairy men were left ia Brescia to take up to the front horses that were ex, able. to arrive to replace those cast. am. unter vice soem a gol nay PA at jorees appear Ciepever of the Allied greatest det- The folowing rather curious on the walle of Mitan:— ‘who possess ty will pay you fur (ur independence The truth is taat the ofers of borses, withoat for the eervice of the army, liave not been 20 a as at was boped they would be. It ia perfctly compre- hensible thas many persons who would not onject to pay. heavy extraordisary taxes—vay, who would cheerfully do 60—are unwilling to give up favorite horees to tne ten- der mercies of artiiery drivers and wagon trains; wale others may thick that the proper way to sapply sach wanta of the army wou'd ne to purchase the catzle requir - ed, whose cost would thus be fariy aietributei over te taxpayers, and not falica a few indivigaals Signor Vignsni’s prociawation is a curious mixture of eptreaty and demand. He bopes the citizens will giverheir bores, and he fee's sure that they wili; but if they will not tne wernment has made up ite mind to pay. le ~conciudes «by naming a lieutenant colonel who is to be empowered to purchase, and the place where the horses are to be presented, and bo fixes the prices, which vary from 600 francs far the train opto 1,000 francs for oflicers’ norses—rates very far velow the warket value, Indeed, at this time there is no sa} what price good horses would not reich, toere are so few in the market and such great demand fortoem. Not only.bere. but from towns in the provinces, I iearo that it ie scarcely possible to purchase anything decent. It is aid that some persons bere have sent their horses into the country; and a small radical paper that bax jast sprung up in Milan hoics up, by name and address, s Milanese gentleman wno, having Deen asked by the mun for his two borees to assist in ‘he ot replied that he bad none, the fact being that he had sent them away to avoid giving them for public ser- vice. 8 system of denouucing iodividuals to public odium is bui too common among ftalian journalists of the lower ciass,and might bave the most Rerious and deplorable consequences ia a country and city like this, whose inbabitants, naturally exsitabie, are at the present time almost in a fever—what with their Tecent emancipation and the fighting that has heen going On in their immediate vicinity. The nobility and genwy Of Milan, however, although many of them may not be Giepozed to part altogether with borsee of which ave £0 much need, show the utmost wilimgnvss ant zoad jn applying them to the use of the unfortunmte wounded. One continually meets convalescent soltiers and officers driver about in handsome private and when wounded are expected from the front crowds of vehicles wait at the railway station to transport On Sunday morning, when the wounded from Solferino were ex; pede of carrieges down at tho there was a similar disappoisteeat, Tad Ee evealng Yesterday morning there was another false alarm; may perzous waited in tho streets through which it was @ the mournful convoy would pass; but, as I wag ds down to the station, I met numerous carriages, some Se a se me and mattresses, coming away. At the station they said that perhaps at two, perhaps ve, the wounded might be expected; but, after all, it ap- Peared that only a few (I thiok about 300) slightly woand- ed came bere, the rest cared for nearer to the front. The inbabitants of Brescia and otner places have been making great exertions to this end At Breecia it is oud ‘that no leas than 10,000 beds have been placed st the dis- 1 of the military authorities by private ind'viduaie. It certainly much more natura! and humane ani desirable ‘hat the poor wounded fellows should flad succor and re- Pose near at hand, instead of being slowiy conveyed, as in carts alon; hot and dusty roads, and then jolted on » railway, to the great aggravation of their sufferings and diminution of thetr chance of cure. As itis, Heaven only can tell all ‘that thousands have endured, waiting for hours, and even pont Cr after the battle for the first and moet rgical attendance. Another difficulty in Seen serareras taliway, Austrians having been allo nearly the whole of the roll ‘Toe milengas tae thorities bragged of having displa: mii the Austrian artiltery was still trian pS marching in the streets of the cit ; they Would have rendered_imnty “iritn™ wen werippes of ite. DAY%g@.~""Perbaps this was impossible; at any ipted. There are bul three locomotives on the line from Milan to Treviglio. Witein the last two days a short line has been opened connecting the Milan termious of the above lime with the terminus of tnat from Mageats, ‘80 that when the line from Magenta to the Ticino is com- pleted and carried across the river, troops and stores from Genoa may be seat straight up to the front without without peusing at Milan. A considerable number of surgeons and physicians have gone up from Milan to the front to assist the wounded, who, besides, at Brescia, have found hospitable ri ton. at Bergamo, Chiari, Orzinovi,an1 otber pisces. Taoere bas been a prodigious demand for linen, lint and bandages, ‘and one sees cartloads of those articies, done up in bua- dies, moving through the streets and along the roads out of town, together with vast quantities of broad and bis- cuit in sacks and boxes. It 18 reaily neceseary to eee the traffic pow going on here in order to be able to compre- hend the immensity of the requirements of sucb sa army 4s tbat which is now on the Mincio, Here, in Milaa, several new hospita's are being fited up. The maneion of the Dukes Scotti, the Conservatory of Music, and the house formerly occupied by the Jesuits at San Damiano, are among the number. KOSSUTH IN ITALY. [From the London News, Juiy 4.] Koesuth, baving arrived on the 224 ultimo at Genoa, proceeded on the following day to Turin ll along the way, on every station, a crowd of Italians agsembied to cheer him; a convoy of Hun-arien prisoners met him at one place, and, ri zing the great leader of their coun- try, shouted their ejens. At another place a wounded Italian broke tbr: the crowd—be had belonged in 1843 to Colone! Monti’s Italian Logion in Hungary, and wished to express bis delight at seeing once more the arms of Itaty and Hungary joined. At Asti the military com- mander himself acted as fugleman to the cheertog maiti- tude. At Alessandria Kossuth had to address the crowd mm Italian. After two long interviews with Count Cavour ~ sen awile fa company with @ con-