Show BATTLE OF SOLFERINO I 1 TIA battle of etwas it was dt est so it was thelast the list battle of the campaign it was fought on the li of june jt it ap peair to be the final awl and desperate move inove ol of the Aust austinian iiAn army to recover re covents its position they crossed over to the western side of the offered the allies battle TI alie e offer was lias accepted the austrian army fornies forn ed a line of battle extending acco according iding m to 0 napoleons despatch to the empress five league eague in length their force was estimated bv y the french generals at from to but it did not hot exceed the force of the french and sardinians ians was neary ly equal both Em emperors pernis were were at the heads of 0 f their respective armies the fight coin coil m 1 c d at five in the morning morning by an attack a t t a k of tile the ABst rians on the corps corp of mcmahon and one after another the he various corps of both armies were brought into the field fieh so men engaged at half air pst past six in the event efeim p g after a series of brilliant man mavres and hard fighting on both sides the austrians Aust rians were in full retreat along the m whole hole line a spectacle at which francis joseph is is said to have wept bitterly they made an orderly retreat arid and were not pursued during ing the engagement a terrible storm rag based med which ch drove th the e sardinians ians laris from positions which bich they hidgon hi dwon the loss of the french v was as given at officers and privates in in killed and wounded of the file ollI cers were lulled killed fic 11 eluding luding seven colonels and six lieutenant colonels among the wounded were f five ive generals the total loss 0 of f the allies wis was w is about the austrians Aust nans rians do no not t admit their loss to be over the allies captured prisoners 30 cannon four colors and a great number of ammunition wagons it was a brilliant victory though dearly won v on |