Show THE BATTLE OF CUSTOZZA tho the defeat of the italians from tho tandon time june inne ag I 1 the daf eat of the ifft ralian italian anny in front of nf t Joron cronn tt brits cren more inor comp cle to than A e TY c the first ans austrian irian telegrams ha had ltd let I 1 us its to apprehend we have now tho the bulletins ot at both parties par lits and they agree on all senai it ponta points INI meager cager ail and d its as telegraphic brevity anil and technical resen necessarily make hake them these dis patches reflect great honor on tile he ariah foulness ful fit iness ness moderation and dignity of the belligerents on either side tt tho italian army irm divided into three corps and a reserve tri making aking up tip a force of from 80 to 30 combatants after cro crossing crosing sing tile he mincio at goilo and other oilier points on and tending enden reconnoitering reconnoiter ing fr parties artles and verona encamped verbelle for tl ahe night at somo me place beyond Ro A from the two on the morning an attempt was wide made upon those high positions of so na domna domn ia Camp campaign Caro pigna ign a and santa glus giustina which command the 15 miles way line joining tile the tv two 0 strongholds strong holds P positions which played a conspicuous part in the of 1818 tho the ob jentof eckof the Ital italina itris was cl cu dently to UL ule e pos of tho the railway so as to iso late ate Pes bira and a basis of 0 operations erat ions ioni against verona the aus ain trims however abo were ivere mas ed in in great force oraf at Ir verona erona sallied forth fro from ill the place at daybreak slid and n titillating the th I 1 allin movements ments took up tip their position on those hills which aro are now nov everywhere ery cry where bristling with bastions and re doubts and may be ba looked upon amere outworks out works of the two citadels ex cx f tending from the gates of ono one to those tho 0 o of the other after a sever a id d bloo dy or as the italians describe it tie des TP aerate ratel struggle lasted nearly the lie day that longest of bummer days tile impel Impe ill army ua aas q victorious along alon tb ill i whole holo line they stormed the summit or of Mont evento bete the ha ital ians fans held out thu longest lon pest and at the floso close of the ahe engagement ut 6 5 in in the after afternoon noo 11 they also carried the position of at Cn Co a spot pot fatal to italien arres arms in their encounter with ithRa Ra detki delski in july 1848 the vic ric tors ors captured several puns guns and about 2000 pi isner ant and bell behaved aved as the he archduke alberts bulletin agures us as we rray readily believe with eien een more than their ordinary bravery and en endurance darance on tho the samo evening the italian army was obliged to tle Nl mincio inlo the italian accounts of the engage ment present no points of material dif re derence rence according to them the first army corps was sent forward to occupy come me PO positions between peschiera and verona but being stir surrounded rounded by su sit forces it failed to effect its purpose and the be description given of its it losses in the he contest leaves os as little doubt tint tbt it was all but annihilated the second and third corps unable to it is not very cle cler ar for what reason advance to 0 o its rescue were still in the evening ere nini almost almo A intact it was also stated from bremen that the army had maintained its position but there is lit tie doubt that it had to with withdraw araw aero i the he mincio in tty night tile the Ital italians law had several generals wounded among other kine s second son pince Ann den diu ano has bai arrived at brecia tile the italian we are assured beha behaved veti vr with ith preat great heroism find and no ni doubt although they lot the be lay day they ca came me off without losi IARA of honor an advance acro across the mincio right into tb he heart ebeart of the is an enterprise which no other european army would under such have ventured d upon hilt but ft a frenzy to do 10 seems to 10 bave have possessed the whole lial ilal iau an nation and the men it in comi command liand could think of nothing not liing better than dishing their lieada heads against those for formidable addable r tone stone walls ever cioce 1813 and 1849 1810 the aus arians have strained every nerve to 8 strengthen I 1 r ni glien these four citadels and have extended their lq go that tbt th the e lin lino between peschiera and verona espe especially cial 0 in a vast in trenched camp there is ia every probability also that the italians acre is ere on this occasion outnumbered by their en enemies emier for the austrians Aust rians have from to men in venetia Vc netia and as ad they fial ead in their hands that most formidable of all engines of modern warfare ta t 0 rall railway way they had pr probably 0 bibly massed three fourths at least t ot of their troops in i verona nerona ready for the long expected italian inroad the archdukes Arch dukes 6 bulletins in fact never speak peak of garns ons ong but tell us its thit that the inizer imperial lal army wit wa in the field the king kin of italy has fallen back behind aba th mincio where lie ho is not likely to be purs pursued tied but neither perhaps w will the condition of his shattered I 1 army y enable him to resume t the be 0 offensive fren sive for som gome time imo to come ve 1 hive F austrian kl trian 0 official assurance that cialdini crossed the po at pole ella on the 23 d the tiding of tile tho kings retreat however ought to disconcert all the plans of the commander of the fourth corps as ile he would at padua or anywhere else on the linn line between veroni veron and venice fi fall 11 in ill with forces with wibb which lis his ga men would be to contend the italian fleet we learn from florence ce steamed from T taranto abanto on the b but t if its destination bo be venice persano is ii ool dot likely to find antono to cooperate a with aimon him on the mainland ahe 7 he failure fallar e of a f the ang on lite mincio 0 will p opahl y brcak hawk dozen down the whole enter enterprise |