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418 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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«O» The Vicissitudes Of Italy, Since The...
approaches soon , shut up closel in y her invested vast lagoons . # , the Queen # of the Adriatie % aw her land
* * * * " The . fall of Vicenza excited such a storm of indignation against the king to counterbalance the recent _demonstrations in his favor . Not
conas tent with h to taxing credit the him accusations with inefficiency diligentl and y circulated dilatoriness by , man his political y were now enemies base . enoug
A It was tria asserted he had that avoided to serve crossing his own the Adige private , an ends d carr and y win ing better the war term into s from the
Venetian , provinces , which , in the negotiations now pending , she had strpu-* lated ficed to should considerations be reserved of to di her lomacy ; and that and the thus territorial the national integrity honor of was Ital sacri y to
p , the " aggrandisement The revelations of of succeeding the House years of Savoy have . furnished a positive contradicwell to the counteraccusation of ing and
insatiable tion to this ambition charge , in as not closing as with Austria ' - s proposalsthen grasp commonly
brought against # Charles Albert . # * # , # *
" From the 22 nd to the 25 th of July , we have a succession of combats on various points , victory sometimes lending instances a delusive at coloring Bivoli to and the Staffalo
despehad they rate been efforts were conte at of ni the g sted htfall Piedmontese with left equal masters ; - tenacity —in of two positions ; the , loss which , of , the during Austrians many in hours the ,
latter killed engagement and wounded amounting . On the to 26 forty th , - the seven king officers , with and all 1 the 700 forces men , he between could had muster the , infatuation excepting those not to uselessl summon y taken to his up standard at Mantua determined , whom , even to abide then , the he
issue signal " This of defeat a . was general of the the action battle campai . of gn Custoza , as Goito , registered is its greatest by , the victory Piedmontese 20000 . Radetzk Notwith as the y
ho w standing as urs ; , and 000 tliis in strong disproportion the words ; the royal of , Radetzk the ' army battle y scarcely ' s was despatch obstinatel numbered , * it y required kep There , t up all . are . for the circum eleven valor - - and of his troopsto secure the advantage .
for Milanese stances Lomb perseverance ards associated - commis . six The hours sioners royal with some troop this charged had s day , through not which with even their the have broken mismanagement supp left lies their a lasting , had fast been for sti or gma neg without two lect upon or of three food the the thirty ; d t
titute days a peop . le of In for the the whose commonest heart cause of the they refreshment most were luxuriant in arms The country , they peasants now in found Europe instigated themselves , an b am y ongs their
despriests Italian , who , since seeing the the Pope Austrians ' s manifesto had . , had fortune sought on to their bias , them side against abandone the d
their sions villages and cause in , at the instances . approach with of the inconceivable Piedmontese barbarity , concealed , cut all , the their ropes _jHrovi of - many
their , wellsso that water even , failed them . The heat was intense ; many fell dead from , their exh knees austion yet ; others there was , too no weak murmur to stand no , demand were seen for . keep surrender ing on .
firing treat It was upon that not till the the utter restraints prostration ; of disci of p the line soldiers were loosened became , by apparent the order . F to alling
restrewn out of , their witli Tanks their , bodies they laid The down sick deliberatel and wounded y to die far . exceeded The wide the roads means were of
transport mains of . the So reduced d armee were . were they mustered in number beneath s that , the when walls the of shattered Milan , onl re y - corps
made 25 " , 000 Closel his answered y pursued to the to the , contesting roll ital -call of the Lombard . ground inch determined by inch , here Charles to make Albert a had last capy
stand ; but way one day ' s despairing conflict outside , the ramparts , where no more
418 Notices Of Books.
418 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/58/
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