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    THE BATTLE OP VOLTUENO.

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    THIS EMANCIPATION OF THE KUS3IAN SJ2BFS,

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    NOW that avo have full particulars of the battle of Volturno we find fresh . reason for admiring the . popular hero by whom the- victory has beeii obtained . According to nrilitiiry principles Garibaldi ou » -ht t j'liayo boon beaten into fits ,-as it Was in the power of the young gentleman who' still calls himself King of the Two Sic-ilics to outnumber the patriots by two to one . The twenty-one thousand men who accompanied or followed their sovereign to Ga ' cta . Avere the -elite of ¦ an army of four times that number , or , at any rate , comprehended the best troops in the Neapolitan service in point of discipline , and the most determined to adhere to the ancient cause . With less than half this number Gahibaidi occupied a position that only a daring commander would have ventured to take with so small a force . If successful he might destroy the , communication between Gaeta and Capua , and isolate the royalists in the latter fortress fro in the rest of the country . On the other hand , if defeated , there was nothing to prevent Francis II . marching into Naples amid the acclamations of the base and cowardly papula tioa which that city contains . ... As a game of chess , Gaeibaldi placed himself in a position of defeat , and must have made a hasty retreat if the Roj-alists had not given him time to dig- ditches , throw up earth-works ; , and fortify his little army so as . to render it possible fora small force to resist the attack of one double its size . It is , as yet , a . mystery why the Royal ; troop : s gave their ciiemy such a chance , as we should fancy the men who , fought so gallantly when the day of battle eame would have been ¦ willing to act with greater celerity . Fortunately tho . ileluy did occur , and the Garibaldians had time to make dispositions ¦' . which , rendered it . possible for yictory to remain in their hands , although the odds were still " in favour of their adversary to a frightful , extent . , ; According 'to the testimony of an eye-witiie-s . G-vrllsaldi was more excited than tisual , Iris face was red with heat and exertion ; and his voice altered hy strong emotion . The great chief was fully aware that the turning point of his expedition : had arrived , and his cbndxict exhibited that felicitous combination , of extraordinary daring and sferatigie caution , by which military genius is so remarkably characterised . The plan was almost rash in its conception ; the mode of execution cautious and p recise Gaiudaliu ' s problem \ vas no less than how to enable 10 , 000 troops partly composed of weak-headed Sicilians , and partly pf the . worthless Neapolitans , to resist double their owji number , commanded by the lviug in purson , stimulated by fanaticism as well a-s by hope of reward , aiixl still more By the conviction , that the right would be one of desperation arid ; slaughter , from which they could only hopu . ,: to escape by being the winners of the ( hiy , Mount ban Angelo , comniaiidiug the ooiir . se pf the Tplturiio , wnr > the chief point o f Gakibaxdi's line of defence , dud here he placed twenty-eight guns with Genoese artillery irien , and Colonel , Spangaro ' s corps , who well justified the choice their leader had ma . ie . CrARjiJAiiipi is said to have visited this post at least fifty times .. The Royalist attack / appears to have boon well-/ plannodAnd carried out > yith great enqirgy . ^ ixtejn thousand rncriaa $ ailgd the principal positions , while . five thousand niore inarched on Maddatoiu to take the patriots in the roar and cutoff their retreat . At Saiitu ftCuria the iioyalistswere at first successful , aiulat £ > au Angelo they seem to have taken several , positions , but , they were a ^ ain r . pp ' uls < scl at all points , and as the , famous despatch of GAiiinAtbr- ' ' paid there was " yictory along the whole lino , '' Xn point o , f desperation the battle equalled aiiy thing at Magenta . and S-oltieriup , ' , whole . Iregitnents were swept away With grape shot , or cut to piece * by the Jtlungarian . hussars , wh . 0 are . roportocl to have " Killed th ojn , liico . flies . " During tho hoat of tho jfight np quarter Avas givon , and tho'slaughter was terrific GAUrj . iAi-i ) r was at all points , clireeting and onbpuw ' ^ lnp , . tho patriot army , and after tho battle had rag-fid all dtiy tho lioyi . il army foiumocl to Capua and Quota shorn of its proportions , and , as wo ahcmM imagine , iu ' no- . spirit to renew tho contest with its triumphant epppuent . . Fivo thousand , pnNOiiers loft in tho hands of GAurnALur , a Bavarian regiment cut off from retreat , and spmo thrqo thousand killoriauf ] wguudod will diminifili . tho , fpVQ 9 of Fa an c i a 11 . to nbo ut' thir teou thpusawl ' mcjn ,- .. who pan lxavo up hopes of rotripving 1 tho fortunes of tho miaorablo young man , upon , whowo hend tho guilt of nil tho carnage I'OStS . . ' ' , ¦ ' . . ¦ ¦ , 7 ¦ During" the fight GAUUiAum roocivod , "reinforcements from Naples , bringiivg 1 hia numbcrfl up to lil ' tpon tlvousund , but it appears that . ' ninny of tjiom woro niaro boyi ? ., and tuldny all qiroumstaiiiCQa iht ' o cpiifjidpracipn , tliife Invttlo of vuluntaors dpsprves tP mnk ai ^ ong the mpst brilliant iu ) d uhpprtant yf the mjlitavy uphieveirjonte of oiir tipine , ITho 0 al ^ bi 1 an §

    fought nobl } ' - ; indeed as a correspondent of the JDaily Neivs say , " except the Sicilians and the Neapolitans of the city of Itfaples , every man did his duty with enthusiasm . " This is a large and important exception , for the Neapolitans of Naples ' and the Sicilians were of all people the most interested in | putting- an end to the abominable despotism under which they - have so long suffered , and their miserable behaviour in battle may be taken a 3 an index of the degradation to which they have sunk , and will afford an idea of the trouble they will j give the Sardinian Government , when it attempts to rule them as a nation of free men . The moral effects of the battle of Volturno will be felt all over Italy and over Europe . Up to this time the success of Garibaldi has been partly . attributable to the cowardice and indolence of his opponents . Now , these opponents have made a determined effort to retrieve their position ; but nevertheless , a regular army , fighting with desperation under the eye of its Sovereign , is thoroughly defeated by half its numbers of patriot volunteers . Nor was the triumph obtained by any piece of good luck , or fortunate surprise . Hour after , hour the contest was maintained with unabated vigour , and it was the I steadiness of the Garibaldians , and their indomitable perse ^ j verance , that achieved the splendid result . Within a few i days , ClALUTNiiii the centre and Garibaldi in the south have j riiised the Italian prestige , and the Austrian Kaiser knows that | the men . who routed L . vmobicierk and cat the royalist army to : j pieces will not consent to stop untii they have rescued their j Venetian countrymen from the H . apsburg- yoke . Diplomatists ] may bully and cajole , Cavour may appear to listen to their advice , but the victory of Volturno sjpeaks : to the heart of Italy ; and Austria shews , by her constant hurry of preparation , .. that she is quite aware of the impossibility of escaping from another contest ; except at the price of abandoning what is left of her Italian power . ¦ ; The Sardinians , accordincr to tlie telegram , are entering the Neapolitan . States , by request pf the populations , of the principal towais . Against , this Kussia , Atisti-ia , and Prussia protest ; bub will either of them dp nxore ? Russia shows syniptpnis . of . resorting to , the rntional . coxirse ofabstaiiiingfrom interyientipn , ^ Prussia Ayill probably ' pause . before' she ranges her 3 ? ro * testant forces on behalf of the Pope , arid . Austria will have to see A ^ ie . i'onE MM ; vxi ; ET . gr ; pm on Tenetia , or repeat her previous blunder of anticipating . attack by cornnieuqing war . \ As we predicted , Francis . Josjevii lias shown the . dishonesty : bf " : iiis ¦¦ . ¦ professions in favour pf cen ; stitutipnal reform ; and tho ' state of his .. 'Empire renders a crash of some kind inevitable . Will he wait for it , or hazard another desperate throw wilili the dice-box of war ? These are questions np . pile can answer , as tho decisioii rests with a despofc , silperstitiovis , 7 ignbi-iiiLt ,. and obstinato , top conceited to learn anything in p'i-os ^ rily , too stupid to bo taught by adversity , and too ; l treacherous for . 1113 " one to trust . , ' ..-. ¦¦ .

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    Oct . 13 1860 ] The Saturday Analyst and Leader . 859

    The Battle Op Voltueno.

    THE BATTLE OP VOLTUENO .

    This Emancipation Of The Kus3ian Sj2bfs,

    THIS EMANCIPATION OF THE KUS 3 IAN SJ 2 BFS ,

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    WHA T has boepme of tlie . project pi emancipating jtho . long-siifforing' Mujiks V A year or so ago , numerous were the sanguiu ' e ppUtioians who considered tlio question as ;< me aitogethuv settled , arid ^ who spared not th ' ci ' V censuxe fox * those tjiat dec ; ii )> cd to boliove in . such hot hasto in the acconTplislirile ' nt of the great social change . i « t the seveuth . year of tli ' o reign of the relbrining autocrat ; Al ^ xandick"I X * has arriyeu , ami the prpgress maao in thcj Avork of libpratiQP . is stiil yory iniinitosimal indeed , ' Not that wo . wisli to be uiidorsfcood , by thus calling attention to tho slowness pf the ¦ . procedure , that we f \ ltogethor dospair of a favourable issue * r Pho pnsluyoiuont of thy nuijority of a nation , in tho -bond ' s of sbrfngo , is top crying an ovil ; the dtssii'Q , foiMnaiitiiwission . from the degrading and harsh thraldom has entered top dpeply the uiiacl of thp pcHsant population , at least in the -N ' ortli and the South , not to lp . rOe , sppixGV or , later , the solution ., of the . quustion . Bud , for tho sako of truth , it-is necessary to make known tho real aspect of thiags , aud to faithfully describe tho agenqips which are arrayed against progress , instead of allowing public opiiuon to bo led astrayTby highly coloured pic- turos , wludh by no moans . x'opvofSent tho , real state of things in llussia . ' .- . , ' ' . ¦¦ ¦ ' 1 ' - ¦/• * . In dealing with matters lk ^ siari , it i $ nacessury always ftrst . to dissipate a 'lmsj . 6 of nusroprcsontiUiousi before u . oloor view is uflbnlecl us of what h rouUy going on . It lSQ ^ o of the : , distinguishing twits of deapotiMin , that it uiiahrouds alUhings with ' whiqh it is connected hi n . d ^ rk iW d , andtlj ^ t * t oven renders . ' bb ' Uquo . tho vtaws of : ' men who . eqe ^ honosUvftttpv tniDh . - Who 0 V 04 : 'has ' ^ ttidiptl the xWwwh '• ancl ofton so

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 13, 1860, page 859, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2369/page/3/