ITALY.
. H The Tt^lmn revolt is over. Gariball followed by 21.000 adherents, landed 1 * Cilabra at Milero, ami advanceduplpu Iteggio, but the Government anticipat^ hia movements, as Keggio was strong! . garrisoned. He th<*n altered hU : eour|| and took uj* a position in the georgeY!! A-*promnnti, a place difficult of access, al§« affording natural means of defence. TWSJP' he was aHacked bv theHoyal troops undif Colonel Pdllavacino. fianhVldi ordered M m«n not to fire, and advanced to the br«f§fl of the hill alone, while the royalist* *Mmi swarming up to the attack, and cried iiSs.;, •• Viva el He ; vir 3 fo iiberta." WHig dom^tfiis, three volleys were fired at hiiy| He was shot in the ankle by a bullet, .aiteS. received a bayonet wound when he M\.:§£*sharp conflict took place, but" ihe~Gw!o baldians were taken prisoners, all the defßt§^ heing guarded. Garibaldi was imriierfiaK^' afterwards sent to Spezzia, attendebV#^ two di-itiiig.iished physicians. His wl? Menotti Garibaldi, was also wounded. ""(jSr 1 * ribaldi's English friend* tubscribed £^* to enable ah eminent English siirgedn ( :^*s Partrid K e.) to gn to Spez2ia. i»nd offel l^, professional aid, lest the Italian^ lexiy^t, »ho destroyed Cavour ithou'ij now m .'' equally unfortunate; The I talhm- Minimi 011 for Foreign Affairs has produced a g'j£ ' sensation by a circular, declaring that (s| ribaliii's policy and watch wor », x\i, " Ro& . or Death," expresses the necessity of pi nation- Gnrihaldi's health is improtinßf| * A long and detailed repp t ?>f/th«, w HILS affair has been published by v li"offi?*g #* composing the ataff of Garibaldi. Fift* * this statement we extract" the AUccotintfiL* the engagement :—> ' : - ■ MZ " Garibaldi was in the centre of thejuei slope occupied by his column ; he «ent^r»'s officers all along the front with repeal^n, express, positive orders not to fire. • Wci were being surrounded on.all sidesju^^i BersaclieH were within shot" they na|Jk|^~ veiled their pieces; all our column *j j-erfectly still. Not one .shoju.t: n6t~<| f\ •shot. The general alone stood up. v^iH, his wide grey plaid cloak linbfi with r|j»«t thrown on his massive ahoulders, fnllowl - iQ the movements of the > royalists 'with I } 8 { spy-gUw, and from timeto tinie '" lj|«8 tf C to repeat the o«*der, * Do'nht W officers took upthecry, and » Do not M went ihe round of the- w]i/>leiin». m the troops had, on the ..contrary, prefi i'U orders to 7 attack. The B^reaglieri ope^Bbu fire and moved . forward* ■ . No intimar4|My or summons preceded- the-fire.. no -pot>»uw mfntttire was ieht.. * The , firejdeepens ; |^en( bullets hissed on all Tsidea roupd (ttur he«|f ' I (Jnf.>rttinatety,,iipme of our -.-raw retn*p«i unat-custpmed to. >:*i|ch terri.hie. aporT. piavi swered by a few random shots ; the ot%ur« diil ir; _Every"on^~^pTifir"# G urouad, ■omervßUndinß,-Bome *«^i ? * All the trumpets: gave the *ignali ta ||ps fire ; all the officers' verbally issued W^ same order. The troop*, oh the cont.gp^f set up the signal < Forward,* and 9eM>> vanced with well-sustained fire. Th«H^|
"If*,, o f the densest chower fcrfbalM, ««r»« n him- • I^^rWHref ' Heuwas utterihjr JH anent ballv on 1 fhe-thTjfh-of tfte left UC force, on the ankle S iieieft foot. Oaribildi; at the moment it| . e ine woarided, not only itood "up, 1 up. •^ (t.^biit* he #Mine«l a majestic attitude'; 'A iooic'olf hi^lia*; and waving it with hi* *!* htmdrhe^wpfw'e^y 1 *' 16 * 1 * *L«nR »»e ■inj v f' r ri ? *-not.nYc!!' Seme of the officers. 'OMrest-to him, removed him and l»id tti jrifvaet a tree. There, tdth his l»»»>ih!E calmness; he continued to gi*e *"* Vmei*. The most precise were the fo»« w ; X ns-> Let tWw ««n>e near. Uojiot fire 1 Wm. all pw front tKe fire had ce»§eo.
ITALY.
Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 6, 28 November 1862, Page 2
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