Italy. 28 July 1848
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Italy.
* Milan, 17 July. The conflagrations here, and particularly in the surrounding area, in the open country, are increasing in a terrifying manner. Over the last few days a number of incendiaries have been arrested. They all belong to the criminals set free in Mantua on Radetzky’s orders. Radetzky made it a condition for them that they should proceed to Lombardy, set fire to villages and towns there, and thus create terror and disorder. The day before yesterday, peasants not far from here seized 3 such persons, who were just then busy with preparations for a new act of arson, and shot them on the spot.
Milan, 18 July. The Piedmontese attacked Governolo, which lies below Mantua near the outflow of the Mincio into the Po and was occupied by the Austrians, and after a short but fierce engagement drove out the Austrians. It was the division Pava that delivered this victorious encounter. The official bulletin gives the Austrian loss as 300 dead and wounded and about 400 prisoners. The Piedmontese lost 2 officers. The Austrians, who seemed to intend to advance against the Modenese, now find the way there blocked; Mantua is now also surrounded on all sides. The headquarters have been moved to Marmirolo, about 2 hours from Mantua.
Δ Genoa, 17 July. The French war steamer “Sesostris,” which left Messina on the 13th and has just arrived here, brings sad news about Calabria. According to this news, the uprising in Calabria has been defeated once again, and Ferdinand is preparing an expedition 20,000 strong against Sicily. A letter from Philippeville reports that the French government … all the Ita—