Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . S. Martinothe line crosses the Ticino by a broad and handsome stone-bridge of 11 arches, which the Austrians partially destroyedbefore the battle of Magenta, but not sufficiently to prevent thepassage of the French. The greater portion of the French andSardinian army crossed the river at Ponte di Turbigo, 9 N. Farther on, the Naviglio Orande (p. 144), a canalconnecting Milan with the Ticino and the Lago Maggiore, iscrossed. Stat. Magenta is memorable as the scene of the battle ofJune 4th, 1859, between the Austrians and the u

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Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . S. Martinothe line crosses the Ticino by a broad and handsome stone-bridge of 11 arches, which the Austrians partially destroyedbefore the battle of Magenta, but not sufficiently to prevent thepassage of the French. The greater portion of the French andSardinian army crossed the river at Ponte di Turbigo, 9 N. Farther on, the Naviglio Orande (p. 144), a canalconnecting Milan with the Ticino and the Lago Maggiore, iscrossed. Stat. Magenta is memorable as the scene of the battle ofJune 4th, 1859, between the Austrians and the united Frenchand Sardinian armies, in consequence of which the former werecompelled to evacuate the whole of Lombardy and retreat to theMincio (p. 192). The French General Mac Mahon, who distin-guished himself here, was shortly afterwards created marshal andDuke of Magenta. A number of hillocks with crosses in a low-lying field opposite the station mark the graves of those who fellin the struggle. A monument to commemorate the battle was- Slrada ferraiajf. llii I Ed ;

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