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AWM.743.015
21-28 Apr 1743:22, 31 (1216)
From the London-Magazine for February, 1743. On the 19th of
last month a courier arrived at Bologna from Madrid, with
express orders to the Count de Gages, the Spanish general,
to march against the enemy, let the consequences be what it
would. Accordingly, on the 22d, early in the morning, the
Spanish army began to march, and passed the Panaro, in three
columns, on the 23d, upon which the Austrians abandoned Buen
Porto, and the Spaniards took possession of it the next day.
By this sudden march, it was designed to have surprized the
Austrian and Piedmontese Army, before they could call in
their several detachments. . . [19 lines, engagement at
Campo Santo, near Bologne.] At first the Spaniards, who
began the attack, seemed to have the better, for their horse
upon the left, broke thro' the Austrian horse upon the
right, and made themselves masters of some cannon, two pair
of kettle-drums, and three standards, besides making several
officers and private men prisoners; . . . [11 lines, tide
turned and Austrians forced Spaniards across the Panaro
again.] However, both sides have sung Te Deum, and their
accounts of the killed and wounded differ so widely, that we
shall not mentioned them till our next.
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