GERMANY.

Grey River Argus, Issue 95, 21 August 1866, Page 3

GERMANY.

"The- war in- Gex-niany is entirely due to the' proposed Conference being given up; through the mutual obstinacy of the .conflicting powers.. . Count Bismarck^. opened • the campaign on the ; anniversary ' of ■ Waterloo day, and immediately seized Saxony, Hanover,", and Hesse. Italy then declared war against Austria,. -and Victor Emmanuel, his two! sons, and Generals -Garabaldi, Marmora, and Cialdini immediately, went to the front arid took the fiddU;,;."^....;^',;^ l, :■'' .." The Austrian, Emperor professes that the war has not been sought by him. * Should Prussia be successful, a great Protestant power would be consolidated in North, Germany, absorbing half-a-dozen States. -, ■■■;-.;.. A .great battle! . took ■•, place , between the Austrians aiid Italians on the 24th June,* which lasted the whole day, and resulted in the Austrians being victorious. Therewastremendous slaughter, On the next day ianother bloody en^ gagement occurred, ' when'- Corologgio was taken by the Austriaus. , Whilst these battles were raging in Venetia, the .campaign was opened in Germany by the Prussians making a descent upon . Altona, which : was meagrely garrisoned by Austrian troops, who evacuated it, The next step was an advance upon the Hanover'ai army by the Prussians, The King of Hau. over, who commanded his troojis, re. tired. E^e has sent all his specie to England. ■' ■ .'.'The; Fedei-al diet sympathises with Austria.; "The latter power has invaded Germany ..through Bohemia, -\Qiiring the struggle England has re* mained perfectly neutral,