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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
299
The
interest
of
the
voyage
was
greatly
increased
by
the
news
daily
received
from
Europe.
Though
in
the
middle
of
the
Atlantic,
they
were
still
joined
with
the
Old
World,
and
messages
came
to
the
"Great
Eastern
Telegraph"
as
regularly
as
to
the
Times
in
London;
reporting
the
quotations
of
the
Stock
Exchange,
the
debates
in
Parliament,
and
all
the
news
of
home.
But
what
was
far
more
exciting,
was
the
tidings
of
the
great
events
transpiring
on
the
Continent.
While
the
expedition
had
been
preparing
in
England,
a
war
had
broken
out
of
tremendous
magnitude.
Austria,
Prussia,
and
Italy
had
rushed
into
the
field.
Armies,
such
as
had
not
met
since
the
fatal
day
of
Leipsic,
stood
in
battle
array,
and
the
thunder
of
war
was
echoing
and
reechoing
among
the
mountains
of
Bohemia.
Amid
these
convulsions
the
fleet
set
sail;
but
it
was
still
linked
with
the
nations
which
it
left
behind,
and
received
tidings
from
day
to
day.
What
great
events
were
thus
heralded
to
them
in
mid-ocean
may
be
seen
by
a
few
items
gleaned
from
the
numerous
despatches:
"Saturday
evening,
July
14th.--General
Cialdini
is
moving
upon
Rovigo
with
an
army
of
one
hundred
thousand
men
and
two
hundred
guns.
The
Austrians
have
evacuated
the
whole
country
between
the
Mincio
and
Adige."
A
day
or
two
later:
"Cialdini
has
occupied
Padua,
twenty-three
miles
from
Venice,
on
the
railway
connecting
that
city
with
the
Quadrilateral,
and
the
Austrians
are
shut
up
in
Venice."
"Tuesday,
17th.--Prussians
had
successful
engagement
before
Olmuetz
yesterday;
captured
six
guns.
Further
fighting
expected
to-day.
Austrians
withdrawing
from
Moldavia
toward
Vienna."----"Conflict
between
Prussians
and
Federals.
Prussians
completely
victorious.
Federals
evacuating
Frankfort,
and
Prussians
marching
there."
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