wounded were many of the best nobility of Europe--Paul de
Percevaux, Edme de Montagnac, Arthur de Chalus, Hyacinth de Lanascol,
Alfege du Baudier, Joseph Guerin, Georges de Haliand, Felix de Montravel,
Alfred de la Barre de Nanteuil, Thierry du Fougeray, Leopold de Lippe,
Gaston du Plessis de Grenedan, Raoul Dumanoir, Lanfranc de Beccary,
Alphonse Menard, Guelton, Rogatien Picon, Anseline de Puisage, George
Myonnet. Such are a few of those noble youths who fell victims to their
zeal and bravery when engaged with General Lamoriciere in his hopeless
attempt to stem the overwhelming tide of revolution which, at the time,
successfully defied all the Powers of Europe to move an arm in opposition
to it.

Lamoriciere succeeded in reaching Ancona, but only to prolong, for a few
days more, a desperate contest. The available force in the place amounted
only to 4,200 effective men, a number quite insufficient to man all the
posts of such extensive fortifications. The general did not yet despair of
aid from the French at Rome, and he flattered himself with the idea that
if he only held out a few days, Austria and the other Catholic States
would be shamed into activity. They, however, knew too well the intentions
of France, and France had won the battle of Solferino. The brave
Lamoriciere was assailed in his last retreat, both by sea and land. The
bombardment lasted ten days, and was heard at Venice, the islands of
Dalmatia, and even at Trieste. But not a friendly sail appeared in support
of the besieged. The prolonged struggle did not even attract such vessels
of neutral Powers as are commonly sent for the protection of their consuls
and others of their respective nations, as well as to offer their good
services to women, children and other non-combatants. Such disgraceful
conduct was condemned alike by the Protestant and Catholic press of
Europe. The London _Times_ reproached M. de Cavour with not having
understood that "candid and honorable conduct is not incompatible with
patriotism." The same paper quoted, in this connection, the words of
Manin, which are a condemnation of the whole conduct of the Piedmontese
under Victor Emmanuel: "Means which the moral sense repels, even when they
are materially profitable, deal a mortal blow to a cause. No victory can
be put in comparison with the absence of self-respect." Ancona was yet
undergoing bombardment, when the three sovereigns of the North, who alone
could have undertaken efficaciou