...Solferino in June. Jean Henri Dunant, a…

...Solferino in June.

Jean Henri Dunant, a Swiss observer, arrives in Solferino on the evening of June 24, 1859, on the same day of the battle.

Thirty-eight thousand injured, dying, and dead remain on the battlefield, and there appears to be little attempt to provide care.

Shocked, Dunant himself takes the initiative to organize the civilian population, especially the women and girls, to provide assistance to the injured and sick soldiers.

They lack sufficient materials and supplies, and Dunant himself organizes the purchase of needed materials and helps erect makeshift hospitals.

He convinces the population to service the injured without regard to their side in the conflict as per the slogan "Tutti fratelli" (All are brothers) coined by the women of nearby city Castiglione delle Stiviere.

He also succeeds in gaining the release of Austrian doctors captured by the French.