HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
‘ ‘the right banks ofthe Adige, and 
to make an impression on ‘the left 
of the Austrians. But their right 
"assailed the left wing of the French 
so vigorously, that it gave way, and 
the centre of the Austrian army 
bore down in compact order on the 
centre of the French. Auspiciously 
for these; Massena’s division arrived 
at that instant, as the commander- 
in- chief had calculated they would, 
on the fiéld of battle. Buona- 
parte who had succeeded in rally- 
ing his left wing, put himself in 
person at the head of this divi- 
sion. It feil with such fury on the 
Amperial centre, that it was in- 
stantly. broken and thrown into 
disorder, and the left of the French, 
after being rallied, recovered the 
posts it had lost : but the Austrian 
centre soon rallied, and, seconded 
by part of their right, retutned to 
the charge, and surrounded general 
Berthier’s division in the centre, 
which stood its ground with great 
firmness. ‘He was attacked, at the 
same time, by a strong division from 
_their Jeft. The conflict here was 
extremely obstinate ; but, while the 
Austrians were striving to turn the 
centre and right of the French, 
who bad concentrated both, to re- 
-sist the weight of the enemy's charge, 
Bnonaparte directed a large body 
of infantry and cavalry to take them 
in flank, and Joubert at the same 
‘instant, fell upon them from the 
heights he had oceupied, with such 
impetuosity, that they were intirely 
routed and put to flight. | Their 
centre, however, still maintained 
the contest, and thereby afforded 
time for a large column to turn the 
Jeft of the French, and to cover the 
ground on their rear: by which 
their communication was cut. off 
with Verona, and their posts on the 
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Jake of Guarda, ‘The republican 
forces were thus entirely surround; 
ed. Wherever they cast their eyes, 
they beheld the enemy on eyery 
side. Buonapar te, who had fought, 
as well as given orders, the whole 
day, in every direction, was now 
driven to the centre: He called 
his field officers around him, and 
coolly pointed out to each, what he 
judged to be the least perilous mode 
of extricating themselves from their 
imminent danger. 
The Austrians, after a se 
discharge, rushed on to scale the 
entrenchments at Rivoli, of which 
they were three times in possession ; 
but they were successively repulsed. 
In the mean time, a small battery, 
of four field-pieces, had been 
hepuaht to cannonade the right 
ing of the Austrians, through 
ech it seems, Buonaparte had 
meditated his escape: but which he 
now hoped to improve into a, yic- 
tory. Two brigadés, in three co- 
lumns, under the generals. Biune 
and Monnier, were ordered to at- 
tack this wing, and dislodge it from 
the commanding position which it 
kept on the heights. ‘This desperate 
service the soldiers effected, ad- 
yaacing, at first, in regular order, 
singing one of their war-hymns. 
But they no sooner approached 
within gun-shot of the enemy, than 
they rushed on them with despera- 
The Austrians, over-whelm- 
ed and confotinded by the violence 
of the assailants, fled, panic-struck, 
towards the lake of Guarda ;. and 
meeting with a straggling party of 
light infantry, who were trying to 
join the surrounded French army, 
and whom they supposed to be a 
more considerable body, laid down 
their arms,’ to the number of three 
thousand men, 
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