HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
“ef La Favorita, and other troops 
advanced upon him at the same 
time: thussurrounded on every side, 
all hope of assistance from the garri- 
Som was given over, and he was com- 
pelledto surrender himself, with his 
_ whole remaining force, consisting of 
seven thousand horse and foot, and 
twenty-two pieces of cannon, be= 
side all the baggage and ammu- 
nition. What added considerably 
to the misfortune of this day was 
the loss of the volunteer corps of 
young gentlemen of Vienna, who 
were all either slain or made pri- 
soners. 
This day decided the fate of 
Mantua. Though’ it continued to 
make a courageous defence, it was 
evident, that being now deprived 
of all reasonable hope of relief, all 
farther resistance would: be fruit- 
less, and would only add to the 
‘numbers that had fallen in this de- 
structive siege. Ever day/brought 
fresh tidings cf the losses and de- 
feats of the Austrians, who were 
pursued in all directions, and to- 
tally disabled from making any ef- 
fectnal stand. 
The battle of Arcola had de- 
stroyed the fourth, and the bat- 
tle of Rivoli the fifth, army op- 
posed to Buonaparte. He had, 
since the commencement of this 
year, been victorious in eight en=— 
gagements, two of them pitched 
battles, wherein the loss of the 
Austrians amounted to twenty-five 
thousand prisoners, exclusive of the 
slain, who were calculated at six 
thousand. The fatigues and exer- 
tions of the French had been such, 
that Pyouaparte, in his dispatches 
to the directory, asserted that they 
had, while fighting at intervals, oc- 
-easionally measured thirty miles ef 
ground ina day, 
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The Austrians were, in the mean 
time, retreating to their strong holds 
on the Brenta, which Alvinzi was 
employed in .r-adering tenable 
against the pursuing enemy. But 
the expeditious movements of the 
French afforded them no respite. 
General Augereau crossed the lower 
Brenta, and advanced to Citadella, 
a place of strength, from whence 
he dislodged the ‘enemy; while 
Massena, passing it in front of Bas- 
sano, compelled the Austrians to 
evacuate it with  précipitation, 
thouzh they had prepared to defend 
it. ‘Chey withdrew to Carpana- 
dole, higher up the river; but were 
followed and defeated bythe French, 
who forced their passage over the 
bridge at that place, after an’ ob- 
stinate conflict, wherein they slew 
and took upwards of a thousand of 
the enemy: this action happened . 
on the twenty-sixth, Fortunately 
for the Austrians, the heavy rains 
that ensued, preserved the remain- 
der of them, who hasted, with all 
speed, towards the narrow passes of 
the entrance into the Tyrol. A 
division of the French, under Jou- 
bert, overtook them, however, at 
Avis, and a part of their rear-gward 
was taken. They retired to Tor- 
tola)a place advantageously situated 
between the lake of Guarda and 
the Adige, where they made pre- 
parations to dispute the march of 
the French to Trent: but they 
were driven from this post, and fled 
‘to Roveredo, which they were also 
compelled to abandon to Joubert, 
who, pursuing his success, made 
himself master of Trent. Here two 
thousand sick and wounded fell into 
hisshands, and as many more had 
been made prisoners in the diferent 
encounters previously to the taking 
of this city. ie 
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