is HISTORY OF EUROPE: 
CHAP. VI. 
Address of the Directory to the French Armies.—Determination to carry the 
_ War nto. Italy. —Difficulties to be encountered in carrying this Plan into 
Execution.— Buonaparte.—The French Army, under his Command, makes 
rapid Progress in Italy.—The Austrians, under General Beaulieu, con- 
stantly repulsed, yet not dispirited.—Various Aétions.—Suspension of 
Arms agreed on between the French and Piedmontese Armies.—General 
Beautieu re-crosses the Po, for covering the Countries to the North of that 
River. —At Paris, Negociation for Peace between the King of Sardinia 
and the French Republic.—Treaty of Peace between France and Sardinia 
ratified by the Legislative Bodies of Prance.—Exultation and Confidence of 
the French.—Improved by Buonaparte, for the Purpose of leading on the 
Army to farther Exploits —Address to the Army.—General Objet and 
Tendency of Buonaparte’s private Conversation.— Homage paid to the Merit 
of Buonaparte, and the Army, by the Directory.—Buonaparte puts his 
Army i Motion.—Crosses the Po, and leaves Generul Beaulieu to break 
up his Camp.— Armistice between the French Army and the Duke of Parma. 
—The French advance toward the Capital of Lombardy.—Battle of Lodi. 
—The Austrians retreat to Mantua.—The French proceed to Milan, - 
where the French General allows his People some Days of Repose. 
the preceding, that many people in 
HILE the armies of the re- 
France, as well as in other parts 
public were successfully em- 
ployed in suppressing those internal 
_ commotions, the directory was anxi- 
ously taken up with the plans that 
Were to be prosecuted, as soon as 
_ domestic difficulties were overcome. 
In the end of April, they thought 
themselves so completely deliver- 
_ éd from all apprehensions at home, 
that they began immediately to turn 
their attention to those two under- 
takings, on the fortunate termina- 
‘tion of which the future security 
of the republic would be establish- 
ed beyond the possibility of being 
shaken by any external force. 
‘The events of the last campaign 
had been so different from those of 
of Europe, began to consider the 
enthusiasm of the French as con- 
siderably abated. But the sanguine 
disposition of the generality of the 
French attributed their defeats on 
the Rhine solely to the unskilful 
management of their generals; and 
still remained convinced, that, had 
they been. judiciously commanded, 
they would have been victorious as 
before. 
In order to encourage this per- 
suasion, the direétory published an 
address to the different armies, pre» 
viously to their taking the field. It 
was conceived in very animated 
terms, and recalled to their nonce 
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