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dred men, was under the orders of 

 general Miolls, whose head-quarters 

 were at Albano. This division oc- 

 cupied St. Alberto, Reco, Torri- 

 glia, Scofera, Mount Coruna, Al- 

 bano, and Nervi. 



The second division, consisting of 

 nine hundred and twenty men, was 

 under the orders of general Gazau, 

 whose head-quarters were at St. 

 Quirico. This division occupied 

 Cazella, Buzella, Savigone, Teggia, 

 Voltaggio, Canasio, Campo Ma- 

 rone, Rivorolo, Rones, La Bochet- 

 ta, Campo Freddo, Masera, and 

 St. Quirico. 



The third division, consisting of 

 four thousand seven hundred men, 

 was under the orders of general 

 Marbot, whose head-quarters were 

 at Savona. This division occupied 

 Stella, Madona, La Vognolla, St. 

 Bemardonne, I/a Madona di Savo- 

 na, Savonne, Vado, and Cadibona. 



The reserve, consisting of two 

 thousand two hundred men, occu- 

 pied St. Pietro di Arrena, Sestri- 

 du-Ponent, and Conegliano. 



The garrisons of Genoa, Gavi, 

 and Novi, amounted to twenty- 

 three thousand men. 



A division, under the orders of 

 general Suchet, and which nearly 

 touched on the left of that com- 

 manded by general Marbot, near 

 Savona and Vado, was cut off from 

 the army, on the second day of the 



siege, by the reduction of Vado 



From that moment the French 

 were cut off from all communication 

 by sea, as they also, were, by land, 

 with France; whither the division, 

 under general Suchet, was not able 

 to return, but through a long series 

 of engagements. 



On the fifth of April, the attack 

 of the Austrians on the French army 

 became general. On the morning 



of that day the French were driven 

 as far back as Ruha, which they 

 entered in the evening. At Bergo- 

 di-Soi'noni, the Austrians made an 

 attempt to break the French line, 

 but were repulsed by general Pani- 

 sot of the second division; as they 

 also were on the heights of Cordi- 

 bona, where the French firmly 

 maintained their ground. 



The second day of the siege, the 

 sixth of April, was more terrible. 

 A general attack on the right of the 

 French line was made by general 

 Otto, who fell on the first division, 

 with ten thousand men, in front of 

 Bobbio. His object was to cut his 

 way through the French line, and 

 press on directly to Genoa. The 

 principal attack was made at Monte 

 Coruna. The first division was 

 forced to give way, and to fall back 

 towards Novi and Monte Jaccio, 

 as far as Quinto, where he rallied, 

 and made a successful stand for the 

 defence of the city. The second 

 division, which was that of the cen- 

 tre, was also attacked, though with 

 somewhat less fury. General Ga- 

 zau, who commanded, thought it 

 prudent, however, to retire behind 

 the Scrivia, towards some mills on 

 that river. While these events were 

 passing in the first and second divi^ 

 sions, the third commanded on that 

 day by general Gardanne, sustained 

 a terrible conflict. Of the thirty 

 thousand men whom general Melas 

 had assembled in the province of 

 Acqui, twenty thousand marched 

 under his command to Savona; 

 where the third division, though 

 but weak, withstood the shock, till 

 the arrival of general Soult, who 

 displayed astonishing valour. He 

 succeeded in throwing six hundred 

 men and provisions into Savona ; 

 but could not save Vado, as has 



