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of nations, we obtained thefe great refults with the lofs 
of only 1500 men hors de combat. Soldiers, this fuecefs is 
owing fo your unbounded confidence in your emperor, to 
your patience in bearing fatigues and privations of every 
kind, and to your rare intrepidity. But we do not reft 
here. You are impatient to commence a fecond campaign. 
The Ruffian army, which the gold of England has tranf- 
ported from the extremity of-the univerfe, is about to 
experience the fame fate. This attack more efpecially 
belongs to the honour of the infantry. The quedion is 
now put for the fecond time, which has already been de¬ 
cided in Swifferlaod and Holland,—whether the French 
infantry is the jirjl or the fecond. in Europe ? There are no 
generals there in the conflict, with whom I can acquire 
any glory. My effort will be to obtain victory with the 
fmalled poffible ed'ufion of blood. My foldiers are my 
children. Napoleon.” 
For the encouragement and reward of this victorious 
army, the emperor directed, that in lieu of only a month’s 
pay, it fhould receive that of a whole campaign ; and that 
all conquelts fhould be fairly divided among them. For 
this purpofe he decreed as follows : 
“ 1. Poffelfion will be taken of all the Aultrian eftates in 
Suabia.—2. The war contributions, and thofe in ordinary, 
fhall be for the profit of the army. All magazines, whe¬ 
ther of artillery or of fubfiftence, fhall be alfo to its pro¬ 
fit.—3. All particular contributions, and all effeCts drawn 
from the magazines, fhall be redored to the general mafs. 
No perfon fhall profit from the right of warfoas to injure 
the general mafs of the army.—4. A treafurer and direc¬ 
tor-general fhall be appointed to report to an army council 
of adminiftration, the contributions which have been 
raifed. Every man fhall have a (hare according to his 
rank and appointments.—5. The payments fhall iffue 
with exaCtnefs from the imperial treafury. 
Napoleon.” 
The progrefs of the army of Italy, in the mean while, 
though it had not acquired fuch extenfive laurels, was 
neverthelefs attended with great fuccefs. The general 
in chief, marefchal MafTena, encouraged his men, on the 
affembling of the army, by the following proclamation : 
“Soldiers of the Army of Italy, His majefly the empe¬ 
ror and king has appointed me your general in chief. It 
is gratifying to me again to behold my former companions 
in arms, and to find in them fentiments, which I knew them 
to pofiefs, attachment to difcipline and devotion to their 
duty. I will ever addrefs to them the language of thefe 
fentiments ; and I fondly believe that they will be ready 
to anfwer it, if political circumfkuices fhould compel his 
majefly the emperor and king to give the fignal for battle, 
in fpite of the defire which he has ever manifefted to 
maintain peace. Soldiers, you will bear in mind, that you 
are on a field of battle, rendered illuftrious by his victo¬ 
ries, and that, at every ftep, we fliall meet traces of his 
magnanimity and his genius. I am fubdituted at your 
head, in the place of a general, didinguilhed by his fer- 
vices, who is called to another dedination, whither, with¬ 
out doubt, your wifhes will accompany him. Upon 
whatever theatre his majefly fhall place us, foldiers, let 
us juftify his choice, and let us have but one thing in our 
thoughts, our country and our emperor.” 
Marefchal MafTena, on collecting his forces, had judici- 
oufly chofen the ftrong pofition of Zevio and its environs, 
from whence he could eafily repair to any quarter where 
circumdances fhould demand. The Auflrian army, under 
the command of the archduke Charles, was polled near 
Verona, on the oppofite bank of the Adige. On the 18th 
of October, at four o’clock in the morning, general Maf- 
Tena marched his army to the bridge near the cattle of 
Verona, to crofs the river, and give battle to the Am 
Brians. When he arrived, he found the bridge was broken 
down and cut ; but the chafm was not fo wide but that 
twenty-four companies of a new French brigade called 
voltigeurs , “ leapers,” fprang acrofs it, and began to en¬ 
gage the-Audrians polled on the oppofite fide, while the 
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main army eroded over to their fupport, by means of 
beams and planks. A wall had alfo been ereCted acrofs 
the middle of the bridge, which the French deinolifhed 
by a petard. The Auflrians defended the palTage with a 
confiderable force, and with equal fpirit ; but they were 
foon overwhelmed by the divifions under generals Gar- 
danne and Duhefme, and obliged to retreat to the heights. 
The archduke Charles fent reinforcements from all quar¬ 
ters, and an obflinate engagement took place which lafied 
till fix o’clock in the evening. The Auflrians did not 
yield an inch of ground without flrongly difputing it; but 
they were at lafl driven from all their pofitions, and their 
entrenchments defiroyed. Seven pieces of cannon and 
eighteen ammunition waggons were the fruits of the vic¬ 
tory, with fourteen hundred prifoners. They left twelve 
hundred dead on the field, and had a great number of 
wounded. On the fide of the French there were but few- 
killed, and about three hundred wounded. 
The campaign having thus fuccefsfully begun, partial 
fkirmifhes took place from day to day until the 29th, 
when MafTena attacked the Auflrians foon after five in the 
morning. Whilft, on their left wing, the divilion of ge¬ 
neral SefTa palTed the Adige at Polo, that of general Ver- 
dier manoeuvred from Ronco to Albaro ; at the fame time 
the divifions of Gardanne and Duhefme, extending them- 
felves before the bridge of the old caflle of Verona, at¬ 
tacked the heights of Val Pantena, and drew round the 
caflle of St. Felice; when the general in chief, availing 
himfelf of their pofition, obliged the enemy to evacuate 
Veronetta. The palifadoes of the new bridge were imme¬ 
diately cut down ; when the divifion of horfe chafleurs 
under general Efpagne, that of grenadiers under general 
Partonneaux, the cavalry of referve commanded by ge¬ 
neral Monnet, and the divifion of marefchal Mortier, 
marched through Veronetta, and proceeded to the great 
road of St. Michel, where the Auflrians had formed with 
their infantry and cavalry, protected by feveral pieces of 
cannon. The French cavalry was ordered to make re¬ 
peated charges, which were executed with activity, and 
fupported by the grenadiers of the divifion of Mortier. 
In one of thofe charges the f'quadron of guides forced five 
hundred infantry to lay down their arms. The enemy 
were routed, driven from the village of St. Michel, and 
purfued beyond St. Martin, whilft the French occupied 
Vago. Sixteen hundred prifoners, and two pieces of can¬ 
non, were the refult of this day’s engagement. The Au¬ 
flrians left many killed on the field of battle. The French 
had about fixty killed, and nearly one hundred wounded. 
After the adtion of the 29th, the army took a pofition 
about two miles from Caldiero. On the 31 ft, it attacked 
the enemy the whole length of their line. The divifion of 
Mortier, forming the left, began the aftion; that of ge¬ 
neral Gardanne attacked the centre, and that of general 
Duhefme the right. Thefe different charges were well 
executed, and happily conducted. The village of Cal¬ 
diero was carried amidfl a dreadful carnage, and the ene¬ 
my was purfued to the very heights. At half pad four 
the archduke Charles ordered his referve, confiding of 
twenty-four battalions of grenadiers and feveral regiments, 
to advance. The battle then became more general, and 
dill more obfiinate, till the bayonet decided the fate of 
the day. The enemy long maintained a fire from thirty 
pieces of cannon planted in their entrenchments. Not- 
withdanding the obdinacy of their refidance, they were 
beaten and purfued to the redoubts beyond Caldiero. 
The French took 3500 prifoners; the field of battle was 
drewed with Auflrians; their lofs in killed and wounded 
was at lead equal to the number that were taken pri¬ 
foners. Prince Charles requelled a truce to bury the 
dead ; which was equally acceptable to general MafTena, 
who had alfo a great number killed. 
In confequence of the battle of the 3id, and of the po- 
fition which the French now occupied before Caldiero, a 
column of the enemy, amounting to 5000 men, was fepa- 
rated from the corps of general Rofemburg, and was cut 
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