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avowal of this sentiment, I appeal tothose in. 
your own breast. I most solemny declare 
that I feel for you the most ardent frendship ; 
and I trust that you will grant me the conti- 
nuation of yours, which has been, to the pre- 
sent moment, the delight of my military live. 
Be assured of a return of my most lasting ac- 
knowledgement. You will ever be the most 
cherished ‘friend that heaven has granted me; 
for no one has an equal claim to the high re- 
gard with which | am your Execelieney’s most 
humble servant, 
After these brillant campaigns, in 
_ which this veteran leader had subdued 
_ kingdems, the Prince Bagration returned 
with him to St. Petersburg; and there 
partook of all the honours so_ richly 
bestowed by the Empress, on those who 
asserted her rights and extended her em- 
pire. 
In 1799, our hero aecompanied the 
Field-Marshal into Italy; -and there 
formed a junction with General Melas at 
Valeggio. Suworoff took on himself the 
ehief command of both armies; and im- 
mediately adopted the proper measures 
to push farward, and form the blockades 
of Mantua and Peschiera. Bagration 
had now passed the regular gradations in 
the army; and though « yet net more than 
eight and tw enty, had deservedly attained 
the rank of general, Shortly after the 
dispositions relative to the blockade were 
made, he, at the head of his detachment, 
came up. with the French, and beat them 
near Cremona; taking four hundred pri- 
soners and some cannon. Strange ef- 
fects ef war; that the natives of the 
banks of the Seine and of the Volga, 
should march over many a league, to meet 
at last onthe Po, for the purposes of mu- 
tual destruction ! 
Brescia was next taken.—Our young he- 
ro, along with General Vuckassavich, pe- 
hetrated the mountains and drove the ene- 
my from Tenale to Edolo; descended the 
valley of the Oglio, and pushed to the 
northern extremity of the Lake of Iseo. 
Thus, as the heads of the valhies on the 
two slopes of the Great Alps were se- 
cured, the left fank of their Swiss army, 
and the mght flank of their army 10 Italy 
were supported ; and those of the enemy 
in the same countries, were turned. The 
inhabitants of the various towns, finding 
these advantages brought about by the 
skill and bravery of the } young Bagration, 
rose upon.the French; and ‘victory fol- 
1 fils the Imperial standards wherever 
they flew. The Prince and some Aus- 
trians were sent to Parma to rescue the 
“Pope, whom the enemy were carrying to 
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France ; but the information had arrived 
too late; when.they arrived there, the 
unfortunate Pius the Sixth was already 
far out of their reach. Disappointed in 
this enterprize, they directed their foree 
against a large body of Republicans wha 
lay at some ‘distance ; ; and after a long 
march across a country flooded with con- 
tinual rains, Bayration had the satisfac- 
tion to dive the enemy back to Leeco 
with considerable loss. 
Moreau now took the field against the 
allied armies; and stationed his. troops 
along the opposite bank of the Adda to 
that “occupied by the Imperialists and 
Russians, Marshal Suworoff, confiding 
in the intrepidity of his favourite gene- 
rals, Vuckassovich and Bagration, unable 
to turn the French line, resolved to force 
it; as to conquer the Milanese, was of 
the greatest jamportance to the issue of 
the campaign. ‘The -two generals, acr 
cordingly as a first measure, succeeded in 
making themselves masters of a fying. 
bridge, which the enemy had neglected 
completely to destroy. Having quickly 
repaired it, they marched their men 
across the river, and took a position at 
3riV10: sO important was the situation, 
that it is surprising Moreau did not see 
the necessity of guarding it with picquets. 
Similar dispositions were made with the 
rest of the combined army, till the whole 
of it was transported to the best point of 
attack. The consequences were evident, 
a formidable battle took place, and the 
enemy retired towards Milan: they were~ 
pursued, but the obscurity of the night, 
and the fatigue of the victors favoured 
their_retreat. The reduction of Milan 
immediately followed; and in the course 
of. a few days, Marshal Suworoff and his 
brave compeers entered the capital of 
Lombardy in triumph. 
By surprising the passage of the Adda 
at Brivio, the line of communication was 
destroyed hetween the center and'left of 
the French; the latter, thus cut off, had 
General Vuckassovich upon its right 
flank ; and on its left, Prince Bagration, 
who. carried the bridge of that place, and 
forced the eneiny to ‘take to flight. He 
then, sepported Vuckassovich, compelled 
the French General Serrurter. to. lay 
down his arms, and he and his men, (to 
the amount of three thousand,) became 
prisoners Of war. Serrurier, as a mark 
of respect to his valour and probity, was 
permitted to return into france on his 
parole that he would not serve during 
the war, Bagration admired. this brave 
oticer, who having been a heptonan- 
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