Complex sentence: Napoleon himself visited Asti on April 29,1805, but was received rather coldly by the citizens, and the city was demoted and incorporated with Alessandra under the department of Marengo.
Split into simpler sentences: Napoleon himself visited Asti on April 29,1805, but was received rather coldly by the citizens. The city was demoted and incorporated with Alessandra under the department of Marengo.