Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-06-15
THE BATTLE OF RIvOLL
Napoleon Said That His Life
Really Began There.
The Shor, Campaign was ~. Tarn,ss
roint of the war. snd shaped tho tie.
tory ~ gur"p~ Tor tw"ni, N~srs
Root ot the .us,t,sns.


Prof Slunnc'- I.ifrni Natr,lrun IN the
century dr-,rihrs the ma,i'rlN Italian
campaign. ~ Vhi,h Nap,l,nu's mili
inry v,u,u, first won world Wrir r.rup
milton l'rrf sloane thus drsrrihcs the
battle ~ Eiyuli
At early dawn began the conflict
" ht,h wa, To- settle the fate ~ Mnutun
The first fierce contest was between
the Austrian - and the French r'ph,
At II MARK, hui ,tuuirkly prrnd along
Ia. ~ hul, tine u. Tar ~ iapriuu Tor
suiu, time. the Nustrians had the nd
,nuiag, aud thr r,.ult vas ~ suNIHus",
since the i'u,h l,ft, ~ iaptiuu,
Ni,ld,d iut Hii instant "fur" H." un.
~lau.,hi ~ the mNu M. ttlrn ARMY
uHdr ~ nrrufdyu'" With Nl,iur/, -
hr,t Iuau. aui u. hr .uuIr,s"d. uIr,n ~
luf,,"r trrc l., "., ,o 20, superior IN
uumlnr~ lhr,hcr n L." vs. bis calm
COURAGE was ta-i ~ h''l ~ his
commander e.. |. ''' hr rc~ru",
AMI Ma.>,.ua. follow III. With u iudv.
Inrut Vhi,h hg iu~rpn, s linI, his
uhIur. Win 'hI' itmuu, . g. mu. .-
,turrd uuI,r 80 ihr l.p.u.t tauhN
Every successive ~ ~ y. ~ H." Nus
TRANS was rpul',d "Ith - Nr,l,u,"
whirh threw their ri'hi aud center
back toward Nnutr la u,u ~ r,rr. grow.
ing rnnfu~luu.
The battle waved Tor nearly three
hours hvturr hlN.u,y. una. r,t"al 'tnt
i, wa, uu, Iuuh. ., utSi>iun hut Uuun.
parir'~ army Vhlrh Wns above him In
4. =. q A
the plateau beneath the height tu bring
more ~ his troops into action. aud ,luu.
bert sumrw hat rH~hlN advanced tu
check the movement leaving the road
tu ~ Mark unprotected The Aus.
triau~. prompt To- take advantage III
his hlundcr, charged up the hill, aud
~''iI"d the commanding position; hut
simultaneously there rushed from the
opposite sides thrr" French hattalinpS,
| rlumlrring up Ia retrieve the mistake.
| Their physical strength aud nervous
activity hruugh, them first ,o the top
and again the st"rning columns wcr,
| thrown back IN disorder
At that instant appeared IN iona
partv rear an Austrian corps estimated
| hy him ~ four thousand strong, which
| having come down III" valley on IA.
| left hank. had nov crossed III" river 4,
take the French right AZ Rivnli Ia Il,
| rear Had They arrived but "a miuut,
spunrr. the hill ~ EiNuli would hav,
ls,n lost t. IA" French As II was, in
stead ~ making an attack they had 4,
await one. l!ouapartr directed u gall
ing artillery fire against them. an,
| thus gained time both Ia reform hi,
ranks and to huld the newcomers il
check until his own reserve, coming IL
from the next hamlet westward, gu
them entirely oil from the rctrratinl
columns ~ hlvinclv. aud coInpcllr,
them Ia Law down their arms.
Thus ended the worst defeat an,
most complete ruut which the Austrian
arms had ~ far sustained such wa
the utter d"mural iZatiou of the nyin,
disintrgrutrd columns that n yuuu.
French officer named Rene. who was il
command ~ fifty men nj u hamlet 81
Lake ',ar,ia, successfully initiated bon
! upartc'S ruSc AT Tomato. and diSplayC,
such nm imposing coniidrnc" Ia Il tiyin,
tr,srp ~ fifteen hundred Au>trians tina
they surrendered L. what they hiirv"'
NrXt morning ut dawn. Murut, wh
had marched all night tn gain ia
point, appeared un the SLOPES ~ Mont
lialdn aluvr the pass az Corona, AN
united With MasS"nn and Iouhrt /
drive the AuStrians from their las, fest
hold. The pursuit was continued n
far M Trent Thirteen thousand pri'
on"rs were captured in thnS" two days
This short campaign ~ Riyoli wa
the turning pnint IL ia" war, and ma
hc said To- hav" shaped tn" history =
EurnIW for twenty years. thrunicl"r
dwell upon thu>r few moments ut III
hill ahovr the plateau ~ Rivnli, an
, wnn$r what the result would huN
mwKif the last Austrian corps had ~
rived live minutes sooner Hut AN ~
curn,r and dispaSsiunatc criticisl
must decide that every step In iioni
parties success was won hy careful for
thought aud the most effective disIs
sitiun ~ the forces ut his command. ;
sure was he ~ success tina; even in Il
crises when NnSS"na seemed Ia ~,
the day On the left, aud when the An
trianS seemed destined Ia wrcst victor
from defeat ut the last moment an II
= right. he was srlf reliant aud cheerful
n The new system ~ field operations la
n triumphant vindication nj the han,
81 It's author.
The cnnpu"ring general mct"l %,
:, unstintrd prais. Ia his invinciblr sIua'
y rnns aud their leaders, hut said not
ing 81 himself leaving the world
l. judge whether this was man ar demo
b who, still youth, and within n pu
lie career ~ hut one season, hal hurni
: ntcd the pruudrst empire on the com
ncnt, had suhdu.d Italy, and ON h
soil had erected states unknown b
fore. without the consent ~ any gre
. rnwcr, No, excepting his own. II
not wonderful that this PERSONA
should sometimes have said ~ himsc
Say that my life began at Rivoli,"
- at other times he dated his militia
career from Toulon.
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Fors.r,ss That Never CoEs to Light