The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-04-24


next day he came on the enemy at Diego,
and added a third. On the 21st, he
reached Mondovi, forty-eight miles
from Turin, and on the following day
attacked and defeated the division OF
General Coli. In every engagement his
blow was like that of a thunderbolt
The disciplined armies of his opponents
broke before him.
The king Of Sardinia was already
beaten. After Mondoyi he made over.
lures of peace. Without pausing, Ma
polcon advanced on the main Austrian
division under Beaulieu. Him he found
strongly posted on the AIDA, holding
the bridge that led into the town OF
Lodi. Frederic the Redbeard had
founded Lodi Oh the site of the ancient
Roman Laus Pompcia. On the 10th OF
May the Austrians, sixteen Thousand
strong, were attacked at the bridge OF
the AIDA by six thousand French grena-
diers, led by Napoleon and Lannes IN
person. The action was bloody and de-
cisive. The name Of Lodi was added to
the lengthening column OF victories,
Two thousand of the French were killed
and wounded, aud much larger num-
Der of the Austrians. Here Bonaparte,
fighting III the ranks, gained his famous
title of LITTLE CORPORAL, which
to the end of human annals viii be re-
peated as his sobriquet.
Five days afterwards the conqueror
entered Milan Lombardy was at his
feet He made levies and acquisitions
with freedom only equaled by the au'
dacity of the things accomplished. Ma
pies, Modena aud Parma went down
before him; and the Pope, becoming Pc
titioner, signed an armistice.
Such was the first passage of the war;
and the second was like the first. The
coalition was not to yield without fur
ther battle. Napoleon made Mantua his
next objective Field-marshal Wurmser,
of great fame, veteran of seventy-two,
came swiftly out Of the Tyrol with o
new Austrian army. Before he could
reach the scene of action, Mantua was
already besieged by Napoleon. The de-
Tense held out until Wurmser's army
came on in two divisions, and the
French were forced to fall back.
The division of his forces proved IA
tai to the Austrian commander. Woe to
the army that was ever divided in front
of Bonapartel At Tomato, on the Bird Of
August, he attacked dtptston Of
Wurmser and gained complete victory;
General Augereau was the hero Of the
day. On the 9th and 9th of August q
second battle, OH nearly the same field,
was fought with still more decisive re-
suits; Wurmser was hurled back, and
Mantua again besieged.
The enemy soon returned to the onset.
at Riveredo on the 4th Of September,
the division of Massena defeated the
Austrians with great losses On the 9th,
at Bassano, Napoleon routed the main
force under Wurmser in person. On the
18th of November was fought the great
battle of Arcole where eighteen thou
sand French, led by Napoleon, Massena
and Augereau, triunphed over the Aus
TRANS nearly forty thousand strong.
The battle was fought in swampy re-.
gion traversed with causeways and diff
cult bridges. After three days Of desper-
ate fighting Wurmser was SO disastrous
ly defeated as to end the contest.
After Arcole, Wurmser threw himself
into Mantua. and was cooped up. In
January, 1897, Austria sent her third
army into the field LIder General AL
vinczy. This great force proceeded
tOua,ds Mantua as far as Rivoli, where
it was struck by Bonaparte and routed
with loss of about twenty thousand
menl At Favorita, on the 10th, the
French were again victorious The ruin
Of Alyinczy's army was complete, and
on February End Mantua was surren-
dered with eighteen thousand prisoners.
Swiftly Napoleon followed up these
tremendous successes. A fourth Aus.
trian army, under Archduke Charles,
came down from the Tyrol as far as
Tagliamento, where on the 10th Of
March, it was routed by the French.
On the 18th Of April, all armistice was
granted by Napoleon, and on the 18Th
he made with Austria his provisional
treaty of Leoben.
Meanwhile, another coup d'etat hat
occurred IN Paris. By violence the two
great Councils Of State purged them
selves Of fifty alleged Royalists and An
archists. Carnot and Barthelemy, mem
bers of the Directory, were sent flyint
into exile Such was the savage indig
nation of the Republic that the coalition
became willing for peace. At Campo
Formio, on October 18th, 1907, Napo
leon met tho representatives Of the Ger
man Empire, and with astounding pre-
sumption dictated to that ancient powe
the terms Of pacification. Openly, Aus
tria should cede the Belgian provinces
recognize the Cisalpine Republic, ant
accept fragments of Venetia. France
should have the results Of the war, in
Guiding the Ionian Islands Secretly
tho Rhine should henceforth be til,
boundary between Germany and France
Before leaving the scenes of his glor,
Napoleon sent Joubert as his herald t,
Paris. He shall announce for US the fol
lowing results: The campaign of tn
Army of Italy has extended from Apri
18th, 1906, to October 18th, 1897. W
have taken $50, 600 prisoners; ITO stand
ards; $50 siege pieces; 900 field guns
FIVE pontoon equipages; nine ships of g.
guns; twelve frigates of 80 guns; lively
corvettes; eighteen galleys. We hav
given Liberty" (whatcver that ma,
mean, Generally to Bologna, Ferrara
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