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the city ov Genoa an he decided to
resist to the utmost. But in April
the Austrian general, Malas, an the
British invested the city SO complete
ly that communication with France
wuZ cut off entirely. Gen. Melas left
some trops at Genoa an marched to
meet the French general, Suchet, de-
featin' him. The result ov this bat
tie gave the Austrians much liberty
ov action. They crossed the Alps, en-
tered France, an were son master ov
a portion ov the French territory in
the Alps. On the Rhine General Mo-
reau opposed the Austrian General,
Kray. Moreau succeeded in drivin'
Kray before him az far az Ulm. At
Hochstet the French whipped the
Austrians( awlso at Newberg. This
forced the Austrians to fall back to
Ongolstadt. The tide wuz beginnin'
to turn. The Austrian government
now became thoroughly alarmed,
| fearin' that the French mite reach
| Viena, an the Austrian people began
to clamor for peace.
On the side ov Austria next to
Italy things didn't look very bright
for Austria, either. They had invad-
ed France rather Unexpectedly, an at
a time when France wuz busy ward
in off the attacks of the British. But
France wuz pullin' herself together
an Bonaparte wuz helpin' to cheer
France up, young though he wuz. He
soon joined the French force which
had been collected at an about Dijon,
and prepared to scale that awlmost
impossible barrier, the Alps range ov
mountains. To get cannon over these
mountains wuZ task, but Gen. Bon
aparte, better known az Napoleon
! Bonaparte, tackled the proposition.
Large trees were cut and the trunks
were followed into the form ov
! troughs. Through these Bonaparte
| had figured that he could slide the
cannon down the steep mountains on
the other side, if he could drag them
| to the summit. The passage over the
mountains wuz so narrow and steep
! that but one man at a time could
pass over the path. Young Napoleon
wuz about to, an did accomplish,
what had heretofore been considered
| impossible, the passage ov the Alps
| by an army carryin' cannon. The
passage wuz over Mount st. Bernard.
The appearance ov Napoleon Bona
parte with an army which had scaled
the Alps wuz a complete surprise to
the Austrians. Before they realized
fully that the French were really
over the mountains an that they
meant business, Napoleon had captur-
ed Aosta, the fort of Bard, Ivria,
Romagno, and Vercelli bein' awlso
captured He crossed the Tessiuo
River and entered Milan without Cp-
position. He captured valuable gov
eminent property an arms stored az
Pavia; at -Plaentia he took charge ov
the city. While hit il not authorita-
lively stated, hit liz likely that each
city wuz looted. Napoleon Bonaparte
had set new pace for the sleepy old
generals who lived in the past, had
/ accomplished what had been counted
impossible since the creation. the IN
vasion ov the countries across the
Alps, had outgeneralled Melas, the
Austrian leader. But Napoleon did
not arrive in time to relieve the city
ov Genoa; for Massena, after one or
the most obstinate defences recorded
i'll history, durin' which fifteen thous-
and ov the inhabitants are said to hev
died ov famine an disease, had been
forced to surrender to the Austrians
, an British on the 5th ov June.
j Az ever,
i ZEKE BILKINS.
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