. The life of Napoleon I, including new materials from the British official records . BRiii(.;t (ji du Fo^ th FAddael du Mill. Napoleon as Hercules, andTHE Hydra, to commemo-rate THE Battle ofDego, 1796. Naicjleon ln an Egvptlvn Car. Ei^yptc Delaroches Tvcsor de Numisniatique. VI THE FIGHTS FOR MANTUA 105 to repulse this brilliant flank attack ; but the Austrianreserves had been expended in the north of their line;and an attempt to change front, always a difficult opera-tion, was crushed by a headlong charge of Massenas andAugereaus divisions on
. The life of Napoleon I, including new materials from the British official records . BRiii(.;t (ji du Fo^ th FAddael du Mill. Napoleon as Hercules, andTHE Hydra, to commemo-rate THE Battle ofDego, 1796. Naicjleon ln an Egvptlvn Car. Ei^yptc Delaroches Tvcsor de Numisniatique. VI THE FIGHTS FOR MANTUA 105 to repulse this brilliant flank attack ; but the Austrianreserves had been expended in the north of their line;and an attempt to change front, always a difficult opera-tion, was crushed by a headlong charge of Massenas andAugereaus divisions on their centre. Before these at-tacks the whole Austrian line gave way ; and, accordingto Colonel Graham, nothing but this retreat, undertaken without orders, saved the whole force from being cutoff. The criticisms of our officer sufficiently reveal thecause of the disaster. The softness and incapacity ofWiirmser, the absence of a responsible second in command,the ignorance of the number and positions of the French,the determination to advance towards Castiglione and towait thereabouts for Quosdanovich until a battle could befought with comb
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