. The life of Napoleon I, including new materials from the British official records . sted by an almostamphibious conflict, like that waged by the Dutch Beg- ^Marmont, Memoires, vol. i., p. 237. I have followed Marmontsnarrative, as that of the chief actor in this strange scene. It is less dra-matic than the tisual account, as found in Thiers, and therefore is moreprobable. The incident illustrates the folly of a commander doing thework of a sergeant. Marmont points out that the best tactics would havebeen to send one division to cross the Adige at Albaredo, and so takeAreola in the rear. Thie
. The life of Napoleon I, including new materials from the British official records . sted by an almostamphibious conflict, like that waged by the Dutch Beg- ^Marmont, Memoires, vol. i., p. 237. I have followed Marmontsnarrative, as that of the chief actor in this strange scene. It is less dra-matic than the tisual account, as found in Thiers, and therefore is moreprobable. The incident illustrates the folly of a commander doing thework of a sergeant. Marmont points out that the best tactics would havebeen to send one division to cross the Adige at Albaredo, and so takeAreola in the rear. Thiers criticism, that this would have involved toogreat a diffusion of the French line, is refuted by the fact that on thethird day a move on that side induced the Austrians to evacuate Areola. THE FIGHTS FOR MANTUA 115 gars in their war of liberation against Spain. Thoughat Areola the republicans had been severely checked, yetfurther west Massena had held his own; and the Frenchmovement as a whole had compelled Alvintzy to suspendany advance on Verona or on Mantua, to come down from. Stan fords (ra^aph Estab^, LonAn> Plan to illustkate the Victory of Aecola. the heights of Caldiero, and to fight on ground where hissuperior numbers were of little avail. This was seen onthe second day of fighting on the dykes opposite Areola,which was, on the whole, favourable to the smaller veteranforce. On the third day Bonaparte employed a skilful
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