. Battles of the nineteenth century . ^ of De Sonnaz did notpush their explorations any further that reported to the royal headquarters that. A- E R o N A . the word was given to advance. In the grey ofthe early morning of Friday they crossed theriver at both points. The Austrian cavalry,under Colonel Pulz, fell back without firing ashot. Avoiding the hills that lie northwardtowards the Garda lake, Pulz retired across thelevel ground of the plain of Villafranca. Thew plain is thickly populated. There are numerousvillages and hamlets, and plenty of roads, foot-paths, and tracks ; but i
. Battles of the nineteenth century . ^ of De Sonnaz did notpush their explorations any further that reported to the royal headquarters that. A- E R o N A . the word was given to advance. In the grey ofthe early morning of Friday they crossed theriver at both points. The Austrian cavalry,under Colonel Pulz, fell back without firing ashot. Avoiding the hills that lie northwardtowards the Garda lake, Pulz retired across thelevel ground of the plain of Villafranca. Thew plain is thickly populated. There are numerousvillages and hamlets, and plenty of roads, foot-paths, and tracks ; but it is difficult country tomanoeuvre in, for everywhere the ground iscut up with small watercourses and irrigationchannels—hedgerows, orchards, and plantationsrestrict the view. Along the course of thestreams are swampy rice-fields, and on everystretch of sloping ground there are thickly-planted vineyards. Pulz was able to make the the Austrians had no force between the Adigeand the Mincio beyond a couple of regiments otcavalry and a battery of horse artillery ; andthis confirmed La Marmora in his idea that theArchduke would be compelled by his
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