BONAPARTE'S VICTORY IN ITALY, 1796. "Brigadier General DUFOU - Lot 358

BONAPARTE'S VICTORY IN ITALY, 1796. "Brigadier General DUFOUR, hastens to inform his fellow citizens and brothers in arms of the happy news sent to him by the Ambassador of the French Republic, in BASEL, Milan, 19 Thermidor An 4 (August 6, 1796): "The Austrians, with their superiority (in numbers), had convinced themselves that they could come back on us with more than enough advantage. General BUONAPARTE didn't give them time to arrive; he warned them. He attacked them with the utmost impetuosity on the heights of CASTIGLIONE (Italy). WURMSER was there in person with most of the army he commands in the Tyrol. The battle was terrible, but the enemy had to give in to Republican valor...". From the Métoyer printing house. Cupboard (54 x 42) Condition A.