In 1796, at the height of the Revolutionary Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte took command of French forces in northern Italy. He was just 26 years old and had never commanded an army before. Within weeks, he ...

THE ROAD TO GLORY—F. Britten Austin —Stokes ($2.50). On March 26, 1796, General Napoleon, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Italy, with a dubious reputation to maintain, arrived in Nice to take charge ...

The Austrians fortified a narrow wooden bridge in Lodi with fourteen cannons and three battalions, and dared Bonaparte to cross it. Bonaparte ordered a simple frontal assault on the bridge. Everything ...

Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2018. Pp. xx, 314. Maps, notes, appends, biblio., index. $19.95 paper. ISBN: 9780700626762 The Baron Critiques Bonaparte in ...

In 1796, at the height of the Revolutionary Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte took command of French troops in Northern Italy. He was only 26 years old and had never commanded an army before. In a matter of ...