This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...were made on the French right as if for an advance Feint towards on Piacenza, and then a movement from right to left was begun behind Piacenza. the screen of the river. The 3d French corps (Canrobert) was withdrawn by rail from beyond the Scrivia to behind the Sesia, where it crossed and joined the Sardinians. This ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...were made on the French right as if for an advance Feint towards on Piacenza, and then a movement from right to left was begun behind Piacenza. the screen of the river. The 3d French corps (Canrobert) was withdrawn by rail from beyond the Scrivia to behind the Sesia, where it crossed and joined the Sardinians. This force was destined to cover the assembly of Vercelli to the army on the line Vercelli-Novara-Milan. The remaining corps moved Novara'14along the roads bordering the Po. Demonstrations were made along the river by troops left for that purpose, as if to prepare for a passage; and when the 1st corps, la3t of all, quitted its position near Voghera, it broke up the roads and destroyed the bridges behind it to prevent pursuit, or a counter-advance by the south bank. 1st June.--The French corps were passing from Vercelli towards the Ticino screened by Canrobert and the Sardinians, who had driven back the divisions forming the extreme right of the Austrian line to Robbio. The Austrian 2d line (three corps) was drawn on to the arc RobbioVespolate-Vigevano, thus fronting the enemy and becoming the 1st line. Two other corps were drawn from the Po and directed on the Ticino at BuffaloTM to Beregardo. Pavia, 27. Part of the 1st corps was between Milan and San Martino, covering the passage there. 9th corps between Pavia and Piacenza. Novara to 2d June.--French movements for the passage of the Ticino--the object Turbigo and being to reach Milan by a flank march round the Austrians. Trecate, 7. 1st division of the 2d corps to Trecate, observing the issue of the Ticino Advancedat San Martino, and thus covering the march of a division of the Guard guard of turndirected on Turbigo, to force the passage there and cover the establish-j."TM ment of a bridge. Five...
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