[I shall here insert all that I have remaining of the chapters on the army of Italy, to avoid separating them too far from those which precede them. They are so interesting that I much regret my having no more of them. It will even be seen that the chapter on Leoben is incomplete; it will however, be the more valuable, as I have reason to believe that it has not been preserved exactly in the same form; it will be curious to compare the first dictation with the complete work.]
BATTLE OF THE TAGLIAMENTO,*
From the passage of the Piave, March 13, 1797, to the entrance of the French Army into Germany, on the 28th of the same
I. Situation of Italy at the commencement of 1797.-The peace of Tolentino had re-established our relations with Rome. The court of Naples was satisfied with the moderation of the French,
*All the words in Italics are corrections made in the original MSS. by Napoleon's own hand.