ARMIES OF THE FIRST FRENCH REPUBLIC AND THE RISE OF THE MARSHALS OF NAPOLEON IVOLUME IV: The Army of Italy 1796 to 1797; Paris and the Army of the Interior 1792 to 1797; The Coup D’Etat of Fructidor , September 1797

SB. xii + 325pp CONTENTS: I. THE ADVANCE INTO ITALY (MARCH TO APRIL 1796): Bonaparte’s reception. Berthier’s position. Montenotte. The Cosseria affair. Dego to Mondovi. Criticism of the campaign. II. THE AUSTRIANS DRIVEN OUT OF ITALY (April to July 1796): Lodi. The Directory’s plan to divide “Italie” between Bonaparte and Kellermann. Bessieres and the Guides. First Southern Expedition. III. CASTIGLIONE (August 1796): Operations against Mantua. Lonato. The two battles of Castiglione. “The Augereau Myth”. Bonaparte’s opinion of his Generals. IV. THE PURSUIT OF WURMSER (September 1796): Failure of plan for combination with Moreau and the “Rhine-et-Moselle”. Roveredo. Bassano. Lannes. Effect of Bonaparte’s system of rewards. V. ARCOLA (October to November 1796): French weakness and retreat. Arcola. Massena, Augereau, Lannes. Inactivity of the garrison of Mantua. Promotion of Joubert. VI. RIVOLI AND THE SURRENDER OF MANTUA (December 1796 to March 1797): Brune joins “Italie”. Joubert and Augereau. Victor and the second Southern expedition. Wurmser capitulates to Serurier. VII. THE ADVANCE INTO AUSTRIA (March to April 1797): Reinforcements from the Rhine armies. Bernadotte. The Crossing of the Tagliamento. Massena’s brilliance in the mountains. Leoben. Exploits of General Dumas. VIII. VENICE (April to August 1797): “Paques veronaises”. Occupation of Venice. Ill feeling between the divisions. Desaix visits the army. IX. THE TREATY OF CAMPO-FORMIO (August to November 1797): Bonaparte defies the Directory. Serurier in Venice. Activities of Berthier. Plunder and peculation in the army. X. THE BREAK-UP OF BONAPARTE’S ARMEE D’ITALIE (May to December 1797): The A.D.C.S and their mission. Murat in the Valtelline. Suchet’s promotion. Dissatisfaction of Bernadotte. “Italie” as a school for Marshals. XI. PARIS IN THE WAR TIME (October 1792 to July 1794): Value of an armed force in revolutions. Formations of the Armee de l’Interieur. Fall of the Gironde. Thermidor. XII. VENDEMIAIRE (July 1794 to April 1797): Germinal and Prairial. Bonaparte in Paris. Vendemiaire. First trophies from Italy. XIII. MANOEUVRING FOR POSITION (April to September 1797): Opposition to the Directory. The Triumvirate. Attitude of the armies. Augereau’s arrival. Influence of Pichegru on the Opposition. XIV. FRUCTIDOR AND AFTER (September to December 1797): The Coup D’Etat. The victims. Moreau and Pichegru. The effect of Bonaparte and the future Marshals. Augereau and “Allemange”.INDEXLIST OF MAPS:1. Bonaparte’s first campaign, March t April 1796.2. Operations from Cherasco to Mantua, April to June 1796.3. Operations in Italian campaigns of 1796-7. 4. The Siege of Mantua 1796-7.5. Operations in the South of Italy, 1796-1797.6. Operations in North-East Italy and South-West Austria: the Leoben campaign, March to April 1797.