Show NAPOLEON AT LODI THE STORY OF HIS EARLIEST MASTER STROKE IN WAR the inin necks mn tile tho or at tho lite halil tile I I kill fail IgI lanie and ry ill aft tile illtyd 11 cop Is r ab Ani erkan tl LL hook K N SEARCHING N for it key to I 1 po icons on 31 rl if the alie battlefield one 1 I need nut nt look 1001 be aoud oud his action nt at tile the affair of tin the doidge of 0 ili 1 falli about abidi 1 so I lich and so little hlf A tory has halt belli beit rit nt 19 1 9 1 7 1 ten tell his fancis fan wis bictory M it is not no all accidents III I 1 lucky outcome of it i rash ilow I low in ili the first place t thi lie 1 fandi hall had 0 v 0 r y t 1 h I I 1 it 1 I 1 H against gailit thew I 1 miln thir little alienn 1 in I I 1 my bt sit t ott out t i in n my I 1 to crush cruh I 1 the aubi ian power in ill italy hilly the odds at I 1 in ili iii ins well P t to 0 to one iu in favor of if the an air tuan allie al liei Nalo hon hin isIf was on trial lie ask a new appointee adith no succo isia isi sk a us as a gel ernei lelal al to emaster n u IN hut bit chuie ci uie after a pt tsing t aljo lie alps anil and antel ing ill italy by are rare r strategy lie he boullt auw aus trian arrues arnies separated only by the lla dis tance iltgen anil and alican and bal luning ajl tile line for in in liing to a junction to rt meet the lie french invasion sion both armies matched toward lmh other othar ault tho elie army from milan had just cro cio k ted cil the adila adda at l ieli nairn alic annl of column liei that point to brut beat the milin aridly heroic it should litre enforced ans a tile the vi ench ili eblem to kep ilLon on tile the lefther side of theada ithe problem lem A stone bridge across the ad adi di 1100 yard in ili length was the key to bulb both p robler thea uIt rians dust clr troy roy it after crossing alro fidis be lironne calle they to lo use ue u e it IA liefer t er in ili inq in their alln ir cepi tepi to EO milin nil and 1 in n order to pre ent NIL from froin crossing crosh iii it they made really to fight A battery laitu ry of si an some other thirty wivi wis planted on oil their thi ir rude to play upon poll the anil thee u v ere two inns of ott on tile the flanks and in rear were hopp bup oits to ta beveral hi arral thou tholand and il the walled to ton Q n of liili extended to tile th river on oil the side hide where the french ill up pi 0 IC hed and is km gate ivay y in tile the high in ill clos closure lire wall along the river bink opened upon the bridge after driving the an ali triin trian rear guard out of tile the town napoleon Nii on the heights in ili rear of the bridge and the Aust ritas the Austri anIt in ID turn loll ili 1011 to arix adric e out the french the heul of napo itonia co luttin cotis isted d of grena grenadiers diers a and n it 2000 ea cavalry valry luid ind ma ing buland the lie river wall ana iu in the streets near by he awaited the elie arrival of iii iiii hit i main army array the di bows wows of assena Us sena and augereau each cach strong and follon following gitig hini on roads the young leader made plan to i rs criss the bridge in fit spite of everything in order to do that lie he must first preserve the bridge for the Austri Auh triana atut might elk alardi and destroy the flat that it seemed to them vc sa ft i improbable ora lint would to crip cross iii in an I 1 their wish to let it litand for fatal e it nw hall klitt heni from mg it joau to their redions ruL fons for letting it alone napo ni coil eat cut to the front find and person ill Irain cil several gun atins sto to fire upon thi the an trian entrance to the lie so tit thil it lii ili could nut reach it out heavy loss oss os s of life it 14 1 4 said that hai the republican gen is ith napoleon Nu saw sav that their hewl lealai avi wis was apon lit they opposed op iosel ll it strongly ly and that lie responded with wilb spirit we is must cross let it cost whitt whist it 1 may it must not ile ethl that the I 1 addi adda stopped those licious who had ludd tile the pa io but there wits wim no parallel between tiny tit thing g previously icil al along thil thi riv river ier po io and in the lie sit situation antion tit lit bodi alex under elie grutt rait busied sil game sach hsuch phrase on oil finding his 1114 of the Gra nicus dis buted liy by it a It Ile Thian rhian bost after he be had flat crossed r sed the no nel figini a t put obese burdi in ilk the ol 01 the modern alexander as it living it a good it fit but napoleon hud had ister sterner iter work at ill than the coining of fine daie speeches Masse nasf division reached thu the scene and adi was ord ordered v d to take lake rest it and id the engirt day wis davd iq in getting ready to ahalt assurance ance doubly ilo ulily in nn ail enter enterprise pris if it w ivas iva it s nish in concep conception cioll wits wils riot not to be so 0 in ili execution Int inquiry lairy among tin binl liilie ilis covery of it rot ford hiross roSt else and napoleon dett detached ched Beau caa airy coliann colin nn mleh home cannon to attempt the ford and try to give tile Austi fant 1 i little fire in the rear tins this move lie he meant to follow up ly 11 it eurom the bridge and arter after cartful study f formed A column and geive orders cordei 4 for tile as ri his hitau 4 tre bused upun Leit aill lint lit points point iu the llie gaius that his hii old school nn an wo aa 11 r a IJ I 1 N li roLLON WIN T AMONG troops balled to note dote in the lie lant place artillery pl adlung the aher rh cr heights beights asif as it yand wi i 1 il III firing upon the french l ImIl tion to make it hazardous for as to lo reach the lifridge lir lilKe III fiam ont the berects or of ill l ali this tire fire liow ILON Neer cr waa hifle almed at the fience 1 end of the bridge near belr the g ite the rest tofit of it bi alq untouched the french battery ry c trained b liy N nn it polton on as s doing the bame fur for tile llie am wall end so that the latter could net act at lou gajus or I 1 to su eel tin the whole conred of the bridge herice it 11 ra v kulil riot not he tit danger e ti fit I 1 alic lie very ent entrance ranco to it alio lie bridge il a sw few feet it ia most and if a budan da dili arru re inide through that banow belt apt ili L ill n lua could be light unit imd tile dould bo blis over until tile bridge ila m cro fad but once aaros the bridge N hat heal wit what t of it the 1000 Austri iL ins i tit boned 0 on it tile hill lite lileto to roust t the lie french advance hemond the bridge should they fiig it tills thiv napoleon that tile the infantry antry bad li ul bit bucked clett awny ailway frow from hn his druth death dealing lan V long OIK the ri riar er brink and that s null ILI t lie e of a line and ilir fill iv fr at u ho handled tit aai aa i riall leill 1111 a sit LIN himottu 0 u troops i verc the lie li calest tit the oll hold if the french could carry bevnard the lite loh lodi antior end of tile hie blidge thili ing collillo toli colu imi illo could rn th arom 1 fiina I lit alid oi tp the artill rm nil lir ili rote foie the Atis tibIa intilli infantry try I 1 mild taj lati alm milaim m all and conio come to lo tile the of li bit meriva alla se e were laii abl I 1 owe lime tho light of lint hilt no one did think am all Is int L us its 1 all I fait bat eliut lans A ws ivas imil nil all nothing hns n I 1 inis ini citi ry if possible to for calve it the griir nl III tack tl alt lit as until 1 adivi awl kot r ott on tin the it lo 10 riippi ii I 1 it if oved imil lie aba ole nil veto A solid forming ill amsa LS nims iii uril vil stear in nr t UK ILI it lirot 10 of tile brida iiii a of air s or nr light infantry ni in fiant thi milks it 11 k 4 X uric et C I 1 alii I 1 I 1 C t XUL t u i d t I 1 I 1 0 of f I 1 lie U Q ill ill wid vie co to arranged it tile lie Pur tile llie c whet n lirty I 1 from the to vi of I 1 thi he rampart mill 1 it I 1 I 1 rass tile llie liot hot space the ilir ti twy tit lit ft a single sisifo sisi fl spring irina ILIA then alit n aniki llie in n itle blutte fit farr e from il clueger iliner X i cut bittow tile the troi awl I 1 and vile till ra ing ln words worda cant cont rust rusl bet it it I 1 light figu re alid I 1 lic it alio to stand ili n else arout ranks that lint hugge teil sted tin the or of I 1 little cot Coi porn I 1 I 1 ie e lo oel like it I 1 I 1 t I 1 le boy in altuch it wim was late lit in tile the is or 7 oc luck lluu the sound or of gun iii lit at the ilinoe lord ford through thy the inar nicil the Austrian Autri iiii lit ILI once tignal nuns or of iron the charge cl irLe beat the signal 1 I orwar ill tile the wm si lints ilant issued froni beli hiti tile ruin rain parts ceded under a terrible hall of guipo anil r iino to als the ga teay to lo tin the bridge the front rinks ranks bent down like it a row or of grain stalks before the I 1 ici capt pir r t lie col u in it baji geryl und and icelea chiv hiv avaid and annl the val stint were wi re upp billed ly by the task tak before teem line tins emergency imd also been it led tor for the moment the charge i a force of that had crept alon along the river walls and down the bi budge idge piers anil and otherwise their way unseen to the water balow emerged from their cover nod by swimming nod and wading reached tho the and islands in the ban nn and opened file upon the austrian dunnem cun ners seeing this thi the grenadiers grenn grena diera diers took look cot coinage tinge 1011 und loll rallied for another attempt To croin nil all napoleon hint Inin elf self at their head and ili his adds and generah 4 Cen otil iler her thier unit anil cannim 1 u shed to hii bide forward again tha over the heaps of d nd lods that choked clink cil the aad aada si gulck quick tun 1 un by afi onila only 4 jig A ri ACED ACCT RUMMY AT nean HEAD enfiled the column over the yard i of bell space bace lical rely ly it shot front tile alva ails trian is taking aillet except at the point tin tile avil ce 1 I C 1 I t to 0 take tile lirt hrit leap tile the suddenness of 0 the blow and th ill I 1 of if tile the pa PR Sagi of t the lie bridge at a nil 11 I 1 tir ta cavrich took the heart out of the llie biti ann rian artillerist i and they alln ir 4 almost instantly A l iiii hint hall calculated elie alls ALI 1 rubit int iiii kiv lying the lutt teli 1 VID toi ilk I 1 at 11 away to go go to their hid aill mil and so 90 wit without hout halting at the front line his eliar giLig grena grenadiers diers rushed up tip tile the lit lull it to attick till the second this too gave wiy ay and within lilliin it few lifter after the firt fir t ranks 4 of it the french lell ch handed ou nu the aus atta trial bank of if tile river tile the entire arm anil a of the lue little iv 14 running to uie llie rear real individuals turned now ilow and then awl nl fough ou on their own hook book to prevent call ture luri and in this wiy WAY of tile the of nopoleon Nn s follo followers follow weri cri won honors honora nt lit exl when the asked n for tile the names of the hernel of the day to gazette natt nw tt for liri br bravery nery aery the roll of the first anit liat alion of carbine HOLTS ers who headed tile llie at tack luck were handed in pei lippai two of thlin them were lead for they hil hall cecelo recelo list lie rall full force or of tit tin grit p 0 1 at the daring colsman the momel it till Ait austrian trian saw whit what was coin ing ser fini u E acol 1 of I 1 hat I 1 i oil wis waa tin cirl cir l aurosa alie linage nud ise in hall hail led the llie attack on oil the ic 4 one of I 1 the V tined Lit I aforge forke luid auld killed 1 tl I Austri iuis ut tit tile the gatti gi liis A after Nals Nii oleon jeon became famous trad tion baia that lie he was wal the first gemeril across the bruise bridge and while lie ho liy lay la in liri on lit ill III i speared it iii history wry on oil hearing it renil read lie stopped the am bittor alit it pit mid and declared tard that it insist lie bu Lann eH first liral kal liei 1 only ollo ned lull at tile close of tile battle placed crl the credit for thu success dext to ili liis a 0 it shoulder it 1114 report said that alien tho the Krena diLls itI oil the bridge this the rue file of eunus ri ible amul imul liv of tle the co ci lunin es ald to ho tate a moments be anil and all would havo been lot carnli 1114 Mn wil silk sible of if this threw them t stive lit 1 front and tit kweli the struggle mlkle it wn wit aka it balanca tavi formidable coli col niri to it t th 6 e eneimo u its instantly in tile or of in an rye eye ills abijay van LOII coll plemely in another hondt Nn ioleon cOll klinl that llie elie L harge wis was gillule avith t alio lie 01 ol lightning that til it tile colbum trin ers A l the ali bridge bri ilKi lit 1 l it ii pace ill i u few second find mis u 11 1 not to lite lif of 0 the exi ept in ail the lit hen it ig ic alic lift in tl r blidge tin illi rendi lii los diun ini by naps nepi ron eon wiit I air kaib illel ill cl ia oil onla 1 alm ilm f fiina alsy alir wj wa to alic t I 1 avile 1 I 1 it lusi cost tile A dair killed an anil wi tiled itell tip in ami optic iino inra WHO 10 lo io thia alp an ruins iulia 11 1 anil d 30 wano iii tin the feretich LAM borses li orrest and W 0 o lantion tim tile icsis of the battle aa the cap capkart lart of milin milan by the alie frew Irei ich 11 and tile lie 0 ut r mil ill annl lo 10 i feat cat the junction junt tion of 0 tile in au jiin lint blit ag lie i brat beat them ill battle after viard I 1 aielli canita known ua as MINI turning paiit in ID his italian el still ill G t i lj 1011 ea |