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MARENGO REVISITED
A BICENTENNIAL REVIEW
 
 
Marengo Revisited

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The Battle of Marengo

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Primary Sources and Documents
    combat reports
  • Maj. General Boudet : The French General in charge of the division which counter-attacked the Austrian pursuit column at the end of the battle. Also was in immediate proximity to General Desaix, who was personally commanding Boudet and his division (French text).
  • Brig. General Kellermann : The French Brigadier General in charge of the heavy cavalry brigade which broke the Austrian pursuit column after having been engaged closely throughout the day (French text).
  • Lt. General Melas : The Austrian Commander-in-Chief of operations in Northern Italy. Commander of the Austrian Army at Marengo (French text).
  • General Murat : French Commander of the cavalry reserve at Marengo. (French text)
    memoirs and excerpts
  • General Savary : Aide-de-Camp to General Desaix and eyewitness to nearly all events relating to Desaix and the final counterattack. His secondary accounts of those portions of the battle to which he was not a witness are, by his own admittance, not accurate (English text).
  • Marshal Soult : As a General officer who had been captured by the Austrians, Soult was in an unusual position to observe the general trend of the battle from the walls of Alessandria (French text).
 
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