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"No; don't be alarmed." "All right; but I warn you, if you did, I should desert and join you." "I give you permission to do so; but now let us go back to Melas." "Excuse me, general; this is the first time you have mentioned him." "Yes; but I have been thinking of him for a long time. Do you know where I shall defeat him?" "The deuce! I do." "Where?" "Wherever you meet him." Bonaparte laughed.
It is to be regretted that the garrison and its commander were deprived of the fame which would have been theirs if they had been able to hold Genoa until the arrival of Bonaparte; and furthermore, Masséna would have liked to hold out for a few more days, to delay the departure of General Ott's men to join in the battle, which was inevitable, between the First Consul and Field-marshal Mélas.
The left column, under the command of Melas, took up its position in front of the Cassano entrenchments; and the Austrian division, under Generals Zopf and Ott, which formed the centre, concentrated at Canonia, ready at a given moment to seize Vaprio. The Russian and Austrian troops bivouacked within cannon-shot of the French outposts.
The First Consul made all his arrangements, and sent off the different corps to occupy the points be had marked out. I have already mentioned that Murat's task was the occupation of Piacenza. As soon as he was in possession of that town he intercepted a courier of General Melas. The despatch, which was addressed to the Aulic Council of Vienna, was delivered to us on the night of the 8th of June.
Worthy Appenzelder associated exclusively with men, and thus of her Ratisbon friends not one remained except Massi, the violinist, and the Maltese choir boy, Hannibal Melas.
The children were in terror of meeting Lampon, and Melas himself felt it would be a great load off his mind to get them safely back to their quiet house on Salamis once more and into their Mother's care. So they bade Phaon and his wife good-bye and started before noon for the Piraeus. At the dock they found the boat ready for its return journey across the bay.
A still more momentous armistice was signed by Melas in Italy, by which the Austrians surrendered Piedmont, Lombardy, and all their territory as far as the Mincio, leaving France master of Italy. What followed must be briefly detailed.
The eyes of the former even grew dim with tears as he pressed a farewell kiss upon Barbara's brow. The little Maltese, Hannibal Melas, would have preferred to stay with her nay, he did not cease entreating her to keep him, though only as a page; but how could he have been useful to her? Finally, she was obliged to bid Wolf, too, farewell, perhaps for many years.
I shall have to strike a great blow; that's the only condition on which I can get peace. I shall cross the Alps" he pointed to the great Saint-Bernard "I shall fall upon Melas when he least expects me, and rout him utterly." "Oh! trust you for that!"
Melas is at Alexandria, where he has his head-quarters. He will remain there until Genoa surrenders. He has in Alexandria his magazines, his hospitals, his artillery, his reserves. Passing the Alps here," sticking a pin into the Great St. Bernard, "I fall upon Melas in his rear; I cut off his communications with Austria. I meet him here in the valley of the Bormida."
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