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Affairs of Corsica Alvinzi assumes the Command of the Austrians on the Italian frontier The three Battles of Arcola Retreat of Alvinzi Battle of Rivoli Battle of La Favorita Surrender of Mantua Victor marches on Ancona Despair of the Pope Treaty of Tollentino. The French party in Corsica had not contemplated without pride and exultation the triumphs of their countryman.
Another force, acting under orders equally unjustifiable, seized Turin, and dethroned the King of Sardinia. Lastly, the Pope, in spite of all his humiliating concessions at Tollentino, saw a republican insurrection, roused by French instigation, within his capital. Tumults and bloodshed ensued; and Joseph Buonaparte, the French ambassador, narrowly escaped with his life.
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