friulese

Updated: May 16, 2025

The Austrian army once more commenced operations on a double basis one great division on the Tyrolese frontier, and a greater under the Archduke himself on the Friulese; and Napoleon who had, even when acting on the defensive, been able, by the vivacity of his movements, to assume the superiority on whatever point he chose to select was not likely to strike his blows with less skill and vigour, now that his numbers, and the acquiescence of Italy behind him, permitted him to assume the offensive.

J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart - The History of Napoleon Buonaparte