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Masséna

In André Masséna, duc de Rivoli, prince d’Essling
…of 1796–97, he won the Battle of Rivoli (January 14, 1797), a key victory in the successful drive against Mantua. After Rome fell to the French in February 1798, Masséna was sent as an assistant to the French commander there. A week after his arrival, his troops mutinied and forced…
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In Napoleon I: The Directory of Napoleon I
…the last Austrian defeat, at Rivoli in January 1797, Mantua capitulated. Next he marched on Vienna. He was about 60 miles (100 km) from that capital when the Austrians sued for an armistice. By the preliminaries of peace, Austria ceded the southern Netherlands to France and recognized the Lombard republic…
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