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The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Gen. Floyd's command. (search)
same side with Verona — was the Venetian territory. Napoleon had, therefore, only a very short space of the river — not more than a dozen miles — to guard. On his left he was protected by the mountains, and on his right by the marshes. It was difficult, therefore, to turn his position, yet it was turned by a portion of the Austrian army under Warmer in August, who came around Lake Guards, while Warmer in person crossed it lower down with the bulk of his army. The battles of Sonata and Castiglione followed, with several combats, which in a week reduced Warmer to the necessity of flying from Italy with the loss of half of his men. Napoleon never conceived that the river could not be crossed, or his position turned. But he saw that in effecting these operations, an enemy must so divide his forces as to expose them to destruction in detail. Events amply justified his foresight. There were four different attempts to relieve Mantua, and it cost two large armies. It strikes us th<