is partially successful, 65;
fights on amidst famine and death, 67, 68;
would not surrender, 68, 69;
surrenders, 71, 176;
joins Suchet, 71;
firm as a rock, 72;
the problem before him, 79;
plans that he might have adopted, 82-86;
was justified in not carrying out Bonaparte's orders, 83;
received no re-enforcements, 89;
hard pressed at Genoa, 89, 184;
was doubtful of the outcome, 211;
his characteristics, 223, 224;
became a marshal, 226.

Maurice, Colonel, his remarks on surprise and concealment, 180.

Melas, General, commanded Austrian army in Italy, 21;
will attack the Army of Italy, 24;
deceived, 29;
was doomed to defeat, 29;
separated from Kray, 30;
could not know where to expect the French, 39;
difficult for him to drive back the French, 43;
many advantages offered him, 46;
could have held Masséna in check, 48;
lacked military ability, 50;
his plan, 56;
advances against Masséna, 58, 229;
cuts in two the Army of Italy, 59;
sends orders to Ott, 63;
hears of Bonaparte's movements, 70;
is in consternation, 70;
sends orders to Elsnitz and Ott, 70, 153, 186;
his purpose, 72;
his errors, 73-80;
assaulted again and again, 76;
his methods in treatment of fortresses, 76;
doubted existence of Army of Reserve, 77;
accomplished almost nothing, 79;
could force Masséna to capitulate, 86;
makes every effort to capture Genoa, 147;
receives notice of passage of Alps, 148;
marches on Turin, 148;
is surprised, 148;
forms a junction with Kaim's and Haddick's commands, 149;
is deceived, 151;
finally comprehends Bonaparte's plan, 152;
his plan, 152, 153;
marches on Alessandria, 153;
calls a council of war, 162;
begins battle of Marengo, 163, 164;
sends cavalry to Acqui, 165, 210, 212;
attacks French with fury, 165;
makes a great effort, 167;
defeats Bonaparte, 167;
returns to Alessandria, 168;
surrenders, 172;
was weak at all points, 174;
causes of his defeat, 174-177;
his success in Italy, 176;
had to abandon invasion of France, 185;
in doubt as to Thurreau's strength, 194;
knew he must conquer or lose all, 204, 205;
his situation unfavorable, 209;
failed to occupy Marengo, 209;
commits another error, 209;
number of his forces, 212;
outnumbered Bonaparte, 213;
defeated French in detail, 213;
position of his army, 229.

Metz, battle of, 86.

Millesimo, battle of, 48.

Minorca, English corps in, 71.

Miollis, General, defends Genoa, 62.

Moncey, General, leads a corps into Italy, 67;
arrives at Milan, 70, 155;
became a marshal, 226.

Mondovi, battle of, 48.

Monnier, General, commands a division at Marengo, 166, 170.

Mont Cenis, pass of, 19.

Montenotte, battle of, 17, 48.

Moreau, General, commands Army of Rhine, 18;
rivalry between Bonaparte and him, 26;
his talents, 27;
position of his army, 34;
his army strengthened, 55;
slow to begin, 66;
advances against Kray, 67;
executes vigorously his manœuvres, 67;
defeats Kray and detaches a corps, 67;
commands reserve, 93;
objects to First Consul's plan, 95, 98;
proposes a plan of his own, 96, 97;
declares he will not serve under Bonaparte, 98;
is cautious and slow, 99;
begins his movement, 100;
crosses Rhine, 101;
is joined by Lecourbe, 102;
his plan successfully executed, 102;
at battle of Engen, 104;
marches on Mosskirch, 105;
at battle of Mosskirch, 105;
marches on Ulm, 106;
his strength and loss, 107;
orders 15,000 men into Italy, 108, 109;
was generally successful, 108;
commits errors, 117-121, 134;
his plan compared to that of Bonaparte, 122, 124, et seq.;
his characteristics, 118, 224, 225;
discussion of his operations 125, et seq.;
his faulty movements, 126-132;
outgeneralled by Kray, 130.

Morris, William O'Connor, his remarks on Marengo, 230;
on Napoleon, 231.

Mosskirch, battle of, 105, 106.

Murat, General, commands a corps under Bonaparte, 142;
marches on Milan, 149;
crosses the Po, 156;
became a marshal, 226.


Napier, Colonel, remarks on Napoleon's projects, 222, 223.

Napoleon I., his victories in 1814, 33;
his passages of the Danube, 38;
opposed to Archduke Charles, 38;
greatest captain of modern times, 38;
in the Ulm campaign, 38;
seized Austrian capital, 38;
meets Austrian and Russian armies at Austerlitz, 39;
quotation from regarding fortresses, 77;
never allowed himself to be besieged, 87;
peculiarity of his system of war, 131-135;
quotation from, 132, 201;
his remarks on the operations in Italy, 189, 190;
his wrong use of the expression, "lines of operations," 189;
on the art of war, 197;
his theory of war, 197;
his skill in strategy and war, 198;
is outnumbered at Marengo, 198;
might never have fallen, 211;
kept an eye on his communications, 218;
his boldness carried him too far, 220;
bestowed great care on military matters, 222;
his projects in Spain, 223;
his remarks on Masséna, 224;
same on Desaix and Kléber, 225;
fortunes of Republic sustained by his sword, 228;
was a great organizer, 231;
perhaps the foremost soldier of the world, 232;
the Emperor, his last words, 232.

Nelson, Lord, dealt the French a terrible blow in the battle of the Nile, 16.

Ney, General, "the bravest of the brave," became a marshal, 226.

Nile, battle of, 16.


Ott, General, advances on Genoa, 58;
is successful, 59;
takes command of Austrians at Genoa, 63;
attacked three sides of the city, 65;
failed to continue the struggle, 70;
is ordered to raise siege of Genoa, 70;
besieges Genoa, 147;
receives surrender of Masséna, 154, 186;
marches on Placentia, 154;
is defeated at Montebello, 158;
retreats on Alessandria, 158;
commands Austrian left at Marengo, 164;
marches on Ghilina, 169;
retreats, 171.

O'Reilly, General, commands vanguard at Marengo, 163.


Paul I., Russian Emperor, felt bitter towards Austria, 15;
flattered by Bonaparte, 16.

Po, river of, description of, 20.

Pontebba, pass of, 26.

Prince de Reuss, commands Kray's left wing, 94, 111.

Prussia, army of, 75.


Rhine, river, description of, 20.

Rivoli, battle of, 17, 77;
campaign of, 33.

Roveredo, battle of, 76.

Royalists, might support allies, 24;
sympathize with England and Austria, 42.


San Georgio, battle of, 60.

Schwarzenberg, General, advances on Paris in 1814, 33.

Simplon, pass of, 19.

Soult, General, commands centre of Army of Italy, 56;
falls back to Genoa, 59;
commands one of Masséna's columns, 62;
became a marshal, 226.

Starry, General, commands Kray's right, 93;
remains in valley of Murg, 102;
descends the Danube, 105.

St. Bernard, Great, pass of, 19, 137;
Little, pass of, 19, 137.

St. Cyr, General, commands Moreau's centre, 93;
crosses Rhine at Brisach, 100;
marches on St. Blazien, 101;
at Engen, 104;
marches on Ulm, 106;
his movement criticised, 120;
became a marshal, 226.

Ste. Suzanne, General, commands Moreau's left wing, 93;
crosses the Rhine, 100, 101;
recrosses, 101;
marches on Ulm, 107.

St. Gothard, pass of, 19.

Stokach, battle of, 103, 104.

Stradella, pass of, 138.

Suchet, General, commands left of Army of Italy, 56;
falls back towards Nice, 59;
marches eastward from Nice, 62;
again falls back, 62;
rallies his troops, 65;
follows the Austrians, 71;
defeats Elsnitz and marches to Acqui, 153, 154;
fights along the Var, 176;
might have marched to Marengo, 211;
became a marshal, 226.

Suwaroff, General, fights in Italy and Switzerland, 15;
retreats into valley of the Danube, 15.

Switzerland, base of operations, 25;
separates two Austrian armies, 32;
possession of, advantageous to Bonaparte, 40.


Thiers, historian, quotation from, 89, 144, 145, 221.

Thurreau, General, guards the Mont Cenis Pass, 55, 79, 80, 90;
could fall on the flank of the Austrians, 80;
crosses the Alps, 142;
attacks Kaim, 146;
is held in check, 155;
at Susa, 194, 195.

Turenne, his remarks on mistakes in war, 201.

Tyrol, highway of, in possession of the Austrians, 31.


Ulm, intrenched camp of, 94, 110.


Var, river of, effort for success should have been made on, 75.

Victor, General, commands a corps under Bonaparte, 142;
marches on Milan, 149;
crosses the Po, 155;
re-enforces Lannes at Montebello, 158;
arrives at Marengo, 160;
at battle of Marengo, 164, et seq.;
was crushed, 213;
became a marshal, 226.

Von der Goltz, General, his remarks on writing history, 15;
his views regarding fortresses, 86-87.

Vukassovich, General, watches the St. Gothard and Simplon passes, 147;
is defeated, and retreats to the Mincio, 150.


Wagner, Major, his definition of containing force, 32.

Waterloo, battle of, reference to, 211.

Wellington, Duke of, saying of, 227.


Zach, General, chief of staff, succeeds Melas in command at Marengo, 168;
advances against Bonaparte, 169, 171;
is taken prisoner, 171.