Born in Chartres in 1769, sergeant in 1789, major general in 1793; one of the winners of Fleurus; killed in Altenkirchen (Germany), the age of twenty-seven years (1796).

Born in Versailles in 1768, soldier at sixteen years, general-in-chief with twenty-four, winner with Wissembourg, peacemaker of the Vendée, died at twenty-nine years (1797).

Born in Strasbourg in 1753, initially Austrian officer, then voluntary French into 92, General into 93, illustrated themselves in Germany, in the Vendée, in Egypt; assassinated in Cairo (1800).

The French were only 30 000 against 60 000, but the Austrians were dispersed: Bonaparte solved to overpower them in several times; it left Vérone during the night, by the Western door, as if it projected to be folded up, and, making a great movement turning through the marshes, it attacked one of the enemy bodies by behind, with the bridge of Arcole.

But this bridge is defended at the head by a formidable artillery and is beaten in side by embusqués Croats.

Augereau precipitates there with its pomegranates; it is pushed back.

Then Bonaparte, stopping the runaways, springs itself on the bridge, a flag with the hand: all his companions fall around him; Lannes receives three wounds; Bonaparte, plugged by smoke, falls into the marsh and leaves there only to grand' sorrow, but its bravery doubled the force of its soldiers: the following day the attack is renewed and the Austrians beat a retreat, leaving behind them 10 000 died and 6000 prisoners (November 1796).

Bonaparte returned in Vérone by the Eastern door.

After Arcole the Austrians accepted many reinforcements, and could take again the offensive soon; but their Alvinzi General made the fault of scattering his forces: not only it sent 20 000 men to the help of Mantoue, to keep only 40 000 of them, but still it adopted the most dangerous provisions: its infantry advanced on a side, without guns nor horses; the artillery and the cavalry took another way, without having only one battalion to defend them.

Bonaparte was thrown highly between these two incomplete armies, and discussing strong the plate of Rivoli, it was turned successively against each one of them: the Austrian infantry, mitraillée by guns which it could not answer, descended the plate in an inexpressible confusion; the enemy artillery, received by a sharp shooting at the time when it reached the plate, could not be even put out of battery; the ground was unfavourable with the cavalry; the rout of Alvinzi was complete (January 1797).