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 operations125,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 ofcontaining 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.