Footnote 68:Somewhat under 40,000. Bonaparte guessed, and his guess was very shrewd, that all told he was then confronted by 45,000. The Austrians have never made the facts clear, though their initial strength is set at 28,000. I have found no estimate of the reinforcements. In any case they lost 10,000 here, the whole of Provera's corps at La Favorita, and 18,000 were captured at Mantua: their fighting force in Italy was annihilated.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 69:The authorities for the following three chapters are partly as before, but in particular the following: Vivenot: Thugut, Clerfayt.Correspondance de Thugut avec Colloredo. Hüffer:Oesterreich und Preussen, etc.; Der Rastatter Congress. Von Sybel:Geschichte der Revolutions Zeit. Bailleu:Preussen und Frankreich. Sandoz-Rollin:Amtliche Sammlung von Akten aus der Zeit der Helvetischen Republic. Sorel:Bonaparte et Hoche; Bonaparte et le Directoire; also articles in theRevue Historique, 1885. Sciout:Le Directoire, also article inRevue des questions historiques, 1886. Boulay de la Meurthe:Quelques lettres de Marie Caroline; Revue d'histoire diplomatique, 1888. Barante:Histoire du Directoire and Souvenirs. McClellan: The Oligarchy of Venice. Bonnal:Chute d'une république. Seché:Les origines du Concordat. Dandolo:La caduta della republica di Venetia. Romanin:Storia documentata di Venezia. Sloane: The French Revolution and Religious Reform. In general and further, the memoirs of Marmont, Chaptal, Landrieux, Carnot,Larévellière-Lépeaux(probably not genuine), Mathieu Dumas, Thibaudeau, Miot de Melito, and the correspondence of Mallet du Pan.[Back to Main Text]