The Battle of Arcole

Bonaparte cobbled together 18 thousand men to go attack the austrians east of verona. The battle of arcole was a three day extravaganza, with multiple columns moving in multiple directions across and beside two different rivers. It would take me a whole episode to get through it all, so we're not going to do that. Bonaparte had staved off the third attempt to relieve mantua, with the austrians hold in italy slipping away fast. At the end of 17 96, the directory moved forward with its plan to open up a new front in the war against the british.