Excerpt from The Italian Campaigns of General Bonaparte, in 1796-7 and 1800The following Narrative of Bonaparte's Italian Cam paigns has been written, not with the View of imparting instruction to soldiers, for whom great men have written great books on the subject, but to recal to the recollection of the general reader, now that Italy is again invaded by a Bonaparte, the principal inci dents in the marvellous campaigns of the founder of a dynasty renewed in our day. The book is written, by a civilian, for civilians, who like himself are interested in watching the development of great political and military projects, and who may desire to compare the present with the past.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.