She regarded the fair country of the Legations and the Marches as another Lombardy, which she would be well disposed to keep.
We occupied Rome, and the port of Civita Vecchia; the Austrians took for themselves all the country towards the Adriatic.

We established our quarters in the barracks assigned to us by the municipality; the Austrians built complete fortresses, as is their practice, with the money of the people they were oppressing.

For six or seven years their army lived at the expense of the country.

They sent their regiments naked, and when poor Italy had clothed them, others came to replace them.
Their army was looked upon with no very favourable eye; neither indeed was ours: the radical party was opposed both to their presence and ours.

Some stray soldiers of both armies were killed.