4) is one of Napoleon's most illustrious days.

The enemy had a strongly entrenched camp in front of the town; and behind it, in case of misfortune, Calliano, with its castle seated on a precipice over the Adige, where that river flows between enormous rocks and mountains, appeared to offer an impregnable retreat.

Nothing could withstand the ardour of the French.

The Austrians, though they defended the entrenched camp with their usual obstinacy, were forced to give way by the impetuosity of Dubois and his hussars.

Dubois fell, mortally wounded, in the moment of his glory: he waved his sabre, cheering his men onwards with his last breath.