At Castiglione alone a brave stand was made.

But Augereau, burning to wipe out the disgrace of Vallette,[10] forced the position, though at a severe loss.

Such was the battle of Lonato.

Thenceforth nothing could surpass the discomfiture and disarray of the Austrians.

They fled in all directions upon the Mincio, where Wurmser himself, meanwhile, had been employed in revictualling Mantua.
A mere accident had once more almost saved the Imperialist.