The Battle of Rivoli Size:M: 60 x 45cm 2nd September 1967

2nd September 1967

cooking utensils and a cat

showing a woman standing in front of a mirror holding a fan

'George III presenting a Sword to Admiral Earl Howe'

'The March to Finchley'

The Battle of Rivoli Size:M: 60 x 45cm 2nd September 1967'The Battle of Rivoli, 25 and 26 Nivose, Year 5' (January 1797). The battle occurred as Austria's General Alvintzy made his fourth and final attempt to relieve the siege of Mantua, which had trapped his colleague General Wurmser and 30,000 of his men. Switching men and artillery from one crucial spot to the next, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 1821) was able to defeat the assaults in turn before unleashing a charge that swept away the tired Austrians. The