The Battle of Rivoli Size:M: 50 x 40cm Plate 19 from The natural

Plate 19 from The natural history of monkeys

St Bartholomew's Priory

possibly at White Conduit House

'England's Intervention

The Battle of Rivoli Size:M: 50 x 40cm Plate 19 from The natural'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