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  LODI - LoveToKnow Article on LODI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lodi was actively concerned in the rest of therGuelph and Ghibelline struggle.
The duke of Brunswick captured it in 1625, in the interests of Spain; and it was occupied by the French (1701), by the Austrians (1706), by the king of Sardinia (1733), by the Austrians (1736), by the Spaniards (1745), and again by the Austrians (1746).
On the rothof May 1796 was fought the battle of Lodi between the Austrians and Napoleon, which made the latter master of Lombardy.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LO/LODI.htm   (616 words)

  
 Lodi,_Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is the capital of the province of Lodi.
Lodi was ruled by the Visconti family, who built a castle.
On May 10, 1796: Battle of Lodi: the young Corsican general Napoleon Bonaparte won on the river Adda his first important battle, defeating the Austrians and later entering Milan.
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 Battle of Lodi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Lodi took place at Lodi, Lombardy, Italy on May 10, 1796.
Having defeated the forces of Piedmont at the beginning of the campaign, Napoleon pursued the retreating Austrian forces eastward.
The Battle of Lodi was not a decisive engagement, since the Austrian army had successfully escaped.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Lodi   (293 words)

  
 AUGEAS - LoveToKnow Article on AUGEAS
Marbot describes him as encouraging even Bonaparte nself in the confused situation that prevailed before that battle, d, though this is exaggerated, there is no doubt that Augereau gely decided the fortunes of those critical days.
Early in 1807 he fell ill of a fever, sh d at the battle of Eylau he had to be supported on his horse, Ic it directed the movements of his corps with his wonted bravery.
Before the battle of Leipzig (October 16, 18, 19, 1813), (1 apoleon reproached him with not being the Augereau of hi istiglione; to which he replied, Give me back the old soldiers dt Italy, and I will show you that I am.
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 North Jersey Sports.com
LODI - Over the past three weeks, Pascack Valley finally hit the stride that is has been looking for all season, playing their best ball just in time for Tuesday's North 1, Group 2 state tournament first-round battle with Lodi.
Lodi has a nice club and their pitcher (Johannemann) was crafty, but playing tough opponents in the NBIL day in and day out prepares us for games in the state tournament.
Johanneman was the hard-luck loser for Lodi (17-6).
www.northjerseysports.com /softball/2004/051904PaskVLodi.htm   (1054 words)

  
 Lodi : Battle of Lodi : Napoleonic Wars : Bonaparte : Italy : 1796
It was at the battle of Lodi that Napoleon Bonaparte proved himself to his men and won the nickname The Little Corporal.
Beaulieu left behind a 10,000-strong force at Lodi to delay any French pursuit and when Bonaparte's men arrived they found the defenders in a strong position and the vital bridge swept by cannon and musket fire.
A determined and costly charge by General Massena, combined with flanking crossings further along the river, forced the Austrian rearguard to retreat towards the fortress at Mantua.
www.napoleonguide.com /battle_lodi.htm   (158 words)

  
 Lodi Blue Devils: My Site News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lodi scored two more runs in the top of the seventh to make the score 6-3, but Waupun was able to scratch three runs in the bottom of the inning on some nice hits and a couple of Lodi misplays to tie the score.
Lodi is 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the conference.
Lodi had opportunities in the fifth and sixth inning to break open the game with two on and one out in the fifth and loading the bases in the sixth with no outs.
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 Napoleon I of France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nicknamed The Little Corporal after forces under his command forced the Austrian army to retreat at the Battle of Lodi in 1796, Napoléon was a brilliant military strategist, able to absorb the substantial body of military knowledge of his time and to apply it to the real-world circumstances of his era.
In these battles, contemporary paintings of his headquarters show that he used the world's first telecommunications system, the Chappe semaphore line, first implemented in 1792.
The decisive defeat of the French came at the Battle of Leipzig, also called "The Battle of the Nations" (16-19 October 1813).
www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/n/na/napoleon_i_of_france.html   (2259 words)

  
 Weapons and Tactics
Ibrahim Lodi with 100,000 men and 1000 elephants arrived at Panipat and faced Babur’s army for eight days; the pay of some of his men was in arrears, there was discontentment in the army and they did not sally out of the camp.
Aurangzeb when fighting his brothers for succession, in two battles, the rival to the throne was induced by treacherous advice to dismount and their armies automatically dispersed; this was because the remuneration of the army was from individual princes.
The Ulm campaign and the Battle of Austerlitz illustrates the movement of an army by corps and the tactics of the age.
www.defencejournal.com /2001/apr/weapons.htm   (6680 words)

  
 LODI - Online Information article about LODI
BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)
Barbarossa into a new city of Lodi (1162).
Lodi was actively concerned in the See also:
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 Lodi --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The original settlement (5th century BC) on the site of the present suburb of Lodi Vecchio obtained Roman citizenship in 89 BC as Laus Pompeia.
It was fought at the Lodi Bridge, over the Adda River, 19 miles (31 km) southeast of Milan, between 5,000 troops of Napoleon's Army of Italy...
His bravery was shown when in the face of a withering fire he forced his way across the bridge at Lodi.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9048724?tocId=9048724   (611 words)

  
 Pacific News Service > News > Lodi Highlights Battle Over America's Mosques
Four months after the government launched a highly public terrorism investigation that ensnared five Pakistani men here in June, the community is still reeling, not just from the pressures stemming from the federal probe, but also from a pre-existing split in the community that some say the FBI exploited.
Pakistanis have made Lodi their home for almost a century, and since 1978, the Lodi Muslim Mosque, an inconspicuous yellow building that was once a Jehovah's Witness Hall, has served an estimated 500 members from a community of 2,500.
Adil Khan, who immigrated to Lodi from Pakistan in the spring of 2001 and was named mosque imam shortly thereafter, kick-started the project, organizing conferences with local Christian and Jewish leaders in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks and publicly signing a "declaration of peace" with a rabbi and reverend.
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 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - NCR stories
The invasion of Timur in 1398 caused havoc in the regions of Kurukshetra and Panipat and in 1526 Babur invaded and defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the battle of Panipat.
Lodi was killed and Delhi and Agra passed on to Babur who laid the foundation of the Mughal rule in India.
The battle proved to be disastrous as not only the Marathas had to bear tremendous losses but the event marked the beginning of the downfall of the Mughals.
www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030508/ncr1.htm   (6998 words)

  
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The Prussians seem determined to revenge themselves for the humiliation they suffered from the French during the time they occupied their country, and I sincerely pity by anticipation the fate of the French peasants upon whom these gentlemen may chance to be quartered.
Terrible will be the first shock of battle, and it may be daily expected, and dreadful will be the consequences to the poor inhabitants of the seat of war.
This morning I went to visit the field of battle, which is a little beyond the village of Waterloo, on the plateau of Mont St Jean; but on arrival there the sight was too horrible to behold.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/0/9/3/10939/10939.txt   (16339 words)

  
 Napoleon Bonaparte, crowned himself emperor of France
In the battle, General Bonaparte startled his troops by personally aiming the cannon, a risky job usually performed by a corporal.
On August 1, however, the French fleet anchored in Abu Qir Bay was destroyed in the Battle of the Nile by a British fleet commanded by Lord Horatio Nelson.
In the battle, Napoleon was defeated, and he retreated into France.
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 Italian Campaign : 1796-1797 : Pursuit to the Po   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The battle of Lodi, on 10 May 1796, is a good illustration of how legend hardens into "history".
Tactically, the defeat inflicted on the Austrians was of limited significance, because only their rearguard was involved and after severe fighting it manages to escape and rejoin Beaulieu's main force.
Flattering misinterpretation of his actions at Lodi, unrelated to his tactical skill, established his identity with the common soldier at the same time that it raised him to a higher pedestal of renown.
www.napoleonicminiatureswargame.com /po.html   (762 words)

  
 e. The Directory. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Victor Amadeus was compelled to conclude a separate peace with France.
Napoleon then defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Lodi.
Napoleon advanced toward Rome, but the pope concluded the Treaty of Tolentino with him (Feb. 19).
www.bartleby.com /67/1009.html   (596 words)

  
 Gaslight's NAPOLEONIC ERA LITERATURE
Naval Battle of Abukir Bay (Battle of the Nile) (French vs. England) English victory;
Battle at Borodino (Battle at the Moskova) (France vs Russia) French victory
Battle of Leipzig (Battle of the Nations) (France vs Allies) French army torn to shreds;
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 Bloomberg.com: Europe
ABN Amro and Lodi are vying for control of 1.5 million clients and 1,000 branches in Italy, Europe's most lucrative consumer-banking market.
Lodi, led by Chief Executive Gianpiero Fiorani, 45, was forced to make an all-cash bid after Italy's market regulator on May 11 ruled that it colluded with allies to build a stake in Antonveneta of more than 30 percent.
On April 30, Lodi succeeded in winning all 15 seats on Antonveneta's board, a vote that was later annulled because of the Consob ruling that it had colluded to violate securities law.
www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&refer=&sid=aJhkAfKeOub8   (598 words)

  
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Austrian army to retreat at the Battle of Lodi in 1796, Napoléon was a brilliant military strategist, able to absorb the substantial body of military knowledge of his time and to apply it to the real-world circumstances of his era.
The Battle of the Nile, so that Napoléon became land-bound.
A plan by the French, along with the Spanish, to defeat the British Royal Navy failed dramatically at the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805), and
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 Book 15
Principle on which Napoleon chose his officers— Passage of Lodi— Battle of Montebello— Battle of Marengo— Siege of Saragossa— Battle of Aspern, and Death of Lannes.
His Early Life— Battle of Trebbia— Quarrel with Napoleon— His Passage of the Splugen— Charge at Wagram— Defence at Leipsic— His Character.
His Early Career— Campaigns with Massena— His Character— Battle of Austerlitz— His First Campaign in Spain— Death of Sir John Moore— Storming of Oporto— Retreat from Portugal— Battle of Albuera— Second Campaign in Spain— Siege of St. Sebastiani— Soult's last Struggle for the Empire.
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 Historydata: battle pictures
The painting shows an incident from the period of operations leading up to the battle of Castiglione.
Napoleon Bonaparte and a small number of troops found themselves in the presence of a larger number of Austrian troops that were trying to make their way out of an encirclement.
The famous crossing of the bridge at Lodi.
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 Empire 2.19
The Battle of Lodi (May 10, 1796) painted by Lejeune
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It was at the battle for the bridge of Lodi (May 10, 1796) that Napoleon Bonaparte proved himself to his men and won the nickname 'The Little Corporal'
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 Printable Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lodi, which has been hot on Tokay's heels the last few years, returns a strong group this year and may be ready to pass the Tigers.
"We should battle with Lodi and Lincoln for the title," he said.
Lodi's boys also placed second last year, and return an experienced group.
www.lodinews.com /articles/2003/08/29/sports/01_cc_pre_030829.prt   (454 words)

  
 Napoleon I of France
Napoléon's fleet in Egypt was largely destroyed by Nelson at The Battle of the Nile, so that Napoléon became land-bound.
A coalition against France formed in Europe, the royalists rose again, and Napoléon abandoned his troops and returned to Paris in 1799; in November of that year, a coup d'état made him First Consul of France, making him the most powerful man in the nation.
Napoléon's final defeat came at the hands of the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher at the Battle of Waterloo in present-day Belgium on 18 June 1815.
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 Search Results for "Lodi"
Lodi, city, Italy, (lo´de) (KEY), city (1991 pop.
...Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Other works have remained in the churches of Bergamo, Lodi, Milan, and Pavia....
After his victory at Lodi (May 10), he entered Milan (May 14) and laid siege to Mantua (July,...
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 Napoleon
The gallery itself is decorated with regularly-placed, fluted pilasters surmounted by a barrel vault ornamented with palms and discreet stucco work.
The pictures on display show the great battles in which Berthier played a part (Lodi and Rivoli by Carle Vernet, the Battle of the Pyramids by Vincent, Marengo by Pajou, Austerlitz by Meynier, Iena by Thévenin, Eylau by Rohan, and Wagram by Gros).
In the Salon Régence there is some very beautiful eighteenth century woodwork, whilst in the Salon de Chasseurs (Hunters' Salon) there are hunting pictures by Desportes and Oudry recalling the famous hunts organised in the park.
www.napoleon.org /en/magazine/museums/files/Chateau_Grosbois_Napoleonic_Museum.asp   (544 words)

  
 PBS - Napoleon: Napoleon at War
The Austrians fortified a narrow wooden bridge in Lodi with fourteen cannons and three battalions, and dared Bonaparte to cross it.
The battle at Lodi convinced Napoleon Bonaparte that he was a man of destiny.
Stunned by the advancing French armies, the Austrian Emperor sued for peace.
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He produced it in competition with another painter, Lionardo da Vinci, who also made a cartoon; and both were intended for the council-hall in the palace of the Signory.
They represented the taking of Pisa by the Florentines; and our admirable Lionardo had chosen to depict a battle of horses, with the capture of some standards, in as divine a style as could possibly be imagined.
XIII NOW let us return to Piero Torrigiani, who, with my drawing in his hand, spoke as follows: “This Buonarroti and I used, when we were boys, to go into the Church of the Carmine, to learn drawing from the chapel of Masaccio.
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 History is a Mystery by Lynne Belluscio
See Pennysaver article "Why Lodi and Much More" August 10, 1992.) And the old iron Lodi Bridge was moved to Munson Street and thus answers "#20 Is Red Bridge the oldest bridge in town?" (Yes it is because the old Lodi Bridge replaced the old wooden Red Bridge on Munson Street.)
I think this may be a reference to a tree that was planted on the south side of the Lodi Bridge in memory of Henry Clay – but I can’t remember where I read that.
And here’s another quandary: "#24 Where did all the marble stones come from which were found in the boiler room floor in the old school building?" Perhaps someone remembers being in the boiler room – where the museum parking lot is now.
www.leroyny.com /News/2001/0806/Historical.html   (833 words)

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