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| | Napoleon I - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK |
 | | After his victory at Lodi (May 10), he entered Milan (May 14) and laid siege to Mantua (July, 1796). |
 | | After the great victories of Arcole (Nov., 1796) and Rivoli (Jan., 1797) and the fall of Mantua (Feb., 1797), Bonaparte began to cross the Alps toward Vienna. |
 | | However, the slow advance of the northern French armies in Germany and the danger of being cut off in the rear caused him to arrange—without instructions from Paris—the truce of Leoben (Apr., 1797), sealed in October by the Treaty of Campo Formio |
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