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 | | However, beyond the village, the enemy cut the old wooden bridge, 170 yards long, and fortified the opposite bank with fourteen guns. |
 | | When a new Austrian army of 50,000 men under General Dagobert Wurmser was sent to relieve the besieged city of Mantua and reclaim Lombardy, Masséna's division contested the march of the main army, advancing down the east side of Lake Garda. |
 | | On the day the treaty was signed, a Letter of Patent was issued in Paris; however, instead of awarding him the title of "Prince d'Aspern" in memory of the village which he had made famous by his tenacity, Napoleon, apparently mixed up the two villages, declaring him the "Prince d'Essling" with a recompense of $100,000. |
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