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At midnight, the heavens cleared, the thunder
and the cannons ceased, and silence succeeded
to the infernal combustion.

In the morning three reports of cannon, fired
at equal distance of time was heard: this
was the french signal for attack. The Sentinels
cried to arms and trumpets sounded!
The Bersaglieri always ready, always indefatigable
hastened to the Gate of St. Pancrazio.
Garibaldi placed himself at their head
—sword in hand singing the popular hymn
of Italy.—

"At that moment

""so completely was I discouraged with regard
to the future, that I had but one wish, and
that was to be killed. I threw myself on the
French of what took place I know nothing."

During an hour he continued to strike
without ceasing.—When he came out
of the fight he was covered with blood!
and strange to say did not recieve a single
wound! In the middle of this sanguinary
affair a messuage arrived from the assembly
—he owes his life to that messu age
but for that he would have got himself killed

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have ventured to conc[gap of 6cm]
yet there were spots on the br[gap of 5cm]
Pio. Nono. who had blessed the w[gap of 4cm]
as they defiled before the Quirina[gap of 4cm] (­)
sternation though the Peninsula by [gap of 4cm]
encyclical breve of April 29th the Rom[gap of 3cm]
a state of profound agitation, even [gap of 3cm]
Sardinian and Tuscan ministers protested a[gap of 2cm]
the papal declaration, but it was of no avail(.)
When La Farina the Scicilian representative
tried to make the pope see the injury his
words would cause Italy, Pio Nono
answered him "I am more Italian than you; but
you will not distinguish in me the Italian from
the Pontiff. La Farina bowed his head, and saying
to himself, "He is right—the man must be mad
who believes that a pope can be an Italian."

With that promptitude which marks all his
movements, Garibaldi had no sooner gained a
general idea of the position of Italian affairs,
than leaving his wife and children to the
care of his mother at Nice, he embarked
with his comerade of the "Esperanza" and sail'd
for Genoa—On arriving there he hastened up to
Turin

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One of the first Austrian Generals addressed
this following cutting reproach to Piedmont

"The man, who of all others would have best
served your cause, you was not clever enoug(h)
to enlist—That man was Garibaldi"

Fortunately for Italy, Victor Emannuel was better
inspired than Charles Albert.

In the picture before us we have a fine view
Turin and the plain of Piedmont, as sketched
from the Superiga

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with enemies, men fire upon each other
Garibaldi therefore, adopted the singular, no(t)
to say comical plan of wearing the shirt
outside the uniform. the soldiers were
accordingly ordered to put their shirts on over
their uniforms, this manoeuver created much
laughter, on account of the state of some of
the under garments of which he made outer
garments. At ten o'clock the gates was opened
and the Polish legion marched out making the
vanguard, then followed the Italian legion
next came the regiments of Bersaglieri.
—Garibaldi was scarcely out of the
city when he percieved he had made
a false manoeuver in ordering the shirts
to be put outside the uniform.
The men were so conspicuous that they were seen
as plainly in the open day: had the
french seen them they would have thought
they were going to be attacked by an army
of phantoms.—Garibaldi ordered the
shirts to be taken off again, not a single
soldier took the truble to replace it when
he had taken it from

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Garibaldi was riding on the flank of the Italian
legion when some soldiers who were carrying
a ladder, passing by a villa wished
to know wether it was empty or not.
The ladder was placed against the window
five or six men were on the ladder, when
a stave broke under the feet of the top­
most man,—he fell upon the second—
the second upon the third, and all
with a frightful crash, came down,
tumbling upon each other.

In the fall two guns went off, the van­
guard fancied they were surprised by the french
whom they were going to surprise, they
were seized with a panic terror,—broke—
and came back upon the rearguard in
despair, overturning all they encountered
in the way. Garibaldi threw
himself among them, swearing and
striking right and left with his
gaucho whip, but it was all no use
and if the Bersaglieri had not formed
across the road with bayonets at the
charge, they would all have run
(ba)ck again into Rome.

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It was with deep regret that Garibaldi could
not grant Annita the first request she
made which was to pardon the Neapolita(n)
officer. he had it not in his power to rewar(d)
Medici for his admirable conduct at Vascella
and was obliged to bestow a punishment on
a coward for his cowardice—he was shot.

Here is a portrait of Garibaldi, by one who
thus expresses the effect produced upon him
by the first sight of our hero—

"The General and his staff appeared and
was recieved with a thunder of vivas

"He is a man O of the middle height
with deep chest and broad shoulders, Garibaldi
is cast in a mould of iron combining
activity with strength, his countenance
is scorched by the sun, but marked by lines
of antique purity, his eyes, pensive
yet piercing at once inspired a feeling of
respect and confidence—he sat his
horse as calmly and firmly as if he
had been born there; beneath his hat
—broad brimmed, with a narrow loop, and
ornamented with a black ostrich feather

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First Section

• 1 Boat in Storm. Off Nice
• 2 Sea fight—South America
• 3 Escape with Annita Blowing up of the Ship
• 4 Ship aground Escape to land
• 5 Plains of Piedmont
• 6 Ascent of the alps (ponte alto)
• 7 Mountain torrent (Hamlet falls)
• 8 Devils Bridge (alpine Bridge)
• 9 Bridge and Avalanche Gallery (Bernardino)
• 10 Storm in the Mountains
• 11 dangerous mountain pass (winter in Cardinals)
• 12 terrific chasm & Bea[gap of 6chars] Snowy Summit
  of the [gap of 8chars]
• 13Encampment on plains
  Capturing cattle with Lasso
• 14 Rome St Peters—Garibaldians
  entering Rome
• (15) [gap of 5chars]arbarina. Rome
  (Gariba)ldi's army passing through
• 16 Rome. Castle and bridge of St Angelo
  Garibaldians crossing the Tiber
• 17—([gap of 4chars] artillery reinforcement
  conveying away the wounded
• 18 Garibaldi defending Rome—
  ([gap of 2chars] personal description in Lecture) See Dumas
  page. 268-9
• 19—mortar Battery.
• (20) The French entering Rome
  [gap of 6chars] the breach
  [gap of 1lines]
• (21) Garibaldi's army leaving Rome
  moonlight
• 22Retreat—Early morning army
  preparing to march
• (2)3attack of the Austrians
• 24the Flotilla persued
• 25the Flotilla captured—Garibaldi
  escaping with Annita
• 26Forest. Annita dying—
• 27Death of Annita.—
  in the Farm House
end of First Section