Chabran, General, commands a corps under Bonaparte, 142; crosses the Alps, 142. Champeaux, General, commands cavalry brigade at Marengo, 164, 170. Clairfait, General, defeats the Republicans, 228. Col di Cadibona, pass of, 19. Col di Ormea, pass of, 19. Col di Tenda, pass of, 19. Comments, on the strategical situation, 30, _et seq._; on the operations of Masséna and Melas, 72, _et seq._; on Moreau's operations in Germany, 109, _et seq._; on Bonaparte's operations in Italy, 173, _et seq._; general, 216, _et seq._ Danube, river, description of, 20. Davoust, became one of Napoleon's marshals, 226. Dego, battle of, 48. Desaix, General, arrives at the French headquarters, 159; marches on Novi, 160; returns and advises Bonaparte to fight, 170; assaults Zach, 171; is killed, 172; marches to the sound of the cannon, 211, 214; compared with Grouchy, 211; how ranked by Napoleon, 225; mentioned by Napoleon on his death-bed, 232. Dessoles, General, Moreau's chief of staff, 97; gives advice to Bonaparte, 97. Duhesme, General, commands a corps under Bonaparte, 142; marches on Milan, 149. Dumas, quotation from his life of Napoleon, 208. Elsnitz, General, proceeds against Suchet, 63, 147; drove Suchet back, 65; is ordered to quit the Var, 70; quits the Var, 153; is defeated and retreats, 154; commands reserve at Marengo, 164, 165. Engen, battle of, 104; loss at, 105. England, wages war against France, 15; is successful on the sea, 16; spies of, gather at Dijon, 29; army of, 75. France, stands alone against coalition, 15; in a deplorable state, 17; civil war in, 17. Frederick the Great, might have failed, 49; reference to, 223; compared with Napoleon, 232. French, occupy a more favorable position, 43. Front to a flank, definition of, 193. Genoa, a strongly fortified place, 56; provisions scarce in, 58; description of, and its fortifications, 61; siege of, 63, _et seq._ Grouchy, Marshal, compared with Desaix, 211. Haddick, General, occupies valley of Aosta, 146, 147; attacks at Marengo, 163. Hamley, General, his remarks on the operations in Germany, 115, 118, 121; quotation from, 129, 195, 201, 219. Hannibal, Bonaparte follows in footsteps of, 27, 30, 131, 143. Hart, Colonel, quotation from, 197; his remarks on the errors at Marengo, 210. Hohenzollern, General, advances on Bochetta Pass, 59; is repulsed, 59. Italy, might be reconquered at Vienna, 26. Jomini, General, quotation from, 37, 52, 179; his remarks on the passage of a river, 124. Kaim, General, watches the passes of the Alps, 58; holds Susa, 146, 147; attacks at Marengo, 163; follows General Zach, 169. Keith, Admiral, commands British fleet in Gulf of Genoa, 22.