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Primary Sources
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combat
reports
- Maj. General Boudet :
The French General in charge of the division which counter-attacked the
Austrian pursuit column at the end of the battle. Also was in immediate
proximity to General Desaix, who was personally commanding Boudet and his
division (French text).
- Brig. General
Kellermann : The French Brigadier General in charge of the heavy
cavalry brigade which broke the Austrian pursuit column after having been
engaged closely throughout the day (French text).
- Lt. General Melas : The
Austrian Commander-in-Chief of operations in Northern Italy. Commander of the
Austrian Army at Marengo (French text).
- General Murat : French
Commander of the cavalry reserve at Marengo. (French text)
memoirs and
excerpts
- General Savary : Aide-de-Camp to General Desaix
and eyewitness to nearly all events relating to Desaix and the final
counterattack. His secondary accounts of those portions of the battle to which
he was not a witness are, by his own admittance, not accurate (English text).
- Marshal Soult : As a General officer who had been
captured by the Austrians, Soult was in an unusual position to observe the
general trend of the battle from the walls of Alessandria (French text).
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