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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 4224445, member: 77704&quot;]Kingdom of Italy</p><p>Napoleon I </p><p>Milan Mint</p><p>AV 40 Lire 1814</p><p>In June 1800 Napoleon First Consul of the Directory met the Austrian Army commanded by Von Melas at Marengo. Melas surprised the French and had them on the run, however new reinforcements arrived to beef up the French center. Then with a well timed cavalry charge at the Austrian center, plus harassing cannon fire, the Austrians retreated, back to Alessandria. Next day Von Melas requested a truce. The victory strenghtened First Consul Napoleon&#039;s[ATTACH=full]1081207[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1081208[/ATTACH] position in France, led to Lombardy-Venetia falling under French rule. Most of Northern former Habsburg Italy was now French.</p><p>Later, Napoleon would secure most of Italy, and in 1806 formally became King of Italy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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