PESCHIERA SUL See also:

• GARDA, LAKE OF (the Lacus Benacus of the Romans)

GARDA  , a fortress of See also:

• VENETIA

Venetia, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• VERONA
• VERONA, CONGRESS OF

Verona, on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the Mincio at its outlet from the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake of See also:

• GARDA, LAKE OF (the Lacus Benacus of the Romans)

Garda, 77 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail E. of See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan . It was one of the famous fortresses of the See also:

• QUADRILATERAL

Quadrilateral, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• BULWARK (a word probably of Scandinavian origin, from bol or bole, a tree-trunk, and werk, work, in Ger. Bollwerk, which has also been derived from an old German bolen, to throw, and so a machine for throwing missiles)

bulwark of the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• RULE

rule in Italy until 1866 (See also:

• MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

Mantua, See also:

• LEGNAGO

Legnago and Verona being the other three) and has played a prominent See also:

• PART

part in all the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns conducted in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north Italy, more especially during the See also:

• NAPOLEONIC

Napoleonic See also:

• WARS

wars . It was taken by the Piedmontese from the Austrians, after a gallant See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence by See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• RATH, GERHARD VOM (183o-1888)

Rath lasting six See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks, on the 3oth of May 1848, and since that date has been in See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian hands .