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... Laharpe finally led the troops into Montenotte.
The remaining Austrian Army was trapped in the valley southeast of Montenotte.
Laharpe climbed up the bell tower of the church in Montenotte—generally, in this era, the bell tower was the highest point in the town—and from there, he could clearly see the situation on the other side of the valley.
He estimated that there were more than three thousand Austrians trapped in the valley, and Davout’s blue battle lines had advance ...
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