Beaulieu had placed a battery of thirty cannon so as to completely sweep every plank of the bridge.

There they found an empty cache and part of the outfits of Beaulieu and Piquet, the latter of which they at once recognized.

Victor Amadeus being checkmated, Bonaparte was free to deal with Beaulieu.

I am pretty well satisfied with Beaulieu; he need be a much stronger man than his predecessor to alarm me much.