LII'B 01' G.UUBJ.LDI.
the greate,st services rendered as commander-in-chief. Still, eo little im
portance does our hero attach to that sort of thing, that he had not
hesitated 100 serve Rome with the t itlQ of colonel ; but, at the moment
when he 111light have to endure with his legion the principal weight of
the contest, a new tiUe seemed indispensable, and the Ministry-of-War
promoted him to the rank of general. Here he was then, for the second
time, in poBBession of the rank regularly conferred. He will obtain it a
third as if to prove his right still more fully to the stars on his
epanlettes.
The Ro:man troops were thus arranged : the first brigade, commanded
by Garibaldi, occupied outside the walls the line extending from
the Portesa to the San Pancrazio, Gate ; the second, commanded by
Col. Masi,. was drawn np in front of the Cavallegieri Gate, the Vatican,
and the Augelica Gate; the third, composed of two regiments of dragoons,
was in reserve on the N avona-aquare ; the fourth was also in reserve at
the Nuova and on the Cesarini·square; while Colonel Galetti and
the carbineers, and Major Manara with the Lombard volunteers, held
themaelve1 1 in readiness to proceed wherever they might be wanted.
Along the road from Civita V ecchia to Rome small placards were posted
up, on which could be read, "Art. 5 of the preamble of the French Con
stitution. The French Republic respects forPign nationalities, as it
intends to make ita own respected ; it undertakes no war of conquest,
and will n•ever employ ita forces against the liberty of any people."
It was fated to be otherwise, and the extremity in which Garibaldi
would soon find himself of fighting against the French was not the least
painful circumstance in his life. But the Roman Republic was attacked,
he had swc•m to defend it, and must do his duty as an Italian and soldier.
On April30, the French army, divided into two columna, marched on
the Cavall•egieri and Angelica gates ; the place of junction, arranged by
the Commander-in-Chief, was the San Pietro-aqnare. The French occupied
two honseu near the Villa Pamphili, and thence opened a sharp fire of
musketry and artillery. Garibaldi attacked their flank with great im
petuosity, broke them, and made 300 prisoners. Ably seconded by the
artillery under the command of Col. Calandrelli, Col. Masi was equally
successful. The action began at si:r in the morning and lasted seven
hours before the French general ordered his men to retire. It ended
with the exhaustion of the French troops, and their inability to continue
fighting. The French army fell back on Palo, on the road to Cirita
V eochia, and Garibaldi set out in pursuit, but was stopped by the orders
of the triumvirate. Rome celebrated this victory by demonstrations of