301 - ITALIAN ARMY. JOURNAL OF DEBATES AND DECREES] – excerpt from the Executive Directory’s official publication reproducing the dispatch from GARRAU and SALICETTI, commissioners of the Executive Directory attached to the Army of Italy, addressed to the Directory regarding the letter from BERTHIER, Major General, Chief of the General Staff, on the early stages of the campaign – MILAN, 3 Fructidor Year 4 (August 20, 1796) – in-8° format – Excerpt from page 144: “…Citizens—Directors,…You will see therein that we are in full control of Lake GARDA, that the enemy has evacuated RIVA, that it has burned the ships it had on the lake, and that it has retreated to TRENTO. All measures have been taken to carry out the Grand Campaign Plan, which is intended to crush our enemies and secure peace… ” – BERTHIER At Headquarters in BRESCIA, on the 2nd of Fructidor, Year IV: “…All is well: the enemy is at TRENTO… We are preparing the divisions to march and to begin a new campaign that will deal the final blow to the Emperor. I hope, within two days, to have rescued all our brothers-in-arms from enemy captivity… I confess that it gives me great pleasure to see our brave men freed from the enemy’s hands…”