I was at first taken aback by this unexpected encounter, but I ordered my regiment to divide in two, and gallop around the town yelling, so as to alarm the enemy still further.

I myself hastened to the town, where I found the Grekov regiment rushing at the enemy like lions and skewering them with their lances as they crowded into the streets.

The most useful thing I could do was to join the heroic Grekov, and encourage the Cossacks by crying out: 'Keep on, dear comrades, keep on!'

[3] When citadel seized, the Cossacks captured 130 prisoners, 19 siege guns, 1 standard, many weapons, and military supplies at Bergamo.

[3] The capture of the fortress allowed the main troops to reach the Adda River,[2] where the c. 27,000–28,000 of Schérer army was defeated in the ensuing battles of Lecco and Cassano (26-28 April).