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Learning that
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After these defeats, Beaulieu's army remained largely paralyzed at Acqui while
Bonaparte forced the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont to sue for peace. Despite these events, Argenteau received the Knight's Cross of the
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on 9 April and turned north. Argenteau with 10 Piedmontese battalions tried to form a link between Colli's forces to the west and the
Austrian forces which were concentrating at
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444:. While serving as de Vins'
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