Attila the Hun came this way with his hordes, checked and broken at last, as centuries later, not far away, 100,000 Germans were checked and broken by Dumouriez and the French army of 1792 on the plain of valmy.
"The Soul of the War"
Philip Gibbs
Shortly after dawn Melas began to pour his troops across the Bormida, and drove in the French outposts on Marengo: but there they met with a tough resistance from the soldiers of Victor's division, while Kellermann, the son of the hero of valmy, performed his first great exploit by hurling back some venturesome Austrian horsemen into the deep bed of the Fontanone.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
If valmy proclaimed the advent of militant democracy, the victory of Spaniards over one of the bravest of Napoleon's generals was felt to be an even greater portent.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
