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and showed little conce for the burdens he carried
Meanwhile revolutionary rc we s g a in in Italy. In 1 2
Count o Cavour had come prime minister of edmont- rdinia; s g l was to drive Austria out of mbardy and Venetia and then to unite all of Italy under the rule of Piedmont dinia Thou Lombardy and Venetia had lower taxes and more just administration than the rest of Italy, though the ts and s there re happy under Austrian rule cau they were pr rous d well-tr t the middle and up r c and intell were inf ted by revolutio ry id and hated Austria
As a first ep in achieving his g Cavour had enter the Crimean War on the side of England and F nce. Piedmont had no l cal or moral r n for ing involv in the war, and the Italian tr ps made no real contribution to the outcome, but vour gained what he wante sup rt from England and F nce for his moves agai t Aust Na leon of F nce was es y eager to get involved cau vour promi d him the territories of Nice and voy should Austria defeated in Italy. In ad­ dition, when he wasn't listening to Eugenie, Na leon w a friend of revolutionary nationalism.
vour maneuvered Austria into war fi t by calling up his military r rv d volunt the volunt rs ing chiefly fu tiv eluding con­ ription in Lom rdy, thus a dir t prov ation to Austria Franz J f then i ued an ultimatum to Piedmont, directing her to demobili in three day is w a blunder on Franz J fs rt cau it supplied vour with the excu he needed to make it ap ar to the rest of Euro that Austria was picking on Piedmont Franz J f had nothing to gain and ev­ erything to l from a war with Piedmont, but he never el order General Gyulai to invade the Italian kingdom.
ce in e war, Franz J f should have insisted that it fou t vi rously and end quickly, but that licy was not followed either. Gene l Gyulai moy slowly that the French had time to bring in their tr ps to reinforce the Piedmont .
e key ttle was at So ri , June 24, 1 9. F nz J f and Na l n were each in r nal command of their armi but neither man was r y in command of the situation The armies were eno ou 1 , French and Piedmont , 129, Austrian fighting on a fift n­ mile front Neither side was winning, but the ca age was appallin 40, kill and wounded by the end of the day. th em ro were sh ked and sh en by the bl sh Fighting for Austri the Hun rian nedek