Bridge At Arcole

[Ron Tamburrini]

Hi Guys
Anyone got information about the above bridge during Napoleon's victory there.

IE was it a timber or stone structure and were the river banks steep like a gorge or flat.

Ron

 

[Helm]

Not sure how accurate this is Ron

Steve

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Not sure how accurate this is Ron

Steve

Well Steve it's a start most of it looks well researched some very accurate musketry simulation .
will probably help with other cross references .

Cheers Ron

 

[Helm]

I've read elsewhere (fiction) that it had stone pillars now I have thought on it but I don't recall anything factual on it.

Steve

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

I've read elsewhere (fiction) that it had stone pillars now I have thought on it but I don't recall anything factual on it.

Steve

Believe it or not I have been in the bloody place, force marched the wife 5 kilometres in 80 odd degrees from Riva del Garda to Arcole
she was so knackered we didn't look for the bridge site.
I think it may have had stone pillars
Ron

 

[DEL]

Believe it or not I have been in the bloody place, force marched the wife 5 kilometres in 80 odd degrees from Riva del Garda to Arcole
she was so knackered we didn't look for the bridge site.
I think it may have had stone pillars
Ron

Presumably she was calling you an Arcole with a soft C.
D

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Thanks Guys for the info

Keith these are the two pictures I am thinking of using as reference .
That is an interesting point you make about the battle not actually on the bridge ,also the standard in the coloured pic! not sure if that type was in use till
Bonaparte became Emperor .

Ron

 

[Wings5797]

Hi Ron,
This will be an interesting action packed piece,
It is interesting battle was not on the bridge, that they never even crossed over! How strange, but please go with the artistic liecence offered by the two artists.
With regards to the standard. I have bought a book here in France (Napoleon. His Life, His Battles, His Empire) which says; "The battle of Arcole raged for three days, until a turning point occured on 15th November. Bonaparte led the assault, after recapturing his men's standard with Augereau. Napoleon later wrote, "Never has a battlefield been so fiecely contested as that of Arcole"."
Thus if we seek out the regiments at Arcole we can narrow down the choice of standard. I will be away from my library today but I will keep on looking for the answer. I'm hooked.
Cheers,
Keith

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Hi Ron,
This will be an interesting action packed piece,
It is interesting battle was not on the bridge, that they never even crossed over! How strange, but please go with the artistic liecence offered by the two artists.
With regards to the standard. I have bought a book here in France (Napoleon. His Life, His Battles, His Empire) which says; "The battle of Arcole raged for three days, until a turning point occured on 15th November. Bonaparte led the assault, after recapturing his men's standard with Augereau. Napoleon later wrote, "Never has a battlefield been so fiecely contested as that of Arcole"."
Thus if we seek out the regiments at Arcole we can narrow down the choice of standard. I will be away from my library today but I will keep on looking for the answer. I'm hooked.
Cheers,
Keith

Cheers Keith
Will look forward to your research.

Yes it will be a difficult one to pull off but have a few ideas in mind ,the big issue will be which scale ,but don't want to go above 75mm
and my eyes may not handle 54mm anymore

Ron

 

[Mirofsoft]

Well according to another painting, this bridge was a pontoon, but this one seems to be a place near Arcole where Bonapartes received his orders, and not the fighting plac
http://www.histoire-image.org/pleincadre/index.php?i=525

or according to a painting form Gros

or : http://www.repro-tableaux.com/a/emile-vernet/bataille-au-pont-darcole.html

Best