The Second Coalition war on the Italian front was becoming a nightmare for the French Republic.
Defeat after defeat (Cassano d'Adda, Trebbia) the exhausted French army was being driven out of northern Italy by the vigorous offensive of the Austro-Russian army led by Suvorov.
For this reason, the Directory decided to call in another general, Barthelemy Joubert, to lead the army.
The Directory ordered General Joubert to immediately attack Suvorov and make every effort to liberate Tortona.
On the morning of 15 August, the sound of the first shots from the Battle of Novi began to fill the air.
Joubert rode towards a small hill to better assess the situation. Moments after his arrival, a bullet hit him in the chest, killing the young general almost instantly.
An untimely death.
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