15 Royalists, even before 1815, would use the Italian pronunciation of the “usurper’s” name to emphasize the

15 Royalists, even before 1815, would use the Italian pronunciation of the "usurper's" name to emphasize the Corsican-born dictator's foreignness. Italian campaigns: The youthful General Bonaparte made his name by driving the Austrians out of northern Italy in 1796–97. The Italian campaigns included such famous battles as Rivoli and the Lodi bridge. These campaigns concluded in 1797 with the Treaty of Campo Formio, where the young general virtually dictated terms to the Holy Roman emperor before returning to a hero's welcome in Paris.