The  two  diviCons  of  the  centre  of  the  French  army,
underthe  immediate  command  of  Scherrer,  attacked
the  out-pofts  of  Verona,  under  the  corlimand  of  Gene-
ral de  Reitzen.  The  pofts  of  St.  Lucie  and  St.  Maxi*
min,  under  the  command  of  General  Kaim,  taken  and
re.taken  feven  times,  remained  definitively  in  the  pof-
feffion  of  the  Auftrians.  The  chain  of  the  advanced
ports  of  the  Auftrians  was  prefervcd,  with  the  excep-
tion of  St.  Lucie,  of  which  the  French  kept  poiTelfion*
The  attack  on  Porto  Legnago,  where  a  French  general
was  killed,  alfo  failed,  and  tbe,diviiion  was  forced  ta
fall  back  on  Mantua.
