Excerpt from Autobiography of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Vol. 2 of 3: 1849-1872Observing the dominant position of these buildings, it was easy to conclude that they must not he allowed to fall into the enemy's hands, as, once lost, the defence of Rome would be difficult or impossible. During the night preceding the 3oth, besides the scouts sent along the two roads leading to the gates guarded by us, two small detachments had orders to ambuscade themselves by the side of the road, at such a distance as to be able to pick up at least a few of the enemy's scouts.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.