At Marengo Bonaparte defeated the Austrians and his fellow general Jean Moreau beat the combined Austrian and Bavarian armies at Hohenlinden.
Bonaparte\'s dictatorship was secure and his enemies across Europe were forced into a 15-year struggle to overthrow him..
These twin campaigns proved decisive.
At Marengo Bonaparte defeated the Austrians and his fellow general Jean Moreau beat the combined Austrian and Bavarian armies at Hohenlinden