entures he returned to Italy in 1846,
joined the Giovine Italia, and, on 4th November 1847, made himself
conspicuous at Genoa by seizing the bridle of Charles Albert's horse and
crying, "Pass the Ticino, Sire, and we are all with you." He fought
through the campaign of 1848, became captain under Garibaldi at Rome in
1849, taking prisoners an entire French battalion, and gaining the gold
medal for military valour. In 1859 he commanded a Garibaldian battalion,
and gained the military cross of Savoy. Joining the Marsala expedition
in 1860, he turned the day in favour of Garibaldi at Calatafimi, was
wounded at Palermo, but recovered in time to besiege Reggio in Calabria
(21st of August 1860), and, though again wounded, took part in the
battle of Volturno, where his leg was broken. Elected deputy in 1861, he
endeavoured to reconcile Cavour and Garibaldi. In 1866, at the head of
the seventh division, he covered the Italian retreat from Custozza,
ignoring the Austrian summons to surrender. Created senator in February
1870, he was in the following September given command of a division
during the movement against Rome, took Civita Vecchia, and participated
in the general attack upon Rome (20th September 1870). He died of
cholera at Achin Bay in Sumatra _en route_ for Batavia, whither he had
gone in command of a commercial expedition (16th December 1873).

BIZERTA (properly pronounced Ben Zert; Fr. _Bizerte_), a seaport of
Tunisia, in 37 deg. 17' N., 9 deg. 50' E. Pop. about 12,000. Next to
Toulon, Bizerta is the most important naval port of France in the
Mediterranean. It occupies a commanding strategical position in the
narrowest part of the sea, being 714 m. E. of Gibraltar, 1168 m. W.N.W.
of Port Said, 240 m. N.W. of Malta, and 420 m. S. by E. of Toulon. It is
60 m. by rail N.N.W. of Tunis. The town is built on the shores of the
Mediterranean at the point where the Lake of Bizerta enters the sea
through a natural channel, the mouth of which has been canalized. The
modern town lies almost entirely on the north side of the canal. A
little farther north are the ancient citadel, the walled "Arab" town and
the old harbour (disused). The present outer harbour covers about 300
acres and is formed by two converging jetties and a breakwater. The
north jetty is 4000 ft. long, the east jetty 3300 ft., and the
breakwater--which protects the port from the prevalent north-east
winds--2300 ft. long. The entrance to the canal is in the