In the dead of night, mournful howls filled the Sardinian camp.
Falsifying military reports was a court-martial offense, and since they had claimed heavy losses, they now had to show them.
"No poison, no husband; kindness does not rule the troops." Having climbed to his position, Major General Will was naturally not the kind to be soft-hearted.
To provide an explanation to his superiors, Major General Will had no choice but to intensify the attack in the afternoon.
The veterans of the Kingdom of Sardinia were indeed brave, their sense of national belonging far stronger than that of the People of Lombardy. The battle that afternoon was much more tragic.
After tallying the casualties, Major General Will waved his hand broadly, attributing all the battle damage to the morning's fight—over three hundred dead and more than eight hundred injured, just about qualifying as heavy losses.
