tatements put forward in England at
pro-papal meetings, of the movement in the Legations being confined to
a few adventurers and Piedmontese agents.

Wisely eschewing all subordinate questions, as well as the discussion
of eventualities, the Bolognese devoted themselves to the organization
of a sufficient force to defend their frontiers, and with the financial
provisions indispensable to this end. Every day brought encouraging
intelligence. As the Austrians retreated from the Legations, the cities
they left in their rear raised the Sardinian flag, and sent in their
adherence to the central Government at Bologna. Up to La Cattolica, a
village a few miles to the south of Rimini and the classic Rubicon, the
insurrection received no check; but Pesaro, a town on the sea-coast
of some importance, about forty miles from Ancona, was unable to
declare itself. It was the head-quarters of some Swiss regiments, under
General Kalbermatten, who were soon to do the Pope good service in the
reduction of the Marche.

Ancona had its revolution of a few days, for which it is still doing
penance in sackcloth and ashes. On the 12th of June, the Austrians
abandoned the town, but the citadel was almost immediately occupied
by some Papal troops, despatched from Macerata. A few hours only
elapsed between the departure of the former and the arrival of their
substitutes; but it was the Anconitans' want of energy in turning that
interval to account which decided the fate of the Marche. They lacked
the master-minds who directed the _pronunciamento_ at Bologna, and
who alone could have grasped the requirements of the situation. The
oversight of not declaring themselves at once, and seizing upon the
citadel, with the vast military stores left there by the Austrians,
and its almost impregnable positions, was irreparable. Before finally
committing themselves, they waited for tidings from Romagna, and lost
the decisive moment.

It was not till two or three days after General Allegrini had
occupied the fortress, that Ancona proclaimed the dictator