Following in Napoleon's footsteps

It was April 1796 that Napoleon's army launched its decisive attack against the Austrian-Piedmontese forces defending the plain of Piemonte. The mountains in Val Bormida, between Piedmont and Liguria, saw bloody fighting which would determine the destiny of the campaign. The battles in Dego, Millesimo, Cosseria, Montenotte, San Michele and many others are now part of history and still live on in the many signs and landmarks that recall those events.
One such is the centennial wood of chestnut trees which apparently was chosen by the army to hide the treasures looted while it advanced. One of these trees is the so-called "Cavalryman’s tree”. According to the legend, it was planted here to guard over the site and if you look hard you can still see the shape of the harsh face of the "Cavalryman" on the tree trunk. A look that would surely discourage anyone from stopping in the nearby area!
But the Cingo is not afraid of him. It feels completely at ease in these mountains, full of narrow, winding and incredibly steep paths. During the usual pruning and thinning operations, a Cingo M 10 was used both to transport timber and to mulch the remains.
And what a result! Thanks to the special hydraulic mulcher, branches of any size could be finely shredded. This allowed an otherwise impossible cleanup operation.