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ThestoryofGiuseppeGaribaldi's1849campaigntofreeItalyfromAustriandomination.AlthoughthedefenceofRomehasbecomeimpossible,GaribaldideclareshisintenttocontinuethestruggleforrepublicanlibertyandaunifiedItaly.WithafollowingoffourthousandmenhebeginsamarchacrosstheApennineswiththeaimofreachingVenicewhichisundersiegebutstillresisting.However,theBourbonsandtheAustrianspursuethevolunteerswhohaveintheirranksFrattini,atraitorsecretlyworkingtodisunitethesmallbutbraveforce.Manyinfactdesertandeventhemostloyalofficer,Bueno,givesintoFrattini'sproposalstoimposesummaryjustice.AnitaGaribaldi,whomherhusbandhadleftbehindinRomebecauseshewasexpectingababy,rejoinshim,andherinfluence,courageandvivacitysucceedinrestoringunity.SanMarinogivesrefugetothesurvivingforceandtheAustriansofferacease-fire.ButthetermsofsurrenderproposedbytheAustriansaresoseverethatGaribaldipreferstodisbandhismen,andduringthenightleavesforVenicewithafewfaithful.ManyGaribaldisupportersareshotandAnitaalsodies.GaribaldiandBuenomanagetoescapewiththehelpoflocalpeasants
