The British XIII Corps crossed the Po at Ficarolo on 22 April while further east V Corps were crossing the Po by 25 April heading towards the Venetian Line, a defensive line built behind the line of the river Adige.
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Here, V CTRE coordinated the'Po Task Force'and collected all available stocks of Bailey material to bridge this major river and the River Adige beyond, during V Corps rapid advance to Venice ( entered on 29 April ).
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These historians think that the Cimbri followed the river Adige after having crossed the Brenner Pass, instead of " unreasonably " turning west to the modern Vercelli; this way, the location of the battle would be in the modern Polesine instead, possibly near the modern Rovigo.
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Polesine is the name of the low ground between the lower courses of the rivers Adige and Po and the sea; the derivation of the name is much discussed, generally applied only to the province of Rovigo, but is sometimes extended to the near towns of Adria and Ferrara.
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On the far bank was an area of marshy land that troops could not penetrate, which meant that all movement was limited to the causeways or dikes on the banks of the river Adige, and the causeways on the banks of a small tributary called the Alpone River that flowed into it from the north.
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"' Adria "'is a town and " comune " in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Etruscan city of "'Atria "'or "'Hatria "'are to be found below the modern city, three to four metres below the current level.
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Zeno is most often represented with fishing-related items such as a fish, fishing rod, or as a bishop holding a fishing rod, or with a fish hanging from his crozier . " Local tradition says the bishop was fond of fishing in the nearby river Adige, " writes Alban Butler, " but it is more likely that originally it was a symbol of his success in bringing people to baptism ."
