 Complete the following phrase:  Two further events followed in the next few days. On 21 May, the contingent of 14,000 men from the Neapolitan army which were en route to fight against the Austrians, were ordered by Ferdid II to return home in light of Pius IXs decision. Then on 25 May, the Austrian reinforcements which had been travelling through Veneto, joined Radetzkys troops at Verona. Charles Albert was ambitious but had only modest strategic abilities and he could not realistically continue the war alone. The 