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| Battle of Montebello | |||||||
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| Part of Second Italian War of Independence | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Fattori_-_Un_episodio_della_battaglia_di_Montebello_1859,_1862,_195716;_19911027_(cropped).jpg) An episode of the Battle of Montebello by Giovanni Fattori, 1862 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France Sardinia |
 Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Elie Frédéric Forey |
Philipp von Stadion und Thannhausen | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,600 infantry[1] |
18,708 infantry[2] 600 cavalry 12 guns 4 rocket launchers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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France: 81 killed 492 wounded 69 missing Sardinia: 52 killed, wounded or prisoners Total: 694 |
331 killed 785 wounded 307 missing Total: 1,423 | ||||||
The Battle of Montebello was fought on 20 May 1859 at Montebello (now Montebello della Battaglia) in Lombardy, northern Italy. The first major engagement of the Second Italian War of Independence, it was fought between Austrian troops commanded by Field Marshal Philipp von Stadion und Thannhausen against Piedmontese cavalry and French infantry headed by General Élie Frédéric Forey.
Forey's division, accompanied by three Piedmontese cavalry regiments commanded by General Maurizio Gerbaix de Sonnaz, engaged Stadion's army corps at Montebello. After three hours, failing to stop Forey's offensive, Stadion withdrew.[3] Because of this battle, the Austrian commander-in-chief was obliged to keep troops to cover the southern part of the front.
- ^ Brooks 2009, p. 29.
- ^ Brooks 2009, p. 26.
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