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Italian campaign (1796–1797)
- Battle of Caldiero (1796)On the 2nd of November 1796, Feldzeugmeister Jozsef Alvinczi launched his third attempt to raise the Siege of Mantua. He crossed the Piave River with an army…
- Battle of RoveretoOn the 26th of August, orders arrived from Emperor Francis II to immediately attempt a second relief of the fortress of Mantua.
- Montenotte campaignOn the 10th of April 1796, the Montenotte campaign began with an action at Voltri. It ended on the 28th of April with the Armistice of Cherasco.
- Battle of BassanoFeldmarschall Wurmser received a direct order from Emperor Francis II to relieve Mantua at once. The first attempt to break the siege had failed at the…
- Battle of BorghettoThe French army swept into Lombardy in early May 1796. General Napoleon Bonaparte had just won the battles of Fombio and Lodi.
- Second Battle of BassanoEmperor Francis II of Austria appointed Feldzeugmeister József Alvinczi to assemble a new field army in late 1796. This decision followed the disastrous…
- Battle of CastiglioneOn the 4th of July, the formal siege of Mantua began. This fortress held by Joseph Franz Canto d'Irles's Austrian garrison and 179 cannons became the focal…
- Battle of Tarvis (1797)On the 2nd of February 1797, Feldmarschall Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser surrendered the fortress of Mantua to French forces.
- Battle of FombioNapoleon Bonaparte turned his attention to the Austrians after forcing the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont to sue for peace at the end of the Montenotte…
- Siege of Mantua (1796–1797)The Siege of Mantua began on the 4th of June 1796 and would not end until the 2nd of February 1797 , a grinding, eight-month ordeal that decided who would…
- Battle of RivoliThe morning of Saturday the 14th of January found Alvinczi engaging the division of Joubert. He had united three Austrian columns between Caprino on the…
- Battle of LonatoOn the 29th of July, the Austrian army set out from Trento with a clear purpose. They aimed to relieve the besieged fortress of Mantua.
- Battle of LodiThe Italian campaign of 1796 began with French forces moving rapidly through northern Italy. Napoleon Bonaparte needed to force a crossing at Lodi to…
- Italian campaign of 1796–1797On the 27th of March 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte summoned three senior generals to his headquarters in Nice. Louis Alexandre Berthier served as chief of staff…
- Battle of ArcoleThe siege of Mantua held the fate of Italy in its grip during November 1796. Emperor Francis II of Austria appointed Feldzeugmeister József Alvinczi to lead…
- Fall of the Republic of VeniceIn April 1796, General Napoleon Bonaparte crossed the Alps with 45,000 men to confront Austrian and Piedmontese forces. He chose to march through Venetian…