What the records say
- When
- 12 May 1799
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 45.00° N, 8.73° E
- Description
- 1799 during the French Revolutionary Wars
Battle of Bassignana (1799)
1799 battle of the Second Coalition war
The Battle of Bassignana saw a Russian corps led by Andrei Grigorevich Rosenberg, who was under the influence of Grand Duke Constantine, attempt to establish a bridgehead on the south bank of the Po River in the presence of a French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau. The French rapidly massed superior strength and attacked.
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