Battle of Borghetto

When

30 May 1796

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

45.35° N, 10.73° E

Description

battle during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of the War of the First Coalition

The Battle of Borghetto, near Valeggio sul Mincio in the Veneto of northern Italy, took place during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. On 30 May 1796, a French army led by General Napoleon Bonaparte forced a crossing of the Mincio River in the face of opposition from an Austrian army commanded by Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu.

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