Battle of Castiglione

When

5 Aug 1796

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

45.38° N, 10.48° E

Description

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

The Battle of Castiglione saw the French Army of Italy under General Napoleon Bonaparte attack an army of the Habsburg monarchy led by Feldmarschall Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser on 5 August 1796. The outnumbered Austrians were defeated and driven back along a line of hills to the river crossing at Borghetto, where they retired beyond the Mincio River.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Castiglione – The French Army of Italy under Napoleon defeats the Habsburg army (25,000 men) under Marshal Wurmser”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein von Feldmarschall Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser geleiteter österreichischer Angriff auf die im Italienfeldzug Napoleon Bonapartes ins Land eingedrungenen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de Bonaparte à Castiglione”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение при Кастильоне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “卡斯奇里恩戰役，拿破崙率領的法軍在卡斯奇里恩(位於義大利)擊敗奧地利。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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