Battle of Giornico

Quand

28 déc. 1478

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

46.38° N, 8.88° E

Description

1478 battle as part of expansionist policy of the Old Swiss Confederation

In the Battle of Giornico, also known as the battle of large rocks, about 600 Swiss troops ambushed from above and defeated a larger force of the Duchy of Milan, confined in a narrow icy valley, by rolling large boulders down the hillside against the Milanese.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « In the Battle of Giornico, Swiss troops defeat the army of Duchy of Milan, leading to the cession of the Leventina District by Milan to the Canton of Uri »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Im Rahmen der Ennetbirgischen Feldzüge kommt es zur Schlacht bei Giornico »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « victoire des Suisses sur les Milanais à la bataille de Giornico »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « битва при Джорнико »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source

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