Battle of Bassano
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Part of the French Revolutionary War | |||||||
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Combatants | |||||||
First French Republic | Austria | ||||||
Commanders | |||||||
General Bonaparte | Count Wurmser | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
20,000 | ca 11,000 | ||||||
Casualties | |||||||
400 killed, wounded or missing | 600 killed or wounded 2,000 captured |
War of the First Coalition |
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Valmy – Jemappes – 1st Mainz – Neerwinden – Entrames – Toulon – Famars – Fontenay-le-Comte – Cholet – Luçon – Hondshoote – Wattignies – Truillas – Boulou – Tourcoing – Fleurus – Vosges – Tournay – Black Mountain – Lodi – Arcole – Genoa – Hyères – 2nd Mainz – Amberg – Rovereto – Bassano – Montenotte – Dego – Cape St Vincent – Santa Cruz – Rivoli – Camperdown |
French Revolutionary Wars In Italy |
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Lodi - Millesimo - Castiglione - Arcole - Rivoli - Montenotte - 1st Dego - 2nd Dego - Bassano - Rovereto - Mondovì - Cassano - Trebbia - Novi - Genoa - Montebello - Marengo |
The Battle of Bassano was fought on 8 September 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, in the Italian Province of Venetia, between French forces under General Bonaparte and Austrian forces under Count Wurmser. The battle ended in a French victory; the Austrians abandoned their artillery and baggage, losing supplies, cannons, and battle standards to the French.
[edit] References
- Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
- Boycott-Brown, M. "The Road to Rivoli, Napoleon's First Campaign". London, Cassell, 2001