Battle of Calcinato
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| Battle of Calcinato | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Spanish Succession | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| France Spain |
Austria | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Duc de Vendôme | Christian Detlev Reventlow | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 41,000[1] | 19,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| Unknown | 6,000[1] | ||||||
| War of the Spanish Succession |
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| Carpi – Chieri – Cremona – Luzzara – Cádiz – Friedlingen – Vigo Bay – Ekeren – Höchstädt – Schellenberg – Blenheim – Málaga – Cassano – Calcinato – Elixheim – Ramillies – Turin – Almansa – Toulon – Oudenarde – Lille – Malplaquet – Saragossa – Almenara – Brihuega – Villaviciosa – Bouchain – Denain – Barcelona |
The Battle of Calcinato was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. It ended in a victory for Marshal Vendôme's French and Spanish army over Austria.
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[edit] Prelude
In Italy the 1706 campaign had, as before, two branches : the contest for Piedmont and the contest between the French forces in Lombardy and the Austrian second army that sought to join Victor Amadeus and Starhemberg in Piedmont. The latter, repulsed by Vendome at Cassano, had retired to Brescia and Lake Garda, Vendome following up and wintering about Castiglione and Mantua.
[edit] The Battle
In April 1706, profiting by Eugene's temporary absence, Vendome attacked the Imperialists' camp of Montechiaro-Calcinato. His intention was by a night march to surprise the post of Ponte San Marco on their extreme left, but when day came he noticed that he could give battle to the enemy's left wing at Calcinato before their right from Montichiari could intervene. His onset broke up the defence completely and he hustled the fragments of the Imperialist army back into the mountains, where Eugene had the greatest difficulty in rallying them.
[edit] Aftermath
Until the middle of June, Vendome completely baffled all attempts of Eugene to slip past him into Piedmont. In that month, Vendome was sent to Flanders after the crushing defeat there in the Battle of Ramillies. As a result the French position in Italy deteriorated drastically, and by the end of the year, all French forces had been chased from Italy.
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Lynn, John A. The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667–1714. Longman, (1999). ISBN 0-582-05629-2
