Battle of Crevola

Battle of Crevola
Part of the Transalpine campaigns

The battle of Crevola in the Luzerner Schilling
DateApril 28, 1487[3]
Location
Crevoladossola, Piedmont
Result Milanese victory [1][2][4]
Belligerents
Duchy of Milan[1] Old Swiss Confederacy:[2]
Valais
Lucerne
Commanders and leaders
Renato Trivulzio
Giberto Borromeo
Giampietro Bergamino
[5][6]		 Jost von Silenen
Albin von Silenen  (POW)
[4][7][8]
Strength
1,200 Cavalry [9][10]
2,000 Infantry [9][10]
total of 3,500 troops [11]		 6,000 Infantry [9][11]
1,000 Swiss joined from
the Saluzzo Campaign
Casualties and losses
Unknown 800-1000 killed
[2][9][10][12]

The Battle of Crevola was fought in the spring of 1487, between a marauding Swiss army from the Valais and Lucerne[1][12] and troops from the Duchy of Milan,[1] for the supremacy of the Val d'Ossola (Eschental) .

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