Battle of Versa

Battle of Versa
	Part of the Third Italian War of Independence
	; The Regiment Lancieri di Firenze at Ponte di Versa
Date	26 July 1866
Location	Versa, Venetia
Result	Italian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Alberto La Forest de Divonne	Török
Strength
2,000	2,800
Casualties and losses
6 killed; 29 wounded; 30 missing;	30 killed; 64 wounded; 83 missing;

The Battle of Versa took place on the 26 July 1866 during the Third Italian War of Independence in the Italian unification process.

The Italian army, jointly commanded by Alberto La Forest de Divonne, defeated the Austrian army guarding the crossing of the Torre river at Ponte di Versa, present-day fraction of Romans d'Isonzo in the province of Gorizia. This marked the maximum Italian advance into Friuli.

^ ^a ^b Alberto Prelli (2009). Palma 1866: cronaca di un assedio incruento (PDF). Quaderni del Civico Museo Storico della Città di Palmanova. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2020-12-31.

[Prelli-1] Alberto Prelli (2009). Palma 1866: cronaca di un assedio incruento (PDF). Quaderni del Civico Museo Storico della Città di Palmanova. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2020-12-31.

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