Capture of Bergamo

Capture of Bergamo
Part of Italian and Swiss expedition of 1799
Date24 April [O.S. 13 April] 1799
Location
Bergamo (incl. Visconti Citadel), Northern Italy
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
 Russian Empire  French First Republic
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Pyotr Bagration
Russian Empire Pyotr Grekov [ru]
Russian Empire Adrian Denisov		 French First Republic Barthélemy Schérer
Units involved

Bagration's Advance Guard

  • Grekov Don Cossack regiment
  • Part of Denisov Don Cossack regiment
 Bergamo Garrison
Casualties and losses
Unknown Up to 130 men captured;
1 standard captured;
19 cannons captured[1][2]

The capture of Bergamo (24 April 1799) during Suvorov's Italian campaign, War of the Second Coalition, when 2 Don Cossack regiments of Prince Bagration's vanguard under the command of Colonel Grekov [ru] and Ataman Denisov quickly and unexpectedly attacked the town of Bergamo occupied by the French garrison and seized Citadel of Bergamo. The attack proved successful for the Russians. The French army was led by Barthélemy Schérer.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Milyutin 1852, p. 282.
  2. ^ a b Petrushevsky 1884, p. 50.