Capture of Bergamo

Capture of Bergamo
Part of the Italian and Swiss expedition of 1799
Date 24 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
Pyotr Bagration Pyotr Grekov [ru] Adrian Denisov	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 (Russian: Взятие Бергамо; French: Prise De Bergame; 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]