| Siege of Genoa (1814) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom Kingdom of Sicily Population of Genoa Kingdom of Sardinia |
 France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Lord William Bentinck |
Maurizio Ignazio Fresia Jean Pégot Jean-Pierre Piat | ||||||
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16,000–18,000 soldiers 7 frigates 12–15 brigantines | A few thousand soldiers | ||||||
The siege of Genoa on 13–18 April 1814 was the capture of the port city of Genoa from the First French Empire by a British–Sicilian army. It was the last battle of the War of the Sixth Coalition's Italian campaign, as on 4 April, Napoleon had abdicated as emperor of France.
The Anglo-Sicilian forces, commanded by Lieutenant General William Bentinck, laid siege to the Ligurian capital, while the Austrians occupied Lombardy (destroying the Kingdom of Italy), and proclaimed the ephemeral Republic of Genoa, then abolished at the behest of the Congress of Vienna and ceded to the restored Kingdom of Sardinia.