Battle of Borghetto

Battle of Borghetto
Part of French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Borghetto by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, between 1802 and 1814
Date30 May 1796
Location45°21′00″N 10°44′00″E / 45.3500°N 10.7333°E / 45.3500; 10.7333
Result French victory
Belligerents
French First Republic France Habsburg monarchy Austria
Commanders and leaders
French First Republic Napoleon Bonaparte
French First Republic Charles-Pierre Augereau
French First Republic André Masséna
French First Republic Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier
French First Republic Charles Edward Jennings
Habsburg monarchy Johann Beaulieu
Habsburg monarchy Michael von Melas
Strength
28,000[1] 19,000[2]
Casualties and losses
500[3] 572, 4 guns[4]
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The Battle of Borghetto, near Valeggio sul Mincio in the Veneto of northern Italy, took place during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. On 30 May 1796, a French army led by General Napoleon Bonaparte forced a crossing of the Mincio River in the face of opposition from an Austrian army commanded by Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu. This action compelled the Austrian army to retreat north up the Adige valley to Trento, leaving the fortress of Mantua to be besieged by the French.

  1. ^ Chandler, Dictionary, p 64. Boycott-Brown's total is 31,000
  2. ^ Chandler, Dictionary, p 64. Apparently, this figure does not include the Mantua garrison.
  3. ^ Smith, p 113
  4. ^ Boycott-Brown, p 356