Battle of Ceva | |||||||
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Part of the War of the First Coalition | |||||||
![]() Evacuation of the fortress of Ceva by the Sardinian army. Drawing by Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, 1802-1806. | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
7,908[1] | 6,000[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
600[2] | over 150[3] |
In the Battle of Ceva on 16 April 1796, troops of the First French Republic under General Pierre Augereau fought against part of the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont led by General Giuseppe Felice, Count Vital. Augereau assaulted the strong defensive position without success. At the direction of the Sardinian army commander, Feldmarschal-Leutnant Michelangelo Colli, Vital withdrew on the 17th in order to avoid being trapped by a second French division.