Battle of Giornico

Battle of Giornico
Part of Transalpine campaigns

Luzerner Schilling miniature
Date28 December 1478
Location46°23′00″N 8°53′00″E / 46.3833°N 8.88333°E / 46.3833; 8.88333
Result Victory for the Old Swiss Confederacy
Belligerents
Duchy of Milan Old Swiss Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
unknown unknown
Strength
10,000 600
Casualties and losses
1,400 unknown
Memorial in Giornico

In the Battle of Giornico (Italian: Battaglia di Giornico, dei Sassi Grossi; German: Schlacht bei Giornico) (28 December 1478) a Swiss force of 600 defeated 10,000 Milanese troops.