Battle of Goito

Battle of Goito
Part of the First Italian War of Independence
Battlaglia di Goito by Felice Cerruti Bauduc
Date 30 May 1848 Location Goito, Lombardy–Venetia (present-day Italy) 45°14′49″N 10°40′29″E / 45.24694°N 10.67472°E / 45.24694; 10.67472 Result Sardinian victory
Belligerents
Sardinia	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Charles Albert Eusebio Bava	Karl of Schwarzenberg OLt. Carl Mecséry †
Strength
14,700 infantry 2,400 cavalry 43 guns[1]	11,200 infantry 950 cavalry 33 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
[2] 46 killed 260 wounded 55 missing	[3] 68 killed including 2 Officers 331 wounded including 21 officers 221 captured or missing including 3 officers

The Battle of Goito was fought between the Piedmontese and the Austrian army on 30 May 1848, in the course of the First Italian War of Independence. The Piedmontese army won the battle, as the Austrians were unable to break through to relieve the siege of Peschiera and prevent its surrender which happened on the day before the battle.