Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo

Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
Date30 September 1744
Location
Cuneo, Piedmont (present-day Italy)
Result Franco-Spanish indecisive victory[2]
Belligerents
Spain Kingdom of Spain
 Kingdom of France[1]
Kingdom of Sardinia Kingdom of Sardinia
 Habsburg Monarchy
Commanders and leaders
Spain Infante Philip
Spain Marquis De La Mina
Kingdom of France Prince of Conti
Kingdom of Sardinia Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
Kingdom of Sardinia Karl Sigmund Friedrich Wilhelm von Leutrum
Strength
c. 33,700 c. 28,000–36,000
Casualties and losses
17,700–19,000 dead, wounded, sick or deserted[3] 4,000–4,400 dead, wounded or captured

The Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo or Battle of Cuneo was fought on the outskirts of Cuneo on 30 September 1744, in the War of the Austrian Succession. The battle ended in a victory for the armies of Spain and France over the Kingdom of Sardinia but it did not advance the victors' campaign.

  1. ^
    • "...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis..." (Ripley & Dana 1879, p. 250).
    • On the reverse of this plate it says: "Le pavillon royal était véritablement le drapeau national au dix-huitième siecle...Vue du chateau d'arrière d'un vaisseau de guerre de haut rang portant le pavillon royal (blanc, avec les armes de France)" (Vinkhuijzen collection 2011).
    • "The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III., the last of the house of Valois, came to the throne, by the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis. This in turn gave place to the famous tricolour" (Chisholm 1911, p. 460).
  2. ^ Browning, pp. 187–188.
  3. ^ Duffy 2015, p. 104.