| Battle of Novara | |||||||||
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| Part of the War of the League of Cambrai | |||||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Schlacht_bei_Novara_1513.jpg) Illustration of the Battle of Novara in the chronicle of Johannes Stumpf, 1548 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Kingdom of France |
Duchy of Milan Old Swiss Confederacy | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Louis de la Trémoille | Maximilian Sforza | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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1,200–1,400 cavalry[2] 600 Light horse[2] 20,000 infantry (6,000 Landsknechte)[3] | 11,000[2]–20,000[4] Swiss pikemen | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 5,000+ casualties | 1,500 dead | ||||||||
The Battle of Novara (also known as the battle of Ariotta[5]) was a battle of the War of the League of Cambrai fought on 6 June 1513, near Novara, in Northern Italy. A French attacking force was routed by allied Milanese–Swiss troops. As a consequence, France was forced to withdraw entirely from Italy.
- ^ Delbrück 1990, p. 78.
- ^ a b c Mallett & Shaw 2012, p. 121.
- ^ Mallett & Shaw 2012, pp. 121–122.
- ^ Nolan 2006, p. 641.
- ^ Gagné 2021, p. x.