Battle of Verona (1799)

Battle of Verona (1799)
Part of the French Revolutionary War

Battle of 26 March 1799 under the walls of Verona
by Luigi Frisoni
Date26 March 1799
Location
near Verona, Italy
45°26′19″N 10°59′34″E / 45.43861°N 10.99278°E / 45.43861; 10.99278
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
France France Habsburg monarchy Austria
Commanders and leaders
France Barthélemy Schérer
France Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier
Habsburg monarchy Pál Kray
Strength
46,400 41,400
Casualties and losses
5,228
17 guns
7,000–8,000
8 guns[1]

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The Battle of Verona on 26 March 1799 saw a Habsburg Austrian army under Pál Kray fight a First French Republic army led by Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer. The battle encompassed three separate combats on the same day: at Verona, the two sides battled to a bloody draw; at Pastrengo to the west of Verona, French forces prevailed over their Austrian opponents; at Legnago to the southeast of Verona, the Austrians defeated their French adversaries. The battle was fought during the War of the Second Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Verona is a city on the Adige River in northern Italy.

  1. ^ Ramsay Weston Phipps, The Armies of the First French Republic and the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I, 5 vols., London, 1926–1939, 5:257