Battle of Versa

Battle of Versa
Part of the Third Italian War of Independence

The Regiment Lancieri di Firenze at Ponte di Versa
Date26 July 1866
Location
Versa, Venetia
Result Italian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Alberto La Forest de Divonne Török
Strength
2,000 2,800
Casualties and losses
6 killed
29 wounded
30 missing
[1]
30 killed
64 wounded
83 missing
[1]

The Battle of Versa took place on the 26 July 1866 during the Third Italian War of Independence in the Italian unification process.

The Italian army, jointly commanded by Alberto La Forest de Divonne, defeated the Austrian army guarding the crossing of the Torre river at Ponte di Versa, present-day fraction of Romans d'Isonzo in the province of Gorizia. This marked the maximum Italian advance into Friuli.

  1. ^ a b Alberto Prelli (2009). Palma 1866: cronaca di un assedio incruento (PDF). Quaderni del Civico Museo Storico della Città di Palmanova. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2020-12-31.