Battle of the Mincio River (1814)

Battle of the Mincio River
Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition

Field Marshal Heinrich von Bellegarde and his staff at the battle of the Mincio River, by Albrecht Adam.
Date8 February 1814[1]
Location45°04′16″N 10°58′55″E / 45.07111°N 10.98194°E / 45.07111; 10.98194 (Mincio mouth)
Result ItalianFrench victory[2]
Belligerents
Austrian Empire Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Eugène de Beauharnais Austrian Empire Heinrich von Bellegarde
Strength
34,000[1] 32,000[1]–35,000
Casualties and losses

3,500[1] dead, wounded, and captured

  • 3,000 dead or wounded
  • 500 captured

4,000[1] dead, wounded, and captured

  • 2,800 dead or wounded
  • 1,200 captured
War of the Sixth Coalition: Italian campaign, 1813–1814

In the War of the Sixth Coalition, the Battle of the Mincio River was fought on 8 February 1814 and resulted in an inconclusive engagement between the French under Eugène de Beauharnais and the Austrians under Field Marshal Heinrich von Bellegarde. Fought on the same ground as Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Borghetto in 1796, the battle was not as decisive as Eugène hoped, and in the end it had little significant impact upon the war, whose outcome was to be decided in France rather than Italy.

  1. ^ a b c d e Bodart 1908, p. 471.
  2. ^ Bodart 1908, p. 471 claims Franco-Italian victory, as Bellegarde declined to continue the battle.