Operations in Valtellina (1866)

Operations in Valtellina
Part of Third Italian War of Independence
DateJune – July 1866
Location
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
 Italy  Austria
Commanders and leaders
Enrico Guicciardi
Pietro Pedranzini
Ulysses von Albertini
Alexander von Metz
Units involved
Italian Volunteer Corps 8th Division
Strength
1,200 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown killed, 65 prisoners

The Operations in Valtellina was a battle of the Third Italian War of Independence and consisted in the penetration of Austrian units of the 8th Division of General Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld operating in Trentino against the Italian Volunteer Corps of Giuseppe Garibaldi and in the subsequent Italian counterattack of the Mobile National Guard commanded by Colonel Enrico Guicciardi.[1]

  1. ^ Tridentum. Vol. 11–12. 1908. p. 207. Retrieved March 10, 2022.