Siege of Genoa (1814)

Siege of Genoa (1814)

The Genoese entreat General Fresia to capitulate to the Allies
Date13–18 April 1814
Location
Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
Kingdom of Sicily
Population of Genoa
Kingdom of Sardinia
France
Commanders and leaders
Lord William Bentinck Maurizio Ignazio Fresia
Jean Pégot
Jean-Pierre Piat
Strength
16,000–18,000 soldiers
7 frigates
12–15 brigantines
A few thousand soldiers

The siege of Genoa on 13–18 April 1814 was the capture of the port city of Genoa from the First French Empire by a British–Sicilian army. It was the last battle of the War of the Sixth Coalition's Italian campaign, as on 4 April, Napoleon had abdicated as emperor of France.

The Anglo-Sicilian forces, commanded by Lieutenant General William Bentinck, laid siege to the Ligurian capital, while the Austrians occupied Lombardy (destroying the Kingdom of Italy), and proclaimed the ephemeral Republic of Genoa, then abolished at the behest of the Congress of Vienna and ceded to the restored Kingdom of Sardinia.