Battle of Borghetto
The Battle of Borghetto, near Valeggio sul Mincio in the Veneto of northern Italy, took place during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. On 30 May 1796, a French army led by General Napoleon Bonaparte forced a crossing of the Mincio River in the face of opposition from an Austrian army commanded by Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu. This action compelled the Austrian army to retreat north up the Adige valley to Trento, leaving the fortress of Mantua to be besieged by the French.
| Battle of Borghetto | |||||||
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| Part of French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Napoleon Bonaparte Charles-Pierre Augereau André Masséna Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier Charles Edward Jennings |
Johann Beaulieu Michael von Melas | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 28,000 | 19,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500 | 572, 4 guns | ||||||
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