Battle of Chiusella River
| Battle of Chiusella River | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Second Coalition | |||||||
 French infantrymen skirmishing by Felician Myrbach | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Republican France |
 Habsburg Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Napoleon Bonaparte Jean Lannes |
Karl Joseph Hadik | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12,000[3] | 5,000[3] – 9,000[4] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 300[1] – 1,700[3] | 348[3] – 399[1] | ||||||
  Location within Northern Italy  Battle of Chiusella River (Europe) | |||||||
The Battle of Chiusella River or Battle of Romano (26 May 1800) saw part of a French Republican army led by Napoleon Bonaparte attack a Habsburg Austrian division led by Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak during the War of the Second Coalition. In May 1800, Bonaparte's Reserve Army crossed the Great St Bernard Pass into the Aosta Valley in northwestern Italy. Though its advance was delayed by Fort Bard, the Reserve Army's vanguard under Jean Lannes moved past the fort and captured Ivrea. Hadik attempted to block the French at the Chiusella River north of Romano Canavese. After a hard-fought action, the Austrians withdrew toward Turin. Hadik's battle report finally convinced the Austrian army commander Michael von Melas that the main French threat was coming from the Aosta Valley.[5]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Arnold 2005, p. 105.
- ^ Smith 1998, p. 183.
- ^ a b c d Smith 1998, p. 184.
- ^ Arnold 2005, p. 104.
- ^ Arnold 2005, pp. 100–107.
References[edit]
- Arnold, James R. (2005). Marengo & Hohenlinden: Napoleon's Rise to Power. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword. ISBN 1-84415-279-0.
- Dodge, Theodore Ayrault (2011). Warfare in the Age of Napoleon: The Egyptian and Syrian Campaigns & the Wars of the Second and Third Coalitions, 1798-1805. Vol. 2. Leonaur Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85706-600-8.
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.