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  • Battle of Borghetto
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  • The Battle of Borghetto, near Valeggio sul Mincio in the Veneto of northern Italy, occurred 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.
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Strength
  • 19000
  • 28000
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Date
  • 1796-05-30
Commander
  • Johann Beaulieu
  • Napoleon Bonaparte
Casualties
  • 500
  • 572
Result
  • French victory
combatant
  • Austria
  • First French Republic
Place
  • Near Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy
Conflict
  • Battle of Borghetto
abstract
  • The Battle of Borghetto, near Valeggio sul Mincio in the Veneto of northern Italy, occurred 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.