Battle of Serravalle

Battle of Serravalle

The Battle of Serravalle took place on June 2, 1544, during the Italian War of 1542. A Spanish-Imperial army under Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, Marquis del Vasto, defeated a force of freshly-raised Italian mercenaries in French service, commanded by Pietro Strozzi and Giovan Francesco Orsini, Count of Pitigliano.

References

* Oman, Charles. "A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century." London: Methuen & Co., 1937.


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