Battle of Montenotte

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Montenotte
partof=the French Revolutionary War
campaign=


caption=
date=12 April, 1796
place=Montenotte, present-day Italy
result=French Victory
combatant1=flagicon|France French Republic
combatant2=flagicon|Habsburg Monarchy Habsburg Austria
flagicon|Sardinia|kingdom Kingdom of Sardinia
commander1=Napoleon Bonaparte
commander2=Count Argenteau
strength1=14,000
strength2=9,000
casualties1=800 killed, wounded or missing
casualties2=2,500 killed, wounded, or (mostly) captured,
12 cannons lost

The Battle of Montenotte was fought on 12 April 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, between French forces under General Bonaparte and Austro-Sardinian force under Count Argenteau. The battle was fought near the village of Montenotte, in northwestern Italy, and ended in a French victory.

General Bonaparte advanced from the Ligurian coast and drove a wedge between the Austrian forces under General Beaulieu and Austro-Sardinian forces under Count Argenteau. General Bonaparte engaged the latter at Montenotte ordering General Laharpe to attack frontally and General Massena to attack the right wing. Count Argenteau tried to stop the French manoeuvre, but acted too late, his forces were scattered, most of his losses being troops captured. The battle was General Bonaparte’s first victory in the Italian Campaign.

References

*Chandler, D. "Dictionary of the Napoleonic wars". Wordsworth editions, 1999.
*Smith, D. "The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book". Greenhill Books, 1998.
*Boycott-Brown, M. "The Road to Rivoli, Napoleon's First Campaign". London, Cassell, 2001

External links

* [http://www.historydata.com/places/ Photos of sites of 1796 campaign.]