Battle of Bosco Marengo

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Bosco Marengo


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date=October 18, 1447 [ [http://www.comune.boscomarengo.al.it/testi.php?id_testi=6 Comune di Bosco Marengo: La storia ] ]
place=Bosco Marengo, Piedmont, Italy
result=Ambrosian Lombard victory
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commander1=Bartolomeo Colleoni
commander2=Renaud Du Dresnay
strength1=2.200 Cavalry
1.500 Infantry [ [http://www.condottieridiventura.it/tabellestoria/1440.htm Documento senza titolo ] ]
strength2=2.200 Cavalry [ [http://www.condottieridiventura.it/tabellestoria/1440.htm Documento senza titolo ] ]
casualties1= 500 dead or wounded [ [http://www.condottieridiventura.it/tabellestoria/1440.htm Documento senza titolo ] ]
casualties2= 1.500 dead or wounded
300 Captured, including Du Dresnay [ [http://www.condottieridiventura.it/tabellestoria/1440.htm Documento senza titolo ] ]

The Battle of Bosco Marengo was fought in the forests near Marengo on the 18th of October 1447 between a French army of the Duke of Orleans and a Lombard army of the Ambrosian Republic.

The Lombard condottiero Bartolomeo Colleoni led the Ambrosian forces to victory over the French.

Today, a Commemorative plaque, on a wall of the Sforza Castle reminds of this battle.

References

*cite book|first=Bortolo |last=Belotti|title=La vita di Bartolomeo Colleoni|location=Bergamo|publisher=Ist. Arti Grafiche Ed.|publisher=1951
*cite book|first=Mariana |last=Frigeni|title=Il Condottiero, Vita, avventure e battaglie di Bartolomeo Colleoni|publisher= Longanesi|location=Milan|year=1985

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