Battle of Castelfranco Veneto
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Battle of Castelfranco Veneto | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Third Coalition | |||||||
Castelfranco as it appeared in 1697 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France | Austrian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Prince de Rohan (POW) | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Army of Italy (France) | Rohan's Brigade | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
over 8,000 | 4,400, 5 guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
light | 4,400, 5 guns, 4 colors |
In the Battle of Castelfranco Veneto (24 November 1805), two divisions of the
The
March
One Austrian brigade led by General-major Prince Louis Victor de Rohan-Guéméné became separated from
Capitulation
Reynier's division numbered 8,000 men in 11 battalions with 12 guns. His command consisted of the 1st Swiss Infantry Regiment and the 10th, 53rd, 56th, and 62nd French Line Infantry Regiments. The strength and composition of Gouvion Saint-Cyr's division was not given.[2]
Rohan's cavalry included eight squadrons of the Archduke Ferdinand Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 4, and one squadron of the Hohenzollern Chevau-léger Regiment Nr. 2 and a combined squadron. His infantry comprised four battalions of the Duka Infantry Regiment Nr. 38, the 2nd and 4th Battalions of the Beaulieu Infantry Regiment Nr. 58, and one combined battalion. Altogether, 4,400 soldiers, five artillery pieces, and four colors were surrendered to the French. Austrian killed and wounded were not reported though Rohan was wounded. It is known that the French suffered 16 officer casualties during the fighting.[3]
Notes
References
- Chandler, David G. (1966). The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York: Macmillan.
- Kippis, Andrew (1806). The New Annual Register or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1805. London.
- ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
- Smith, Digby; Kudrna, Leopold (2008). "A Biographical Dictionary of all Austrian Generals during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815: Rohan-Guéméné, Ludwig Victor Furst von". The Napoleon Series. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
External links
- Media related to Battle of Castelfranco Veneto at Wikimedia Commons