Battle of Mondovi

The Battle of Mondovì was fought on 21 April 1796 between the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte and the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont. The French won the battle and quickly forced King Victor Amadeus III to sue for peace. This was the last battle of the Montenotte Campaign in which Bonaparte's Army of Italy thrust between Michelangelo Colli's 21,000-man Austro-Sardinian army and Johann Beaulieu's 28,000-strong Austrian army. See Monten... more

The Battle of Mondovì was fought on 21 April 1796 between the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte and the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont. The French won the battle and quickly forced King Victor Amadeus III to sue for peace. This was the last battle of the Montenotte Campaign in which Bonaparte's Army of Italy thrust between Michelangelo Colli's 21,000-man Austro-Sardinian army and Johann Beaulieu's 28,000-strong Austrian army. See Montenotte 1796 Campaign Order of Battle. In the initial battles, Bonaparte savaged Beaulieu's army and drove it northeast. Then the French general turned his main attack to the west against the Piedmontese. Colli conducted a series of well-fought rear guard actions, including the Battle of Ceva on 16 April. Nevertheless, Bonaparte drove the Sardinian army relentlessly westward toward the fortress of Cuneo and the plains of Piedmont. On 18 April, Colli retreated into a strong position behind the Corsaglia River. The Corsaglia runs in a northeasterly... less