Siege of Peschiera del Garda

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The Siege of Peschiera del Garda was a key 1848 engagement in which Piedmontese and allied Italian forces captured the Austrian-held fortress of Peschiera during the First Italian War of Independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Assedio di Peschiera del Garda ⓘ
attackedBy Italian volunteers ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
attackingCommander Carlo Alberto of Sardinia ⓘ
Eusebio Bava ⓘ
belligerent Austrian Empire ⓘ
Italian volunteers ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Piedmontese forces ⓘ
linked to: Piedmontese army
commander Carlo Alberto of Sardinia ⓘ
Eusebio Bava ⓘ
Karl von Rath ⓘ
conflictOf First Italian War of Independence ⓘ
countryInvolved Austrian Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
defendedBy Austrian Empire ⓘ
defendingCommander Karl von Rath ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Custoza (1848) ⓘ
garrisonSurrenderedOn 1848-05-30 ⓘ
hasCasusBelli uprising in Lombardy–Venetia and Italian nationalist revolt against Austrian rule ⓘ
hasEndDate 1848-05-30 ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSources English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
hasPointInTime 1848 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1848-05-06 ⓘ
historicalEra Risorgimento ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Italy ⓘ
militaryObjective capture of Austrian-held fortress of Peschiera ⓘ
notableFor one of the early major victories of Piedmontese forces in 1848 ⓘ
opposingForce Austrian garrison ⓘ
Piedmontese and allied Italian forces ⓘ
linked to: Piedmontese army
partOf First Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Italian unification ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Goito (1848) ⓘ
result Piedmontese victory ⓘ
capture of Peschiera fortress by Piedmontese and Italian forces ⓘ
strategicSignificance capture of one of the Quadrilateral fortresses ⓘ
weakened Austrian defensive system in northern Italy ⓘ
tookPlaceAt Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia ⓘ
Lake Garda ⓘ
Peschiera del Garda ⓘ
Quadrilateral fortresses ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Italian War of Independence → majorBattle → Siege of Peschiera del Garda ⓘ
Battle of Custoza (1848) → precededBy → Siege of Peschiera (1848) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Peschiera del Garda
Siege of Peschiera del Garda → alsoKnownAs → Assedio di Peschiera del Garda ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Peschiera del Garda