Battle of Cassano

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The Battle of Cassano was a 1799 engagement during the War of the Second Coalition in which Russian general Alexander Suvorov’s forces defeated the French near the Adda River in northern Italy.

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Battle of Cassano canonical 1
Battle of Cassano d’Adda 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent French First Republic ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign Suvorov’s Italian campaign ⓘ
century 18th century ⓘ
combatantSide Coalition forces ⓘ
French forces ⓘ
commander Alexander Suvorov ⓘ
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert ⓘ
Jean Victor Marie Moreau ⓘ
conflict War of the Second Coalition ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
date 1799 ⓘ
era French Revolutionary era ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Trebbia (1799) ⓘ
location near the Adda River ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
namedAfter Cassano d’Adda ⓘ
notableCommanderSide Alexander Suvorov for the Coalition ⓘ
Jean Victor Marie Moreau for France ⓘ
partOf French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Magnano ⓘ
region Lombardy ⓘ
result Russian and Austrian victory ⓘ
river Adda River ⓘ
strategicObjective expel French forces from northern Italy ⓘ
theatre Italian campaign of the War of the Second Coalition ⓘ
yearInConflict 1799 in military history ⓘ

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Battle of Cassano → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Cassano d’Adda ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cassano