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Title
Bonaparte’s First Victory
Description
Battle of Montenotte
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1796-04-12
Scenario#
A309
Location
Cairo Montenotte, Italy
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Montenotte was fought on 12 April 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, between the French army under General Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian corps under Count Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau. The French won the battle, which was fought near the village of Cairo Montenotte in the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. The modern town is located in the northwestern part of Italy. On 11 April, Argenteau led 3,700 men in several assaults against a French mountaintop redoubt but failed to take it. By the morning of the 12th, Bonaparte concentrated large forces against Argenteau's now-outnumbered troops. The strongest French push came from the direction of the mountaintop redoubt, but a second force fell on the weak Austrian right flank and overwhelmed it. In its hasty retreat from the field, Argenteau's force lost heavily and was badly disorganized.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Montenotte
External Link
Combatants
French Republic
Habsburg Monarchy, Kingdom of Sardinia
Additional Information
War of the First Coalition
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