Bassano_1796_order_of_battle

Bassano 1796 campaign order of battle

Bassano 1796 campaign order of battle

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In the Battle of Bassano on 8 September 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte and his French Army of Italy routed an Austrian army led by Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser. Afterward, Wurmser gathered the intact parts of his army and marched for Mantua. On 15 September, the French defeated the Austrians and drove them into the fortress. This raised the numbers of the underfed and malaria-ridden garrison to nearly 30,000 men. These actions and the Battle of Rovereto occurred during the second attempted relief of the Siege of Mantua.

French Army

Austrian Army

Feldmarschall Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser (43,000 available)

References

  • Boycott-Brown, Martin. The Road to Rivoli. London: Cassell & Co., 2001. ISBN 0-304-35305-1

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Boycott-Brown, p 419. The author lists no French brigades.
  2. [2]
    Boycott-Brown, p 418. For the Austrian OOB.
  3. [3]
    Boycott-Brown, p 419. Figures are for 31 August.
  4. [4]
    Boycott-Brown, p 406-407. For the Mantua garrison OOB.

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