Battle of Bosco Marengo

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Battle of Bosco Marengo
Date October 18, 1447[1] Location Bosco Marengo, Piedmont, Italy Result Ambrosian Lombard victory
Belligerents
Ambrosian Republic	Duke of Orleans
Commanders
Bartolomeo Colleoni	Renaud Du Dresnay
Strength
2.200 Cavalry 1.500 Infantry[2]	2.200 Cavalry[3]
Casualties and losses
500 dead or wounded[4]	1.500 dead or wounded 300 Captured, including Du Dresnay[5]

The Battle of Bosco Marengo was fought in the forests near Marengo on the 18th of October 1447 between a French army of the Duke of Orleans and a Lombard army of the Ambrosian Republic.

The Lombard condottiero Bartolomeo Colleoni led the Ambrosian forces to victory over the French.

Today, a Commemorative plaque, on a wall of the Sforza Castle reminds of this battle.

[edit] References

• Belotti, Bortolo. La vita di Bartolomeo Colleoni. Bergamo: 1951. 
• Frigeni, Mariana (1985). Il Condottiero, Vita, avventure e battaglie di Bartolomeo Colleoni. Milan: Longanesi. 

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