Battle of Caldiero

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Battle of Caldiero

Date	30 October 1805
Location	Caldiero (Verona), present-day Italy
Result	French victory

Belligerents

First French Empire

Austrian Empire

Commanders

André Masséna

Archduke Charles of Austria

Strength

37,000

50,000

Casualties and losses

~4,000 killed or wounded

~3,000 killed or wounded,
8,000 captured

v • d • e War of the Third Coalition

Invasion of England – Cape Finisterre – Ulm Campaign – Trafalgar – Caldiero – Amstetten – Cape Ortegal – Dürenstein – Schöngrabern – Austerlitz – Gaeta – Campo Tenese – Maida

The Battle of Caldiero took place on October 30, 1805. Marshal André Masséna with 37,000 Frenchmen, encountered the Austrian 50,000 strong army, under the Archduke Charles of Austria, who were posted in the village and on the heights of Caldiero, near Verona, in northern Italy.

Masséna attacked and carried the heights, but the village held out until nightfall. During the night the Archduke removed his baggage and artillery, leaving a corps of 5,000 men, under General Hillinger, to protect his retreat. This force was captured the following day. The Austrians lost 3,000 killed and wounded, and, including Hillinger's corps, 8,000 prisoners; the French about 4,000 killed and wounded.