Battle of Cassano (1799)

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Battle of Cassano d'Adda
Part of French Revolutionary Wars
Date April 27, 1799 Location Cassano d'Adda, Lombardy, present-day Italy Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
France	Austria Russia
Commanders
General Moreau	Alexander Suvorov

v • d • e War of the Second Coalition 1st Stockach – Cassano – Montebello – Trebbia – Mantua – Novi – Bergen – Castricum – Genoa – 2nd Stockach – Marengo – Höchstädt – Hohenlinden – Copenhagen – Algeciras Swiss Campaign

v • d • e French Revolutionary Wars Italian Campaigns 1st Dego – Millesimo – Montenotte – 2nd Dego – Mondovì – Lodi – Castiglione – Bassano – Rovereto – Arcole – Rivoli – Cassano – Trebbia – Novi – Genoa – Montebello – Marengo – Pozzolo

The battle of Cassano d'Adda was a battle in the French Revolutionary Wars that was fought on April 27, 1799 near Cassano d'Adda. It resulted in a victory for the Austrians and Russians (Second Coalition forces) under Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov over the French troops, left by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

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