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Battle of Bassignana

Battle of Bassignana was a battle fought on 12 May 1799 at Bassignana, in what is now Italy. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 12,000 against 3,500–7,000.

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Fought12 May 1799
WhereBassignana, Italy45.002N, 8.732E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsFrance Helvetic RepublicagainstRussian Empire; Habsburg Empire
Casualties and losses617and992–2,000; 2–4 guns

Record

Date12 May 1799
PlaceBassignana, Italy
45.002N, 8.732E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength12,0003,500–7,000
Casualties and losses617992–2,000; 2–4 guns
Commanders
  • Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia
  • Andrei Grigorevich Rosenberg
  • Andreas Karaczay
Battle of BassignanaBattle of BassignanaBattle of AlessandriaSiege of AlessandriaSiege of Alessandria (1657)Battle of MarengoFirst Battle of MarengoBattle of AlessandriaSiege of AlessandriaMilanTurinGenoaVeronaBergamoParmaLuganoComo100 km45.002N, 8.732E
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Elsewhere in 1799

Battle of Bassignana is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5114097, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Bassignana (1799), revision 1373308495, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.