Battle of Castiglione
Battle of Castiglione was a battle fought on 5 August 1796 at Solferino, in what is now Italy. It was part of the French Revolutionary Wars, which ran from 1792 to 1802. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: Battle: 30,000 against Battle: 25,000.
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Fought 5 August 1796
Where Solferino, Italy 45.383N, 10.483E
Outcome French victory
Belligerents France against Habsburg monarchy
Casualties and losses Battle: 1,300 and Battle: 3,000, 20 guns
Where it sits in the French Revolutionary Wars Battle of Quiévrain, 1792 Siege of Thionville, 1792 Battle of Verdun, 1792 Siege of Namur, 1792 Siege of Pondicherry, 1793 Siege of Breda, 1793 Battle of Neerwinden, 1793 Battle of Mas Deu, 1793 Action of 18 June 1793, 1793 Battle of Brécourt, 1793 Battle of Perpignan, 1793 Battle of Vihiers, 1793 Action of 31 July 1793, 1793 Revolt of Lyon against the National Convention, 1793 Siege of Dunkirk, 1793 Battle of Menin, 1793 Battle of Epierre, 1793 Battle of Courtrai, 1793 Battle of Peyrestortes, 1793 Battle of Truillas, 1793 Battle of Wattignies, 1793 Action of 20 October 1793, 1793 Action of 24 October 1793, 1793 Sunda Strait campaign of January 1794, 1794 Battle of Martinique, 1794 Action of 23 April 1794, 1794 Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies, 1794 Battle of Beaumont, 1794 Atlantic campaign of May 1794, 1794 Action of 7 May 1794, 1794 Battle of Tournay, 1794 Frigate action of 29 May 1794, 1794 Glorious First of June, 1794 Battle of Mykonos, 1794 Battle of Boxtel, 1794 Battle of Sprimont, 1794 First Battle of Dego, 1794 Battle of Île Ronde, 1794 Action of 6 November 1794, 1794 Siege of Luxembourg, 1794 Croisière du Grand Hiver, 1794 Battle of Genoa, 1795 Action of 10 April 1795, 1795 Battle of Muizenberg, 1795 Battle of Groix, 1795 Action of 24 June 1795, 1795 Battle of Hyères Islands, 1795 Action of 22 August 1795, 1795 Action of 7 October 1795, 1795 Battle of Voltri, 1796 Battle of Montenotte, 1796 Battle of Mondovì, 1796 Battle of Borghetto, 1796 Battle of Rastatt, 1796 Battle of Lonato, 1796 Battle of Castiglione, 1796 Battle of Friedberg, 1796 Battle of Rovereto, 1796 Action of 8 September 1796, 1796 Second Battle of Kehl, 1796 Battle of Cembra, 1796 Second Battle of Bassano, 1796 Battle of Calliano, 1796 Battle of Caldiero, 1796 Battle of Rivoli, 1797 Action of 13 January 1797, 1797 Action of 25 January 1797, 1797 Bali Strait Incident, 1797 Battle of Tarvis, 1797 Battle of San Juan, 1797 Action of 16 May 1797, 1797 Assault on Cadiz, 1797 Battle of Camperdown, 1797 Battle of the Raz de Sein, 1798 Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf, 1798 French invasion of Switzerland, 1798 Action of 30 May 1798, 1798 Action of 27 June 1798, 1798 Action of 30 June 1798, 1798 Battle of the Pyramids, 1798 Siege of Malta, 1798 Battle of Tory Island, 1798 Action of 24 October 1798, 1798 Action of 14 December 1798, 1798 Macau Incident, 1799 Action of 9 February 1799, 1799 Action of 28 February 1799, 1799 Order of battle at the Battle of Stockach, 1799 Battle of Verona, 1799 Battle of Pech-David, 1799 Battle of Carbonne, 1799 Battle of Bergen, 1799 Battle of Port Louis, 1799 Battle of the Malta Convoy, 1800 Action of 31 March 1800, 1800 Action of 6–7 April 1800, 1800 Raid on Dunkirk, 1800 Battle of Ampfing, 1800 Action of 19 February 1801, 1801 Battle of Mandora, 1801 Siege of Fort Julien, 1801 Siege of Cairo, 1801 Siege of Porto Ferrajo, 1801 Raids on Boulogne, 1801 Siege of Alexandria, 1801 Battle of Mahé, 1801 1792 1801 Battle of Castiglione, 1796 106 placed engagements of the French Revolutionary Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 5 August 1796 Place Solferino, Italy45.383N, 10.483E Kind Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic Strength Battle: 30,000 Battle: 25,000 Casualties and losses Battle: 1,300 Battle: 3,000, 20 guns Commanders
Battle of Castiglione Battle of Castiglione Battle of Solferino Battle of Solferino Battle of Calcinato Battle of Lonato Battle of Calcinato Battle of Solferino Battle of Calcinato Battle of Calcinato Genoa Bologna Bergamo Parma Ravenna Ferrara Trento Lugano 100 km 45.383N, 10.483E The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Combat data (CDB90)
Attacker: FRENCH ARMY OF ITALYDefender: AUSTRIAN ARMYStrength 30,000 25,000 Casualties 1,500 (5.0%) 3,000 (12.0%) Mission accomplishment, 1 to 10 8 3 Outcome attacker won Duration 2 days Front width 2.4 km 4 km Attacker advanced 2.5 km
From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 103), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.
Battle of Castiglione 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 Q610328 , released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Castiglione , revision 1385178286, 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.
