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Battle of Ceva

Battle of Ceva was a battle fought on 16 April 1796 at Ceva, in what is now Italy. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 7,908 against 6,000.

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Evacuation du camp retranché des piémontais au fort de Ceva le 16 avril 1796
Evacuation du camp retranché des piémontais au fort de Ceva le 16 avril 1796. Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date16 April 1796
PlaceCeva, Italy
44.383N, 8.033E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultFrench victory
BelligerentsFranceSardinia
CommandersNapoleon Bonaparte; Charles-Pierre AugereauMichelangelo Colli-Marchi; Giuseppe Felice, Count Vital
Strength7,9086,000
Casualties and losses600over 150
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Battle of Ceva is one of 1,496 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 626 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870699, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Ceva, revision 1384783846, 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.