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Battle of Novi

Battle of Novi was a battle fought on 15 August 1799 at Novi Ligure, in what is now Italy. It was part of the War of the Second Coalition, which ran from 1798 to 1802. The recorded result: Coalition victory. Recorded strength: 50,000 to 51,547; ≤35,995; ≤15,552 against 34,930 to 40,000.

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Battle of Novi
Alexander von Kotzebue, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought15 August 1799
WhereNovi Ligure, Italy44.761N, 8.793E
OutcomeCoalition victory
BelligerentsRussian Empire; Habsburg monarchyagainstFrench Republic Polish Legion; Lombard Legion
Part ofWar of the Second Coalition1798 to 1802

Where it sits in the War of the Second Coalition

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48 placed engagements of the War of the Second Coalition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date15 August 1799
PlaceNovi Ligure, Italy
44.761N, 8.793E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength50,000 to 51,547; ≤35,995; ≤15,55234,930 to 40,000
Commanders
Battle of NoviBattle of NoviSecond Battle of Novi (1799)Battle of SerravalleSiege of TortonaBattle of MarengoFirst Battle of MarengoBattle of SerravalleSiege of TortonaMilanTurinNiceGenoaVeronaPisaBergamoParma100 km44.761N, 8.793E
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Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1544 and 1799.

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Elsewhere in 1799

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: ALLIED ARMYDefender: FR ARMY OF ITALY
Strength50,00035,000
Casualties9,000 (18.0%)11,000 (31.4%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1073
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1.5 days
Front width13 km11.6 km
Attacker advanced2 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 112), 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 Novi 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 Q1194172, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Novi (1799), revision 1382460169, 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.