battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Peschiera

Name: Battle of Peschiera
Start: 1796-08-06
Location: Peschiera del Garda, Italy

Battle of Peschiera was a battle fought on 6 August 1796 at Peschiera del Garda, in what is now Italy. It was part of the Italian Campaign of 1796-1797, which ran from 1796 to 1797. The recorded result: French victory.

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Fought6 August 1796

WherePeschiera del Garda, Italy45.433N, 10.683E

OutcomeFrench victory

BelligerentsFrench RepublicagainstHabsburg monarchy

Casualties and losses18 killed; 131 woundedand500 men; 10 cannons

Part ofItalian Campaign of 1796-17971796 to 1797

Record

Date	6 August 1796
Place	Peschiera del Garda, Italy 45.433N, 10.683E
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Casualties and losses	18 killed; 131 wounded	500 men; 10 cannons
Commanders	André Masséna	Anton Lipthay de Kisfalud

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Peschiera 1848, 0.7 km NE
Battle of Pozzolo 1800, 5.7 km S
Battle of Borghetto 1796, 10 km SE
Battle of Custoza 1848, 11 km SE
Battle of Custoza 1866, 11 km SE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1796 and 1866.

In the same war

Before: Battle of Fombio 7 May 1796

Elsewhere in 1796

Battle of Peschiera 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 Q2984845, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Peschiera, revision 1370585888, 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.