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Battle of Solferino
Battle of Solferino was a battle fought on 24 June 1859 in what is now Italy. It was part of Second Italian War of Independence. The recorded result: Franco-Sardinian victory; End of the Italian War of Independence; Armistice of Villafranca.
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Where it sits in Second Italian War of Independence
Record
| Date | 24 June 1859 | |
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| Place | Italy 45.367N, 10.566E | |
| Kind | Battle, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 82,935 infantry; 9,162 cavalry; 240 guns; Figures known for the 5 Brigades at San Martino, excluding the 3 Brigades of Durando and Fanti, 21.842 infantry, 765 cavalry and 48 guns link text p. 20-21; 37,174 infantry; 1,562 cavalry; 80 guns; Total: 130,833 to 133,000; 320 guns | 119,783 infantry; 9,490 cavalry; 429 guns; Total: 129,273; 429 guns; Present: 102,500 men |
| Casualties and losses | France: 1,622 killed; Including 117 officers; 8,530 wounded; 1,518 missing; Sardinia: Figures for the 5 Brigades at San Martino only, excluding the 3 Brigades of Durando and Fanti engaged at Madonna della Scoperta, 729 killed, 298 died of wounds, 3,305 wounded and 671 missing or captured link text p. 21-22; 1,027 killed; Including 49 officers; 3,305 wounded; 671 missing; Total: 16,673 | 2,386 killed; Including 94 officers; 10,634 wounded; 9,290 missing; Total: 22,310 |
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The ground today
The recorded site stands at about 127 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 57 to 204 m, 147 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 43% cropland, 29% grassland, 20% tree cover.
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.Nearest engagements
- Battle of Solferino date unknown, same recorded site
- Battle of Castiglione 1796, 6.7 km W
- Battle of Volta Mantovana 1848, 8.8 km SE
- Battle of Volta Mantovana 1080, 8.8 km SE
- Battle of Pozzolo 1800, 11 km E
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Boffalora 1859
- After: Battle of San Martino 1859
- All 11 engagements of Second Italian War of Independence
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Combat data (CDB90)
| Attacker: FR & PIED ARMY | Defender: AUS ARMY | |
| Strength | 143,000 | 130,000 |
| Casualties | 17,400 (12.2%) | 21,800 (16.8%) |
| Mission accomplishment, 1 to 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Outcome | attacker won | |
| Duration | 1 day | |
| Front width | 11 km | 11 km |
| Attacker advanced | 3 km | |
From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 168), 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 Solferino is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q324916, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Solferino, revision 1379026770, 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.