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Battle of Voltri

Battle of Voltri was a battle fought on 10 April 1796 at Genoa, in what is now Italy. It was part of the French Revolutionary Wars, which ran from 1792 to 1802. The recorded result: Austrian victory. Recorded strength: 5,200 against 7,200.

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Battle of Voltri, 10 Avril 1796
Battle of Voltri, 10 Avril 1796. Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date10 April 1796
PlaceGenoa, Italy
44.428N, 8.753E
Part ofFrench Revolutionary Wars (1792 to 1802)
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultAustrian victory
BelligerentsFrench RepublicHabsburg Austria
CommandersJean-Baptiste CervoniJohann Beaulieu; Karl Sebottendorf; Philipp Pittoni
Strength5,2007,200
Casualties and losses22750
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Battle of Voltri 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 Q4872694, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Voltri, revision 1381531012, 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.