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Map of the 2nd Italian War of Independence. The Battle of Magenta was fought on 4 June 1859 near the town of Magenta in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, a crown land of the Austrian Empire, during the Second Italian War of Independence. It resulted in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferenc Gyulay.
Battle of Solferino order of battle; M. Battle of Boffalora; Battle of Magenta; Battle of Montebello (1859) P. Battle of Palestro; S. Battle of San Fermo; Siege of ...
This is a list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, marquis de MacMahon, [1] duc de Magenta (French: [patʁis də makma.ɔ̃]; 13 June 1808 – 17 October 1893), was a French general and politician who served as President of France from 1873 to 1879.
Count Ferenc Gyulay de Marosnémethi et Nádaska (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrɛnts ˈɟulɒji], 1 September 1799 – 1 September 1868 [1]), also known as Ferencz Gyulai, Ferencz Gyulaj, or Franz Gyulai, was a Hungarian nobleman who served as Austrian Governor of Lombardy-Venetia and commanded the losing Austrian army at the Battle of Magenta.
On June 4, 1859, during the Battle of Magenta (French: Bataille de Magenta), Colonel de Chabrières was at the gates of the city. On Horse at the head of his Legionnaires who charged the Austrians, he found death at Magenta, hit by a bullet in the middle of his chest while ordering the charge of his regiment.
Historically, an order of battle was the order in which troops were positioned relative to the position of the army commander or the chronological order in which ships were deployed in naval situations. As combat operations develop during a campaign, orders of battle may be revised and altered in response to the military needs and challenges.
Finding that the Reischach Division had no maps of Piedmont, where the division fought forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia, he searched for maps in bookshops and stationery stores. Because of a breakdown in communications, the division was late to arrive on the scene of the Battle of Magenta , and he was seriously wounded, shot in the knee, while ...