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Battle of Montebello (1800) The Battle of Montebello (9 June 1800) was fought near Montebello in Lombardy between a French force under General of Division (GD) Jean Lannes and an Austrian force led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant (FML) Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz. The action occurred in the Marengo campaign during the War of the Second Coalition.
Battle of Montebello, 9 June 1800. At night on 7 June at Milan, Bourrienne interrupted Bonaparte's tryst with an opera diva to tell him that Murat's cavalry intercepted a message that Genoa had fallen. Bonaparte immediately realized that Ott's corps had been freed for operations against the French and he began to issue new instructions. [73]
Battle of Montebello can refer to two battles, fought near Montebello, Province of Pavia, in Northern Italy : Battle of Montebello (1800), in which the French defeated an Austrian army (9 June 1800). Battle of Montebello (1859), in which a combined Sardinian-French army defeated an Austrian army, during the Austro-Sardinian War (20 May 1859).
The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. Near the end of the day, the French overcame General Michael von Melas ' surprise attack, drove the Austrians out of Italy and consolidated Bonaparte's political ...
Jean Lannes. Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ lan]; 10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809), was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was one of Napoleon 's most daring and talented generals, and is regarded by ...
At the Battle of Montenotte Bonaparte defeated the Austrians and fought a second engagement around Dego soon after. Following these battles he launched an all-out invasion of Piedmont and won a further victory at Mondovì. Sardinia was forced to accept the Armistice of Cherasco on 28 April, knocking it out of the war and the First Coalition. It ...
1,423. The Battle of Montebello was fought on 20 May 1859 at Montebello (in what is now Lombardy, northern Italy). It was the first major engagement of the Second Italian War of Independence, fought between Austrian troops commanded by Field Marshal Karl von Urban against Piedmontese cavalry and French infantry headed by General Elie Foray.
Died. 3 December 1805. (1805-12-03) (aged 41) Battle of Austerlitz, Austria. Occupation. General. Jean-Marie Mellon Roger, (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi mɛlɔ̃ ʁɔʒe valybɛʁ]) better known as le général Valhubert, was born on 22 October 1764 in Avranches, Normandy, and died on 3 December 1805 in Brünn. He was a French General ...