Battle of Fombio

Battle of Fombio-Codogno
Part of the Italian campaigns in the War of the First Coalition
The Battle of Fombio-Codogno
Date 7–9 May 1796 Location Fombio, Lombardy 45°09′00″N 9°42′00″E / 45.1500°N 9.7000°E / 45.1500; 9.7000 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte Amédée Laharpe †[1] Claude Dallemagne	Johann Beaulieu Anton Lipthay Anton Schübirz
Strength
11,500	Lipthay: 5,000 Schübirz: 1,580
Casualties and losses
450[2]	1,568, 20 guns
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Italian Campaign

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The Battle of Fombio was fought between the French Army of Italy led by Napoleon Bonaparte and the Austrian army under Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu between 7 and 9 May 1796. It was the decisive strategic point of the campaign, as Bonaparte crossed the Po River at Piacenza in Beaulieu's rear, threatening both Milan and the Austrian line of communications. This threat forced the Austrian army to withdraw to the east.