Battle of Montebello (1800)

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Battle of Montebello
Part of the War of the Second Coalition
First attack of the French at the Battle of Montebello in view of the town of Casteggio by Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, 1806-1807
Date 9 June 1800 Location Near Montebello della Battaglia, Lombardy 45°00′00″N 9°06′00″E / 45.0000°N 9.1000°E / 45.0000; 9.1000 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Jean Lannes	Peter Karl Ott
Strength
8,000 rising to 14,000	18,000
Casualties and losses
3,000	4,275 and 2 cannons

War of the Second Coalition:
Italy

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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. During the lead-up to the Battle of Marengo, the vanguard of the French army in Italy engaged and defeated an Austrian force in a "glorious victory".^[1]