Combat of Gavi (1799)

Combat of Gavi
Part of the Italian campaigns during the war of the Second Coalition

Gavi – panorama
Date17 August 1799
Location
Result Russian victory[a]
Belligerents
Russian Empire Russian Empire French First Republic French Republic
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Andrei Rosenberg
Russian Empire Maxim Rehbinder
Casualties and losses
5 killed, 17 wounded[1] Heavy, incl. 130 captured[1]

The combat of Gavi was fought to no avail on the morning of 17 August (O.S. 6 Aug.) 1799 during the Second Coalition war, in pursuit of the defeated French army after the battle of Novi. The combat included Rosenberg's Russian vanguard, under Rehbinder's command.[1][2]


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