1809 Gottscheer rebellion

1809 Gottscheer rebellion
	Part of War of the Fifth Coalition
	; Carlo Zucchi, Italian general
Date	September 10; October 7–18, 1809
Location	Gottschee County, modern day Slovenia45°38′23″N 14°51′41″E / 45.63972°N 14.86139°E
Result	Execution of rebel leaders; Plundering of the City of Gottschee and burning of several peasant villages; Scattered guerrilla attacks by Gottscheer farmers begin; French occupation of Carniola is enforced;
Belligerents
Gottschee Germans	First French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mathias Dulzer ; Johann Erker ; Georg Eisenzopf ; Bartholomäus Kusold ; Johann Jonke	District Commissioner Gasparini †; General Carlo Zucchi; Captain Luigi Tarducci
Strength
c. 2,000 Gottscheers ; c. 500 Slovenes ; ; Total: c. 2,500	- 2nd Italian Light Infantry Regiment ; - 8th Italian Infantry Regiment ; - Unknown Artillery Unit ; - Unknown Cavalry Regiment ; - Garrison troops ; ; Total: 1,300–1,500
Casualties and losses
Unknown, but more than the French	Unknown, but minimal

200km
124miles

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Gottscheer

The 1809 Gottscheer rebellion (German: Gottscheer Bauernaufstand) was a revolt by the Gottschee Germans against the First French Empire during the French occupation of Gottschee following the War of the Fifth Coalition.