Battle of Borghetto

Battle of Borghetto
	Part of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797 in the War of the First Coalition
	; Battle of Borghetto by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, between 1802 and 1814
Date	30 May 1796
Location	Near Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy45°21′00″N 10°44′00″E / 45.3500°N 10.7333°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte; Charles-Pierre Augereau; André Masséna; Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier; Charles Edward Jennings	Johann Beaulieu; Michael von Melas
Strength
28,000	19,000
Casualties and losses
500	572, 4 guns

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The Battle of Borghetto, near Valeggio sul Mincio in the Veneto of northern Italy, took place during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. On 30 May 1796, a French army led by General Napoleon Bonaparte forced a crossing of the Mincio River in the face of opposition from an Austrian army commanded by Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu. This action compelled the Austrian army to retreat north up the Adige valley to Trento, leaving the fortress of Mantua to be besieged by the French.