Battle of Crevola
| Battle of Crevola | |||||||
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| Part of the Transalpine campaigns | |||||||
The battle of Crevola in the Luzerner Schilling | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Duchy of Milan |
Old Swiss Confederacy: Valais Lucerne | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Renato Trivulzio Giberto Borromeo Giampietro Bergamino |
Jost von Silenen Albin von Silenen (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,200 Cavalry 2,000 Infantry total of 3,500 troops |
6,000 Infantry 1,000 Swiss joined from the Saluzzo Campaign | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
800–1,000 killed | ||||||
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The Battle of Crevola was fought in the spring of 1487, between a marauding Swiss army from the Valais and Lucerne and troops from the Duchy of Milan, for the supremacy of the Val d'Ossola (Eschental) .