Battle of Fombio

Battle of Fombio-Codogno
	Part of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797 in the War of the First Coalition
	; The Battle of Fombio-Codogno
Date	7–9 May 1796
Location	Fombio, Lombardy45°09′00″N 9°42′00″E / 45.1500°N 9.7000°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte; Amédée Laharpe †; Claude Dallemagne;	Johann Beaulieu; Anton Lipthay; Anton Schübirz;
Strength
11,500	Lipthay: 5,000; Schübirz: 1,580
Casualties and losses
450	1,568, 20 guns
	Location within Northern Italy Battle of Fombio (Europe)

War of the First Coalition:
Italian Campaign

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The Battle of Fombio was fought between the French Army of Italy led by Napoleon Bonaparte and the Austrian army under Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu between 7 and 9 May 1796. It was the decisive strategic point of the campaign, as Bonaparte crossed the Po River at Piacenza in Beaulieu's rear, threatening both Milan and the Austrian line of communications. This threat forced the Austrian army to withdraw to the east.